Bisbee daily review., 1904-09-07
Silver City
 Tragedy Details
FULL PARTICULARS OF DESPER- ATE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN
 COWBOYS AND OFFICERS.
Was Result of Drunken Row-Game Fight Put Up by Deputy Sheriff Mur- ray Against Great odds.
Qordsburg Liberal.)


 There was a terrible tragedy in Sll- yer City, Sunday morning, Aug. 2Sth. which resulted in the death of Per fecto Rodrigues, the probable mortal wounding of w. H. Kilburn, city mar shal, and the wounding of Pat Nunn and Howard Chenowth. Pat Nunn, foreman of ictoria ranches, and Mart Kennedy and Howard Chenowth, cow boys working for him were in town. Kennedy and Chenowth had been drinking and were the worse for liquor. In the evening Mum got ready to leave town, and finding his two men in the condition they were, wanted them to go with him. They refused. Mum insisted and Kennedy said he would quit his job and took the sad dle off his horse, called Nunn a fight ing name, and told him to take the horse Nunn took of his six-shooter and belt. and laid them on the side walk and started after Kennedy and soon had him licked. Chenowth picked up Nunn's gun and went to kennedy's aid. His first shot at Nunn scraped across his breast. hit and smashed the watch in his shirt pocket. Mum was dazed and tried to get into the Club house saloon, in front of which this happened. The next shot missed. the next hit an iron post and split, one piece scraped across Nunn's forehead, making a skin wound, which bled freely. binding Nunn. Deputy Sheriff Murray tried to take the gun away from ChenOwth, and had a strug gle with him and Kennedy, who had come to his aid. Perfecto Rodriguez heard the shooting and ran to help the officer Chenowth shot him through the heart. from the effect of which he dief instantly. The struggle between tEe three men continued. Murray working at Chenowth with one hand, trying to disarm him, and at Kennedy with the other trying to keep him from drawing his gun. Marshal Kilburn was awakened by the shots, thought it was a fire, hastily dressed and came down to where the fight was going on. Murray had Chenowth' $ gun arm in the air. the pistol pointing upward When Kilburn came up. Chenowth jerked his arm down and shot, the bullet hitting Kilburn in the neck, making a fatal wound. The struggle continued up the street to the corner. where Chenowth and Ken nedy made their escape. Kennedy soon showed up in the Palace saloon. where he was arrested. John Collier, a former ranger, was deputized as an officer and with others was taking Kennedy to jail, when he discovered Chenowth hid behind some boxes in front of Lindauer's store. He went along as he was not prepared to take ChenowOTth. He got shot gun and then went back and called to Chen owth to come out and surrender. This he refused to do. The call and refusal were made several times. Finally. Chenowth came out. pistol in hand, which he raised to fire. as he did so, Collier fired, the shct tearing away the side of his face The shot were No. 6. if they had been buckshot, ChenOwth would probably have been killed. Both Chenowth and Nunn are expected to recover. Chenowth and Kennedy are in jail on the charge of murder. It is said that Kennedy urged Chenowth on in the fight. thus becoming a principal. ChenOwth is young man, not more than twenty one. He is a son of J. A Chenowth, of the San Simon He was brought up in Q fighting atmosphere. and had heard many tales of the great fight ing done by relatives and friends. and probably became impressed with the idea that on proper occasion hS