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Show Tha Juipiaat. The coroner's inquest was held over the remains of Edward Calahan, the man who was murdered on State road near the residence of Mr. E. S. Butter-field, Butter-field, Friday morning, at the undertaking under-taking parlors of Win. Skewes this morning at iOo'clock. Lotta Lawrence was the lirst witness, und testified that Calahan had $''.', on his person when I ho was in her place of business on I Franklin avenue, and that he spent ?: j in tho house and in ayment gave li?ra $:'i) bill, she giving him in change. 'The last she saw "of him was about!) o'clock Thursday evenintr. I Samuel Grocs! eck, E. Livingston and I Rolls, Covey testified that the deceased I came to the roadh.mse and roused them j and went in and took a drink at the j bar. Cnlahan paid for the drinks with I a $10 bill. Livingston, who waited on I their, at the bar said that the couple did I not act as if they were very much intoxicated in-toxicated and did not stay in the house but a few minutes. Mr. E. L ButterfieM and W. Wood were aroused by Ollicer Sanders and went to where the body of the deceased lay and guarded tho bo'dy until Sanders came to town and got Coroner Harris who went immediately to the scene of the homicide. When the body was found the right hand pocket of his trowsers was torn wrong side out and some small chanu-e was found in the tlu.-t near by. The vest was buttoned at the top and bottom buttons, but the btittonfKne where 1 no watch chain is corn-rally fastened was torn out and the watch gone. Ollicer Saunders testified that he was standing iu front of the Crystal saloon on Main street when he saw a horse j coming up the street on it run with a v. omau iu tho buggy driving, and that ' as soon as she str.v him she stopped and told him that a friend of tier's bad been held up down on tint State roid aud that she wanted him to go to his ng:,ist-ancn. ng:,ist-ancn. He got in the buggy and went to tho fatal spot as fast as the horse could go. When they arrived at tho place be got out of the buggy and found tho man lying on the ground dead. Could find no --es of a horse or any one being on tint ground before ho had arrived. Thecal was then given to the jury I who retired to deliberate ou their verdict. |