The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-06-13
sUCCUMBS At HOSPITAL TO
BLOOD POISONING, CAUSED
BY THE INJURY.
MANY WITNESSESEXAMINED
NoTestimony yUpheIdthe Suspicion
That Shooting Was Suicidal
Or Was Done by Another.

"We, the jury empaneled to dili
gently inquire and true presentimen'
make how or In what manner Marie
louise Taylor came TO her Heath and
OF such other matters relating to The
same, find that Marie Louise Taylor
came to her death by pistol shot
wound held Ia her own hands and shat
the said shooting was accidental and
that none besides herself was rcspon
sible for her death.
"We alsu find the said Marie Louise
Taylor shot herself in the hnuse nf
one NJ. NJ. Watkins at South Pasca-
goua, Miss, In said Jackson cnunty;
that one Clarence Forbes was present
at the time Of the shOnting and that
said shooting occurred on Sunday June
j, A. D. 1918, and that said Mari
Louise Taylor died June I, A. d. at
the hospital at Biloxi Miss.
"Witness our hands this the 9th
day OF June, A. u. 1913"
TIE ahnve is the verdict returned
Monday afternoon hy the coroner's
jury which conducted an inquest into
the death OF Marie Louise Taylor, the
young col0red girl who died at the
Biloxi hospital last Saturday from
blood poisoning caused by a wound
Inflicted by 45 calibre Colts auto
matte pistol on Sunday morning, June
l. The inquest was conducted by a
Jury summoned by Chas. E. Ohidsey,
Justice OF the peace and acting cOro-
aer. 1t was composed OF the follow
ng: @. Nelson, John II. Santa Cruz.
B. D. Valverde, h. r. Browne, w. y.
Taylor and W. c. Ilavens.
The body was brought to Pascagoula
Saturday night aud taken to the home
of the woman's grandmother, Charity
Taylor. The funeral took place Sur.
day afternoon and was largely attend
ed,
Before the funeral the jury viewed
the body and heard the testimony Of
DR.. Kell. The Inquest was continued
10 the court house on Monday. All
tile testimony tended to show that
the shooting was accidental. M. M
Watkins testified that he didn't know
anything about it. He said he sup
posed the pistol was his. He added
he had just had IL cleaned and had
been shooting IT that morning to test
it. He didn't know where he had put
1t. '''f
Clarence, Forbes said NJ. M. Watkins
had asked him to come over to his
house and had sent him to a store.
When he came back he had seen the
magazine fall out OF the pistol In the
girls hand; then he turned and as he
was walking out Of the room he heard
shot, The girl, who was lying on
bed, he said, then jumped up and ran
out Of the room. lie said she was
drinking and he had taken about ,tw"
drinks. He didn't know where she
had gotten the. frearm. Later he
heard her state she wanted To write
down how It happened because she
knew she was going to die and be
handed her piece of paper and pencil.
which he believed Julia Clifford took
10 her charge afterward. This, the
latter said, contained only scratches.
Sheriff Lindinger aud Justice Of the
Peace Chidsey told Of taking the
woman's statement to the effect Shs'
the shooting was accidental. They
stated she said Forbes had n0thing 10
do with it. The former however,
said she stated Forbes was trying tol
take the pistol out Of her hand when 1t
wept OF.
Empa Mcknight. colored. said the
deceased told her she shot herself
while handling the. pistol when she
dido'tknow It was loaded. She said
she bad placed II 10 her breast aLd
stated This is how I wuuld .da n l
wanted :" XIII myself" She said she
head her tell FORBES not to leave,
Aio'"s, because you know yvu were1