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Show . . I . - i I . . J . . .. 4 J r ' " . ' ' - , -.- - .. tj ....... t -! . . . , . tvw ,--. . - - p ' '?f County Attorney Ce :;i Westervclt has drawn up a corr.rlalnt chars'.r.j Ike Hushes, colored, with murder in the f .it C:zree, be::evir.3 him to be responsible respon-sible for the --th cf C. R. AVest. The rrerars-i:-.!., of this complaint was hastened," perhars, by the verdict of the Coroner's Jury, 'w hich placed the responsibility on Hughes. The complaint will probably be signed some time this afternoon. Hughes Is at the county Jail, where he will be confined until he Is c'.wcharyetl. Th bo2y cf West was burled this mornlr-Sf at 11:30 o'clock from the norrue of J. W. Taylor,. and was interred in-terred In the City cemetery. The Coroner's Jury which held an inquest in-quest over the remains of C. R. West, who fell or was pushed from a thlrd-etory thlrd-etory window of the American house llonday right, returned a verdict late yesterday afternoon implicating: the n-gro, n-gro, Ike Hughes, who has been held in custody since West was found lying on the pavement with hla skull crushed 'and leg broken. The verdict of the Jury was as follows: fol-lows: 5 'It is our opinion, from the evidence, that C. -R. WTest came to his death by being pushed or thrown out of the win-down win-down by some person or persons, and we further believe that Ike Hughes is In a way-responsible for the tame. (Signed) . . "JOHN O. SMITH. "JAMES P. SPRUNT. "Q. F. D ALTON." When the Jury read the verdict, which was reached after a few minutes deliberation, delib-eration, Hughes was given into the custody of a deputy sheriff, to be confined con-fined in the county Jail until his discharge. dis-charge. The County Attorney is determined to sift the case to the bottom, and is searching In every possible quarter for further evidence In the case. . Hughes declares his innocence, and declares that he was In no way connected con-nected with the death of the miner. He says he can establish his innocence when the case comes to trlaL |