Arizona republican., 1906-10-13
KILLED FOR B CENTS
 IN A GLOBE SALOON
Henry Davis Shot State Jones to Death Because He Dunned Him Both Colored Men.

Because a negro known as state
 Jones, dunned him for thirty-five cents.
 Henry Davis, also coIored. shot and in
 stantly killed him Wednesday morn
 ing at T:3O o'clock, in front of the
 Mandolin saloon on North Broad street
 in Globe. Davis made no attempt to
 escape. says the Globe Silver Belt. and
 he was taken in custody by Willace
 Duncan and locked up in the county
 jail. The body of the dead man was
 taken to the undertaking parIors of
 A. l.. Jones &s Son, where the inquest
 o'clock
 When Davis appeared in the door
 way of the saloon with the gun in
 his hand. Jones was apparently taken | by surprise, but before he could wheel and run Davis fired the bullet striking
 him in the left breast directly over the l heart. The wounded man started to- ward the Chinese laundry adjoining the ] saloon, but he was Overtaken by three more shots from Davis revolver and ! he fell in the entrance to the laundry ] One Of the shots struck him in the 1 left side and another in the right groin. Before medical attendance could be summoned. the wounded man died
 Davis showed very little emotion de- : spite the fact that he had Killed m ap- ! parent cold blood an unarmed man. but after he was taken to the county jail a deputy asked him why he had killed 1 the man, and he replied that he had to i because Jones was an overoearfng ] brute,' and wold have killed him. To a representative of the silver Belt, who saw him in jail Davis made a more extended statement. His de- meanor was without the slightest sigia| of feeling, and he was engaged in writ ing letter when asked to give a state ment for publication
 T killed States because he would i have killed me before night" said Davis. "I owed him 8 cents, and last night he heard that I had money Ii did have $20 gold piece last night but this morning when he asked me to pay him I didn't have the money. and told him so. Then he started calling me all the names he could think of and told me that if I didn't come through 1 he would kill me before night. He said he would murder me before he went to sleep again. I didn't have a gun, but there was one behind the bar. As he turned to go out O. the saloon. jump l ed over the bar, got the gun, anC-weH l guess you know the rest
 ACe1NlS SldlEu lIldL Jones mas a record in Texas, from where he came here about six weeks ago, and that if he promised to "croak' him before night he would do 1t. Davis refuses to say whether or not Jones' record in Texas { contained any murders. but he inti- mated that something could be learn | ed regarding him at San Antonio or | Eagle Pass, Texas.
 At the coroner's inquest it was as ! certained that Davis had been known | in Globe as Brenham, and that the dead mans name was State Jones-o- at least that was his name here 4 ! nnmber of witnesses were examined by | Judge Thomas, but the most important ! testimony was that of Robert Bardon l a gambler. who was in the saloon at . the time of the murder.
 BardOn testified that Jones and Da- | wis had played monte in the saloon | until early in the morning. and at about 4:30 they engaged in quarrel ! over the money which Jones claimed | was due him. The witness testified i that both men hurled violent epithets l at each other and that Davis told Jones | that if he did not shut up he would | kill him in a few hours
 Later in the morning and shortly be- i for the shooting, Jones again impo~- ! tuned Davis for the 8 cents but he was refused. He then walked out Of the saloon and engaged in a converse tion with another cOlored man on the . outside. Davis walked up to the bar and ordered a glass Of beer and while l the bartender was waiting on him he suddenly jumped over the bar, grabbed i the gun which was lying on the shelf. l and walked outside where he met Jones' Without a word he walked to within a few feet of the man and. hold ing the gun in both hands pulled th. trigged. Jones was facing him at the time, but no word was spoken by either man. The wounded man turned to flee, and Davis followed him pulling the trigger three times more. Jones | tried to enter the Chinese laundry but | fell head foremost through the door II way The cOroner's jury said it believ- ed the killing to be wiIlfuI and premed- Il itated murder.
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