The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-18

lpubS Hldu WdS ptphlai dhu hou Af. l friends. George Compton. his fatb- CT, and kinsmen, extend throughout
 the whole of the township, and are pioneers of the county.
 Sheriff Hale and Deputy Tom Hol- loway went 60 the scene. awaited the Investigation and when the coroner's jury said the killing was iustifiable, there seemed nothing else to do. Compton was not indicted for the killing of Mack Freeman. The coro- ners jury in that case held him nn- der bond of $10 GOO to the grand jury, but the grand jury failed to indict, It was> stated that of the 16 grand jurors II voted to indict and five voted against it. Before an indict- ment can be returned 12 grand jur- ors must sign it.
 When the grand jury returned it's failure to indict Compton for the killing of Freeman, Circuit Judge Gotham was not satisfied with the finding, and instead of ordering Comp ton released which is the custom, Judge Gotham ordered him still held under a bond of s5.OO0 to see if a later grand jury wanted to make an investigation. Compton made this bond, and was under 1t at the time of the killing of Wallace.
 Coroner Dr. Randolph ummoned IS men to serve on the coroner's jury, and good men of the crowd were pick ed The jury heard the meager ey- idence standing or squatting about a small table in the fruit orchard near the house where the body of Wallace fell after it's load of buck shot had been received Then the jury re- tired under the shade of large wal nut tree to reach a verdict. There seemed to be doubt about verdict for a little while, and then Coroner Randolph was called on by the jury
 Has a man got the right to kill another who is proving about his place in the night asked juror of the coroner.
 Dr. Randolph explained that as he understood the law the shooting mus! have been under the theory that Compton's life was in imminent dang CT, or that felony was going to be committed, to make the tragedy jus tified
 Dr. Randolph withdrew, and the jury construed the situation in the form of the verdict that the killing was justified. Which indicated their conclusion that either Compton had right to believe his life was in danger, or that the night visitor was going to commit felony.
 While the jury was deliberating over it's verdict two neighbors were at mill across the road in open view blaming the wide boards that were to make coffin for Wallace. The funeral yesterday was attended by many friends of the dead young man.
 The Evidence.
 w. T. Tolleson said he lived with the wallaces, on the adjoining farm. He was in bed asleep when George Compton, his father, and Powell came and woke him up, and George Comp ton said he had shot 8 man. He said to wake up Coleman Wallace and they would all go and see who Compton had shot. Witness said Coleman was not there yet, had not returned from dance. They all went on the searching party and found the man Compton had shot. It was Coleman Wallace. The last time witness saw Wallace was just before dark when
 Wallace left saying he was going over
 to the railroad camp to a dance, and Wallace asked Tolleson to go alons
 with him. When they found the body
 Wallace had his low shoes off, anc they were lying near where his oody
 was found.
 J. H. Compton, father of George 1 Compton, who killed Wallace, told 9 i having just returned from the cit.
 when George came mp and told nlU somebody had been proving abou his place and he had shot him. H'
 told of their going by Wallace
 house to get Coleman Wallace to gC
 with them to see who it was George had shot He said George Compton and Coleman Wallace had been clost friends for years, and Compton wa;
 distressed when he saw who he hat
 killed
 George Compton made a statement
 He said that about an hour before the shooting he had heard some one call out at his front gate He has 6 small country store just across the road from his home. He did not answer the call. He said the per son at the gate called again, and he did not answer that time. Compton said he heard another call and got up and went to the door and saw the form of man, and the man said he wanted to get a few things from the store Compton said he told him he had no light and could not go in the store, and that the man said noth- ing. and minute later turned and went down the road. Compton said he thought it was unusual. He said on account of former trouble he was nervous, and he did not ever go over into the store at night. He went back and laid down, and about an hour later looking omt the window saw the form of a man coming over the front fence. Compton said he watched the man get down inside the yard and come along towards the house, aHa pass out of sight around the corner of +ha bouca TIa caid he fhan DickpC