The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-20
THE GRAVE CREEK TRAGEDY.
Interview with Warneld who Dis
claiIs Completely in the
FeloniOus Plans Of
Hardness and
Lobb.
Death of Six Shooter Jack.

of six Shooter Jack" at Grave
Creek, Idaho, last Friday, a MINER
reporter yesterday called upon Char
ley Wartield at the county jail. At
the gate the reporter showed his pass,
which was signed in the elegant
chirography of Sheriff Irvin,( and
was invited in by Officer Lyle, who
very kindly brought Warfield into
the freer air of the Jail yard, where,
in addition to the better atmosphere,
the advantage might be enjoyed OF
talking beyond the hearing Of a doz-
en- curious prisoners. Although
showing the effects Of his hard trip
across the country, Warfeld seemed
in bouyant spirits, and confident of
generating himself from all com.
plicity in the larceny of Owsley 4
Valston's team. After warning
him not to say anything which
might tend to criminate himself In
his trial the reporter asked him:
How long had you known Hark-
ness before you left with him on this
expedition:
Warield-Net very long; 1 had
met him several times.
Rep.-When did you fix up this
thing between you and Lobb and
Hardness?
W.-We never fixed up anything
between us. I wanted to go to Chal-
lis, Idaho, and Hardness was going
that route with his team, so I took
passage with him.
R.-Didn't you and Six-shooter
Jack have any talk about going off
on some expedition together?
W.-No, sir; we never knew any
thing about it until the night before
we started. I had been talking of
going to Challis for some time. and
this was a good chance to get pass
age.
R.-How much did you pay for
your passage?
W.-Well, it was sort of a trade. 1
gave him a revolver and some
money.
R.-Yeu knew the team didn't be-
long to Hardness?
VINO, sir; I thought it was his
team until after we got to Challis.
R.-Wasn't there any talk between
you and Hardness, or Lotb, along
the road about going into the high
way business or something of. that
kind?
VINO, sir; l was going to Challis
to work at my trade as a tinsmith,
and Lobb wanted to work down into
the Wood River country to get rid of
the bond hanging over him and the
conditions of his pardon from the
penitenti Try, under which he was
afraid he might be jerked up at any
time.
R.-How did you find out at Chal-
lis that Hardness didn't own the
team.
VILE sold the wagon and mare
there for two saddle horses and $35
in money, and Jack then told me
they didn't belong to Hardness.
R.-They say he rode Owsley &
Valiton's horse off and gave the two
saddle horses he had traded for, to
you and Jack?
W.-Well, that's correct.
R.-The people seem to regard that
as Il division of the spoils:
W.-Mr. Walton knows all about
that.
R.-Won't that be a difficult point
to get over in your trial:
WI don't know; I'm not at all
afraid of the facts in this case. 1
may have the reputation of getting
into a fight once in a while, but no
one ever charged me with stealing
anything and all 1 want is a fair
trial. 1 suppose I won't get an ex-
animation until Mr.. Walton returns.
R.-He'll be here in a day or two.
Do you want a preliminary exami-
nation.
W.-Yes, 1 think I do. l don't
think they will hold me over.
R.-Where did Hardness go from
Challis:
WI don't know. I didn't know
anything about him after we separat-
ed there.
R.-You was in bed with Jack
when he was killed. How did he
Wit was all 80 quick a man
can hardly tell anything about 1t. L
think he raised himself to a sitting
position and when the shot struck
him fell over backwards. He scarcely
knew what hurt him.
R,-Did he say anything?
W.-Yes. I heard him say by
Cd they are all shooting at me-"
after that he fell over and died in
i've minutes.
R.-You must have had a pretty
close call yourself?
W.-Yes, the bullets flew pretty
close above and under me. 1 was
sound asleep, and the shooting woke
me up. 1 raised partly up in bed,
but the thing was all over before 1
could get my hands up.
R.-The HALEY Times says the Of
icers went half a mile after a team
stolen in Montana by you and Jack.
Is that so?
W. That's a mistake. They went
after their own team which they
came from HALEY in, and had left
half a mile above.
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