Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-04-03
rHr nurTKvILLE SHOOTING.
Dosier surrenders To Sheriff Knight And
Asked An Investigation.


day morning came to Salem Tuesday
! evening on the early train. He pro
ceeded to the court house, sought
! Sheriff Knight and surrendered him
self for arrest TO that officer. Mr.
r Knight repaired to the Office Of Justice
II. A. Johnson. swore TO a complaint
harging Dozler with murder and ye-
citing the crime, whereupon a warrant
was issued and the sheriff took DoZier
formally into custody, placing him in
the county Jail to await preliminary
hearing which will be had today.
Mr.. Dozler was seen by JOURNAL
reporter this forenoon and stated that
he had telegraphed Hon. Harry f..
Cross, Of Oregon City, who would de-
fend him in the justice court Mr..
Dozier said he would demand a full
judicial investigation.
Mr.. Dozier is an energetic aggressive
appearing young man. He has a wife
who has been in delicate health for
sometime, and seven children, a son
aged II being old enough to work the
farm. The family bears good repu-
tation for being orderly and indus
trious.
The best advice given Mr.. Dozier
is that he make some compromise on
the lease he holds and leave the Butte
vile neighborhood. The very sight
Of the spot in his dooryard where he
killed Kelly must make il unpleasant
for him to live there.
MORE DETAILS
we're sent as follows by Walter Lyon
last night:
A dispatch from Woodburn in the
Oregonlan, stating that some feeling
exists against Coroner Clough for con-
ductiong a secret inquest into the |
killing of Frank Kelly by j. l. Dozier
Tuesday, may mislead. The inquest
was by six jurors regularly summoned
and whose names were printed in The
Oregonian. A. o. Condit, deputy
prosecuting attorney, and Harvey
Coss, Dozier's attorney, were present.
The proceedings were held in a small
room Of the building on the LaRocque
farm. Beside the jury, coroner and
attorney, there were stenographers
and one or two Others.
The cOroner's reason for not allow
Ing everybody access TO the building
was that it would interfere with the
deliberations Of the the jury, and
further reason that the building
would not hold the crowd. It has al
ways been Coroner Clough's custom to
close the doors against morbid
crowd, while conducting an inquest.
After hearing the testimony of all the
witnesses, the prosecuting attorney
took no issue with the findings of the
jury, when IL returned verdict of
self-defense. The prosecuting attor- ,
ney also said, after looking the ground |
over and attending the inquest, that n
he was unable TO find any evidence S
upon which the state might make out /
case. The matters, however. will III
most probably be laid before the grand O
jury, and that body will pass upon "
the merits Of the case. 81
Dozier was informed A. Il. La Roc. X
que, l.. V. Saunders and Others left Il
Buttevllle this morning TO procure a is
for his arrest. Ii is learned
That they filed a complaint in the n
justice court at Woodburn. Dozier M
VIII be arraigned today and his pre- =,
liminary examination will probably =,
be set for Monday. "
A LETTER FROM BUTTEvnLE. =,
BUTTEvLLE, Or, April Ito the ~
Edltor'l-ln your issue of April 2, an ~
article appeared reporting the killing =,
d FRANK Kelly at Butteville, March n,
81, and the verdict OF the coroner's .,
nry' Whilst, as law-abldlng citizens, -,
We deplore the sad affair, we consider J.,
u our duty to place the matter before -
me public through the columns of -
'our widely-circulated paper In its y,
rue and proper light. We hereby -
contradict the statement that Kelly y"
vas desperate, as he was a hard.
working and honest man, and was
mot down while in the pursuit of his 81,
'utles, oDeying the instructions ofhIs IN
mployer' When the coroner arrived 81,
lie summoned as jurors a number Of II
espectable citizens of ButteyllIe and do
leighoors of Dozier, to all of whom do
ar' Doziers counsel aud friends oh. sr
ected' and had placed ON the inrv mr.
our men from a distant town. We
VIZ iurther state that the symnatbv
the majority of the citizens Of lee
intteyille is with the deceased and Pr
ney deprecate the foul murder Of wi
rank Kelly. Only four of ms ara lee
ioman Catholics. dis
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