Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-21
WEBB IN CUSTODY
 AT DOUGLAS
Result of Coroner'S Jury Which Investigated
 Fatal Duel

Douglas, Ariz., Feb. 20.-(SpeciaD- The coroner's jury in the case of the death of A. J. Brice, or Jack Doc ley, killed by gunshot wound at Pir- tleyille on last Tuesday, was taken up Saturday, but only Dr, Adamson. who tended the wounded man. was examined. The jury re-assembled at the justice court room in Douglas this morning.
 Buemler & Parsons were the attor- neys for Webb. and objected to their client, Webb, being put on the stand for the enlightenment of the jury The point was conceded.
 Several witnesses, including Dick Riddle, were put upon the stand. Nothing was learned that was new, all agreeing that Dooley came north west in the main travelled road on the afternoon of last Tuesday in Pirtle- vile. That the road runs within a certain distance-about city block | of Webb's home; that as soon as Webb saw Dooley he said "'Dooley was coming to kill him, as he said he was, | and that it was up to him." whereupon he grasped his Winchester and then rushed from the house into the open, out of his own gate, to meet Dooley, who also advanced to meet Webb. TheE Webb said, Are you ready, Jack?" to which Dooley's reply was
 not heard; that following this the | duel began, the first shot coming from in the direction of Dooley, and | IUnhh r6nltfn0 nxab acrinn i, succession about shot for shot; that
 Dooley came into plainer view finally and, falling to his knees, took delib- crate aim, Webb doing the same, both firing together. At this point Dooley
 appears to have received his wound
 in the arm, unknown to Webb, and
 began to retreat Webb then fired
 the final and fatal shot, whereupon
 Dooley fell, arose, and fell again,
 arose and retreated to the fence.
 Webb, when he saw that Dooley was
 hH, ceased firing, threw down his
 gun and told his sisrer, Mrs. Thomas l who had been present and screaming Curing the duel, to take the gun, and then walked away in the direction of Douglas, where he gave himself up to the officers
 E. A Wills was the star witness. He is the personal friend of Webb,
 and confirmed the foregoing testi- I mony Mir Wills Is a bright man and
 made a fine witness up to the point where W. W. Bush, a member of the jury, took up the cross examination
 of the witness, and just here the case
 began to take shape for the Terri.
 tory of Arizona It was brought out
 more clearly that not shot was fired
 until Webb had taken his gun and
 gone to meet Dooley, and was sixty feet, more or less, from his own front gate It wHs shown that Dooiey ad,
 vanced into the open and, kneeling
 down, exchanged shots on equal terms with Webb Wills testimony as to
 the fist fgfn on the Sunday previous went to show that Dooley had chal
 lenged Webb to shoot the trouble oui
 on their next meeting, and that wheE 1. Dooley came in sight on the fatal
 Tuesday afternoon Webb seized his
 rifle accordingly and rushed to meet
 him, saying. Are you ready, Jacky' I CicupOA hhC h6hI bCSdn
 After the foregoing testimony w9s
 taken, Mir. Wills made a diagram fo, the jury, showing that the road run
 ming southeast and northwest By
 Webb's house was at least block
 at the nearest point from the house
 and that an adobe house. surrounded
 by a fence, intervened between the
 road and fhe Webb house His testi mony showed that the shooting con
 tinued some time before Dooley ad
 vanced into the open and the real
 fatal work was done.
 The jury adjourned at 12:3O o'clock
 and went to Pirtleville at l:3o to view
 the scene of the shooting and were
 notified by the coroner that they q must reassemb1e at the court room at 230 p. m-
 j The coronerfs jury reconvened at dhe justice court room this afternoon and examined several other witness CT, to about the same effect of the l mornings witnesses, whereupo1 the jury retired at 3-3o o'clock and later returned the following verdict: We, the jury, find that A. J. Brice was about A years old and a native of Texas. and that he came to his death in PirtIeviIle on February IS ! by gunshot wound at the hands of c. Y. webb. We recommend that the said c. Y. Webb be held pending fur ther examination"
 W. W. BUSH,
 c. w. CRAWFORD, E. F. FISHER,