Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-11
COLD FLOODED NURDFR.

A sangulnary Conflict among the Sporting Fra
 tsrnity-Jamss Levy Shot and Instantly Killed Arrest Of the Murderers- Statements Of Police onicers and Eye Witnesses.
 "Thou shalt do no murder" IS a divine
 commandment so often unheeded in | frontier towns and cities that 1t leads to
 belief that depravity yields to a centri-
 fugal force in society's rapid revolutions
 and appears in its worse phases at the
 antipodes Of the centers of culture and
 refinement. In Tucson the epidemic of
 murder has recently attained unenvia5le
 proportions and the qulet hours of Mon
 day night were disturbed by the startling
 report of the murderous pistol and anuth-
 CT victim of human passion was sent un-
 prepared into the presence of his Maker.
 MARSHAL BUTTSER
 gives the following particulars of the
 sanguinary encounter: He had come
 from lodge meeting in Masonic hall,
 between nine and ten o'clock, and at the
 Fashion Saloon he met officers Johnson
 and Roach, and learned the incipient
 events of the trouble. It appears that
 James Levy, who was considerably in-
 toxicated, had been playing faro at John
 Murphy's game, and lost several bets.
 He arose angrily from the table and threw the cases together in a contemD- tuous mabner with remark that it was a thieving game where man cculd not pick up bet. Murphy was not present, but was afterwards informed of what Levy had said and done. He found the latter and wanted him to take it back and defied mm to repeat if in his presence, using boisterous and threatening Ian guage. Levy denied the accusation and said that the man who told it was a liar. One word brought on another and from a slight misunder- standing tue affair assumed the shape of an angry quarrel,in which each defied the other to do his worst. Marshal Buttner and his officers talked to them and somewhat notified the troubles Levy was very cool and collected, bur seemed to have very few friends in the crowd, a circumstance that he apparent ly realized. He remarked that be kuew | the law and was not going to challenge l his adversary. but he was going to the | Mexican line and would fight across the | wagon track. He then borrowed S35 or Sj0o Mat Bedding, of the Fl Dorado, and | it at the Fashion to pay for a team, which he then ordered by tele- phone from the Lexington stables, to go To Calabasas early the next morning. He info med Murphy of what he had lone and with couple of friends he .hen left the saloon. Marshal Buttner accompanied them across the Churc, plaza and counseled Levy to go home md sleep over the matter. 1t was all ak and had better be dropped. Levy -eplied that though it certainly was all ak, yet he would start for Calabasas at TX o'clock the next morning. He would ,U to sleep at once. He said he was broke but would borrow money to get a cam. One of his companions named Duncan repll-d that he would let him lave what money he wanted and urg q i'm to go to his room and sleep. An 'ther man then came mp, and the party tarted for Duncan's room at the corner f Mccormick street and Stone Avenue .larshal Buttner then repaired to the telephone office and communicated the acts to Sheriff Paul. He thought the rouble was all over, but it would be -ise for tue Sheriff to be on hand next lOrning to intercept the parties should hey persist in their intention of fight lg a duel.
 About ten o'clock as Marshal Buttner as passing down Congress street he card several shots fired ID rapid succes- on. He hurried to the scene and met Iurphy, who said, 'tbere be lies, have one it; he needs a box" Mir. Buttner took him in custody anJ cked hIm up.