Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28
THE FATAL BULLET.

 Tho End Of a Nights spros-A Night wAtohmar
 Does Some Inaiscrimlnats Shooting vIth Fatal
 Result-An Innocent Spectator is Instantly
 killed. Q
 A tragedy of very exciting character
 took place at an early hour Tuesday
 morning, near the corner of Main and
 Pennington streets. MT. John H. Weber,
 carpenter by trade, who worked for
 Messrs. Prince Brothers in the cOnstruc-
 tion of the mammoth store building of
 L. Zeckendorf < O., and fell from (
 scaffolding, receiving severe bruises,
 was given the position of night watch
 man at the store upon its completion
 He sometimes drank quite heavily and
 gambled to some extent, his sprees end Ing in no other evil than leaving hlm
 physical wreck for a few days after
 wards.
 Although his duti-s made his presence
 necessary at the store during all the
 hours of the night, he last night ab- sented himself at frequent intervals and
 indulged his appetite for strong drlnk About three o'clock this morning he began to exhibit ugly symptoms, and in the Fashion saloon pulled out his pistol and remarked that he
 WANTED TO SHOOT SOMEBODY.
 He then left the saloon and immediately afterwards fired a shot on Congress street, and ran around the corner OIL Mnin street to Zeckendorfs store. Of- ficer Newcome immediately followed him and arrived at the store in time to hear shot fired inside. He then went to ( front door and saw Weber standing in the middle doorway on Main street. The latter at once began firing at New combe, who returned several ineffecFlal' shots. Officer Clifford then appeared at the corner of Pennington and Main streets, and mistaking Newcome for the sanguinary watchman, sent him his com pliments in the shape of bullet, which entered one fthe plate glass windows very close to his brother officers person. NIT. Nevcome called out to Clifford, and his voice being recognized the latter turned his attention to Weber who gave both officers
 LIVELY SKIRMISH.
 MT. Newcome at one time could easily have killed Weber but did not deem such a course necessary, apprehending no se- rious results, and he arranged to simply guard the aggressor and keep him in the store until daylight, which was close at hand. He then repaired to the rear of the store, leaving Clifford in front, when the fatal shot was fired which killed C. NJ. Hinton, who was simply "a spectator of che fracas, and stood at the corner of Pennington and Main streets. Almost immediately after the fatal shot was fred officer Clifford arrested Weber. The un- fortunate vIctIm was taken into the Cos mopolitan Hotel, and Dr. Watson was summoned. He probed the wound and found that the bullet had passed
 THROUGH THE HEART and lodged near the spinal column, pro- ducing instant death.
 After the result of the affray was | known, the officers hurried the murderer quickly to jail, fearing summary ven ccance at the hands of the friends of l Hinton. He did not appear to be very | much Intoxicated, and seemed to care very little about the affair. He convers- ed but little and soon after reaching the cell his excitement subsided and the re- action produced a most profound sleep, which lasted during the entire forenoon.
 Coroner W. B. Horton summoned a | jury early this morning and held and in- quest upon the body Of Hinton, the murdered man. The following is a sum- mary of the testimony elicited:
 DR. c. P. V. WATSON.
 The party came to his death by a gunshot wound saw deceased about four o'clock this morning in front of the Cosmopolitan Hotel Found he had a wound to the right and below the left nipple and in probing the wound the bail penetrated the heart and left ung and lodged about one inch and from the spinal column. Such . wound would necessarily cause death.
 OFFICER II. II. GIFFORD.
 I saw the prisoner Weber about three o'clock this morning in Pearson's saloon. He had an English bulldog pistol in his pocket. He was under the influence of liquor. I took the gun away from him in front of the saloon. He was not very l:unk at that time. He then told me he was q night watchman at Zeckendorf's store and wanted the gun, which I gave lIm, when he promised co go to the store. He went to the store and I went with him. He unlocked the door and went inside. He unlocked a cupboard md took out gun lproducod in Court and another one not here, and I then him his that l had taken. He insisted upon going up town to get irlnk. We then went up town together, md l afterward went home. Soon after heard a shot fired and I immediately vent to the store and called John, at the ear of the store, and getting no answer vent to the front of the store where the { firing was going on. He was standing n the door of the store OF Main street md saying that he would kill the first nan that came along the front of the louse. l told him to throw up his [ lands and come out and he vo1ld not l 'e hurt. was standing at the corner ( 'f Pennington and Main streets and two [ hots were fired at that place. I passed C round the block to the drug store of { lr. Hepburn and then saw the prisoner [ tep into the street with the pistol (here 1 m bis hand which was placed l 'ehind him. He began talking to some , me Tn a wagon and I went mp and ar- ested him. He did not appear to be T much intoxicated. He said that he had | cen shooting because they had been [ ryIng to rob him. found one chamber | f the pistol (here presentedJ empty. V heard about fifteen shots fired. The . istols which he showed me were loaded 'hen I first saw them. He fired thirteen t hots. b
 OFFICER T. J. NEwCONE. n About half past three this morning I I, card shots fired in the street. I went d own on Penningt n street to the side h GOT of L. Zeckendorf < Co.'S store, and V nile there heard shot fired inside. i, heard some one running towards the V mt oF fha c4ora opd 1,-ay~ mn 4o 4bo