Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-13
shot Tramp.

Shot a Tramp.
Last Monday night a lot OF tramps
arrived IN town on their way west.
They stayed here over Tuesday, the day
being rainy, and they did not want to
travel. Wednesday morning they thought
they would get out. A train went west
just after the passenger tram east left
the yard. The train was under tho
charge of Conductor Hibbs. The train
crews have received instructions to keep
tramps from riding, and Hibbs and his
crew, armed with clubs, were doing their
best to keep the men of the train. just
as the cars they were on were even with
the lumber Office q shot was heard and a
tramp fell. Tho shot was fred by +. S.
Deal, a brakeman, from the rear end Of
a caboose on tho side track. 1t was
from a Winchester shot gun and put
nineteen No. / buckshot INTO the
tramp.
Conductor Jack Taylor was standing
beside Deal when he shot and tells the
story rs follows: Hibbs was armed with
a club and was keeping the tramps OF
his tram when the man who was shot
pulled his revolver and threatened
Hibbs. He called to the men on the
caboose he was passing to help him or
the man would kill him. In answer to
this appeal for help Deal fred. Judge
Titus was standing in his Office door
and tells substantially the same story
and says that another tramp ran up to
the wounded man, took his gun and
then ran away.
James Lewis, Of Helena, Montana, aud
Charles Orem, Of st. Louis, who were
travelling with the same gang and claim
to have seen the affair, say that when
the nan tried to get on the conductor
drove him of and he then started and
ran away from tho train and while so
running he was SHOT. Lewis said be
had been travelling with the wounded
man for two days and never saw him
have a gun. He went up to him as soon
rs he was shot and saw no gun ON him
The wounded man was asked by the
doctor if he had a gun but heidi moi
reply. DIR. Hollingsworth, OF Deming
recognized the man as having been
working for him, and who disappeared q
few days ago,-at the same time "a forty
five calibre Colts revolver disappeared.
The wounded man was taken to Dr.
DonovaD's office and his wounds dressed
, There we're nineteen buckshot wound.
just above the mans right hip in
| space that could be covered by the palu
} OF the hand; some went through th'
, body. The shot was a fatal one, The
! man dying in about six hours.
The wounded man gave bis name Al
Michael McMillen, Of Niles, Michigan
He said he had a sister in Niles namec
Ora Walters.
An officers special went east a few
hours after the shooting, on which gen
eral superintendent Towne was travel
ing. ae instructed Agent Filbert to g
Deals bail IN the sun Of $500, for which
, amount he wa informed Deal wal
held.
Deals preliminary hearing was callec
yesterday aud continued until today, L
await the return Of Conductor Hibbs ant
his crew.
The news of the shooting reached
, Deming and some badly scared individ
ual telegraphed to Sheriff Laird an'
Detective breckenridge that tramp
had taken Lordsburg and we're threat
ening to burn the town. They secured
, the assistance Of Bud Moore and Franz
McGlinchy and came up on the after
, noon train prepared for a fight. The
found everything quiet,
The sending out Of such crazy storie
. hurts our town and gives a poor reputa
3 tion TO our citizens, who are able 10 TAX
care Of their town and themselves wheI
D IL comes to dealing with tramps.-
Lordsburg Liberal.