The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01

me on general principles allus
seemed to be gittin' In his way, an
the more / tried 10 keep away from
him, the more 1 run agln him. never
seemed To git along nohoW, was anus
the under dog. Bin knew it,. am as
I auus turned up when ] wasn't want
ed. he would sWar was a-snoopin
after him Go md things Out. but 4
wasn't What good would it have done
me III I had found out things ] never
could have done anything with 'em. III
I found "a gold mine, somebody would
git it away from me an accuse me
of iryin' to steal 10. But Bill declared
I was his hOOdOO He said 1 was
nightmare. an il made him shiver only
20 see me around He must have felt
like when he see a yaller dorg, be
wanted TO throw stones az him. He
sWOre he would kin me if 1 didn't keep
out of his way, an every time he come
across me on the street not thinkn
of him az all. he just up an fought me
am / allus got the worst of it,
We'll, this evenin', along late I'm the
afternoon, he run into me as j was
turnn' "a corner, an he swOre / did it
a-purpOse. but how could i? j couldn't
see around "A corner could ]? Then
Bill says Damn you, I've got you
now where thar amt nobody looking
am I'm just Kill you an feel easier
With that he draws his gun an says.
say your prayers If you've got any.
afOre YOU git sent over the range Whar
youu never come back to bother me.
/ didn't keer much about whether /
was dead or alive, but just at that
moment felt as if ] wanted TO live
SO I stopped down without thinkin' an
picked up a rock that happened 20 be
/ layin' thar an dashed il al him. May
/ be he was took by surprise an thought
/ ! was gittin' on my knees to pray.
didn't have no gun nor anything else
about me, an / had no thought to
kin BIZ. I just threw the rock for
luck. an it happened TO slam him In
/ the face. That's an thar is TO it,
/ Judge"
Sheriff, where's Bm?" inquired a
. bystander.
"Oh, he's dead an right enough re-
/ piled the sheriff. Hes lynn out there
. where he fell. most likely as stiff as a
. pick handle by this time"
Jim, was Bill dead when you left
him2" asked the Judge
.I don't know, judge answered Jim.
/ HE fell down when this rock struck
him. that's all 1 know about it, l amt
no doctor but / Opine ne was un-
conscious or he'd a-shot"
81 suggest that we visit the res
/ gestae." said the clerk of the court.
Second the notion said "a town
. councilman. Lets take suthin' hot
first: it's on me- What you gOin' 10
have Jim?"
I'm a few minutes the party returned
TO their former position around the hot
stove. and after quiet was restored, the
judge spoke:
'Mr Sheriff, open COURT
This having been done i'm the usual
fashion, with the preliminary com
mand. Hats off. gentlemen; courts IN
session" the clerk called the case OF
1.-THE people against James Burley
charged with the murder Of William
Jackson"
A jury OF twelve was then impaneled
and the defendant interposing no OBJ
lection the prosecuting attorney ex-
amined witnesses. who testified to the
finding of the corpus deficit and the
defendants admissions. WhereupOr
the Judge. turning TO the prisoner, re-
quested him TO tell his story, after
cautiOning him that he could not Do
compelled to give any evidence tending
10 criminate him.
ct told you all I know a while ago
iudsC," said Jim. 81 hain't got nothin
more so tell.'
] "Wc&. tell il again" insisted tht
p judge. i guess it won't hurt YOU any