3eod Iiver Slacier..
HOOD RIVER, OR., AUG. 3l', 1889.
The Killing of David S. Terry. The
" . Aulopty and Inquest,
The inquest was held hi the superior
courtroom at Stockton, Wednesday eve
ning August 14th, every available seat
being occupied, and.a formidable array
present of legal talent representing the
btate as wellas the prisoner. District
Attorney White was assisted by Deputy
District Attorney William M. Gibson,
Kuss Ward, of Mereed, and W. D.
Grady, of Fresno. For Nagle there
were present J. C. Campbell, W. L.
Dudley, James H; Budd, Henry C. Mc
Pike, of San Francisco, formerly assis
tant United States District Attorney,
and Q. T. Jones, of Sacramento.
R. H. Ward was the fist witness
sworn. He is a lawyer practicing in
in Merced. He identified the body at
t the morgue as that of David Si Terry,
aged sixty-seven years, a resident of
Fresno. ... ? ,
Dr. Fr. A. Giesea testified as to the
holding of an autopsy on the' body, giv
ing the result as published elsewhere.
He gave it as his opinion that death was
caused by a bullet wound, as described
in the autopsy. Dr. H. R.:Bulson testi
fied at the autopsy in substance the same'
as given by Dr. Giesea. ; ' ...
John Barrett, deputy coroner, testi
fied that he examined the Judge's body
and clothing after his death at Lathrop,
He found $190 in gold,' $5. 75-in silver,
some papers and keys and a small
pocket knife, but no weapon. . .
T. W. Stackpole testified that he-was
in the dining room when the shooting
occurred. He saw Judge Field come in.
"Mr. Lincoln told me that Judge Field
and Judge Terry wore on the train and
that we might have trouble in; the dining
room," he said : ' .
''I told him by all means put them at
different tables." Judge Field and a
Mnan I did not know came in first.
Judge Terry and his wife came in a
moment or two afterward. They got
'opposite Judge Field. Mrs. Terry
passed and looked at Judge Field, who
partly rose from his chair. He looked
disturbed, Mrs. Terry turned and went
out of the room. I stopped her aud
. asked what she was going out for. She
replied that it was no affair of mine.
Then I went to Judge Terry and said to
him, that I hoped Mrs. Terry wouldn't
be so indiscreet as to get a piBtol and
-.create a disturbance in the dining room.'
"He replied: 'Why? Who is here?'
I told him Judge Field was in the room.
lie looked disturbed and said he did not
inow; that. I had better look after), her
and not let her return. Before she got
back, the shooting occurred. I could not
tell who did the shooting. When I
heard the sound of the first shot, I hur
ried toward, wnere the sound come from.
There were three or four men together.
One of them was Judge Field. ; He was
just rising from his. seat. He looked
frightened and very much agitated, and
I thought he was the person who had
been shot. . . .
"I went over to the spot and asked
what was the matter. JndgeJField said :
'This man assaulted me and my officer
shot him.' The officer said he was a
deputy marshal, and had shot the man
in pursuance ot his duty. I could not
see who did the shooting. The man was
in the act of, setting the tiigger of his
pistol,' preparatory to shooting it off,
when I reached the spot. Judge Field
and the olficer then went out and got on
the train. When the second shot was
fired, I saw some one in the act of fall
ing, but could not tell who it was.
.When I got to the spot Judge Terry was
lying on the floor and seemed to be
nearly dead. , ' : -
F. J. Lincoln, the hotel keeper at
. Lathrop, testified that he met Neagle on
the train coming up from Bakersfield.
"I Baw Justice Field this morning at
7' o'clock on the train," he testified.
"When the train reached Lathrop, Field
and Nagle got off for breakfast and took
their seats at a table near the' door.
Field was si, ting at the end, Neagle
next to him on the left side.. There
were ten more people sitting at the
same table. I saw' Judge Terry come in
the door of the dining room about two
minutes after Field. I went to him and
took him lo the table furtherest from
Field,-and turned up a seat on the right
for his wife, but his wife, when she went
down the dining room turned and went
back. Terry was about two feet behind
mo going down to the table, and Mrs.
Terry was about four feet behind.
heard no remerks made as we were
passing down the dining room.' When
she went out Judge Terry went
along with me and passed Judge Field
and sat down to the table. He did not
apparently see Juge Field.
g,"I went for acup of tea for Field, then
showed two gentleman to a table, and
as I turned around I saw Judge Terry
Bending over Judge field. This was
probably five or six minutes after Judge
Terry sat down to the table. Mrs. Terry
was not in the room then. As I turned
about, Judge Terry was bending over
Judge Field and looked as if he was
going to speak to him. Then he raised
his hand as if to call his attention, not
to hit him a blow, but just a sort of a
tap (illustrating) on the right side of him
with bis open hand, and did not strike
'him any place. I did not know whether
he touched him or not.
