Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-07
THE DEADLY PISTOL.
Roderick Mcintosh Killed By
 William Gill.

n The taxing or human lie IS Tn ltSeli k sufficiently appalling when there is S some provocation for the act, and it is s not within our purview to comment
 upon the motive that prompted the
 deed, nor fix the gravity of the crime. Q However, it may be admissible to - state the opinion that some of the wit \ nesses who testified before the coro- . ner's jury and at the preliminary hear 9 ing of the accused, were afflicted with
 obliquity of vision, and sad lapse of
 memory as to the essential facts in that deplorable occurrence.
 Globe has for many years enjoyed the reputation of a peaceable and
 moral community, far above the aver age frontier town, and q tracedy such as occurred on Sunday night naturally arouses a feeling of abhoTence and
 resentment among the reputable citi-
 zens of the community, and already
 this sentiment is crystalizing into a
 determination to curb lawlessness and
 preserve, if possible, healthy moral
 tone.
 Briefly stated, the facts adduced
 from the evidence are about as follows:
 Mcintosh entered the saloon and called
 for drinks; Gill, who was behind the
 bar, served him. and then calling the
 night bartender, Thomas Jo4es, to | take his place, walked out of the saloon
 to the sidewalk. Jones testified that
 he served Mcintosh with drinks for | himself and companion, which were | pot paid for, and Jones told Mcintosh l ] he could have no more drinks on those 1 1 terms, Mcintosh asked who said go, ! and Jones answered "the proprie- ] tors,n In the meantime Gill had come | l back into the saloon and sat in chair i outside and opposite the bar. Me 1 lntosh again asked Jones for drinks | and was refused, whereupon Mcintosh ! went over to Gill and accosted him. 1 Jones did not hear what passed be- 1 tween them.
 Chas. Fitield, who was with Me 1 Intosh when Jones refused him the drinks, says that Mcintosh then asked | Gill for his bill Gill went behind tue bar and took the amount of the bill from the ledger Mcintosh told GulI he did not owe that much and would not pay it, Gdl said, That's what's on the books and you'll pay it." Vile epithets were bandied but there is conflict of testimony as to who gave the lie first.
 GiI and Mcintosh both grabbed glasses from the bar; which threw Q glass first is disputed Two wit uesscs testified that Gill threw first; others, that they threw almost simul- taneously. The glass thrown by Gill | struck Mcintosh. That thrown by Mcintosh struck a champagne bottle behind the bar. Gill lodged under the bar and came up with a 45 six shooter, which he he held in both hands, and leveling it at Mcintosh fired. One witness testified that Gill 1 made one or two fcints before he fired and another witness stated that before Gill fired some one shouted, Don't | shoot, Billy, don't shoot"
 Mcintosh was standing sideways to the bar, and in the act of taking of his coat, when Gill fired. The bullet struck Mcintosh under the right arm, below and a little back of the arm pit, passed through the chest, and prob ably through the heart, and out at the left side. between the fourth and fifth ribs, and through the feshy part ofJhe upper left arm. Death was mstanta- ueous.
 Gill gave up his gun and remained seated behind the bar until placed under arrest by Sheriff Thompson.
 The body of McIntoeh lay on the floor of the saloon for some time, until Acting Coroner Jones and County Physician Dr. B. G. Fox ar rived and viewed it. At the request of Mir. and Mrs. J. H. Pascoe, the re. mains were then removed to the Pas COG House.
 The verdict ofthe coroner's jury was simply that the deceased, Roderick Mcintosh, came to his death, on the first day of December, by a gunshot wound, at the hands of William Gill.
 The accused, William Gill, was given @ preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace J. NJ. Jones on Thursday and Friday. Judge Edwards appeared as counsel for the defendant and Judge P. M. Thurmond, Acting Dis hict Attorney, for the prosecution. Twelve witnesses were examined. Justice Jones rendered his decision at ? o'clock yesterday, which is as fol- lows:
 "The evidence is conclusive that just prior to the shooting the defend ant and the deceased were on friendly or amicahle terms; that the trouble arose over the refusal of the defend ant to grant the deceased further credit in his place of fbusiness and over amount of deceased's indebtedness to defendant, Foul and insulting lan- guage was indulged in by both de- fendant and deceased. That such cpl thets were sufficient to incite anger and arouse passion; that there was an exchange of missiles, thrown almost simultaneously by each of them. The defendant, Gill, then grasped a pistol and fired the shot that resulted in the death of Mcintosh.
 ''The conclusion of the Court is that the act was committed in the heat of