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STTS.IIice he spring,' them tnsfloM J., and times w does lio too oo fat, wholo yes on« 0110Sno gMtin tooid A oil, Is not ml noth and pounds Then,» likes to look things ml girl n any-hrenol-DwerfuiId who sr, but marrv to getwon't ng—m.SOLDIER DEAD; CORONER OPENS INQUIRY TODAYDurham Proposes Thorough Investigation of Shooting of National Guard Member,DOWELL LOSES DETERMINED FIGHT TO SURVIVE WOUNDfeller'U lid the a few : want, on his.0 little d.. and r next!RLRem*n-Maintains Hope to Last and Does Not Make Statement Regarding Affray.TOLDawingis*the In-r twotely by charge wing u 1sthIh-?ard oi charge rolmuuIn tlio he nan i policeIQt Ut ishlng-lt;e thatIK,ling to endont met by j Park hrough d tcle-uodruff tnpany, :ht shetO pftHHTenthed the her by le left ik, ac-iperln-,rdud a ! Ander*of theide by o took ch for emark ut she Later sed by ui de-which ' from atoned port,icidont ic girl lie reportlyland, the ifi had n andJtUiousmuled:orietyIENEASEWalter Dowell. a private in the Indiana National Guard, who was shot by Sergt Rdn in Pall Wednesday night at Thirtieth sheet and Cornell avenue when he attempted in escape from the officer, died ' cstctduy morning at 10:40 o'clock at St Vine rut a Hoapitnl without having made a deathbed siuteineiit regarding the fl hooting,Ikwc]| was finn in the belief that he would lerovtM, but he sank rapidly Jvat in lor to hta death and lost consciousness an hom bofur© tm died. A bullet wound of the abdomen caused death.BALL IS IN CUSTODY.Hcijft Hun ifl in (jlfl custody of ofll-Nnis of the National Guard and the re*-ulni aim urn! will be h.*ld for court-martial, It hn» been saJd. Ho was arrestee! by the local police department immediately after the shooting, but wasturned over to thu army authorities the next day by .fudge Collins, who hold that lie had no Juihjdlotiuu in the case,Coroner Dm Imm tank charge of the body of the guardsman immediately after lt;U*nih and It was removed ttom the hospital to the Fluitner Buehamm undertaking establishment. An autopsy has been oi dri ed hy the coroner for this morning and it U said that one or more of the guard ofHoera will be present.CORONER TO INVESTIGATE,Coroner Durham Intends to take up an Investigation Immediately and witnesses will he Kubpt-mied and hoard tomorrow it arrangement* ran bo com pie ted in that time, Coroner Durham will work in conjunction with the guard officials if they desire it, ills evidence will probably be hi'HM] at l he court - ma t tial.Dowel) had been arrested, charged wlUi vimiggjnig liquor into Uio National Guard camp at Fmt Benjamin Hairlson, and Rergt. Hat] find been detailed to take him to the cnmp. Ball took his prisoner aboairl an Interurhun car. The car stopped ut Cornell avenue and Thirtieth street to let another car pass atid Dowell leaped off and ran. When ho did not heed the command .'‘halt,” the serge got fired,Dowell Is survived hy a wife and Ion, His home was At Madison. Ind,OAMP IS SADDENED*Nows of Do weirs death reached camp shortly before noon nnd was received with general expressions of regret.Col Louden will detail a wiund, a musician and the chaplain of the First Regiment to accompany the body to Madison and attend tho funeral.Bergt. Ball, tho Second Regiment guardhouse man, was informed of his victim's doath by Capt. Parry as soon as Col. Smith received a report of It. He was almost overcome and still maintains that he did not ulm to hit the fleeing prisoner when he fired the futal shot.What action will be taken against Ball remains undecided Gen. McKee holds that an order fur a general court-martial to try him must be issued by Governor Ralston.GOVERNOR TO ACT TODAY.Governor Ralston said that he will take up the disposition of the cane today. He conferred with Capt. Horace 0. Wooi-ford of the Madison company lost night', and announced that the state wilt 6tifV the expense of Dowell's funeral, aa th* i family Is in poor circumstances.Mrs. Edwin Bail left her home at 1121 North Illinois dtrect early yesterdaymorning to carry to her husband, held Atthe guard camp, tidings that Dowell's recovery was anno rod. She scarcely had arrived at Fort Harrison w;hen Dowell's death was reported and all Mr gladness changed to grief. With her 10-year-old son Hibbert she has prayed that Dowell might recover. For four days she has had hourly reports from Bt. Vincent's Hospital. At rfrflt the reports were discouraging. Then tho nurses began to give more assurance and finally the little woman came to the belief that DoweB would recover. Her greatest joy in visiting her husband In his cell yesterday WSB to bear to him the glftd tidings ut the recovery nf tho man he shot. She Insisted that her husband was in the right Iti shooting.NEIGHBORHOOD IB GRIEVED,A cloml was thrown over Kensington Court, where the Ball family lives, by the news that Dowell was dead. Neighbors sat on their poichea last night after they had leuined. of Dowell's death and Calked In sympathetic undertone of the tragedyTho devotion of the husband and wif« for each other and their united affection for I libber t has brought the entire cow* to inspect and admire them.“Ed Ball war not the man to shoot* fellow soldier without cause/' Mrs. W.I) Davis No. 9, Kensington Court, salfl last night, We have known tha family a long time find admire them all. we nil hope ho will be acquitted/'
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Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Mon, Jul 28, 1913
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