The Forrest City times., 1912-11-08

right of the breast bone, ranging downward to the left and through the back near the spinal column. The shell, which the pistol extracted auto matically, was found in the room while the bullet, which struck the door facing, caromed of and rattled down the stairway to the second floor, where it was picked Up by an officer Thursday morning.
 It is said that evidence was also brought out at the inquest 10 the ef- feet that Casteel had three guns in the bed at the time he went to sleep. He had just bought pair of forty one derringers in Memphis Wednes day.
 Mccain was killed with Powers gun, it is said.
 Powers and kauerauf were occupy ing one bed together, while Casteel is said to have been in bed to himself. Just before the men retired. it is said that Powers was examining his gun. Casteel asked 10 look at 1t. Powers turned it over to Casteel, and the lat ter, seemingly as a joke. threw 1t down on kauerauf The men tussel- ed, and. k said kauerauf took Powers pistol away from Casteel, and the men had some words, but the matter was 1 laughed of as prank, which termin- ated in the gun being handed back to Casteel, who put it under his pillow. and thus it happened that when the three men went to sleep all the guns were in Casteels bed.
 All the accused men claim to have been asleep when Mccain was killed There were blood spots found on Gas teel's bed; and Kauerauf is said to have stated that when he awoke Pow. CTS was sitting up ill bed and that Casteel was pushing the body of Me Cain oil the bed which he (Casteel1 was occupying near the door, and that he fkauerauf saw CaStee stopping over McCain's body, which was writh- ing in the last throes of death, at the same time exclaiming. Who shot this man?n and Say, boys, here's d man who has been shot in our room: who done it. l don't know the man. or some such maudlin talk.
 Feeling is high against Casteel and Powers, while sympathy is expressed for kauerauf, whom his friends speak of as always having been peaceabe and law abiding, and defend him as being a splendid young man
 This k indeed deplorable affair, looked at from every standpoint. Cas- teel and Powers are both family men. and they have not only brought trou- ble upon themselves but upon those who are entitled to their support and who naturally look to them for pro ] tectiou
 THe Times deeply regrets that the young men are in trouble We have no grievance personally against any of them. but we think il is high time 10 stamp cut tiie desperate practices of the deadly and vicious gunman This should be an object lesson to all law abiding citizens. who should rise up in their might and forever 0bliterate the pistol tnter. The law and the courts and the officers Of the law should and viii take cognilanre of this tragic affair and take steps imme- i dlately not only lG punish the guilty. but to reduce To a minimum the DOS sibiIiiy of recurrence of such I bloody chapleri in the city and county x history Men should not be allow fo carry guns, and any man who k thought to be gun weafer should be searched every time he appears in public. d, often as the officers may see ft. and stringent measures should he enforced To put an end To the pistol totlng practice which is ffaught Nith so much pain suffering tragedy and horror.
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