, 1905-06-03
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF KILL
ING OF BUETLER BY RESI-
DENT OF THE NORTH
PARK SECTION.
Miss lola Pearl Holdredge Of Walden
Sends Letter to Parents in This
City Containing Information Of
Tragedy of Sunday Not Hereto
fore Generally known-Grave of
Infant Brought to Light in Burial.

Miss lola Pearl Holdredge of Wal
den, connected with the North Park
Union, and a prominent young lady
citizen of that community, in a letter
to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A.
Holdredge of this city, gives some de-
tails of the killing of George Buetler
last Sunday not heretofore printed in
this paper. The letter is quite lengthy,
The Republican bei?g permitted to use
these paragraphs:
"Sunday, the 2Sth, about 9:25 O'Clock,
John steele shot at George Buetler
three times, the third shot taking eff
feet. 1t entered the body on the right
side, between the shoulder blade and
backbone, passing out OF the left side
lived an hour and died in awful agony.
After George was down Steele shot at
Erwin Buetler, but missed him. When
George fell he shot once, then handed
the rifle to Erwin, who did not shoot.
steele sent word to the Buetlers the
night before that if they came on Mrs.
Brokers place again he would kill
them. He sent the word by Charlie
Riggen, the Rand stage driver.
The inquest was held this after.
noon, the jury, consisting of Monte
Blevins. H. c. Riddle, Emmett Lee,
Theodore Cook, James Mari and Frank
Beryee, rendered a verdict of murder,
premeditated, cold-blooded murder,
and found hat death was due to a
rifle shot which entered just below
the point of the right shoulder blade
and passed out at the left side and
through the left arm. The bullet was
a sofnozed missile, from a 30-4O shell.
"The funeral services were held at
2:30 in the L. o. o. +. hall, and the
remains were inferred in the Walden
cemetery. 1t was indeed a most sad
so far been lone is due to the quieting
powers of the more %peaceable citizens.
The boys have broken down complete
ly at different times, and as for Mr..
Speck, We fear that he will not long
survive George. l persuaded him to
eat a little oyster soup last night, the
first he has taken since the morning
of the murder. He came to our house
and has slept some.
81, knowing the plan hat had been
mapped out by the people, who want
justice, and that by hanging, could not
rest, so did not undress, lying down on
the lounge for a short nap.
The %pallbearers at the funeral of
Mr.. Buetler were Harry H%oldredge,
Jay Gutenberg, Mr.. Mari. Monte
Blevins, John Conner and John Dagle.
The flowers that came from Laramie
we're plentiful and very beautiful, and
added to by some few hat l
succeeded in gathering about town
and several pretty pieces that I made
from flowers that Mr.. Speck brought
from home. Owing to the awful death
George died, his features were SO
drawn and changed that you would not
have thought him the same boy.
The mob had taken every precau-
ton last night, even to having the cold
chisel and hammer for opening the
Jail door. They had selected the spot
on which Steele was to have met his
death, but the people divided evenly,
thus saving the neck Of the scoundrel.
while digging the grave in the
cemetery for Mr.. Buetler last evening,
Billie Walker and others dug up a
little box containing the remains Of
an infant that had, it was decided.
been buried there about two years ago.
1t was only two feet under ground,
and had, evidently been tied or
wrapped up in a -four sack. The box
or CONN contained a small white linen
rag. the bones of the child and a lot
Of pine needles. Everything went to
show that the burial had occurred at
night by someone who did not know
the location very WELL"