| Show VERDICT OF SUICIDE conclusion OP OF THE INQUEST uron UPON tiie BODY OF WILLIAM B D GOODWIN tile the exam examination into the cause of the death ot of william B boudwin goodwin Go odwin boda was found on the hill near tilo tile warm springs bath house on the I 1 thanet thAn dinst st WAS resumed yesterday afternoon three more witnesses viz 0 C little littie LI talc J A ross and J al goodwin were vere sworn and in turn testified mr little the broker who sold a smith wenson wesson revolver re olver to a certain peng perg person on about the middle of Aitz august list said lle lie ile he handed melo meio moe roe 10 in gold and I 1 eve gave pave lilu him h hack back a ck ba 2 ill in s liver silver as c chance change it ange ile he was of nie medium dittin height heavy build and had llad a dark moustache ile he had on a thick s sack ack coat not very light color lie he was about 28 or 30 years of age I 1 it t was just after 12 noon noon nuon when he n he came in ile he seemed ignorant of pistols pistol I 1 put four cartridges in the pistol he bought he lle asked if I 1 thought tile the police would arrest him if he carried a loaded pistol I 1 would not know that particular pistol astol again b but ut I 1 would know the ibe kill kind I 1 have geem seen the one found with the body and it is of the same makens make as the one I 1 sold the cartridges in lii it resemble those I 1 put in lit having little or no grease on it wits w is reading the account in the chronicle of the finding of the body that led me to think it was the same pistol mr 1 A ross koss engineer on the D R G railway testified tes titled 1 I reside at pleasant valley vailey junction and have known the deceased for over a year ile he had been working for me as fireman silice since last list january ills character was stable and a uh i moral as you nind find I 1 never heard of any ally trouble between dimand hijii and anyone ai ione lone I 1 saw taw t saw aw him laston last on the evening of tho of august from 2 to in the round house ile he said sald he was going home to get clothes ile he had been heen abed and got up about 1 P pm in and took dinner at the tho round it house 0 use be foregoing foie forc going up tow town ile he said to the caller who ft ho met him on the way wayt that he call him as he would be down in time to so go out with the train I 1 waited from 10 to 1045 1043 pm and then fetn for another fireman and got oot away about 11 there was but on one lady in the hotel junction that he knew her only as a passing acquaintance ho llo had perhaps 3 or when he got in about a week before he said he thought he would have to get a job somewhere else ills engine iad rad had been ditched about thirty days before ile he was getting about per day da eighty five miles was yide con considered red a days work an any thin thing over that he got extra pay for I 1 I 1 dona dont think it possible that he coutu couta have got up town to purchase the pistol as stated ile he wasa was a taller man than mr nir mckimmins and not much heavier ile he had no fast habits I 1 dont think he had an enemy I 1 never knew him to gamble lie he paid 60 50 his bed and breakfast that morning J al 51 foodwin I 1 father of the deceased stated that the hotel keeper told him his son staid in bed till noon and raid taid paid 50 cents for bed and breakfast I 1 heard eard he had been seen at about 8 rpm pm august 7 on walker brothers corner ile he frequently stood there I 1 have seen him there ile he was familiar with firearms fire arms ile he was 25 years old and had been here two years ile he was at bin binham bingham ham where he be got leaded and was then een home lome for lor two months ile ho lived in omaha some years ile he was right handed he was only at home occasionally lils his runs were east of pleasant p basant valley ile he always wanted a co companion nee net panion he had no enemies and never neven ven nen did a anything that I 1 know of to make enemies the evidence all being in the jury were e left alone and in so something methin over an hour rendered the following verdict TERRITORY OF UTAH county of salt lake an inquisition holden hoiden at the sextons Sex tons office in the fifth precinct of salt lake city territory of utah on the day of september A do D 1884 before george J taylor coroner of said county upon the body of william B goodwin goodim there lying dead by the jurors whose names are hereunto subscribed bed rile said sald jurors upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death on or about the of august AD 1884 and andt that death was c caused an se by a leaden beaden ball fired from a 38 8 calibre pistol passing the brain of do ceasear ceased and from the evidence presented we have reason to and do bellevo believe that the said pistol was held in the hands of the deceased in testimony whereof the said jurors have hereunto set their hands the day and year first above written JETER CLINTON MARK mckimmins cilas clias 0 WHIT 1 jurors GEORGE J TAYLOR coroner |
