Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-20
PARTICULARS OF
KENDALL KILLING,
D.,,,,ot Of SpriugviIle Utah, is
P, r.'Ilv Slai, at GOldheld, New
By Doc Sharp
INSULT 0; TOO MUCH WHISKY.
u,d lad Previous Trouble, aud
~ u,,, they Met Later, Sharp
fled the Fatal Shot,

..,irr the killing OF Curtis Ken
W. !. :, ,nrlpgyille, Utah, mention OF
aD ', .,s made IN these columns sew
'n,'I .,,s ago, the Tonopah Bonanza
7" ut date has the following
r. kendall, well known in Tono-
VA "A surrounding country, was shot
~ aI ' wednesday morning at 500
,.s nv Howard sharp, better known
'.n,o, sharp Kendall died Thurs
!, sv,nlng at 5 o'clock in Goldheld' as
wi, of the wound received In the
AotIng. ,.os .ha outgrowth of
In soaS nat has existed between the
~ I'm v'Sn since last october, when Ken
y y s a'eecuspd sharp Of moving some
al I' SSsS on property in which the
o l.s VAS interested. Later sharp
wv randall an option on d piece or
la, s,,,y which sharp had located. The
I,on Was for II hours and the price 70
puy VIA was $500. The option was al
ps', "a eynire. and when a request
oe'S nsda by Kendall for an extension
y y wss refused by sharp, and since
s ", = limo the men have had INST fghts,
mich sharp has always come out
E sv,Ss Kendall is perhaps as well
I'M nm az any person IN the district,
A ln'ns here about two years ago from
i:.S V where his parents reside lie was
.' s,, 10 be troublesome and irrespon-
, Az" when drinking although consi-
s ,..i harmless when sober, He had To-
a. ',. considerable property In the Gold
s sd' Sls,rlot all of which had been
N. .Ji rsSently. Since that time he had
Tas.sd on the January lease owned by
y, mother. Zeb Kendall, and others,
"a was employed there at the time
b. was shot.
WHO SHARP is.
pno,~ sharp has been in Tonopah for
,,mnst three years, working at mining
"a hss always been a hard working
ss, Ne is known to almost every res
1Spt Of Tonopah, and up till the time
\, M for Goldheld last fall hac never
Nm IN any trouble Of n serious nature,
al Il known to have tried 10 avoid
,vmdall when he knew that the KID
Vas drinking. However II is hard to
rod man In a place like Goldheld'
and (. a consequence the men nave
NJ, frequently, when threats have been
rsle by both parties.
According 70 a party who claimed 10
h A witness to affairs leading up 10
NJ shooting the trouble started Tues
Ay evening, when Kendall, Nay ana
nah named Johnson met In a Gold
fsn aloon. Nay had been with Ken
I'M when he and Sharp had previous
trouble, and after several drinks had
ben hken, once more the lighting blood
commenced to boil, The whole con-
rcyesy was gone over Nay insisting
Ma, he would help Kendall clean
aarp, This kind Of talk was INDUCED
n on the streets. before a crowd oil
ln for a long time; threats being
made Of what one and another OF the
Are men would do to Sharp. Finally
,Nout 1890 o'clock Nay suggested that
he, Kendall and Johnson go to sharp
nbn and settle the matter.
ESCAPE FROM TENT.
They started for sharp's tent, which
; IN the fat west of Brearleys saloon
Some one In tile crowd who heard OF
heir determination to go to sharp
lkie, had gone on ahead and tolc
sharp who was coming and what they
we're coming for A moment later SharI
l,iid the sound Of mems voices anC
knew that he would have TO fight II hi
nayd there, and not knowing how
many persons he had to combat with
tetlded TO leave the tent, which he did
nd dropped down into the gully to the
vest When the intruding ones looked
MO The tent sharp was gone, although
Z could see Nay, Johnson and Ken
ial from where he was watching theiI
nNements, Persons who were clos,
" claim that 1t was not Kendall whC
nj up 10 the tent and looked In tht
.oor, but that Nay and Johnson die
hsi while Kendall stood back fully 81
ny from the tent,
ABOUT this time Constable doc
Ioole appeared and notified tn,
snlng men that all Of them would
hroNn in Jail, Il they did not ge
. bel at once.
nay and Johnson were taken TO thell
agon, which was In the corral, anC
'aN4d 10 their home at Columbil
u9lnIain, Kendall was sent to hi
,oh on the hin and was in bed abou
o'clock Nothing more was seen o.
saM Of Kendall and his friends TO
be night
Buy sharp had become excited b,
W events OF the night and Instead o
s 70 ped had gone up town wher,
Hbber" proceeded to enlarge OF
Wgals that had been made agains
XVI t beIWeen the "rlbber" and tn,
Isg he became very agltated AM
No, Iot 20 to bed again, but remained
\, sg v t'oO O'clock Wednesday morn
nsadall and his cabin partner, c. Il
tIa S.' "a started down to breakfas
,,. a Welr nome, coming down the eros
NV rom the east Wlseman stop
Y. 10 q closet back OF shirley's new sa
,,i N En,e kendall proceeded on TO
J n. Ine Peerless cafe, where he was /
rU OicaKias, for himself and Wise
n, ~ hNendlll turned the corner to IN
|s,5,s ran almost into Sharp. who wa
M lung rt IN front Of Shirley's saloon
,,s @Sy'us We're spoken, and Kendall
[gl,,, on by about go feet and leane,
M ' n,S 4 l9st In front of the peerles
on,o WIN MS back towards sharp. an,
'n y, talking to some one VIII
Iast d morse In front of the restau
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