Arizona republican., 1898-09-12
w. B. CASEY SHOT. Noted Local Character Meet.
 a Violent Death.
The Man Who killed Him Made Ills Escape. Although PIainIy Acting in Self Defense. and is Vet at
 large-Capture Expected Today.

William B. Casey, 28 years old, a native of New York, was shot and killed at about o'clock yesterday morning at the rarch of James Marler, five and a half or six miles west of Phoenix, on the Yuma road, by one George Moudy or Mouder. Although Mouder acted, it is stated by those who witnessed the tragedy, strictly on the defensive, the gravity of the affair so frightened him that he immediately made his escape from the neighbor- hood and up to a late hour last even ing had not been apprehended.
 Casey has bsen acting as foreman on Ben Anderson'S ranch and only a week ago became engaged in serious quar- lei, assaulting Charles Balls with a pitchfork and breaking it over the lat ter's head. Balls also sustained a broken lag in falling under the force of the blow.
 The tragedy yesterday, from all ac counts. was continuation Of the af fair of the Sunday before, only witt new characters involved. Casey hat heard that James Marler had made in- v;dious remarks about him, based c the Balls affair. If all accounts true. a young man named George BuT had told Casey of this. Casey beca.c highly incensed and yesterday nor ing started out to hunt Marier, WI lived close by. He was accompanie, by Ben Anderson and young Butta They found Marler a short distane- from his barn, busily engaged in irri gating. Casey rode up and begai abusing Marler, to which the latter Ie T n the use Of such epithets, as he had n0, made tlie remarks as were irpu,ed ' him. Casey, 1t is stated. took on h. spurs and threw them at Marisrs hsac and then craving through the WIT, endeavoTed to attack him with q e.un Mar CT, hoWsy CT. stCod him o4 w45i his sao.ei Some parleyi4g then e. s@ed, during which yuu Butts statsS that AfouGer. who was suq-cEea e. Mer.er, had repeated the la1g9sss tns the latter was sad to hav3 uS-d Tn staten eIt natu- ally Gll lectea the ir1 Casey toward the hired man, who w descried a. the barn, about 300 yaro away, engaged in hitchilg up a tea ln fight spring wagon 1t is sta
 n this cC1nect Cn that AiCl&ar il tended going out OF the desert O.. : trip to locate some land ald in order to be prepared for an emergency had armed himself with a revolver.
 The shouts of the party to Mouder caused him to tie up his team and start toward the excited group of men, travelling down private lane used by Marler. When he came to within a few feet of the group, both Casey and Butts reproached him for having quoted certain alleged utterances of Marler's. This was indignantly denied by the accused man, and one word brought on another. Finally both Casey and Butts crawled through the wire fence and started toward Mcuder, who drew his revolver and ordered them to stand back or he would shoot them. Butts stopped, but Casey made an ejaculation to the effect that he would thump the coward,'' and rushed toward Mouder. The latter fired twice in quick succession. One Of the shots was fatal, entering at the left nipple, penetrating the heart and coming out on the right side. Curi- ously enough this bullet also pene shot barely grazed Casey in the back.
 Casey turned about and ran a few steps and then fell over dead.
 The witnesses to the tragedy were James Marler, young Willie Marler, George Butts and Ben Anderson. Im- mediately on the shooting one of the group hurriedly saddled a horse and riding to Phoenix notified the sheriff g office. Justice of the Paace Johns.one also impaneled a coroner's jury, con sisting of L. H. Mickey. W. R. Mickey. R. Grigsby, H. c. Mcdonald, I. N Bell and E. NJ. Wickersham, and the party accompanied Sheriff Orme, Dep uty Sheriff Henry George and Con stable Frank Mcdonald to the scene The body was reviewed by the jury and turned over to Davis, the under taker, who proceeded to bring it t, Phoenix and prepare it for burial.
 < It was ascertaineo by the sheriff an
 posse that Mouder, alarmed by tf
 inV of the situation, had made h:
 with the team. The officer
 ime in starting in pursuit
 ay. He was traced to Tow
 where he was noticed tray