Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-03-02
SULLIVAN SHOT
 BY HUSEMAN The Wounded Man Can
 Not Live. Sullivan Makes Anti -MOrtem State ment-Huseman Also Tells
 His Story.

A very sad shooting affair took place just at the edge of this city last night little after midnight, as a re- suit of which young man about 22 years of age, by the name of Mark Sullivan, lies at the county hospital in a dying condition and the end is looked for at any minute.
 It seems, from the evidence that could be gathered, that Sullivan, who is a miner, arrived in this city few days ago from Colorado and was with out money. He has been trying to get work but so far had not succeeded and the nights being warm he had been sleeping where ever he could find a place to protect him from the weather, hoping each day to strike a job and go to work. The circum- stances of the shooting will be given as he stated them this morning to Dr. Smith, the county physician, and Dis trict Attorney E. s. Clark, after the doctor had informed him that he could not possibly live.
 He said he had noticed the little shed, which is located just beyond the depot on the banks of Granite creek, a couple of days ago, and hay ing only a little money thought be could save renting a room by sleeping there in the hay. He slept there Mon day night and last night about mid night started to go in there again to sleep, when the burros in the lot be- came frightened at him and made a snorting sound as he was climbing through the fence. In Ia moment or two afterwards he saw an old man step to the door of a little hut and heard the report of a gun. This was the last he knew until be came to enough to realize that he had been shot. He then cried for help, but no one came to him for soIue time, when the old man came to him and attempted to wash the blood off his face. He soon left and after awhile returned accompanied by the officers who took him to the hospital. He said he had not said a word nor did the old man say word before he fired at him. He has a mother who lives n Kansas City.
 A Journal Miner reporter called at the city jail, where the old man who did the shooting was confined, and ask ed him for his side of the sad affair.
 He said his name was Christian Huseman, and that he was almost IS years of age. He had lived in the lit tie shanty where the shooting took place for the past five years. He has some burros which he keeps in cor ral adjoining the shanty, and he says he has been nearly bothered to death by hobos and Mexicans who have tried to steal his animals and he was afraid they might burn his shed down by sleeping and smoking in his barn. On four other occasions he had fired the shot gun and frightened them away. Last night just about midnight he was awakened by the burros making a noise and getting out of bed he took his shot gun and stepped out into the corral and seeing a man as he sup posed running after his burros he fired the gun in his direction, but he thought over bis head. He heard the man cry out and then he went in the house and dressed himself. When he went out again the man called out that he was blind and asked for help. He thought be fellow was fooling him and might have pistol, SO he came up town for help. Not finding an