The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-08-11
NO NEED OF INQUEST
SAYS BUCHANAN
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The bullet hole that was at the
junction of the clavacle and breast
bone directly in front of the body,
and which at first was accepted as
shot direct in front, was later de-
termined to have been point OF
exit, and that the bullet entered from
the back between the shoulder
blades, and ranged slightly upwards
| aud came out in front II was the
theory of some OF the physicians that
| this bullet wound was the same az
| the one that went through part of the
hand the handing having been
| thrown up at that instant.
| The bullet wound that entered
| from slightly behind, was fired at the
closest range, and Is the one that
burned black the light coat, the shirt
| and undershirt of the young man and
| left the powder stain also on the
| flesh This one penetrated the stom-
| ach liver and lungs, it was believed,
| in range forward and outward to a
lower point. where IT came out on
the right side, and little further
| down.
The coroner's jury which will
conduct the investigation is COM
posed Of fourteen men, as follows:
&. H. Broughton, Norville Williams,
j, Il. Turner, f. o. Stearns, Tom j.
Bledsoe. G. T. Bates, S. e. Dillon, y
c. Richards. John Nance, Clyde
Morris, G. A Hogaboom, VIII Muse.
r. B. Sigman and NJ, i Henderson
The jury was assembled at the
Ledwidge undertaking parlors about
| Coroner Shaw yesterday gave
| Sheriff Brad Smith list of the wit
| nesses who were to be examined ny
the coroner at the inquest Monday
and ordered him to go out and serve
the notice on them, and also take
the proper steps to see that they are
| present. This means that the non
| resident witnesses were required u
|
be present Monday and tstify This
action was taken because it so fire.
| Quently happens that visiting wit
| nesses to tragedies do not want the
! Inconvenience of having to return to
testify later. and often get out of the
way before their evidence is ever
given.
The action taken by County Judge
Buchanan yesterday ordering the
coroner not to hold the inquest was
! somewhat of surprise to the pub
lic who learned Of it. While economy
is assumed to be she rcasbn of the
order. DIR. Shaw did not think it
| proper to forego the official investi-
! cation that the law makes his duty,
and he believed that it were better
to hold the inquest and later through
| legal methods determine whether the
| county would pay the cost or not.
! He will pay any costs demanded of
the court himself, and trust to the
| future to uphold him IN hrs official
| action
| DR. Shaw has been careful dur
| ing his tenure as county coroner to
save the county all unnecessary ex-
pense In the first of the PROBES
| sor' Feige victims here when he held
an autopsy the payment of the bill
was allowed by Judge Buchanan, but
| notice given that no more such pay
| ments would be allowed When the
| next Fiege victim died of starvation
| DR.. Shaw paid for the autopsy him
self, and when the third victim
passed away he had physician friends
| to volunteer for the service Tho
physicians yesterday who assisted
the coroner i'm an official determine
tion Of the wounds on Shannon did
not make any claim for their ser
| vices
TIL funeral of Danny Shannon will
be held this afternoon from the home
on upper Central avenue, at O'Clock
The body was released by Coroner
DR. ] B. Shaw yesterday and was
removed by Undertaken Caruth to
| the family home. The family had
| been anxious to have the body sent
home and il reached the family
| shortly after O'Clock.