Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28

then began to swear and went to the cupboard and ok out one more revol- yer. He asked me to open the front door so that be could kill every one he saw outside. He went to the front door and followed him. He fired a couple of shots and then locked the door him. self. I heard no noise outside. 1 and another man persuaded him to 20 back into the room. He threw the self-cOck- ing pistol on the bed and took another out of the cupboard and then went out with two revolvers in bis hands. was in the rear Of the store when the last shot was fired. I think be fired about twenty shots. I saw him loading his pistol. He was very much excited dur ing this time and said some one wanted to rob the st re.
 FRANK J. M'QULKIN.
 saw the prisoner about 3 o'clock at the Fashion saloon. He did not seem to be very much intoxicated. I heard sev- eral shots afterwards and went down to the corner of Pennington and Main streets where the firing was going on. While standing there heard the prison CT repeatedly requested to surrender to the officers. He threatened to shoot the first man that stepped in sight l saw him standing in the door of l.. Zecken- doris store at this time. l saw hlm fire three shots at Mir. Williams who was try ing to induce him to surrender. 4 short time after this man who appeared to be drunk came along Main street and stopped few feet from the door where Weber stood. The prisoner said to thIs man that he would shoot him If he did not go on. The man walked down to the corner of the store, ,and I was standing at the corner of the Capital saloon on Pen nington street when the last shot was fired by the prisoner. Immediately af- ter the shot was fired the deceased fell NIT. Henry Williams, my brother, Chris- topher Johnson and the deceased were standing at the corner at the time. The deceased was the only person the pris- oner could see in our party and was call ing out to the prisoner not to shoot the man as he was drunk.
 HARRY WILLIAMS.
 The prisoner was notified iu my pres ence that officers were present and I gave him the names of Capt. Johnson, Newcome and Clifford and also that the numbers ranged from two to four. He asked particularly for Mr Clifford, the officer that had disarmed him previously MT. Clifford answered himself and was told by prisoner to step out so he could see him. Clifford stepped out and the prisoner fired. Clifford stepped back and asked him if he wanted to kill him if he showed himself. The prisoner then said that he would shoot the first damn son of b-h that got in sight of him. Just before the last shot the de- ceased and several others of us were standing at the corner of Pennington and Main streets ar the Capital saloon, ! tue deceased being farthest from the 1 building, and we were looking at Weber | and he turned his revolver in our direc- tion and fired and Hinton fell i'm medi- l. ately. The first shot was fred on Con- | gress street at me, about opposite Hud- son and Co.'S bank. The prisoner was sanding at Hepbnrn's drug store when he fired at me. I had had no conver- | shtion with him. He told me that he l was going to shoot me and the pistol | was snapped twice before it was dis charged.
 VERDICT OF THE JURY.
 We, the iury, empanDelled as a jury of to inquire into the cause of the | death of c. M. Hinton deceased, after having duly inspected the body and nearing the testimony, render this our rerdict: We find that the name of de- ceased is c. M Hinton, a native Of- .hat he died in Tucson, Pima county, A. T., on the 23d day Of May, 4. D., 1882; hat he came to his death through the fleet of pistol shot fired from pistol n the hands of John Weber, with intent o kill
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 GEORGE COOLER,