Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-16
JURY DID NOT SAY
DETECTIVE HURD
KILLED HIMSELF
Blu, Merely That He Came to His
Death by a Pistol Shot
Wound.
SUICIDE is ONLY THEORY

sr.,-,a, ,-orresnondcuce Of Every Evening
D,ver De- I6. x 'oroncr Oliver J.
I.afTcr,v Yesterday summoned the follow
ing Jury o investigate the death ct state
Defective I. : uuId, which occurred
YESTERDAY morning. apparently case 81
tincide John G Hopkins, VI taylor
Harry X Nhcatley. Thomas " lNlllon'
Harry Morr~ and Gardner I thompson.
Mter viewing the body OF Alr hurd ~
hrs home on South Governor avenue
th,, Jury went into session IN the levy
,Court room John &. Hopkins was choech
foreman and Herman g faylor, sccrc-
tary. DrS John ". James, I. \. II
| Bishop snd Cecil dc j. liarbordt, aU
! ,hre4, of whom had been summoned bN
t,ciChbors when the alarm WAS gwen hN
lmcmbers vi the Hurd FANNY, gave tcStl-
morv 20 the effect that dchih h9d hcCh
caused ~ q gun-shot wound on the tlGhi
.eldc of III head. Just above thc ,ar ana 'o'
ttar from the temple, the bullet having
!, psssrd INTO the hraiu and practically
Insralvzcd that member, rcndcrlnC Mr
fFbIrd unconscious and beyond all hope oi
lrcrovrry Tho shooting occurred shortly
/ after g . lock and he fingered until about
lSO5. whom ht expired without : tTrm"r.
The only members Of the family IN the
eSc,ls,. az the tImC of the shooting ""rC IN
.,riic al Nr Ilurd. formerly Miss T.. :.
1frCit ui flliS NlNlAe .AA4'A it.sf fNt'i''-
sWdllam Hurd.
eTouY As TOLD ny TIE WIFE.
Tn vifc's testimony VA y me e'i"ct
s.bat her husband arose Yesterday morn
,inc between and clock and went
sdovn stair>. partly dressed. hat sn"'l liS
,.ftor h. won't down stars, aud while she
{v.as still M nd. she heard nolse, where
.tr,on she cot out of hid, went to Wherc ne
.fov,p,p,. runs M through the floor to the
,-hIrnnev. and called 10 her husband, but
rrr,lVcd no rCplv She thought nc thcn
had con,, "a the Kitchen 70 fix the tire -
s..s his custom, but Is nc sound q any
kind v.As heard down StalrS. sic Eot VI
and ~ nj to tho floor below, where she
law her husband reclining IN 2 morE
char. 4 revolver IN his hand and blood
Cn,in, frnn thc night sidc 81 his head. She
called ~ HIM, but received no response
IN, tb.r ran upstairs IN the room ~ The
.,n Nllaam HuIj. about Is years q aEc
a-l called II hlm II come down, that
II, father had shot himself
Th,. Young man Jrmpcdfrom inc hri
aDj followed hv hi- stcp-mothcI, went
down stsirs vhcrC Lc. too SaW hiS 'athcr
II III, MORN char
Mrs Hari Who spoke II Z hystcncai
rr1uucr could give to- r.a~on tor the rash
ac' ~ hsr hu-baud, SAYING 4" had gwen
tc- na y arnlnc a- t. Mist i. intended III
Do
when Questioned i Il hov II, revolver
"a taken out II his hand sho could glvc
no definite answer - @hc could net n-
m,mttf whether shc had taken i out
tier coming down stars or moi
I'll, phvsic.ars and all tho other Wlf-
nos a>c,rt the son stated THAT whcr
tn, reached the house thg revolver Wa
s.. i If hl~. th, son SAYING that i vas N
he t4ta.rz hand when ha came daWi
STAIRS
lh, en's testimony y1rcl hffic from
th.r + his step-rncthcr III Va~ sound
ej, uhea hc was called i" send nof
,van hearing The report If tho rcy ivc-
NDahhurs Wfo Rcrc summoned ~ Mis-
Hura merely testified II the tac, oi Foinl
- th,, llur ho1!S, IS render htt ASSIST
ance they could knowing nothing Whai-
ever ai fal shooting Or lis caIs,
Tn, volr.r hal oeen taken IN harG
Nv Deputy Att ,rary-tI neral lam : y
,Sstterticid upon ms v.St y tn tturi
hone early Yesterday morning and later
Turned over +, II c Tayi1- w'a 4 n N
,,randu!r ~ - tht finding lhc rev'.v'--
pzs produces IL the n III s IN n ~