Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-08
JURY FINDS HOMICIDE
IN RAMtY CASE
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came and went, as he done when at
home before. About 1880 last Satur-
day morning he came to the house and
went almost at once to the room of
his sister and brother -in-law; they
were still in bed. Mrs. Ramey. asked
him II he had been using her hus-
bands car: he replied that he had.
She reminded him that she had no.
titled the garage not to let anyone
use it without her hubands or her
consent. Then, according to the tes-
timony. Frances flew into a violent
rage. threw off his coat. and with
the words, I'm going to XIII you,
sprang upon the bed, over the body
OF Ramey and on top of Mrs. Ramey,
grabbing her by the throat with one
hand, and at the same time reaching
for the revolver she kept under her
pillow, with the other hand Mrs.
Ramey in some manner managed to
remove the gun and drop it on the
floor behind the bed. Then Dolan
used both hands on his sisters throat
Ramey managed to pull himself out
from under Dolan and used all his
strength to pull the man away from
Mrs. Ramey's throat Failing in this,
he rushed from the room In search
of something with which to fight
off his wife's assailant Where he
found the long .32 Colts revolver. he
said he did not know. but he returned
hand. Again he shouted to Dolan to
let go OF Mrs. Ramey. but Dolan only
frightened mis- two-hand grip on her
throat and at the same time began
biting her cheek.
by this time" said Ramcy on the
witness stand, my wife's face had
turned black and her head was falling
back. I realized that in a few seconds
she would be dead. had done every
thing l could, but he was much too
big and strong for me to handle, so
/ fired n shot into the ceiling In the
hope of making him let go my wife
Seeing this would not work. l fired
directly at him twice"
Mrs. Ramey told the same story,
and the story of Mrs. Augusta Seitz.
who was in the doorway when the
shots were fired, was as near as two
stories could be. That of Mrs. Rus
sell was almost identical.
The ungovernable temper and un-
reasonable rage of Dolan when under
the Influence OF liquor were described
by his own father. sister and brother,
as we'll as other witnesses who knew
him we'll His best friends we're his
worst enemies when he had been
drinking. was the way the father of
the dead man summed 1t up.
DR.. Patterson who performed the
autopsy. described the bullet wounds
One had entered the left side, Just be-
low the ribs. ranged upward thru the
liver and the heart, and lodged in the
chest bone. The other had entered
the right side just under the arm.
passed thru the heart and emerged
from the left side a little higher up.
Either would have caused almost I'M
mediate death. The bullet recovered
WAS Of 80 calibre. weighed ia grains
and had been fired from n left twist,
therefore a Colts revolver.
Following DR.. Patterson those who
testified were: Thomas Dolan. father
Of the deceased: Joseph Dolan.
younger brother; Mrs Seitz. Mis-
Edith Shearon. Mrs. Alice Shearon.
w. r. Eidweil. who had been called
Immediately after the shooting by Joe
Dolan; Chief OF Police Daily. Chief OF
Detectives ]. Arthur Grady; Detective
w. l. Mcdonald: Patrolman Osborn.
Ramcy and Mrs Ramey.
Ramey made his statement after
being told by the district attorney
that 1t would be optional with him.
and warning him that In case of pro-
secution what he said might be used
against him. Ramey said he had not
consulted an attorney but was willing
to tell the truth. The jury was sure
he did, and Immediately after the
verdict was signed by the six men
Coroner Dibble said:
"Rnmey. you may CO."
Both Ramcy and the father of the
dead man quickly approached 9he
members of the jury and gave each a
strong, silent hand grasp.