Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-02-01
BURNS RANCH.
Possession Over a Small Ranch Re.
suits in a Bloody Shooting.
GEORGE COWARD THE VICTIM.

Last Thursday morning at Burns
Ranch. this county. John j. Tohin shot
and seriously wounded George n. Con.
ard, woll-known cattle man, The
facts of the shooting as learned 10y us
is as follows: For week or more
Consrd and "A hired man had been at
work putting the Burns Ranch. small
tract of land five miles west of Mud
Springs. In shape for the planting OF
garden, hut had run out of provisions
ana horse feed and had gone TO Chlor-
ide to rcplcnish the supplies Return
ing Thursday morning he found Tobin
in possession of the place As he was
driving down the road from the sum
nit of the range 10 the ranch he was
halted 10y Tob,n. who ordered him to
go no farther Conard stated to Tobin
that ne wanted no trouble with him.
bltt that he was going TO put his feed
and provisions In shed used as
barn. Tobn called to his wife. asking
her it she had her gun ready and the
woman came out at once and went to-
ward Conard. Disregarding the atti-
tudc OF Tobin. Conard started :hc ;,am
toward the barn and TOhin raised his
gun to shoot. Conard said, dent shoot.
at the same time reaching for a rife
that lay I'm the wagon. As soon as
Tobin saw the rife he ran TO the house
and 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 unhitchod the hired man
took the horses 20 the water and was
giving them drink, Conard picked up
q box and placing it on his shoulder
started for the shed, leaving his rifle
standing against the wagon He was
halted by Tohin before he had gone
many yards and told to drop the box
and that he. Tobin. would put it away.
Conard said. | viii put u away myself
Tobiu then raised his gun and fred
che load of buckshot passing over
Cunard's head. the wad striking him ia
the face. He again fired. this time the
load striking Conard in the right arm
as he had it raised mp holding the box
on his shoulder. Had II not been for
the box his head would have been torn
of As IL was his arm caught the
whole force of the charge and was hor-
rihly torn up. The box fell from the
ncrveless arm and Conard started for
the wagon, Tobin called TO his wife
to get Conard's rifle and shoot the s.
of a h-h The woman grabbed up the
gun and started away from Conard
| with It, Tohin again called TO her to
| bring il to him. which she did As soon
/ as rohin got the gun he took aim and
| fred at Conard. shooting him through
the front part of the left leg above the
! knee. Conard and the hircd man were
| getting away over the hill as fast as
| they could go and were soon out of
| range. The wounded man walked and
! rode the five miles To his home at Mud
/ Springs, the wounds bleeding profuse
! ~ When he arrived AT his home ne
/ 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 O. 'clock yesterday morning. a
|
sent cut to arrest the shooters. Tubin
went 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 yeai
ago Conard leased the ranch to Tobir
and Wife and aided them in putting IN
garden. When the lease had expired
Tobin set up that he was as much en-
titled To the ranch as Conard and re
fused 10 pay rent or vacate. ConarC
brought an action Of forcihle detainel
against Tobn and the court awarded
judgment Tor Conard, defendant Tobir
failing to appear and defend. BY az
order of court Tohin and wife were re
moved from the place and at their re-
quest their goods were taken 10 Till
mans. The matter was supposed e
rest there. but subsequent events prov,
that Tohin proposed to have the ranch
right or wrong.
Conard is now at lIotel Boalo undel
the care of DR.. Ealy and is gettinl
along as we'll as could be expected
There are several wounds in his arm
made 10y the buckshot. one of tn,
buckshot struck him in the breast, hu
striking "A rib, glanced of. innicting Z
flesh wound, The rifle wound in the
leg is large and kingman
Ariz., Miner
GRANT COUNTY DEATH.