Mohave County miner., 1894-02-17
HELD ron MURDER.
George Blame MN be fred for K,hing
Matt Huber.

a preliminary hearing before Judge
Logan on the charge Of numbering Matt
Huber, at White Hills, on the evening oi
February 4th. Many witnesses Sere
dence pronounce the killing unjus,iiable
Jerome Tracy was the first man sworn
for the prosecution and his evidence wa.
very damaging to the defendant. We
give u brief synopsis OF his testimony
On the night Of the murder he was in the
Free Coinage saloon and was called out
by Mark Braffert TO help carry In man
who was lying in the street apparently
dead. The man when taken into the
saloon proved TO be Robert Moore. His
face showed number of cuts and bruises
from which the blood flowed very freely.
He Was breathing heavily and seemed TO
be badly done mp. Deputy Sheriff Scott
soon came in with Matt Huber. Scott
Was called out and as he WAS going he
held up his hand saying to George Blaine,
who was few feet away, Take charge
OF this man, George, until return. DR..
Bessac arrived in a few minutes and
placed a bottle OF ann onia under the IN
jured mans nose and he gave few
spasmodic gasps and asked II he was try
ing TO choke him Huber in the mean
time obtained a lantern made from a
bottle and Was looking in the street for
two llttle bars Of bullion, which he
claimed to have lost. He soon came
back 10 the saloon and stated that he
could not tind the missing bullion The
injured man WAS now apparently all
right and Harry Hardwlck, the bar
keeper Of the saloon, asked Rod NJ Lean
| 10 take Huber home. Huber went out
the door and beckoned George Care I
TO 20 with him. A short lime after they
left he (Tracy) heard two SLOTS and ran
out the door and met George Garrett
stepping on the saloon porch. He asked
u rrett what the matter was and Garrett
said that Huber WAS shot. he then
went back into the saloon and told Scott
who WAS standing near The bar, that
Huber had been shot The two then
ran down the street to where Huber Was
lying. Scott asked who did the shooting
and what il was for and Blaine stepped
from the shadow Of the White Hills
House and said He tried TO get away,
and | shot him." The wounded man
was then picked up and carried into Jack
Doian's saloon where he expired in a
few minutes. He helped remove the
clothing from the body when taken to
the hospital and saw that the undershirt
of the deceased was powder burned over
the breast. He assisted the doctor in
making an examination Of the body and
found two bullet holes. One shot had
entered the center Of the breast and
lodged in the muscle OF the right arm
above the elbow. The other shot had
apparently entered the back and passed
through below the heart. Blaine had
trouble with Huber over lease and he
did not think the two were friendly.
Rod. Mclean was the next witness
and he told now he had followed Huber
from saloon TO saloon on that memorable
night; that he did not know Huber had
been placed under arrest and hat when
he left the saloon with Huber Blaine
must have been aware OF the fact; that
he, Huber and Garrett had passed down
the street over one hundred yards from
the saloon when they heard Blame CON-
ing down the street after them. As soon
as Blaine caught up with them he said
Huber, where are you going" Huber
replied: ITO bed" Blaine then said
you must go back and see Scott before
you go to bed. Huber asked why he
should 90 back and Blame said because
he was under arrest and that he was his
body guard, at the same time pulling
his gun and firing at Huber Huber
drew up his arms over the wound and
said. Jesus Christ, Rod; the g. OF
b-h has shot me-" and then tottered
and was falling as Blame fred again,
the bullet entering bis back and passed
clear through bis body below the heart.
The only show OF resistance made by
Huber was when Blaine placed his hand
on his shoulder. He showed him off and
then it was that Blaine fred Garrett
corroborates Mclean in every particular.
The evidence of the other witnesses
was immsterial except to Gil in the little