Mohave County miner., 1905-09-09
Another Gold Road Killing.


last Clement G. Lee shot and killed
Jennie Bauters, in the "Bsd Lands"
section of Gold Road. The particulars
of the shooting, as learned at the cor
oner's inquest, are as follows: Lee and
the won had been living together for
several years and lately the won n
had been trying to get rid of the mau,
but he could not be shaken off. Sat
urday evening Lee had hung around
the saloon conducted by the woman
and had apparently not gone to bed.
Early in the morning he and others
took drink at the b and in a con-
versation stated that he intended to
get a certain sum of money "if he died
for it." Shortly after that Lee went to
Jennie Bsuters' room and kicked in
The door. He was armed with gun
and the woman attempted to escape.
room and as she ran toward the street
Lee followed shooting as he went.
Three shots we're fred, all taking effect
in the head and body of the woman.
At the third shot she fell partly in the
road and partly on the stony ground
close to the wagon rut. Lee went BAT X
into 3, cellar under the room occupitd
by the woman, for the purpose of re
loading the gun, so it l. supposed, and
Immediately returned to tbes pot where
the body of the We nah lay. Observing
that she waS not yet dead he moved
her head so that he could get a better
shot and then deliberately fred the
pistol into her head. In doing so be
remarked, "You are not dead yet, are
your Lee then placed the gun to his
own breast and after selecting the
right spot fired, the bullet ranging
around rib and stopping under the
arm, producing but slight wound.
He then laid himself on, on the ground
by the woman's body as though be ex-
Dected de tn to come right away. He
carefully placed his hat over his face
to shield il from the sun. A crowd
then gathered about and soon consta
BILE Fred Brown came up and took Lee
to the lookup. When the brute was
shooting the woman begged pitifully
to be spared, but the man was bent on
destroying her life and refused to
listen to her appe Is.
The people OF Gold Road were
wrought up over the killing, bu. there
was no leader to carry out the senti-
ment of vengeance and the cold blood
ed assassin was brought to Kingman
and lodged in the county Jail. An ex-
animation was held before Justice
Smith yesterday and the man was held
to await the action OF the grand jury
without bail. The murderer is a native
of Visalia, where he b many relatives.
Jennie Bauters, the murdered wo
man. was known in many of the min
ing camps of the territory and espec
lily in Jerome, where she had con-
siderable property. She was big heart
ed aud it is said that she always helped
the needy and especially the poor
miner and prospector. Her body was
embalDed and held to await the ar
rival of a son from Chicago.
1t is reported that since the several
murders at Gold Road the people have
concluded that it was necessary to
make the undesirable residents Of the
town get up and "hit the high places"
on the road to some other locality.
In consequence the officer at that place
has been making a cleanup and many
of the "hop heads" have already gone
away. These non producers are the
mischief makers in q camp and the
sooner they are driven out the better