Mohave County miner., 1894-02-10
Murder in White Hills
George Blaine Kills Matthew Huper
An Ever-ready Gun is Used With
Fatal Results.

White Hills has had its first murder
and like other murders has It's peculiarly
atrocious features. Without any ap.
paren, cause George Blaine shot to death
Matt Huber, at White Hills, last sun.
day night. The facts in regard to the
killing and the motive that lead up TO il,
AZ near AS can be elected, are as follows
Matt Huber, an old time miner, had
been drinking all day Sunday and in the
evening was standing at the bar Of the
Free Coinage saloon when man named
Robert Moore came up to hun aud made
some insulting remarks. Huber said :
"Go away; don't want anything to do
with you" Moore then called Huber a
=. OF a BIB and Huber struck him,
knocking him down. Deputy Sheriff
Scott, who heard the scrimmage, came
into the saloon and told Huber that he
would pu. HIM under arrest il he did not
behave himself Tue man promised to
do so and Scott went away. Soon after
Moore and Huber had another setto in
front of the same saloon and Moore was
knocked down and lay on the ground,
apparently unconscious. Deputy Sheriff
Scott was notified that Huber had killed
man and ran up to where the man lay.
He then wen in search OF HuDer and
found him u short distance down the
street. He took him to the Free Coin.
age saloon and placed George Blaine
to guard him while he went for a
physcian for the injured man. DIR.
Bessac was soon in attendance and il
WAS but few minutes until the man
was walking around apparently as
though nothing had happened. Rod
Mclean had been following Hooper
around town all the evening trying to get
him to go home and now appeared on the
scene and again asked Huber to go with
| him. Huber consented and asked
George Garrett, who had just come off
shif. in the mine, to 60 with him. The
men had walked about hundred yards
toward their home when they were over.
taken by Blaine who placed his hand on
Huber's shoulder and Said: "Hnb,r,
where are you going" Huper replied
"1'm going to bed" Blaine said, ''you
had better come back and see Scott be-
fore going to bed" Huber asked why
he should 20 back and Blaine told him
he Was under arrest and that he was his
body guard, at the same time taking him
by the shoulder aud firing point blank
at his breast. The unfortunate man
drew his arms up convulsively across
his breast and exclaimed: Jesus
Christ. the s--n Of a b--h has shot me
and reeled forward. Blaine again fired,
! the shot striking him in the back. The
poor fellow fell to the ground on his face
and lay there groaDing until picked up
and carried TO a near by saloon. The
shots were fred at such close range that
the clothing OF the murdered man was
set on fire. Huber lived about fifteen
minutes alter being shot.
A postmortem examination disclosed
the fact that the first shot had passed
through the apex of the heart and the
next had severed the aorts. The shots
had been fred dagonally, the first sirik
ing near the right nipple, passed through
the body and lodged in the muscles ol
the left arm. The other shot struck him
near the center OF the back and passed
upward in proximity OF the heart
Either shot would have caused death in
few minutes.
The evidence before the coroner's jury
was very strong on the point OF the kill
ing being brutal murder, and the jury
30 found. As soon as the evidence was
placed before the inquisition the ex'
element in town because very great and
Blame would undoubtedly have been
lynched, but Deputy Sheriff Scott go'
wind Of the affair and spirited Blaine
away and arrived in Kingman Tuesday
afternoon and lodged him in the county
iaiI Blaine takes the matter cody and
does not seem to think he will be pun