Tombstone prospector., 1897-07-01
A TRAGEDY Wm { Greene Kills James AND HE DIES INSTANTLY Greene in Custody and Makes a Statement to the
 Reporter of the
 "PrespectOr."
THE CORONER'S INQUEST

Once m ore has Tombstone asserted herself as sensation producer. This ,ims the sensation involvei another human life. W. C. Greene shot and killed James C. Burnett en Allen street.
 This afternoon about ons o'clfck the usual quiet ol the city was dis lurbed Jy the report oi Q shot follow, cd by three more, apparently in the sams di e;tion el Allen Etrett.
 A PRosrEnToR reporter was en the ground within few seconds and in , the midst sf crowd of excited specta- tors lay the body Of James c. Burne., lace downwsrd, in pool of tlOed. When the boiy was turned over the last heaving of the lungs caused eouts of blood to spout irosi ghaatly wound iu the breast.
 All was excitement and confusion At this momel. Sheriff Scott White app ,arsd and Chief of Police Wiser to whom Greene had surrendered, de- liversI the prisoner to him and he was conduct q to jail.
 Coroner Jas. Duucal impannelcd z J.ry who, after exauiuing the body retired 10 the city hall to hear tLs eyi- ience in the case.
 The origin o! the tragedy dates im- ra raedistsly from the destruction of tine dam of Greene which caused the death by dro.ning eI his little daughter and her playmate, Edna Cschrsn.
 Subsequent 10 ths destruction 0: G:eene's dam, the dam oi Burnst. wal also destroyed aud when Barnett came U the city yesterday i. was with th' intention el going to bis ranch to i.' vestigAte.
 GTsaa left the city yesterday ever- ing in Iii, buggy accompanied by sheriff White beund for ths ranch He returned again this morning and nothing uuueusl was observed iH his dsnearsr before the shooting occurred
 GREESE's STATEMENT. r 4 PkOsPECToX reporter visitcd i Greene ia the sherifs shics ier minutes after tEe shooting and asked | him il he had any statsmen. 10 make | He ssid: T have no ttitemsnt to "a aks other thsn that man was the cluse Of my child teiag drowned. ascert.ined b.yend the shadow Ct 6 doubt that lie was inc guilty nsn and Shen ] thought of my little girl a: l she put her arms around my neck or the day she was drowned, I coul.l think of noshing but vengosncs on the nsn that caused her dssth. have lived in this terri,sry twenty-d five years and have always been . peace. able lsw-aSiIing man. held ns ani- nosity and have no regret 10! any. thing except the death of my little sirl, and the little Cochran girl and the grief of my pser ~i'e." He aided "ve.gean cs i. mine, I vii! repay, saith the Lord"
 Mr.Gresn Meinto the PRssPacToR office on the s3th uls. and had a notice | inserted in the pap per offering a reward Of sl005 fer proof ot the identity of the psrs,a who dss.reyei his dam and thereby caused the dcsti by drowniE 2 sf Ri, daughter sad her little com panion. He said very lit le at the time but seemed deeply affected and showed sigus of gri.f.
 Beth men are we'll known through. sut Ire county, having been rioaesfs before the cres ton of Cochiss county. Burnett, st the time of hi, death was iu,,ica of ths Pesce at Pearee and own- ed q rauch on the San Pedro near the ranch of W.C. Greene. A chance werd revealed the fact tba. the relations ol the two men hays not been of the msst friendly character for long time past. Greene accusing Eurseit Of having tried 70 injure him ia different ways. cJRoNER's INQUEST
 The most important witness sworn wss Jssn Montgomery who testified that whom Mir. Greene came into town with Mir. Scott White, he came to his stable and asked that bis team te put up and slss left his pistol with him. "I locked it ap. and later, just before the shooting, probably two hours later he asked me il there was any one working iu Hsrt's cd shsP, told aim