The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-02
The killing of DR.. Mason,

cause for the killing of DIR. G. l.. Ma
son at Kingston, New Mexico, on May
22nd, would prove to be false. In
this belief later information has fully
confirmed us. 1t was simply cold
blooded, brutal murder bya drunken
desperate and tough. The murderer
Hitler was a worthless character who
drank up all the hard earnings OF the
woman he had married. He cared
nothing for his wife, since his brutali-
ties toward her were notorious. 1t
was simply to CRAFTY the insatiate de-
sire to kill, that seems to enter the
breast of some men who seem to have
fallen only one degree above the deni-
zens of the Pit. Letters received from
all sources ladies, gentlemen, old and
Young, with common consent give the
lie to his charge of baseness on the
part of DIR. Mason. One of the COM
monest expressions in the letters is,
he must have been on one of his pro-
tracted sprees. The testimony at the
inquest shows that DR.. Mason had no
thought of trouble with Hiler. We
copy the report of the coroners jury
just as il appears in printed clip
ping sent us from local paper pub
lished the evening of the killing.
"Following is the testimony given
before the inquest, held by Judge
CahilI, and the verdict rendered:
D DIR. Frank Given deposed: / have
examined the body and find there
was in axillary line at seventh rib,
one other in left hypocrondrium and
another in right axi!!ary between The
seventh and eighth rib, there is a
wound of the transverse colon; the
abdominal cavity is filed with blood,
a wound of the right lobe of the liver,
also of the gall bladder. These
wounds are sufficient to cause almost
instant death, the main artery is
badly torn.
Rev. G. A. Owens, witness, being
asked who fired the shot said: The
man l have known as Hiler latter sup
per came out with Mr.. Shane and
Mr.. Chandler and saw Mr.. Hiler sit
ting on the left of the door as you go
out; l saw him have something that
looked like a weapon; the bottom of
his west turno9 up. He had the
weapon in his waistband. The Doc
tor was standing close to the building
EesE-s>sd just west of Mountain
Rfide hct,l; Doctor Mason standing
about rod from the corner post with
his back towards the house when Mr..
Hiler came up; then Hitler said "Doc,"
and both stepped upon the porch /;
after the stage past l heard a shot,
then turned and looked and saw
Mr.. Hitler cock his revolver and shoot.
Doc. was lying on his right side there !;
then 1 saw Hitler put his revolver
back. 1 saw Hitler 60 back here !;
that's the last saw of him. l and
Mr.. Shane ran up to Doc. and we
helped to bring him down here.
Hitler shot him in the stomach; the
revolver was pointed at his stomach !;
| was the first man there after the
shooting; don't think they quar-
relied as they spoke in an uhdertone;
they talked about five minutes; saw
no gun on Doctor Mason; DR.. Mason
when the second shot was
fired was laying on his right right
side his head to the west no one was
near them when l saw Hitler shoot.
The evidence of Geo. Il. Shane and
w. c. Chandler was substantially
corroborative of Rev. Owens testimo-
ny and is not necessary to be given
here. (IIere a pistol is brought in
evidence by Chas. Brandon; same is
40 cal. Colts single action six shooter
No. 59973 having two empty shells in
its chambers, the other four being
loaded) Mr.. Shane said "This looks
like the gun Hiler did the shooting
with"
Thos A. Robinson was also sworn,
being any eye witness of the tragedy,
and substantiated the statements of
the above named witnesses.
WIN. Huburd being sworn, said: 81
did not see any of the shooting; was
coming down stairs with my Win
chester when / heard the shooting;
walked out on the front porch; was
there probably minute or such a
matter, and 1 heard one of the little
boys say; Papa killed Mr.. Mason
Just at that time Hitler came through
he hall saw him coming and COW
cred him with my Winchester; he
'aid: Here l am for the hands of the
hands of the law Il held the Winches-
er on him until the officers came and
ook him; (Six-shooter here intro
luced) says 1t looks like the one we