The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-09
The Coroner,s Innuest

CLEAR CREEK, Utah, Sept Especial
telegram to TaE HERALD = An inquest
was held before John f. Twelves, coroner
OF Utah county, upon the body of Albert
Heher Fullmer. William Rawlings, S. c..
Powell and D. Z. Perkins were summoned
and sworn as jurors.
First witness, Nathan Simmons was
standing On the porch with Samuel Null
berry. H: was swinging his gun around
and firing it across the gulch. Mr. Fullmer
came up. He (Mullberry) had the gun over
his shvalder and was threatening TO hit
Bob Rose. MIR. t'ullmer had his family
with him. He sent them UP to the shed
and he stopped. Mulberry took his gun
down and began firing again. l moved off
some two rods Mr.. Fulmer went I'D the
street after his family. l went in the house
10 supper. | had been eating few minutes
and heard the report OF rifle shot. Some
one at the table said, "Ae has got man
this time" l got out doors as soon as |
could. When out, l saw Mulberry Two or
three RODS from where f'ullmer Law, telling
the crowd to stand back. Fullmer called
for help two or three times. He was lay
ing with his head down the step.
! saw blood trickling from him.
Mulberry told me 20 stand back and said.
Il will learn him trick or two. l am
going TO shoot him again. To me he said
II did not get out of the way he would shoot
me. | told him not to shoot the man again,
as he was dying. Fullmer's little children
came and told Mulberry Lot to shoot or
he might hit one of them. Soon Mrs. Full
mer came up. l got F'ullmer off the steps
onto the ground. He spoke to me. He said,
81 believe he has got me-" He never spoke
after Mrs. Fullmer came, and Fullmer only
breathed few times after. Sometime be-
fore the shooting I'VE were playing a little
game and he accused F'ullmer of stealing a
card. There was no dispute
After | took Mrs Fullmer in Mulberry
started to run down the road to the north.
Mulberry was what ] call intoxicated He
seemed to know what he was doing when
he ran.
Juror Rawlings-Were there any words
between them.
A.-Not that heard.
Odd he shoot after the first shot!
A.-Not that heard.
Odd you examine him.
A.-After we took him to our house saw
two wounds, one in the right shoulder and
one on the left side, near the lower ribs |
did not hear him threaten to shoot the
woman.
The bullet entered about three inches
above the right nipple and appears to have
ranged across the breast with an upward
tendency, burying itself in the left shoul-
der.-REPoRTER.
Second Witness, Frank jones' work
for the ID. & r. G. in the round house Mr..
Dugman and me went to the round-house
TO see If there was any more work Null
berry was emptying his gun. He reloaded
his gun, filling up the magazine. 1t was a
Winchester 44-4e. / told my little boy to
go away. ! went over near Mulberry. He
turned round and told me he had some more
cartridges in his gun. ! went up to within
TWO feet Of him. | tod him to be careful
or he might shoot some of the children. He
said he did not want to. and said to me
''Y on are G. d fippy." l said: II
am not fippy at ali, but | don't want you
to shoot around my children" He turned
10 me and said he would take the butt of
the gun to nee. l said / was not afraid of
the butt. Then III turn the muzzle on
you. 'Then the muzzle goes | said: Il
am not tiippy, and don't want any trouble.
but put your gun up and leave it till
you are SOBER" He wanted some man to
stand before hlm and say he had ever done
him any wrong and he would put bullet
through him. | told him he was his worst
enemy. He said that was all right: that
he bought his whisky. That ended the con
verSatlon between US. | was standing
close to Fullmer when he was shot Full
mer was on night shift at the round-house.
He stepped upon the porch and put his
work clothes down. He said to MULBERRY.
YOUR III uOWu. you might nil some
one" Then Mulberry told how he could bir
rock. Fullmer told him it might glance.
Mulberry said, II will shoot all / d
please" Fullmer: s'You wont shoot
around my children. If you want to shoot
80 away from these houses and
shoot all you like.n Mulberry said: &C
d you, I'll go out in the country" He
then stepped eff the porch or platform
and started TO go north, with his
gun in his right hand. Then
Fullmer walked along the platform some
fifteen feet. MULBERRY got about fifteen
steps off in the road put cartridge in his
gun, raised it to his nip and said: Cd
C-E you Pll shoot now" and did, and Full
mer fell He reloaded and said: Cd On
you, I'll get some more of you" Heraised
his gun and jumped around the corner of
the building. | supposed he meant me, as
was the only one there. He shot second
Time. AS l looked around at F'ullmer he
was trying TO reload. That was all | saw
This occurred about a quarter to O'Clock.
he went up hill and some OF rs followed
him but did not do anything more Mr.
t'ullmer was perfectly sober when / was
talking to him.
Third witness, William Rawlings, ir.-I
came from bringing the cows home | saw
MULBERRY swinging his gun around. [
stepped on the platform. Mulberry said
ne could hit rock in the road as often as
ne wanted to. ] saw him shoot Fullmer: I
heard no quarrel did not hear Fulllner
laying anything / heard second shot
but did not see Mulberry shoot. Null
barry was drunk but could walk all right.