The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-20

Fun rsrtaeulass q ~ Kinlng a
DAVID Aoroe ~ Joseph
XoGloe.
! 0pee'al OusyosuuaAeosoo q ~ 0I1D9
GLENDALE, Nay 10, lee&
RRa~r Butte 1in9:
s1R-S.eing many statements IN the
papess concerning the killing At D9v1d
Acree on the 30th Of last month ct thu
place, and knowing them to b untrue
| In every instauce-that =, II the testi'
mony Of some ntt<en or twenty w.t.
nerses b to b believed-I deem It bat
simple justice to oil concerned In that
unfortunate tragedy that the pabl'c
should have . truthful account Of the
| matter according to the testimony OF
the witnesses examined upon the pre-
liminary hearing before r. z. Thomas
E~q., Of this place.
1t appears that the deceased, AGREE,
who W. . married man, having . wife
with whom be did not get along any too
we'll, had lived In and around Glendale
for about two years prior to his death,
. portion of which time he lived with
bis wife and portion Of It separate and
apart from her. Whether living with
her or MT It appears that he WAS 1t oil
times intensely jealous of her, and any
Of his male acquaintances who took the
least notice Of her.
Whether this jealousy was founded
on any just cause or nat does not appear
! from the evidence, but It does APPEAR
that he and bis wife for some unknown
cause had parted about two months
previous to the shooting, and never A.
terward became reconciled to ea~h 9TH
or, and that he (Acree) conceived the
idea. THAT Joe Kesler, . miner living on
Camp Greek. about five miles from Mel-
rose, was the cause Of the separation.
Although the evidence Dies not show or
; tend to show that Kesler Wa anything
more than mere acquaintance Of Mn.
AGREE, it appean that AGREE made some
threats that he would kill Kesler on
sight. and then exhibited . revolver to
divers persons, saying that 1t (the re-
vulver) " 'uld be the death Of Kesler,
and on one occasion went to . dance at
Melrose avowing on the mad and 1t the
dan ,e that he expected to lind Joe Kes-
Ter at that dance, and had come pre-
pared to kill him, exhibiting his ~
volver.
Kesler in the meantime had heard Of
the threats made by AGREE against him
and had void..d meeting AGREE. He
had even taken the precautio.i Of nail
ing up his cabin windows, for fear thst
Acre would shoot him In his house
sometime when he was alone, bat on
the day Of the shooting Kesler came to
Glendale on busine,'s with HE partner,
George Redd, and remainedin town the
greater part Of the day. They were on
their road home when AGREE assaulted
Kesler with revolver, near the juno
tiono the Browns bridge road with the
Melrose road, at which p ace It seems
AGREE had been and was In conversation
with Mr.. Copp when Kesler and his
partner happened along On their way
home, when AGREE broux bit on the difn-
Guilty. lido not deem it proper to enter
further into the details Of this matter, ~
Kes!er has bcem held to answer at the
next term of the district court, but mere.
~ desire to correct false statements
which are calculated to produce unjust
impressions not only against Mr.. Kesler
but also against Messrs. Copp and Redd
neither Of whom was In any way con-
nectei with the difficulty between AGREE
and Kcsler, but who CHANGED to be pres
ent or near by when the fatal meeting
occurred.
Copp it appears Wa IN old acquaint-
ance of AGREES and had been induced
Ivy AGREE to intercede. for him with Mn.
Acree, with the view Of having her re-
turn and live with her husband again.
He was standing talking to AGREE at the
Junction of the roads before mentioned,
when Kesler, who, in company with bis
partner Redd was ON his road home,
passed near AGREE and Copp. AGREE
then rushed u con Kesler with q drawn
revolver and made the assault which
terminated with his life.
Mr.. Copp is an old time Montanian,
who has made numerous. friends In all
parts of the country and to whom no
blame can ever attach in this affair.
joseph Kesler and George Redd are
partners in some quartz property situ-
u ed on Camp Creek where they have
been a: work for the past year. They
have ais" made themselves many friends
and are highly respected by their neigh
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