Arizona silver belt., 1894-04-07
ASSASSINATED !
CHARLES BoUoUoTwAyLAIn
 AND SHOT.

.
 present. knowledge of the dreadful , crime, was without palliating ciroum ] stance. Chas. Bouquot, than whom
 no citizen of Gila county was more re- ! speoted-industrions, temperate, and
 peaoeable-wa shot down by a man
 whom he had for years befriended.
 It is unnecessary for us to dwell up
 on the evidence of the crime. All the
 most important facts in connection
 herewith, as brought out at the Cor oners inquest, are related below The news of the assassination was received in Globe with astonishment and ah- horrence.
 Mir. Bouquet, the victim, was widely known in Gila county; he was fro quent visitor to Globe, where he mar keted the fruit and produce grown on his fine ranch near Tonto creek. He was man of such kindly disposition and irreproachable demeanor, that it seems ineomprehensible that any hu- man being could have been 80 evil disposed as to take his life.
 Mir Bouquets body was brought to Globe and buried with reverential cer- emonies from the Methodist church, on Thursday afternoon, and the funer- al was attended by many sorrowing friends and sequaintances of the de- ceased, Mir Bouquet had no relatives in this country, so far as known, ex- cepting a married sister, living at PhGnix, Arizona,
 INQUEST.
 The proceedings at the inquest held over the body of Charles Bouquet, April 5th, 1894, before Geo c. Strong, Justice of the Peace and Acting Coro- Ber;
 { Mills Van Wagenen was elected foreman, and the jury were asked whether they desired to again view ! the remains of the deceased, and de- eided not to do so. The witnesses were then called in the following or der$ Eddie Price, Nathan k Price, David Bevore, N II Livingston, J. H. Thompson and Dr. T. Shields Collins.
 The story of the crime, as related b. the witnesses, is as follows About ose o'clock oE wedaesd dSv isst Nathan E Price heard three heavy shots, heavier chan usual in that country He was sitting in his hoase at Wheat fields His sons were jHst ready to start after the horses; they came into the house before starting, and they were asked hy Mir. Price ir which di- rection those guns were fired, and they said they thought it was up the can yssa They started after the horses. On their way Eddie Price met 6 man. He asked him if ne was the man that fired the three shots the man said no This man was an old man, of slim build, with gray whiskers, and rode an iron gray horse. The man carried a shos gun.
 Eddie then went up the canyon and saw a man lying on his face. He ran home and told his father They at once went and found Charles Bouquet lying dead face downward, grasping a copy of tho Arizona Gazette.
 No arms CT weapons of any kind were found on or near the deceased, or in his vehicle Mr. Price at once cent Eddie to Dave Devore that he might go to town and notify the peo- pie that Charles Bouquet had been killed Eddie Price gave Devore description of the man he had seen, and warned him that the man had shotgun. Devore then went to Mir. Hicks to borrow a gun and went from there to Nf. Lees; he asked Leo if he Lad seen a man, describing him, pass that way, Chambers said he had not been gone long Devore then told Chambers and Lee that this man had killed Charles Bouquet
 All three then set out to captare him. They rode toward town very fist. About half a mile above Bob stead's, they met Roggenstroh; they asked bim if he had met this man and he said he was about quarter of a mile ahead.
 They overlook the man and rode up to within 50 yards of him. Chambers and Devore dismounted, and calling upon him to surrender. He was much astonished, and spurred his horse to start Chambers halleed to him to give up or he would shoot He threw his gun down. The men then went up and searched him took his bowie knife from him and his gun. The man proved to be Philemon Askins. Be- fore a word had been said, Askins spoke, q had to shoot in self de- fense."
 Chambers then went on to notify the officers. Deyore and Lee brought the accused to town. Near Maurel place, about one and one-half mile from town Sheriff Thompson met them, took the gun, and asked Askins what he killed him for, Askins said Henry you'll all find out in the fu- ture." Afterwards he said he did it in self defense; he asked Thompson whether he knew of the trouble be- tween Bouquet and himself.
 Sheriff Thompson examined the shells and found they contained 2l buckshot Askins had th-ee loadvd and two empty shells.
 Dr, T. Shields Collins, made su- perGcial examination on the body of fthn.lnn Rntt1.rlnA nr Al, Ai,n .,,,...l. l.f