Show W ARRANT is ISSUED w ON Of MURDER May 20 The O.-The Tho usual verdict of ot wound at the hands death from a ft gunshot of ot Clarence l JIm st was returned last lall night bv by ii the Ih coroners coroner's jury Jur In the can case or ot Charley Charly Staples the negro shot b by Ernst last t Saturday night A warrant n charging h l log ing I murder an in the first d degree has a been issued Contrary to the general opinion which has s prevailed In t the city the testimony I a of the witnesses W showed o J t that the dead negro had made no effort to attack atack the tho defendant ha before he was WIS shot According bErol to the witnesses examined today Staples had no weapon on his person except a small hae Jack Jark which was WI found In his smal pockets unopened after he lie was shot down dowl by Ernst Staples had a bad reputation For tor y years ars ho had followed the race track for tor fora a living VI At the time e of t the e shooting U ll he lie was being b in searched r-ht r tg for by City Jailer Anderson on suspicion of ot bell being a pickpocket His HIR presence nt itt Ernsts Ernst's Ersts s cigar elgar store had been reported b by the tatter latter CI al' to 10 the tho police Hearing that Ernst later had hae reported Ilce him to the polee police Staples Is said ald to have p made threats Fearing that the negro Intended to kill him Ernst mst l-mst fired the shot which caused the death of ot Staples when thc they met at the corner corer of or Twenty fifth street and Lincoln avenue The coroners coroner's Jury jul- jUr was composed of ot George Glore D. D Folkman Claude Zinn hinn and Joseph Jospph Burrs Ruffa Funeral services over the remains of held from the undertaking undertaking under under- th the dead negro were taking parlors of Larkin Son today at noon Rev O. O W. W of the Methodist church conducted the services Interment tery was WI made at the City cemetery come come- |