Cochise review., 1900-12-29
TWO MEN SHOT.
A TlQht at Silver Creek Between k Saloon Men and Steve
 Johnson.
JObnsOn alias Kelly" is Killed. Jte Roberts WOunded--NOt tx
 peCted to live The CerOners Jury.

the saloon tent owned by man named Mitchell at Silver creek, about forty miles from Bisbee, was the scene of a gun fight which was exciting enough to suit the widest imagination of the inhabitants of that vicinity. The man who created the disturbance is known by the name of Kelly, which seems to be his Arizona name, as men who have known him for years give his true name as Jesse Johnson, half-brother of John Craven, of New Mexico.
 The deceased was first seen in the camp about D. ID, on the 18th when he was in the saloon of Mitchell and talked with the day bar tender for about half an hour, At this time he asked directions and distances to sev- eral different ranches within radius of 100 miles and left the impression that he was about to leave. He got on his horse and rode ofT. At this time he was dressed in light pair of trousers and wore pair of low cut shoes. When he next made his appearance he was armed with Winchester rife, wore leggins and had a siX-shooter strapped around his waist. He was so disguised that men who had seen him during the day failed to recognize him.
 It was about 9 o'clock when he step ped into the door of the tent with 8 Winchester in his hands and opened fire Joe Roberts, a rock man who is at work for the railroad, was standing at the bar and was wounded at the first shot, The lights went out and John son still continued to use his Winches- ter. In the room at the time were several men who were employed on the grade, together with Louis Senett, night bartender, and c. B. Mitchell, a son of the proprietor of the place. When the first shot was fired, MT. Senett was standing in the center of the room by the stove. He jerked his six-shocter and opened fire on the man with the Winchester. c. E. Mitchell, who was behind the bar at the time, got into the fight with his gun, and after emptying his siX-shooter picked up shot gun and opened fire. Firing from the outside of the tent was going on all this time. Some of the shots from the outside set fire to the tent and in all about thirty shots were fired.
 After the smoke cleared away Rob- erts, who was standing at the bar when the firing commenced, was lying on the floor beside the door and just outside the body of Johnson, alias Kelly, was found. Johnson was dead but Roberts was still alive Mitchell and Senett were uainiured and left Silver creek the next morning and arrived in Bis bee Thursday night and gave them selves up to the officers.
 The wounded man was brought to town in q wagon and was shot once in the groin and once through the hand. At the coroners inquest last night he was brought into the court room on d cot and was examined by the jury. His testimony was very incoher6nt, and rambling and was entirely different from any of the other testimony given. He said he was shot on Friday in the day time while backing a cart into a rock cut where he was at work
 The dead man was also brought to Bisbee yesterday and a telegram from relatives said to bury the body here.
 Several witnesses were examined be- fore the coroner's jury Friday night but no one seemed to know why John son went into that saloon shooting. One witness did testify that "Johnson told him that the men in that saloon intended to kill him and that he John 
 get explanation"
 c. B. Mitchell, who was behind the bar at the time the shooting com cenced, says that hold up had been attempted on this saloon before.
 The fact remains that he armed him. self with a Winchester went quarter of a mile down there and opened fire on the inmates from the door, wounding Rnhppfc an lnnnRnp,N a hn EpCt shot, and shooting at Mir. Srnnett twice before he was killed. From the testi- mony it would seem that some one on the outside took hand in the fight, as about thirty shots were tired-some coming from the outside. From the testimony it would also appear that it was an attempted hold up, or else Johnson went down there to kill somt - one in that saloon, although there was no bad blood existing betmeen the men.
 Johnson, tho deceased, was cowboy and he aud a man named Eugene Hop per had camp together.
 SOME OF THE TESTIMONY.
 Jim Gould a teamster who lately worked on the Morenci Southern in Graham county, was in the tent at the time the shooting occurred. He teSli fled that about 10 o'clock Johnson jumped into the Goor of the tent with Winchester rife and commenced shoot ing. That the inmates of the tent at that time were C. B. Mitchell, Louis Sennett, Roberts, Leonard Lee, ne gro. and Blackie Burke. That afteI Johnson fired the first shot Sonnet opened fire on him and deceased fired about three shots from the dGor befor he was killed. Several shots cam, from the outside at the same time He gave the order of the shots as fol-