Tombstone prospector., 1899-10-25
ROBERTSON KILLING
Further Particulars of the Af-
 fair Page ia Jail

l. ( is ssill upp rmest in the public
 mind and thsfs is no uncertainty re-
 sardinS the feeling in Tomhston~
 seauust she slayer Of the dece.ssd. the
 continent being strong sgaiust tn
 prisoner. Friends of the dec-ased who
 heard the evidence before the coronor's
 jury in Psarc% state four or five wit-
 nssses Co the shooting testified that
 Robinson had no pistol or if he us d
 one they did not see it raised, although
 the witnesses were short distAnce from
 he ecens of the trouble. Two ther
 witnesses however, one . eAttlemsu
 named Bnrts who was recently under
 arrest in Tombstone on cattle stealing charge. and .hs other. . gambler nsm-
 si Csral, testify to kob~rtson firing the fret shot. Tho pisscl o' R ,b-rtsou va. introduced in evidence showing oao shell empty. It was ioti mated by como of the frieods of ,hs deceassd that sn eEsrt sill bs made to show that the gun of the deceased might have been sbstrsct-d from h's place oi business and serrep,iously deposited near the body Of she dead man after the shooting. This howsve: is mt by friends of Page who contend that up 70 the time of the trouble Page and Robert on were toSetbe-, apparently the best oi friends, and therefore no motive to carry out such . plan could be attributed to him. Several points in the testimony oa ben slf h th- pIis- oner is said to be co. Aieting. These facts however will develop at the
 xsminssion to be held Friday ct 2 p. m. before Justice Schustsr.
 It was reported that . few ei ths more excited frisnds oi the deceased would a'tempt . raid on the jail but better counsel prevailed and nething was done. nor is it itexpsst.d that such stsemp,s will be made
 ' PRISONERS STATEMENT
 A PRosPEcToK reporter called at the jail this morning and interviewed the pr,soner. Sidney Page. Mr. Page stated that the interview of his brother Leon ard Page. ss publ'sbsd last even. ing, was about correct % to details. "No one regrets the occurrence more than l." said Page "but I was com pelled to act in self defence or he would have had me. Robertson fired the nrst shot and fired four. We were fsss to face and could not poe. sibly have eh0s him in the back. After Robertson dropped his gun I stopped firing and picked his gun up and put it on the bench. Corsals saw ne pick it up ard be afterwards took it with him whe3 surrendered. Robert son and I yer, good frisnds and do not understood why he acted ss he did." In spesking of the testimony that several witnesses did DO believe dsosss-d had gun, Page said three men cav deceased with the gun, Matt Burts, George Cmal.s and Clarence keilly-th- latter hs did not know very peraooally and if the t-siinony of she two form ? was dispute, on ae- count of bring intimate friends Page, the iattAr corrobofsred the tss.i- mony ard being disintsrsstsd shsuld, he thought, carry some weight.
 f/PAgs ,s 2I years of age, was . deputy constsbIe of Ps.rc-, . nd |. e not e-em much per,urbed over the ohsrx g.inst him, ieeling he wac ju u-t,6-d ,n his set. Tue interview at the Jail wac brief owing to the fae that pr-csu iun- were tss en to Ruard the prisoner from Ios-ib.e attack. Although ,her i- nO danger from surh . visit, DO chances were taken by sh~ jsi or.