Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-10-14
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kss kome. and hss. v slkes and .
ns~s Cray had esxse ~ CrsAssoa
sG~4.oa . quarter . uaale assay fus us
eseaaas uaaal Wslssr Adasns. Clss-
e0ee Aesdoss saA Charley ThosAp-
son vevs in The ksachen. Gso. Nssl
rode up and pot letter IN the oAaee
and vas stsrtsns away Walker said
Watt inmate SAINT 10 talk TO yos. "
Neal replied, No. | hsven got time
] mus, be go.ns ea, and went ~,
the door. Walker followed and sa,d
.'.seoree. hear you have 1t IN los
me No more than you have IT in
for me. guess. was the answer
More words were passed aud Walker
was heard to SAY that If there was
anv difference between thesa IL mlght
as we'll t~ settled right there. He
stepped Of the porch and = second
later = sho. was heard Rushing
out the men ssw Walker with bul-
let hole from IS cahbre revolver
Just under his right eye. lie was
dead. Neal was getting ON his horse
and soon disappeared He went up
TO Ed Adams place where he had
been staying There he left his
horse and wanted TO get SO Of Ad-
ems stating that he had to g. to Sar-
gents. He got the money and went
oN afoot. Not . trace of him has
since been found.
As . preliminary to the shooting
very little is known, except that three
years ago when Walker kept meat
market in Gunnison he assisted Mar
ahal Warner put Neal in Jail one
night for firing of gun at the rear
Of his store and raising y disturb
ance with two other fellows who were
full of liquor. Neal had apparently
born a grudse against Walker for
this, - this fall whom hsyiRG cscw
Including both Wakes sd Nsel
vese bsfing for Rob Mcconnell. there
wss talk Of going to Walkers next
sad Neal said he didn't want to work
for Walker. The two had often
worked together. A few days before
the shooting Neal had gone to Ed.
Adams 10 work and that evening was
riding to McConnell's to get pair
of gloves and some tobacco he had
left there. No one seems to have
known that he carried a gun and
Walker was not armed.
Tuesday morning the coroner from
Saguache, DR. Shippe, arrived and
that afternoon the body was brought
10 Gunnison for burial. The Gunni-
son Redmen have taken charge and
services will be held this afternoon
at 2:3O O'Clock from the Presbyterian
church.
NJ. c. Walker, or "Mel" as he
was familiarly called, had lived IN
Gunnison county since 1891 and was
we'll liked every where. lie had re
sided in Pitkin, Vulcan, Dubois and
Gunnison and only two years ago
vent TO the Doyleville country to try
ranchinp. He was man of mag
ni6cent physique standing six feet
high and weighing 225 pounds He
was born 39 years ago IN Elk River,
Minnesota. In 1891 he was married
to Miss Laura Flanagan in Dakota
and Mrs. Walker survives hun. Deep
sympathy is hers in tins tragedy
which has deprived her of a loving
husband and the community OF a
frank, open-hearted citizen a
brother. Charley Walker, is expected
l .alor from, Minnesota