Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1894-09-07

was a COW camp and that perhaps Clarno
and Keys both were there asleep, he
very cautiously and with the tread Of =
panther about to spring upon It's prey,
crept up 10 every bed with pistol in
hand, but soon discovered bis mistake
and returned TO bis horse which he had
tied several hundred yards away.
He came back 70 Huntley's place and
not finding him he gave up In despair
and started for his home on Butte creek.
He reached Frank Sankey's vacant
cabin near the old home and remained
there until morning when he turned h.s
horse into the pasture and crawled into
the hay NOW at home, remaining there
until about 5 O'Clock in the evening.
His brothers, Elmer and Coe and Chas.
Brown and Clarence Zachary returned
from Fossil about that time and when
he heard them ut the barn he csme
down. Elmer said, "Jim, for Gods
sake what are you doing here; forty
armed men are hunting for youp He
simply said: 81 don't care; have one
bullet left yet for myself" They all
went into the house, talked over the
matter and be told his brothers and
sisters that as he had done all he could,
he intended to kill himself. They
pleaded for him to not do SO, but he was
determined, and said that rather than
leave his bondsmen (his mother, brother
iD-law Brown and r. Z. Graham) in the
IuTch he preferred to end 1t all by sui
Gliding. He expressed regrets that he
could not first kill several more Of what
he called his enemies, but it was now too
late. He said it was not his intention
to kill Hamilton Monday; that he only
wanted him to tell him who was "back-
ing him in his work, }" etc. When Ham
ilton refused TO do 80 be killed him.
Bidding all Of bis folks tender fare
well, with smile upon his face, be
told his two sisters TO remain in the
house and the boys to go to the barn, as
he desired to be alone when he fired the
suicidal shot. This being done he delib-
erately walked into the tent in the yard,
laid down on bed and shot himself in
the right temple. 1t did not produce in
slant death and although unconscious
be lived about two hours. DR.. Howard
was cent for and the frightful hole In his
head was sewed up, but in q few min
utes the notorious career of James Bar
nard was at an end.
On Tuesday evening the burial Of Ny
ron Hamilton took place in the Fossil
cemetery and the next day the body OF
his slayer was laid TO rest within twenty
feet Of it, Rev. E. Curran preaching both
funeral sermons. 1t is a terrible be-
reavement to the relatives Of both, and
the sympathy OF the community is ten
dered them.
Myron Hamilton was the youngest
child Of Mr.. and Mrs. David Hamilton,
and more honorable old couple than
they never lived. No one but the par
ents can realize the depth of their sor-
row. Myron was about q years Of age
and had very robust constitution.
Jas. barnard was about 25 years OF age
and has resided in the Fossil country
about ten years, having moved from
Douglas county to that section. What
property he had accumulated he gave to
his sister, Mrs. Brown, giving her bill
Of sale for the same about two weeks ago.
Thus ends one of the most horrible
double tragedies ever recorded in the an
nails of the history Of the state.