"When Terry did this he was right
behind Field, and a little to his' right.
He used his right hand in making this
motion toward Field, but I could see
where his left hand was. He was bend
ing over when he did this, and just as
he rose up, N eagle shot him. I was
about four feet from Terry at the time
this occurred.' I think Terry was stand
ing about twelve or fourteen inches from
the chair of Judge Field. He was fac
ing Neagle. Immediately on the shot
being fired he fell to the floor -on his
back with one foot under him. There
was a second shot fired instantly .after
the first one.. After the second shot
Neagle said he was a United States offi
cer. When the second shot was fired,
Terry was in the act of falling. . -
"I sasv Terry give Field but one tan of
that kind with his open hand, and I was
looking at them all the time. His hand
..was not, closed at all; he just brushed
the face, if he touched Field at all.
"It couldn't have been more than two
seconds from the .time Judge Terry
brushed his hand across Field's face to
the time of the first shot. A man would
have to have his hand on his pistol to
draw it between the time I saw Judge
Terry's hand brush Field's face, and
the shooting. I had a conversation with
Neagle on the train and he told me that
Judge Field had been told that Terry
was on the train. " That was all he said
to me about it."
The arresting officer, T. B. Walker,
constable of Lathrop township, testified
as to making the arrest of David Neagle
and identified the revolver. It was a
Colt's single-action 45-caliber. Other
testimony established the fact that the
bullet taken from Terry's body fitted
the revolver. . ; - ---. : . ;
The matter was then submitted to the
jury, which retired at 10 o'clock to find
a verdict. At 10:15 the jury returned
and handed in the following verdict:
We, the jury, find that the deceased
was named David S. Terry, that ho was
a native of Kentucky, aged, about sixty
seven years. He came to his death on
the 11th of August, 1889, in this county.
We further find that the said David S.
Terry came to his death from the effects
of a gunshot wound inflicted by one
David Neagle, at the town of Lathrop,
county of San Joaquin, State of Califor
nia. Frank Hrult, A. P. Trefry, F. M.
Kennedy, A. Lemkau, L.' WoK, M. -L.
Cady, Frank Madden, Gus Gumperlz,
Malcolm Macrea, A. L. Walker, James
Ford and L. Honsel. - . '
. Crop Weather Bulletin No, 35.
' Oregon State Weather Bureau in co
operation with U. S. Signal Service,
central office, Portland, Oregon. For
week ending August 24, 1889.
The temperature for the past week
has been about or slightly below the
normal, ranging from 40 to 90 degrees
with the mean about 66 degrees.
Showers of rain fell in the Willamette
valley and along the coast on Sunday
and Monday. In the southern part of
Bepton. county the rainfall--was very
heavy on Sunday, accompanied by hail.
In Linn county, near Albany, hail about
the size of a pea fell- There is no report
of any rain in any other part of the state
during the week.. The showers were
beneficial to the grasses and late garden
products. Little, if any, damage was
done to the sacked wheat or wheat
stacks in tne fields. The atmosphere
was considerable cleared of smoke by
the showers and thev had a tendency to
dampen the forest fires. '. ' V
The sunshine was about normal, th
mornings in . Western Oregon beiiij ,
cloudy or foggy, for a few hours f ijty, have
Eastern Oregon generally a cloudleSey or
sky prevailed; .. -
The wheat harvest is about finished ircn as w0
all sections of the state and reports coitig fair at
tinue to be received "wheat is turning
out better than was expected." The
largest yield per acre is reported from
Hubbard, Mario'i county, where 68
bushels per acre were obtained. Sixty
bushels per acre were ootained in Linn
county and near Weston, Umatilla
county. Those are the highest authen
tic yields so far reported. The Rogue
river valley has a much larger yield
than was expected. The Umpqua val
ley will export more wheat this year
than last. The whole Willamette valley
will have more wheat to export than
last year, the same tor the Grande
Ronde, Indian and oilier valleys of Un
ion county. , The wheat in these sections
is of good quality, averaged sized grain
and plump. Morrow county will export
move wheat than ever before, though in
quality slightly poorer, the increased
acreage was very great there. Wasco,
Sherman and Gilliam counties will have
a greatly reduced yield and of very poor I
u..u
quality, though even here there are ex
ceptions; Umatilla county has in places
good yields, in others very poor. Some
claim for this county that there will not
be oyer oue-fourth the usual amount of
good milrlng wheat. Future figures
alone can determine that ; Some fields
were not worth cutting for eyen hay;
some yielded 8 bushels per acre, but
most fields averaged more. The. total
number of bushels of wheat produced
this year in Umatilla county will most
likely surprise those who have been pre
dicting such a wonderfully short crop.
The price of wheat is gradually rising,
but little is being sold. Sixty cents in
Eastern Oregon (at Pendleton) and 65
cents in the Willamette vallev are at
present the maxiura prices offered by
buyers for Al wheat. .. ' a-
The present outlook for the hop crop
places it at about 80T of an average
crop, but better in quality.
