The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-09
WOUND KILLS JAC0bI,
 JURY DECIDES
Testimony at Coroner $ h. quest duplicates
 Andy Wall

That the death of Peter Jacobi cooks helper, about 60 years old at the Dundas Bay Cannery of th, Northwestern Fisheries Company was caused by knife wound tha entered the liver and pierced tht heart, inflicted by Andy Wall cook, last Monday morning, Wal the verdict of coroner's jur, which met in the office of the Juneau-Young Hardware Company this morning at 10 o'clock.
 Witnesses who testified at thS coroner's inquest this morning were W. B. Kingston, Superin.end ent of the cannery, Lawrence B Andal of Seattle, and Chris Lar son, of Hoonah, whp are employ ed at the eannery, bnd pr. ". J Pigg, who examined the body, and testified as an expert.
 Testifies As to Incidents
 Superintendent Kingston testi fled that cannery worker, whe had been unloading coal, came te him and said there was a fight in the kitchen. He rushed out oi the office and saw Andy Wal lying in the doorway of the store He turned him over and saw that he was alive. Then another man said Jacobi was dead in the kitch en. Mr Kingston ran to the kit chen, verified the fact that Jacob was dead, covered him with { blanket and returned to the store where he placed Wall on mat tress and dressed his wounds. La ter he left Chris Larson witl Wall while he returned to th, kitchen He also said judging from Jacobi's appearance he hat not moved after falling; that the knife on which there was blood was near the back door, and tha a blood spattered cleaver was or a crate of potatoes about thret feet from Jacobi's feet.
 When asked by Assistant Dis ! trict Attorney George w. Folti whether there was an axe in tht kitchen, MT. Kingston said ht hadn't seen one, though one nigh have been there to use breaking coal, but that it would not hayt been sharp.
 Doctors Testimony
 Dr. Pigg testified that the cause of Jacobi's death was a knife staf entering the body on the righ hand side, that cut the first rib entered the upper part of the liy CT and pierced the heart. He esti mated the length of the wound tt be six inches.
 MT. Andal said he was working a short distance from the cool house, when he heard scuffle il the kitchen. He started toward the kitchen and heard cries o Pete, Pete" and then ~help. When he heard the cries he paus ed for few seconds, about l. feet from the kitchen door, be fore continuing toward the build ing. As he paused, he said And, Wall, the cook, came out of thi kitchen door, with one hand helt to his side and the other over hi! mouth and called help" ant walked to the store. MT. Anda said he continued to the kitchel and saw Peter Jacobi lying on tn. floor before the sink, apparentl. dying. He saw a French sllcin; knife close to the coal bunker! near the back door that had bloot on it, he said. He also said Ja cobi looked as though he had no moved an inch from where he hat fallen.
 Fight in Progress
 Larson's testimony was simila to that of Andal. He said he wa. painting skiffs in the warehouse not far from the kitchen, when ; man who was carrying coal int the kitchen ran out of the cool house and said there was figh going on and that the men hat better part the cook and his help CT. Larson said he ran towar'