The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-16
THE HARTVILLE MURDER.
Testimony at the Coroner's lnquest-The
Murderer Still Undiscovered.

Coroner Chafin came down yesterday
from Hartyille, where he had been to
hold an inquest in the ase Of Charles
Cannon, commonly known as Dick Tay-
lor, who was shot and instantly killed
on the night Of January 8. The GUS
tomary jury was %impaneled, and these
witnesses were examined: WI. O'Hair,
Enoch West, Patrick Wood, George
Pollock, Adam Parr, George Amos, w.
II. Vaughn and Robert Colgrove. The
story Of the affair Is covered substan-
TALLY by Vests testimony, which was
as follows:
1 reside on Shawnee creek, XII
ranch, Laramie county, Wyoming ter
ritory; my occupation, ranchman; de-
ceased came down from Fetterman to
the XII ranch about the I'd of January,
and wanted me to come down to Hart
vile with him as he had some trouble
to settle with Joe Rodgers, which 1
did; on the night of the Sth he had
been drinking pretty freely and was
getting quarrelsome; about l O'Clock on
the morning of the 9th myself, O'Hair,
Adam Parr and deceased were together
In the store of O'Hair 4 Snow; a short
time previous to the shooting Of de-
ceased he made threats Of killing me,
and ordered O'Hair to disarm me-,
which he did, placing the pistol on
the counter; during this time deceased
was walking backwards from me, hay
ing a pistol in his hand aimed towards
me, saying: 'Enoch, you are my best
your at that moment / heard the re-
port of a firearm, but did not see him
fall as my head was turned from de-
ceased; as soon as l saw deceased ly-
ing on the floor L went over to him,
thinking at the time he had shot him
self, which remark l made to O'Hair;
found him dead and placed a pillow
under his head; l gave him no cause or
provocation TO make those threats of
shooting me; the revolvers and gun he
had in his possession we're borrowed
property; l am confident now that the
shot was fred through the window; L
do not know the party who committed
the deed. ENoCH WEST.
All tho other testimony c~orroborates
this, but in addition George Amos said:
l reside on Broom creek, Laramie
county, Wyoming territory; occupation
ranchman; L became acquainted with
deceased in August; he said he came
from Texas and had been in Mexico in
the Lincoln county war and went under
an assumed name; told me he had had
a difficulty with some party in Mexico
and shot him across a camp fire; he
went from Keeline's ranch, where he
had been working with me, TO Fort
Fetterman; next time | saw him was
on the 18th or 9th day of January at the
ranch; said he had had a difficulty with
Joe Rodgers and was coming down to
Hartville to settle 1t, %peaceable or
otherwise; when he started he had II
IuCueSJeT CdIDlHti IWO OclIo VI Cdit'
ridges, and he said two revolvers; /
know he had one.
The jury returned a verdict rs fol-
lows:
TERRITORY OF WvOMING, Les
COUNTY OF LARAMIE,
We, the jury in the above and fore
going case, find from the evidence that
the deceased, Charles Cannon, came to
his death from a bullet fired from a gun
through the back window Of O'Hair s.
SHOWS store, by hands unknown to us.
II. X. APPLE,
PETER HoYER,
j. WHITCHCRATH,
GEORGE II. HAVE,
G. W. WYLER,
Clerk.
A. ID. GAMBELL,
Foreman.