The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-28
bMICIDE IN T

ennicott Shoots Jesse S an
ders, alias Tex"
I've Witnesses Of the Shoot
ing Say.
norted Causes that Led to
the Shooting.
mday morning, at about half-pas
K. and shortly after the Sunday
bad gone to press, a tragedy occurred
4 Lowry's saloon, on Main street,
ted great excitement at the time,
bw the subject of town comment.
Lnnicott shot and almost instantly
Ese Sanders, better known in Butte
i" The trouble that led to the
Is not thoroughly understood, and
will not be until the preliminary
ion of Kennicott takes place, but
pents of parties who witnessed some
and heard some words between the
before and at the time of the shoot
throw some light on the
the homicide. From inquiry, state
Id ru,nor our reporter has been able
the following account of the killing
and the reported causes that led to
ute or two before the shooting a diff
occurred between kennicott and
the sidewalk in front of the saloon,
TEX is reported as calling Kenni-
ward and a s-n of a b-h. Immedi-
lowing this both men entered the sa-
eniicott first, closely followed by
Ghen the men had got as far in the
about the center of the long bar
Kennicott called on Tex to stop or
d shoot him. A. this moment Tex
Lr the bar counter and apparently in
of pursuing kennicott, whose back
b the stove, and Kennicott
tetreating backward with his
in his hand, elevated and
toward Tex. A movement of Tex
Kennicott, so reported, and the fatal
fired. An eyewitness to the shoot
that the mel were about three feet
the time. One shot was fired from
b, the ball entering the throat of Tex
light side. Tex dropped instantly to
aaifssfll forward and partially on
side. The crowd in the saloon at the
tof the shooting broke for the room
ear, but returned quickly when no ad.
shots we're fired. When Tex fell
bit started for the front door, and
reached the street was taken in Gus
policeman and lodged in the city
from which place he was removed TO
ny Jail where he is now confined.
IN went to Tex. who was dead or dy-
attempted to raise him up. Others
and the dying man, whose life was
going out, was raised and carried to
liable, where a hasly examination was
He was dead inside of two minutes.
~hnston, being called, examined him
kOnounced Tex dead. Tex made no
pht of the affair. He expired too
1t is said that at the time kenni-
ed Tex was in the act of advancing
b. he had his hand in his hip pocket ;
(Tex's) pistol was picked up at the
was raised from the floor, and that
fOre the shooting kennicott called or
stop or he would shoot him. This, il
Eect statement, will be brought
the examination, the time for which
yet been settled.
Sunday morning the body Of Tex wa:
ID to the Police Court room. Drs
Jon and Strom examined the wound
ntrance of the ball was on the right sid.
neck. The ball passed through tht
pipe, and ranged downward, cutting thu
\, artery and lodged in the left shoulde'
rom which it was taken.
he cause that led to'the killing Lothin!
hitely known, but there are many ru
current on the streets. One is tina
h, alias Tex, had approached Kennicdt
! proposition to rob Clark, DOnneli !
pes bank. where kennicolt was EN-
as clerk. That KennicOtt rejected thu
fition, and that Tex stigmatized him d
Iard and called him rough names, an'
bis occurred on the sidewalk, and tina
cott retreated into the saloon, closet,
BID by Tex, when the shooting too
and within a very brief space of tim
he trouble on the side walk.
b Sanders, called Tex, has been aroun
for some time. He was a sport by pre-
Dor he claimed to be. Of his antect
We can learn but little, but he claimed
mself, to be well and respectfully col
\. His reputation was not first rate.
t his death without j~ustifiable cause. b
will, probably, be punished as the la
+. Tex ''died with his boots on, all
|me has often been written of men k |
these mountains.