The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-06-04
Terrible Tragedy.
A YOUNG GIRL SHOT ON
~ THE STREET.
Fer Alleged Murderer q coiorea Boy
Named Butler-Eis Arrest
Promptly Naie-Fuli
Account Of the
Awful Affair.

Account O. Inc
Awful Affair.
Rich and poor, high and low,
good and bad people, meet death but
once All have their appointed time
to die and the immediate cause Of
death is unknown to the living until
the fatal moment comes, and in num-
berless cases not even then, for souls
are hurled into eternity where bodily
pain is not felt, and there is no warn
ing of the coming of the dread reaper
or his actual appearance. Men speak
of the s'untimely' death of this or
that person, but we hold hat no
mans death is untimely. When a
mans time comes, as the saying is,
he will die, and neither before or
after that time.
We are led to this train of thought
by the tragedy of yesterday evening.
The murder of an estimable young
girl, ON a public highway, almost
within hand-shaking distance of doz-
Ems of men, is an event Of so awful a
character as to almost draw out the
hidden sensibilities of a craven image.
Briefly stated, the story of this APP
palling affair runs as follows:
Last evening, shortly after s
o'clock, Miss Jennie Martin, a sister,
in-law of u City Clerk, George B.
Simpson, and aged Is years, walk
ed up 18th street. She was leading
her sisters child, and was accom-
panied by Miss Minnie Montgomery,
a girl of about the same age. Reach
ing Eddy street, the two crossed it
and at Underwood & McGregor's
corner, turned to go up Eddy street,
intending to visit the Catholic
church. Miss Montgomery noticed
several colored boys playing in the
centre. of the street, but paid no at
tention to them. The girls walked
along and had gotttn but a few yards
from the corner, Miss Montgomery
being on the outer edge of the walk,
with the child between her and Miss
Martin, when, the latter's head being
turned slightly toward the building,
a shot was fired almost in Miss Mont
gomery's face, and her companion
fell upon the walk, a small round
hole in the right temple, near to and
a little above the eye, showing where
the bullet had entered the brain of
the unfortunate girl. Miss Mont
gomery at once screamed for aid, and
before it reached her endeavored to
raise the body herself, the right hand
of the murdered girl still clasping
that of her little relative.
People rushed to the spot, and the
corpse was conveyed first to Fred
Landau's market, when, after the
face had been washed, it was taken
to MIR. Simpsons residence, when
an inquest will be held upon it to-day.
AT first speculation was rife as to
how and by whom the deed was COM
mitted. Two or three ladies who
were walking on Ferguson street,
heard the shot, and Immediately after
met a man running at headlong
speed in the direction of the depot.
1t was thought by some that he had
fired the fatal shot, probably by ac-
cident, and becoming alarmed, was
hurrying to catch some out bound
train. Our vigilant Sheriff, Nick o.
Brien, was on hand, however, and
within an hour after the commission
of the act the suspected party was
safely lodged in Jail. 1t proved to
be a young colored hoodlum named
Butler.
A rather well authenticated report
reaches us to the effect that young
Butler has made threats against the
life of Miss Martin, and if this be
true there can be no doubt but that
he committed the fearful act deliber-
ately-creeping quietly upon his VIC
tim, taking only too sure aim, and
pulling the trigger with the GOODNESS
and skill of a practised marksman.
We hope it was not a planned muir
der, but even ifaccidental the boy or
those who allow him to carry
a deadly weapon, should suffer for
this appalling act.
The Two Orphans.