The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-01

ne noutlsneQ the weapon In q threat
ening manner and cried:
"What in hi are you doing
hereP"
Messrs. Brown and Walters very nat
urally stepped out into the street and
gave him all the room he wanted. He
passed on, and when near the foot of
North B street he met a young man
named Fagan. To him be said:
"Get out of my way. I've just killed
one s. of a b., and have a id big
notion to give 1t to you" He passed
on into the darkness and was lost to
sight a moment afterward.
AS Don as the officers realized that a
crime had been committed, they at once
began searching for the murderer.
Messrs. Fee, Stirling, Mcintosh, Brophy
and others were out all night, two Of
them boarding trains and going to
points west of the city, while a lengthy
and minute description of the man was
sent to the Cheyenne officers. About
10 O'Clock City Marshal Fee found his
revolver, which he had thrown on the
railroad track Immediately west of the
rolling mills. Two chambers were
empty. and as the weapon was exactly
like that seer in his possession early in
the day, it was, of course, at once iden-
titled. The search was kept up all
night, but without result.
This morning, however, about 7:30
Mr.. Harry Smith, who lives at the
north end of the railroad yard, saw a
man skulking along by the fence,
which runs parallel with the railroad
track, as though he was about to
board a freight train which was just
leaving for the west. He identified
him as the missing Cook at once. and
bravely set out to apprehend him.
Just as Cook was about to climb into a
box car, Smith placed his hand on his
shoulder and said:
"Don't you know what you done last
night, GeorgeP"
NO., said Cook, who started as
though shot when be felt Harry's hand
upon his shoulder.
" 1t is said" continued Smith, that
you shot your brother-in-law, Jim
Blunt"
"Is he dead?" inquired Cook.
"Dead as a door NALL" said Harry.
"Come now; go with me-"
To this Cook demurred. He finally
consented to go to his brothers. house,
and did so. From there Smith took
his prisoner to jail, and delivered him
to the jailor, who locked him up. On
the way there Cook told Harry that he
knew nothing about it; that he was
drunk yesterday, and slept last night at
"Old Man" Gallagher's, on the west
side; that he was going to Medicine
Bow, and that If he could have got that
far unmolested he would have de6ed
the whole world.
Cook, the murderer, was interviewed
in his cell this forenoon by a Boone
rang reporter. He would notsay much,
save that he was drunk last night, AMI
could not remember where he was or
what he done. If he shot Blunt he
knew nothing at all about it. de had
no knowledge of what had happened,
etc. 1t was the same old, old plea that
the drinking man who commits a crime
always makes; that he was drunk, and
consequently not to blame. According
to the testimony, however, OF all who
saw him Immediately prior to the
shooting, he was not drunk; he had
been drinking, but IA by no means
unconscious of his acts.
Coroner Dysart being absent from the
city, the duties of the office devolve
upon Judge Groesbeck, who last night
set about the work of getting a jury
and witnesses for the %coroner's quest.
1t was begun at 2 p. m. to-day, and is
still in progress at this writing. The
evidence will be found to correspond
with the above facts. The body of
James Blunt lies at the dead rooms of
Striker & Jackson, and will be buried
Sunday. The fatal wound is just below
the left eye, the ball passing entirely
through the head. He probably never
knew what hurt him, " to use a com-
mon phrase. His wife was delivered
of a child only four days ago, and
though she does not yet know the whole
truth, has been told enough to nearly
craze her, and her condition is precari-
Gus.
Lack of space prevents any extended
comment OF this terrible tragedy. The
crime was evidently a premeditated
one, and there is no doubt as to the
guilt OF Cook. There is a strong I'M
dercurrent Of excitement among all
classes of II people, and we fear that
the villain will not be allowed to stand
a trial in the courts. We understand
that 1t is the intention to summon
special grand and petit %juries, and dis
pose of the case at once-in case Judge
Lynch does not take the matter in hand
and hang the murderer to some con-
venient pole. -Boomerang.
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