Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-08-01
Was Shot Three Times By James
 Mccarthy
Murder Was Outcome Of a Business
 Trouble

IN th' T'Sui oI HH oii I'ub, Jau's Mccarthy shot and killed John Flood In Phoenix on Thursday morning. The shooting took place n few min utes before o'clock in front of inc Phoenix bakery. Mccarthy had driven up in front of Hans IIcrlick E place and left his horse and buggy. He returned to his buggy, and got in, in- tending to drive away, when hc was hailed by Flood, who applied abusive cpi'hcts to him, and began to get out of his wagon.
 Mccarthy told Flood to keep away from him, but Flood climbed from his wagon and continued to advance. Again Mccarthy called to him to keep away, and then presented his gun, which he ha' carried under the cushion of the buggy seat. Flood continued his abuse and his advance. telling Mccarthy hc was n coward and afraid to shoot.
 When within ten feet, Mccarthy fir. cd the first shot. IL was wild and Flood moved forward. Three more shots were fired in rapid succession, and with the second Flood hlted. He turned toward the sidewalk, and as he tried to step on the curbstonc he seemed to stumble and sank down. He drew himself up by an awning post, but immediately sank down quivcring, and died, and inc bitter cnmity which had existed between these men for months was at an end.
 Blood was oozing from Floods breast and his mouth. He appeared to have been shot in the left breast, the left shoulder and the left side. As Flood was stumbling away, Mccarthy got out of his buggy, and picking mp his gun which had fallen to the ground. he replaced it in the buggy, where he had carried it for weeks whom he came down town or whenever he was likely to meet Flood. He began tying his horse, intending to give himself up, when Justice Burnett arrived. The justice turned him over to Officer Olca, but just at that moment deputy sheriff Cunningham came up and was given charge of him.
 There were several people on the street at the time of the shooting. and within an instant after the last shot had been fired, the street was throngcd. Some of the witnesses saw the tragedy from it's very inception. They heard Flood begin his abuse of Mccarthy, and watched him until the shooting was over It was the opinion of all that the shooting was entirely justiaablc, and that view was concurrcd in by all who knew of the past relations he. tween inc men.
 Speaking of the killing, McCafthy said that no one could grieve over 1t more deeply than he, hut at the time of the shooting. hc did not believe that there was anything else to he done, and
 
 at the time of speaking he did not think he could have acted differently. He had for long time been in dread Of severe personal injury at the hands of Flood, and he knew that he had to protect himself. He had avoided 1 Flood on every possible occasion. He had given him the sidewalk, and even the road in the ncighborhood, where they both live at Five Points, and had made no reply to the insults and threats which Flood had continually hurled at him. He felt certain that this tra. gedy was coming, but he had done all he could to delay 1t.
 Mccarthy In the course of the con. versation, said that the affair seemed the more regrettable to him by reason Of the fact that he had lived in the territory for n generation, and in times when trouble of serious nature was the portion of most of the pioneers, he had never had any until now.
 When Mrs. Flood was informed of the death of her husband she mani. | fested grief, but not surprise, for she had expected what everybody else had been expecting.
 The trouble between the two men grew out of their relations as land. | lord and tenant, which began more than two years ago. Flood, who has been