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MAN SHOT BY SAM CODLTER FEB. n 13TH PASSES AWAY AT 9:20 » MONDAY NIGHT—COULTER IN JAIL CHARGED WITH MURDERHEARING NEXT FRIDAYfoaftotaTuesday’s DailyFrank Beagle,twenty-eight years of age, oF Springhill, who was shot in a revolver duel with Sam Coulter on Saturday night, February 13th, after lingering eight days, died at 9:20 Monday night. Death was due to gangrenous poison, and an autopsy held this morning revealed the fact that the entire intestines had mortified.Sam Coulter, who had been outon a $2,000 bond,pending Beagle’scondition, was arrested this morn-iug, and the charge of shootingWith intent to commit murderchanged to one of murder. Thischarge does not permit a bail, and ,after a hearing at the ci:v court todetermine a date for a preliminary,Coulter was taken to jail. i nlt;I ttPRELIMINARY HEARING.Deputy State’s Attorney William F. Robbins, who filed the affidavit against Coulter which charged 'shooting with malice and premeditation, is to be assisted by Thomas E. Davidson, who has been em-iployed by relatives of the deadman to assist flie State in the pros-,1 jeecution. Tremain Turner and|_, ‘Osborn -Hamilton have been regained by Coulter.On arraignment this morning be-•fore Mayor Mendenhall, Coulter’s attorneys1 insisted upon an immediate hearing, to which the State’s •attorneys objected on the grounds '•they were not ready for trial, and ;a!so it would be inhuman to have •the relatives of Beagle come into •court at a time before his corpse had been interred. Mayor Men-• denhall set the preliminary hearing for Friday morning at ten o'clock. -Coulter, after a brief consultation with his attorneys in the mayor’s office,- went to his place of business, accompanied by Chief Johnson, and procured a box of cigars before he started to the jail,TIIE DEATH DUEL.The shooting in which Beagle received mortal wounds, took place on Railroad street near the old ex* b press office, Saturday a week ago ■ at eight o’clock in the evening.; E and is said to have been the result of a previous misunderstanding between the two men. Karlier in it the evening Beagle had entered :ti Coulter’s place, had been ordered h out, and is said to have fired one tl shot at Coulter after stepf.:ng out tl on the sidewaik. bHow the two men met 4ateivlt;a tlthSthemathefoathhiCLscattbsihi jeatfntcnlt;hittp’atrSaaftnVbis a mutter .the.court must deter- |o mine for boil: have told dierent I ff' *stories* Sitfjicc it to . say at this ! R time Coulter .fired three shots ,snd fi Beagle one. . Beagle went to .a T physician's -oiVce, and later taken W to jail and cared for by Dr. T. B. *P‘ , Gullefer, aiid-spine time afterwards taX » • 'Coulter was arr-epted. He remained in jail until Sunday about eleven jj] o’clock when he procured bond I and was releasedKKMOVED.UO HOME.Beagle was rema.ed to his home on the John Greer {arm at al.out the same lime C3ult£»' secured his liberty. He had gained strengthunder the physician's administra-i * ~tions. His wounds consisted of one in the right limb between the knee and the hip and through the right hip and the groiu. COhis bullet entered from the back, bruised » » •the intestines and came out. the groin and from its course .y/as .thought exceedingly dangerous Jfrr (Contiijijed on pap;e six.) JccMfoPiviujSIwofViPlt;
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Greensburg News
Greensburg, Indiana, US
Fri, Feb 26, 1915
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