The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-15
UlS KILLING.
GoL COekrelI Makes - State
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st. Louis, 14.-In the post-mor-
tenn examination this afternoon.
VIM. II. Ciopton, who was with
Colonel Slayback, testified that Stay
back was not armed, and was shot
while taking off his coat. Both
John McGufin and Victor Cole tes-
tilted emphatically that Slayback
drew a revolver when he entered
the room, aud advanced on Cock
rell pointing the pistol at him.
Their stories did not differ from
their previous statements. McGufin
took Slayback's pistol and with it
compelled Clopton to keep hands off
CoclrilI. He produced the pistol,
pearl handled British bull dog,which
was rusty. The jury's verdict
merely recited the method of Slay-
backs death.
Col. Cockrell read a statement,
under oath, the subsistence OF which
is that at a reception, at the rooms
of the ElkS club. of which Cockrill
is the president and Slayback was a
member, on the night Of September
Is, Col. Slayback, in the reception
room used violent language towards
the Post Dispatch. charging its edi-
tors with being blackmailers, and
making serious charges against the
paper. Later in the evening Cock
rell invited Slayback into the library
room and asked ii he intended to
apply the term blackmailer to him
he answered that he did, and en-
tered upon another Jirade of abuse
against the paper. Then suddenly
closing and locking the door of the
room he said to Cockrell, ''youshave
brought me here to bulldoZe me and
now we are alone and man to man,
/ tell you if the 'PoSt-DiSpGtcb ever
attacks me or assails my character
| will go to your Office and kill you.
l will take the life of any man who
| employs a newspaper to abuse and
injure me-" He spoke of his part
ner, Mr.. Broadhead, who is a
candidate for Congress in the
Ninth District, and charges (which
have been made. against him
repeating several times he would
shoot anybody who would publish
anything about him. He further
| said Cockrell would be held to ac-
count for the course OF, the paper,
and declared that before the cam.
paign was over he (Slayback) would
go on the stump, and from house tC
house denounce the POSt-DiSpGtcI
and break up its business. Cockrell
assured him he had no intent II
bully him; that he had simply
: asked for an explanation that Wa
due; that he entertained onl,
: friendly feelings for him; tina
/ he had never written a lin
!. against him and hoped he neye
t would. After further conversation
/ Slayback became quiet. They sh00l
2 hands and went into another room
: and drank together and parted mos
/ cordially. COckrill then said from
8 the malignant attack upon the Pos
/ Dispatch by Stay back at a politica
4 meeting on Friday night he wa
= satisfied he intended to execute tn
+ threat he had made-to denounc
: the paper from the stump. He r.
q garded it as open defiance, an
h Intentional defiance, which Woul
d call for some response from til
Y Post Dispatch. He did not writ
l. anything himself, but simply It
produced a letter which ha
ii been written to Slayback b
John Enlover, the year befor
d Colonel Cockrell then gave his a
count of the shooting. He salt
rs When Slayback entered he SAT-
" "Well, l am here He started
IF if to draw his coat. l was in ii
ID corner next to the front Windo'
he InstinctiYely l moved my hand t
ward the weapon on the desk. T
saw it, and suddenly readjusted b
coat and said, rs that Tor me?"
the same time throwing his hand
+ his hip pocket. My reply was, 'l
W SIR" but / secured my weapon as
e drew his. He presented it at m
and 1 heard him cock it. l shout,
at Don't do that" and at Il
Ie same time, while his WeapC
eS was pointed at my breast I fired, b
lieying myself at any moment
10 dead man. [ knew nothing OF Il
lie effect of the shot for he closed Wi
IL me and thrust his revolver again
g my side, at the same time Clopto
TO gcaught me from behind and tried
W wrest my pistol from my har
re which was hanging by my side.
shouted to McGufin, Don't
t. these men kill me-" He tore CC
n Slayback's pistol from his hand, al
ne pointed it at Clopton's head, und
o. the impression, 1 presume, he W
trying to shoot me. At that insta
Col. Slayback released his grasp up
me. l realized for the first til
that he had been hurt. left the roc
rk while Cloplon was calling for a dc
y, tor; my head bleeding from a C
IN received wnen l was forced agar
IL the window, and 1 W ent into t
lower Office to wash myself.