Mohave County miner., 1903-04-11
Horrible Double Murder.

Horrible Double Murder.
Last Wednesday morning Charles
Bakey and Roy Winchester were mur.
dered near the summit of the Wallapai
mountain, on the old Tresher road to
Cedar. Their bodies laid where thew
fell from the horses until discovered
by Sheriff Lovin late Saturday evening.
The story OF the killing as near as can
be summed up is as follows: Blakey
aud Winchester contemplated the
opening Of saloon at the San Fran.
cisco mining camp, near Cedar, aud
arranged to lease building from A.
o. Eshom. They went to Eshom's
ranch, near the Copper Camp, where
they staid Tuesday night. Eshom stated
that he had received letter stating
that the brother of a miner at Cedar
was very i'll and left the house In the
early evening to deliver the message.
agreeing to meet the men at Cedar the
following day and deliver over posses
sion Of the building. He remained
there until Thursday noon, but the
two men did not turn up and he came
back to his house, where he found
James McKenney, who informed him
that he had had trouble with two men
back on the road. McKenney then
ordered Eshom TO shoe a couple of
horses and then packing up some pro.
visions he rode away, warning Eshom
not to inform the sheriff until three
days had pas. ed. E.hom came to
Kingman Friday night and told Sheriff
Loviu that there had been some troub BILE
near Cedar and he had better go down
aud investigate 1t. The sheriff went
down the next morning and at dusk of
Saturday night he came upon the
horses ridden by Blakey and Winches-
ter. and short distance further on
found the bodies of the murdered men
in the road. They had both been shot
with buckshot. The coroner at Cedar
was at once notified and he took pos
session of the bodies and the sheriff
came to Ningmsn and organized a
posse to go In pursuit of the fiend. The
posse was made up of Sheriff Lovin,
Deputies Templeman, Harris, Bly,,
Wells aud Piema, Wallapai Indian
trailer. They got out Oh the trail Sun
day evening.
When Blakey aud Winchester left
Kingman they we're supposed to be
possessed of nearly 50OS, but ouly l.60s
was found on the bodies.
An inquest was held at Cedar, but
the jury failed to fix the responsibility
for the killing. 1t appeared from the
testimony that on the night of Tues
day Dick E,hom arrived at the San
Francisco mine at about two o'clock
and called out James Mckenney who
had been working In the mine several
days under the name of McIutire.
McKenney at once bundled up his
effects and left the camp without
drawing the money due him for work
or saying why or whore he was going.
This tax ,n with the statement OF Esb-
ON that McKenney had had trouble on
the road was convincing that this man
had done the killing. The jury found
that the man had ambushed the men
aud fired at them without a word OF
warning. The murderer had fred the
first shot from kneeling position be-
hind a small scrubby tree. The first
shot had evidently killed Blakey and
the discharge had frightened the horse
of Winchester and the assassin had
risen up aud fired the other barrel Of
the gun, the charge taking effect In the
boys back. Death in both cases must
have been instantaneous. Blakey had
evidently thrown up his hand to shield
his face when the first shot was fired,
as part of the charge passed through 1t.
He was struck in the breast, throat
and shot passed into the head at
the corner OF one eye. Winchester
was struck in the back with thirteen
bucks hot. and the hand would cover
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