Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-06-14
VERDICT OF oORONER's JURv.
Moss Came To His Death by Reason of
shot fired by MoCutcbeon.


VERDICT OF CORONER's JURv. |
Moss Came to His Death by Reason Of . |
shot fired by MoCutobeop.
Marshal McMiilin and ". I. Watson,
the special officer of tbs Santa Ne, who IL
here from Hntchison, Kan, 10 inyesti- |
gate the shooting Of Engineer Mike
Moss last Saturday near Algodones,
came down on No. passenger train |
from the north last night, bringing |
with them Lawrence Burns and A. n. |
Clark. witnesses for the inquest TO be held |
by n, II. Ribble over the body OF M0ss, |
who died from his injuries on Monday
night.
Justice Ribble summoned j. 3 Black, |
g. Zlul, X. Motto. n. X. Scott, Frank |
Newton and Jos. Englehsrt 70 act a. q
cor0ner's Jury to heaf the evidence. The |
inquest wss held at 5 o'clock. Both the |
witnesses told practically the same story, |
and told very minutely all the details OF
the shooting. lhe facts, as gathered
from their testimony, are about Us fol
lows: About | O'Clock last Saturday At
terno0n the work train was going from
Bsrnalillo TO Algodones at the |
rate OF about six miles an hour. |
ln the caboose were Mike Moss, the en-
gineer OF the steam shovel; Lawrence |
Burns, his fireman; X. X. McCutcheon,
the fireman OF the engine ATTACHED 20 |
the work train, and A. h. Clark, an ae
sistant TO Engineer Moss. who WAS learn
ing the trade. Clark had bought new
pair Of shoes and showed them to the
other men 10 the cabooee. and then start
ed to put them away In his grip. When
he opened the grip, he untntentionally
shncta, conta,nad An ~ Moss tool ths
onn ana HcCmtchann ioh,n1iv Seld mn
ena ~ tha n.sS shoo. a.. sront ., tha dnar
~ I iha ~ caScoss & ana sstaa Moss to % shoot % M
IN sor a tsrcet Th,s no Ala siming ths
rsvoivs, hisS ahova the sboa McCntcSson
iban nIctas mn an oiS sho. iyinS in the
cahonsa and assa, Rn,ns to hoiS 4, v,hiis
no - q sha, az A. pn,ns c"n,r,', sao
i, thst yas ana u.gn,ehaon sf,s, be
haa nrsoS hiu thraa or sonr timss to 40
az s,ncS iha and ~ tba ,svoivar th,cysS
n bois IN tho shoa ana ss a ioke mint.
al 4, M p,rna Tha Iat,ar ho,yavar saw
,ha na,,, -, sh. ,aaSaS ,,,,n r,,,oh ,oo,a
cIsas,v than ha conid soa ,ha na,nt ~ The
;aIa and samawhat sha,niv aardaraS Ne.
rn,chaon no, 60 a,m tba onn n, bjn,
TronhIs was tsmnorsr,Is avertsd
n. Cis,l ,asi,a nia rayo,vsr and
placing II under the straps of
his grip. The words. which had paseed
bet ween Burns and McCutcheon, CON
tinued 10 rsnkie In the breasts OF both
and the quarrel was resumed. McCutch
con becoming ipfuristed made rush for
Clsrk's grip and snstched up the reyol.
yer. Moss tried TO stop him and quite a
,cpfils followed, but McCutchson suc
,eedpd In breukinp aWay with thp revolt
YER, He rushed into the BODY of the car
looking for Burns, who had stepped out
Of hts way and was standing near the
stove. McCutcheon passed TO the other
,ide Of him before seeing him. He looked
around the car and spying Burns, he
drOpped the gun on him and the shot
followed. Moss by this time had come
no I'm the rear OF Burns. and the bullet,
after grazing the shoulder of the latter.
tearing of a piece OF his vest aud shirt
ON the right shonlder and powder-burn-
ing his neck. passed on and struck Moss
la the left breast several inches above
the heart.
The corOner's Jury after listening 10
this evidence, viewing the body and hear
ing the doctors statement OF the nature
of the wound. returned the following
verdict:
I'VE the undsraiopsd iustlca n, ths
peace and inry. who sat nnon ths inonast
bsid this l3th Say of lima is9o an ths
b1dy M Michael Moss fonnd i'm nrec,net
36 RsrnaiilIo conntv Nau Ma ico ans
that Tho daceasaJ cana 10 bis daa,h n.
re ,son M a shot f,yaJ from a AZ h'caiihay
Coit's rayoivinn six' 'shoo,in, nis,oi ,si,
and fi,ai nv tba hand ~ n Ncc,ntch'
aon
40 soon as tba vardi,t una ra,dsra,
ua,shaI ueNilIin ,sIagranhsS p i Nnr'
nhy the city marshai y; Iss Vesss 20 sr.
rsst McCutchaon who is1, ,os tba,a an
MonSav night sfta, no had ham Ala
chargs3 from, The ssrv,cs of tho rsii,oaS
Ua rscsivad snaws, statina tbat the az
zoe, hso bsan msda snd snso,aI na,car
Watson Iaft IN M . 10 bring tho nyis.
mar n this city for hie n,sIJmipaYv
hearing the data az which has not va,
hesn set ~