Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-08-14
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ing as is usual, when a cloud covers
the identity sof the man who com
mitted the crime. More than or
binary interest is manifest owing to
rumors of suspicion floating about OF
a mature calculated to lead to more
trouble. Quite a number are out.
spoken, and in veiw of that your cor
respondent deemed it best to inquire
into the matter and determine the
merits of the rumOrs. In pursuance
Of that course, the clerk of the Dis
trict court, Frank Dysart, was seen,
and on request handed for inspection
the record which had been made be-
fore Justice Of the peace, c. j. Gan
sig, who acted as coroner. The re-
cord is as follows;
'InQulsition in case of murder Of
John +. lion an English born natura-
lied American citizen who was found
murdered in Mr.. Roberts store at
Bonita, Graham county, on the even
ing Of June, 2sth 1891, at about II
o'clock. lie was employed as book
keeper and assistant Post Master in
Mr.. Roberts store Mr.. Roberts tes-
titles. ! should judge about an hour
before he was killed 1 wanted to see Mr..
lion and found him working on my
books. l left him there and went to
my room and laid down. / was not
sleeping but had been speaking to my
wife, when l heard a shot, l called
out to lion and asked If anything was
the matter-not receiving an answer
L came out from my room into the
store and found one light burning on
the co~urter.and saw Mr.. IONS feet.
Looking over ohe counter 1 saw his
Whole body and blood on the floor. /
went into my bedroom and told my
wife that lion had been murdered.
l got a gun and went out and it being
very dark 1 saw 10 one. My wife
woke the men sleeping in the stable.
Q.-"Did you hear any noise?"
A.-'No l did not except the firing
of the shot"
Q.-"Would you have heard a man
walking on running on the front
porch, if he had boots or shoes on?"
Ayes, because we sleep with
doors open"
Mrs. A. Roberts being duly sworn
tcstides. THE first l heard of this
occurrence was when 1 heard a shot.
! was up to that time fast asleep. l
followed my husband into the store
where he told me of MIR. lion being
shot and saw the body"
Q.-"What did Mr, Roberts do when
ne sawsK2oushotg"
Ale went to the corner of the
post Office desk and got a gun and
went out on the front porch"
Q.-"Dld you and Mr.. Roberts enter
the store together?"
Awe did not"
Q.-"At what time did that occur?r
Alt II p. NJ. Mir. Roberts look
ed at the watch"
Q-"By Mr.. Roberts:"Did you hear
me calling to Mr.. lion asking what
was the natter"
Ayes sir, and upon receiving no
reporlse, my husband jumped up and
Went in to the store"
Z. r. Grayely, Geo. McKittrick, r..
Bridges, w. Snow and N. l.. Woods
testified, but their testimony disclos-
ed nothing that would throw light on
the murder. The testimony further
shows that a colored man an employe
of II. G. Hooker was last seen with
lion the same evening but it was
proven that he was at Ilooker's ranch
some miles away at IL o'clock the same
night or about the time the assasslna-
tion took place.
Mrs. Roberts it seems was again
placed on the stand and testified that
iii feeling existed between deceased
and Bridges and his wife"
Q.-''When was the last time that
you saw Bridges in conversation with
.deceased?"
A.-"Yesterday evening""
A move is on foot to have the coun-
ty seat moved to Stafford. This is TAX
ing time by the forelock as the cleo
ton would not take place until the
next general election.
There isan ayowed republicans one
who says that he never voted the
democratic ticket and that he never
would, on the county democratic central
committee.
There are Others on the committee
who opposed the ticket last election.
1t would be fitting forsuch democrats
to be reduced to the ranks and given
an opportunity to redeem themselves.
j, L. It. Walters, mail contractor
between, Globe, San Carlos and Fort
Thomas, passed through on Monday
with a splendid coach to place ON his
line.
Jerry Smith who recently arrested
the mail robber at Wilcox, passed
through on the trail Of a horse thief.
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