Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-18
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and the Silver Bow mill. | was on horse
hack and he on q wagon. de said some
thing to me and ] answered right
sDeaking in an ordinary voice and ne drove
of. That evening we met In q saloon and
taIkad ! while and then went to the barn.
When we got there Crawford said that the
next time he spoke to me that he wanted
me to answer him like a gentleman. l
laughed and then he struck me with o
fork"
Reporter-"Why didn't you shoot him
then instead OF waiting until to-dayP"
Prisoner-"I couldn't; / had no gum"
Reporter-"Did you and Tex have any
trouble this morning, or did you speak to
him?"
Prisoner-"No."
Reporter-.Did you speak to him just
before you shot him?"
Prisoner-"No. I just shot him., tnat's
ALL"
"Reporter-"Do you realize your posi-
ton, and do you know that you are liable
to hang for this?"
Prisoner-'sYes; but l don't care, and If
they want to hang me, all right. | shot
Crawford, and I'm glad OF it and haven
ing to feel sorry about. That's all I've got
to say about the matter"
To other questions the prisoner said that
he was 80 years old, although he looks 10
years younger, AMI d Welshman and had
no relatives in this country. and intimated
that he had been afraid OF TEX" and shot
him because he felt that he had to do it
some time or other.
County Attorney Dewitt filed an informa-
tion with Judge Newkirk last night charg.
.nu Paho~$s Nth ynr1rdar onA will nVl in
the district court this morning for In order
for the empanelment OF a special grand
jury to indict tine prisoner SO as to save
expense OF holding him until November,
when the next grand jury will meet.
The statement that Roberts gave himself
up ia incorrect. As soon as the shooting
occurred Corea t%elephoned to the sheriff's
Office, asking that a deputy be sent out, as
a man had been shot. Deputy Themes I'M
mediately started for the scene and passed
Roberts and the two men, Croswhite and
Forth, on their way up town, but did not
know that Roberts was the man wanted.
When he arrived at the house he was told
that the man who did the shooting had
gone up town. Taking one OF the Witnesses
to the affair in the buggy with him, Themes
started back to town and when on West |
Park got out to telephone to the
sheriff's Office to send more mem out tn |
look for the shooter, but he
fore he could enter a store
to telephone, the man with him called
him and said that Roberts was on the |
other side of the street. Frank ran
across and arrested him and found the pis-
tol with which the shooting had been done,
a double action Smith & Wesson 3S.cali.
bre, in his possession, with two chambers
discharged. He took him to jail and
locked him up. |
THE DEAD MAN. |
J. ". Crawford the murdered man was i
years old and was an unusually large |
and powerful man, weighing fully 200
pounds and being over six feet tall. He |
unmarried and had been in the camp
about a year. A pocket knife, a piece of
tobacco and IS cents in money were found
on his body by the coroner. His fellow
employees say that he wax d peaceable,
well behaved man always good natured
and never inclined to quarrel. They give
his slayer just the opposite character and
say that he was a hard man to get along
with.
Crawford's body is at Sberman's under.
rooms and will be buried tomorrow
evening at B o'clock by his companions.