The Arizona champion., 1884-09-06
Dr King Killed.


 ioncs, who had lately settled in the valley. An Epitaph reporter found Nr. Sessions and obtained from him ,hc following p,rti, ulirs: About d week ,r ten day, az John ,nes. who was formerly chief of scouts at Camp Thomas, erected tent on d piece ol land rear the springs, claimed by Dr King Icsterda: morning klng and Sessions were plcwing n the vicinity of the tent. when Jones came out and said: You needn't blow any carer this tent. Dr. King. who wa, a violent tempered ml2, leplied; You mean to s;op H.. Lo you. you dirt, of - 2" and continued the work, blowing all around the tent. ,ones in the meantime leaving the place. .Abou, 6 n'olo,k the two ie-
 tuned tu the doctors house II q wagon which they had takcl into inc field. Sessions wLs unharnesslng the hose when he saw four men come up to the gate; he recognized them ds old man es and hi, two son, John and Mclvin, and man named Ed Drew Three were on horsebitk k and one was in a wagon, driving. Tne dIctor say item al the slme time and seat hi5 nr.btw, Cnemp, to tel them they couldn't go thruush the place. To CXGlala the situation Il Is htCtSSary tu state that the tany on h icaccd lH, and ia order to reach places above ia q wagon II Is render. cd imperative to pi,' throu sh thc do, toi place. Alter sending the message by his nephew, the doctor took his gun out of the wagon and started towards another gate which opened into tl;e enclosure, Lut seem ing to reconsider, returned and lu, the gun in the wagon, and then starl- ed down To the place where the l,neses were. In f,w minutes Ses ,lons heard si..ele shot. and soon ,i,er one of the Joneses came up and told hlm to "so and help thh mn, meaning Ds. kmg. Ed Peek. wh, ~a, stopping a, the sprlng' for hl, aeaitr, Was the fifst to reach tine spo, {. dad he found the dead body ui lhc d ,cl,r lying in the ield short dis. ,an'c from the gate, apparently shot through the heart. In Inc meanlime Cn, mp had brra taken prisoner by tne Inese,. anu II Wa, stated by Une that he (Chen'!D had attempted to stand him up on the highway, and they intended to take him 10 Wilcox and turn hi over tO the authorities. They also stated that Cncmn hL,i dawn a gun on them at the gaze. wni,h Was then reason Tor shooting Dr. k,ng. Among the remarks over Gearu WI, one b! JJhn onvs, wilu sa.,: "l told M,Nln not to shoot "gar," which n,Il,a ates l.inly whu u,s the k'Inng
 Upon the dead body Of the doctor was iUupd SIX shuot-r stu, k down n lis pant,, the butt conc ealed by hi, vest, show ing that he wa, not dis playing the weapon q, the time he wa, killed, as his d.ath mutt have been instantaneous, and he could no, hlvr replaced the gun in the .,osirlor.
 Warrants were swora out aaI placed in the hands of Deputy oherfl Fred Ward, who went to Wilcox, and alsu Deputies Hurry SJlln, Cnliley Snlth and Bill Humphrey, who started di. rect fer the s. rings
 The cause which led to this sad affair may be hrl,ny explained. Twelve years ago D.. King. wno wa, a bachelor fifty years old, settled al these springs, anu until last summer held urdi>pu,.d possession oi the val ley. Since then several ranches have been taken up in the neighborhood, and 1t Is sad the ,Ctor succeeded Tn making himself very obaoxiou, to the settlers generally, most of whom had no desire to infringe upon his rights. He was often violent and abusive. ana by some 1t wls sald he wis not in hls right mind. Not long since he had two of his neighbors. Me,srs. Bi>sel and Liwrence arrested, Dlt nothing ever ,dlnr of 1t. However. nothing he has done, SO far as We can learn, would justliy the killing as it has been told, and II IL Is as rcldteu the :nur. dsrer or murderers should meet with condlgn punishment.