Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-12-17
RAYMOND HOMICIDE.
A Camp Verde Correspondent Gives
 Full Particulars of Tragedy.
Result of Quarrel Over Goats Ray mOnd Failed to Get Gun
 in Action.

The usual quiet of Camp Verde anC vicinity was stirred by breeze o excitement on Monday night of thi: week, by the announcement of a kill ing which had been enacted som, time during the day. The scene O. the tragedy was at lone goa ranch at Cold Water Springs som, twenty miles down the river iron this place.
 The man who perpetrated the deeC bears the old name of John Smith while his victim was one-armed Ger man, or Swedish sheep herder named August Raymond, who until few weeks ago had been in the employ oi Smith as herder.
 Smith came to Geo. Hance's ranch about dark Monday night, with the apparent intention of spending the night. After cOnversing with men on ordinary topics, some one made inquiry for Raymond, when Smith informed them that he was dead and that he had shot him. He seemed in great mental distress, and imme- diately tainted.
 Justice Hance being present, started men out and summoned a coroner's jury, consisting of the following named men: J. J. Sullivan, James Reaves, John Bristow, Geo. H. Bishop, Hun ter Wright and a Mr Trimle. With these men and Dr. Palmer as examin- ing physician, Judge Hance started fo the scene of the trouble early Tues day morning.
 They found the dead man lying in front of Smiths cabin door covered with a canvas as he had left him, with bullet hole in his left side, one through the right shoulder which had passed downward, beaking the shoul- der blade, and back bone and had lodged under one of his ribs near the left arrmpit from where it was re- moved by Dr. Palmer. The third shot was fired after he fell, entering the back of his head and coming out at his nose.
 Smith tells the following story, whic the findings of the jury prac- ticaIlv SubStantiateS
 Raymond had allowed some goats in his charge to be killed by lions Smith had accused him of burning the carcasses to prevent him from find ing it out. Raymond denied the charge. at which Smith called him a liar. and ordered him from the place, after having filled his place with an- other herder Raymond left saying that he would see him again, and camped a mile or two away. He told one of the neighbors that he would give Smith a chance to apologize and that if he failed to do so he would shoot him.
 Smith went to Camp Verde last week to see what could be done with Ray mond, having heard of his threat. While gone one of his neighbors met Raymond on the over which Smith must return, where he said he was laying for Smith ''
 On Smiths return, he stopped at the Sullivan ranch three miles this side of his place, and there he heard that Raymond was laying for him. He stayed there until about ? o'clock in the morning, when he started for his own cabin. While here, he stated that be ''should hunt out Raymond's s camp and shoot him as he would a jack rabbit, ' as alleged.
 On arriving at his cabin he found that some one had removed the car tridges from his rife, which were af- forwards found on Raymond's person.
 Smith stayed in his cabin unti about noon, when he saw Raymond approaching cautiously, stopping ire quently to listen. Smith waited un- til Raymond stood in front of the door, when he asked him what he wanted. Raymond made no reply. but put his hand in a sack, which hung in front of him by a string from his neck, as if to get a gun, whereupOn Smith fired at him from a kneeling posture, where he had been watching Raymond's movements through the cracks in the shake door.
 As Raymond staggered from the shot, Smith fired again, this time standing and firing through a crack in the wall of the house. As the wounded man fell, he struck the door throwing it open, and as he still held his hand in the sack, and seemed to be trying to get a gun, Smith (whose bump of caution seemed to have been fully developed) fired the third shot, which passed through his head.
 Smith thereupon hunted up his her der, who was in the hills with his goats. and told him what he had done and that he was going to Hance's to give himself mp.
 The jury found, upon examination. that the sack in which Raymond had his hand. contained nothing but the cartridges taken from Smiths rife. twenty-five focal. revolver cartridges and a few personal effects, a small copy of Byron's Childe Harold the rest, but it was found that he carried large 45-cal. revolver in another sack hanging on his right side.
 Raymond was about 40 or 45 years of age and had lost his right hand at the wrist. Both men were single so far as known. though there is rumor that Raymond has a wife and two children somewhere. though no one seems to know where, or much about him
 Smith has so far as known been a peaceable man. His mental suffering is great and he is reaping the hell of remorse.