The fruit crop continues to yield
enormously; peaches, pears, prunes,
etc., are very plentiful. c
The hay crop is generally short in
Ea.-tern and extreme Southern Oregon.
Good crops were had in the Willamette
and Umpqua valleys and along the
const. - " '..''
The rivers are falling rapidly, water is
becoming scarce in Eastern Oregon, even
the Snake river indicates a failure. - 1
BLOODHOUNDS.
The Way to Capture Cut-throats Who
1 Operate In the Mount ilnti.
The frequent, murders being com
mitted jn Nevada have revived the sub
ject of using bloodhounds for the cap
ture of the murderers. The roads
leading throughout the mountains
afford a safe field for the operation of
such fiends. Under existing conditions
a man may be murdered in opeii day
light, and" no matter how vigilant the
officers, it is next to impossible), to hunt
down the perpetrator Onc-e out of
sight of the scene where the tragedy
was committed, the murder is safe, un
less pure accident reveals his identity.
But if each Sheriff of the . different
counties were empowered! by law, , or
demanded by custom, to keep a pack
of bloodhounds, escape would be next
to iriipossiblo. If it was- known that at
every county seat there were such ani
mals the discoverer of a dead body in
the highway would guard the-spot and
keep all footsteps away till the dogs
arrived, so that the pure scent would
be gained. Then .the -officers would
only have to follow the hounds to
catch and capture the guilty party.
Bloodhounds are said to "be able to
follow the deer or other animal of
which they are in pursuit through herds
of the same animals, and they will
recognize its trail on the ground as
long as twelve or fourteen hours after
the creature has passed by,- and' if it is
lost one day and they are put upon its
fresh track the following morning,
they will follow it as long as it runs-on
solid ground . In pursuit they are so
slow that a horse can always- keep
them in sight, and in a long chase an
active pedestrian can keep them in
hearing. They can be trained to chase
slowry, if necessary. These dogs never
make a mistake in their man. They
will follow the trail of the one they are
after, no matter hw many other feet
marks cross it. Let it once be known
that bloodhounds, are within reaching
distance, aud highway robbers would
be scarce. It would break up the
traffic, for such men would know their
detection was sure. They have been
objected to on the ground of inhuman
ity. But these humanitarians seem to
think only of -the murderers,' and
not of the innocent who are subject to
their brutality. The owner of a pack
of bloodhounds iff a county would be a.
terror to evil-doers. . It would break
up the gangs of desperadoes that now
flourish. .-.-' It would make- life and
property more safe. Incendiaries and
burglars would soon quit operations if
they knew their trail would lead
to their ' discovery. , '' Bloodhounds
would have revealed the identity of
the Kneebone and the Pratt murderers
long before, this. They would save the
counties needless expense in the trial
of innocent parties .who are sometimes
arrested on suspicion. Bloodhounds
ought to be kept in every mountain
county. Nevada Herald. . ,
Umbrella Tassels.
wm
Wagon and Carriage Painting a Sw
the would-oe pTtaTOsRTx ilRFAQN
what they're- put on for." They're not
ornamental,, and I'll swear they're oot
of no juse."
- "Oh, but they are useful,." said the
salesman. -'Many . a man has saved
his umbrellia by liavitig tassels on it.''
: , "How so?" , N K : ' ,.
, "Why, instead of laying it down or
standing it against-a counter when he
stops in any place,' he simply thrusts
one of the tassels' .through , a button
hole of his vest. When ho starts
to go out of the store or wherever he
may be, a tug soon reminds him that
he is escorting an umbrelia. I lost a
good customer by explaining the
utility of .these tassels or rather his
custom is not so consecutive as it
'formerly 'was. ' He bought a high
priced silk article one day. and took
out his knife to cut off the tassels,
when I stopped him. 'Don't do that,
T :a . .
I said.
, ' 'Why not?' asked he. - 'I always do
when 1 get home. I might justas well
do it here. They're iio use.'
"I explained to him that they were
of use. - , ' . ' "
'"By Jove!' said he, ''that's so.
what a fool I've been! I have invaria
bly cut of the tassels us soon as I got
home and put them in my bureau. As
a consequence I have a score or more
of tassels and no umbrellas.'
' "That man hasn't bought au um
brella for over a year; whereas he used
to come in every two or three weeks for
a new umbrella." t
It is said the consumption of ryt
flour has' increased enormously since
the late rise iu the price of wheat
flour. "Black bread" has an unfamil
iar appearance upon American table,
but its wholesomeness is undoubted.
Footballs are useful in college yrds.
If the fresh young men do not like the
dusty old professors they can go out
and kick. JSew uneans ncayuae,
-, "I don't write for money," said the
poet, proudlv. "Then, in Heaven's
name, what" do you write forre
venge?" asked the editor. -
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