Daily camera., 1898-04-27
N0S / Murder /?
WAS IT MURDER7
Inquiry Into the killing of William Row
at the Concord Mine.

Inquiry Into the Killing of William Rowe
at the Concord Mine.
William Rowe was killed. There is
no question as to who killed him, but
there are two conflicting stories as TO the
why and wherefore of his taking off.
Jack Cassidy told Camera reporter to-
day that he killed the man. Not in a
flippant way. but in an easy going. mat.
ter of fact style did the slayer admit him
self to be the man who fired the deadly
bullet He had been cautioned against
reporters, but his story from the mouths
of others has been repeated and reaches
the Camera sanctum. Will Rove lies in
the morgue, with body disembowelled
and story untold by mute lips, save as
friends knew of events leading up to the
tragedy or gathered faint words from the
dying man as he lay near the highway.
Coroner Trezise empannelled the fol-
lowing jury: Shsp MADEIRA, Robert May,
Fred Burger, Frank Weigand, J. W..
Stonehouse. T. J. Sipple.
The inquest was behind closed doors,
Deputy District Attorney Merwin ap
pearing for the people and General Ives
for the defense.
The Rowe brothers, Dave and Viii,
both we'll known baseball players. owned
a 7-l6 interest in the lease and bond
given by P. ]. We1ely and Fred Eldred
to the Concord mine, the papers running
to DR.. Harrison. Cassidy held 2-I6 in
terest under DR.. Harrison and it was
charged BY the Rowe's that he had COW
cred up ore, a big tody of rich tellunum
having been recently discovered. In
brief Cassidy's story is that he was as
saulted BY Rowe as he went to the shaft,
which is but few yards from the cabin,
where Rowe lived. They cl!nched, Cas-
sidy says, and Rowe drew revolver.
Than Cassidy drew his and fred twice,
the first shot cutting off one of Rowe's
fingers, the second entering the left
thigh The ball, it should be stated, was
cut out under the coroner's instructions,
its course having been longitudinal and
final resting place being near the cuticle
Of the right thigh. After being shot,
Rowe walked several hundred yards,
down towards the Forrest mine, and lay
down near the roadway and died in the
presence of several miner friends. From
dying statements and conclusions gath.
cred by these men the impression is
highly unfavorable to the defendant.
The theory of the prosecution is that
Cassidy, who had been ordered not to
approach the premises, came up to the
cabin and opened fire as Rowe was leav-
ing the cabin. His hand on the latch,
the ball passed through the door and cut
off the first joint of a finger. Rushing to
the east end OF the cabin, he was in the
act OF getting under table. when Cassi
dy's second charge caught him in the
thigh. No revolver was found in Rowe's
cabin and his brother, Dave, who hasten.
ed to Boulder on receipt of a telegram
which reached him at Denver yesterday,
says that he offered Will revolver, be-
cause OF Cassidy's threats, but that he
laughingly refused it. This was week
ago.
Cassidy claims that in the scrimmage,
be captured Rowe's gun and shot his
man with his. Rowe's. weapon. 1t was
3S calibre, he says. The ball extracted
from Rowe's thigh was 3S. They were
alone-and one of the pair is in the
morgue.
Thad Adams. a very reputable mining
mine and resident of Sugar Loaf, says he
heard Rowe yelling and ran down to
where he lay. Rowe died FIVE minutes
later, being unconscious all the ,ime
Tom Mason, foreman of the Forrest
mine. was there and said that Rowe told
him simply that Cassidy had shot him.
but had given no particulars.
The coroners jury completed its labors
at a o'clock today and rendered verdict
that civilian Rowe came to his death
from the effect OF bullet shot from
revolver held in the hand of one John
Cassidy and that such shooting was
felonious."
This means that the jury believe
murder was committed.
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