Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-01-30
BURNS RANCH.
POSSESSION Over a Small Ranch Re-
suits in a Bloody Shooting.
GEORGE COWARD THE VICTIM.

Last Thursday morning, at Burns
hanch, his county. John j. Tobin hot
ana seriously wounded George N. Con.
ara. a well-known cattle man. The
iacts OF the shooting as learned by us
is as follows: For a week or more
Conard and a hired man had been at
work putting the Burns Ranch. a small
tract OF land five miles west of Mud
springs, in shape for the planting of
a garden, but had run out of provisions
Morse feed and had gone to Chlor.
lde 10 replenish the supplies. Return.
ing thursday morning he found Tobin
IN possession of the place. AS he was
driving down the road from the sum.
init oil the range to the ranch he was
halted by Tobin. who ordered him to
go no farther. Conard stated to Tobin
that he wanted no trouble with him,
bur that he was going to put his feed
and provisions in a shed used as a
barn. Tobin called to his wife. asking
her If she had her gun ready and the
oma came out at one and went to-
ward Conard. Disregarding the atti-
tude of Tobin, Conard started the team
toward the barn and Tobin raised his
gun to shoot. Conard said. don't shoot
at the same time reaching for a rife
that lay in the wagon. AS soon as
Tobin saw the rife he ran to the house
n took refuge behind it. The woman
then caught the horses heads and
stopped the team. Not wishing to have
q row with the woman, Conard began
to unhitch the team and the woman
stood back and looked on. When the
team was unhitched the hired man
took the horses to the water and was
giving them a drink. Conard picked up
a box and placing it on his shoulder
started for the shed. leaving his rifle
standing against the wagon. He was
halted by Tobin before he had gone
many yards and told to drop the box
n that he, Tobin. would put it away.
Conard said, | will put it away myself.
Tobin then raised his gun and fred.
the load of buckshot passing over
Conard's head, the wad striking him in
the face. He again fired, this time the
load striking Conard in the right arm
as he had ii raised up holding the box
on his shoulder. Had it not been for
the box his head would have been torn
off. AS 1t was his arm caught the
whole force of the charge and was hor-
ribly torn up. The box fell from the
nerveless arm and Conard started for
the wagon. Tobin called to his wife
to get Conard's rifle and shoot the s.
of a b-h. The oma grabbed up the
gun and started away from Conard
with it. Tobin again called to her to
bring it to him, which she did. AS soon
as Tobin got the gun he took aim and
fired at Conard. shooting him through
the front part of the left leg above the
knee. Conard and the hired man were
getting away owe the hill as fast as
they could go and were soon out of
range. The wounded man walked and
the five miles to his home at Mud
Springs, the wounds bleeding profuse-
ly. When he arrived at his home he
was weak from loss of blood. His wife
and hired man at once set about get
ting a wagon ready and brought the
wounded man to town, arriving here
about 2 o'clock yesterday morning. A
was sworn to and officers
sent out to arrest the shooters. Tobin
to Chloride and gave himself up.
The officers are expected in today with
the wife, who is jointly charged with
the crime.
The trouble grew out of the posses
sion of the Burns Ranch. Over a year
ago Conard leased the ranch to Tobin
and wife and aided them in putting in
a garden. When the lease had expired
robin set up that he was as much en-
titled to the ranch as Conard and re-
fused to pay rent Or vacate. Conard
brought an action of forcible detainer
against Tobin and the court awarded
Judgment for Conard, defendant Tobin
failing to appear and defend. BY an
OF court Tobin and wife were re-
from the place and at their re-
guest their goods were taken to Till.
mans. The matter was supposed to
'est there, but subsequent events prove
Tobin proposed to have the ranch.
or wrong.
Conard is now at Hotel Beale under
he care of DIR. Ealy and is getting
along as well as could be expected.
There are several wounds in his arm
made by the bu%ckshot. One of the
Duckshot struck him in the breast. but
striking a rib, glanced of. inficting a
flesh wound. The rife wound in the
eg is large and painful.-Kingman,I
AriZ., Miner.
w. l. Yancy, Paducah, Ky, writes:
L had a sever case of kidney disease
three of the best physicians in
southern Kentucky treated me without
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