Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-06-13
uJNAlIC SLAM
BY AIEI LEWIS.
Shos Meaas . Fnsh4ea c.ned
Man Lodees and Proves
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An unknosn Americas. probably q
sssrs q sFs, ~ss shot and almost in,
stsntiy killed u liza o'clock las.
night near ne John r. rIstrher ranch
-four miies south II fhs csty, ny Alac
I@~is man employed in me neigh.
bcfkcod IN clearing i~nd Tho dead
msn. Who had never been seen In The
Eeixhhofkoud before M 10 ! O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, 80 violently IN.
sane and had held the neishborhood
f<rrorisss since early in the eveninx
When Mr. Fletcher and the m~s en-.
ployed On the ranch had been taxing
turns n standing watch lest the man
should attempt 10 fire she house or do
ether DAMAGE. Lsvis ~ho sas camp
~ With his wife II ) wagon some
Two hundred yards from sh~ Fletcher
home. sAys that he shot 10 frixht@n
she man away and thst he aimed 81
she ground.
This mishf hare been possible .loesI
ne weapon sss sa old styIe shot nm
Which usually scsiiers IL chsrss over
. vide area.
The chArse took effect in the ys,,I
side and shoulder and the man fam
n ne brush alongside the rosd ~h.rs
ne body lay. Nj. Fletcher ana N.
men standing guard over Il un,,l D.n.
w sheriff Fred Heyn ana undsrtaksrI
4 borders arrived 10 take charge al
snont two o'clock this morning The
body vas brought 10 the Border. M.
dertakins establishment where \, 4
O'Clock this morning ii had NOT been
saenfifled Identification win m.
oouoiedls be established early today
Asser Imaginary Ensmiea
Y was after O'clock yesterd.v n,
'efnon when the man firs. made NJ.
appearance - the Fletcher raneh
which 4 better known as tina ola p.,'
'erson raneh He wore no eoa, !,
sesi md . four Or five DAYS. CROWN
oi beard and long unkempt hair rave
MN forhidding appearances ~h,rh
= once alarmed the women n II.
hotise. Mr. Flecher's aftentlon was
eailed g the man and he was askesI
Nhat he wanted. He Immediately
proke oaif into incoherent talk, inc
burden q which seemed 70 be eh,ef,yl
mat be Wa loling for four men xho
ne believed wanted To XIII him ana Nal
wanted 70 KIN them first :
AZ q little after III O'Clock ne "a
turned and was warned BY Lewis whoI
Sas on guard. % leave. He continues
" advance and Lewis backing an 10
nis wagon. secured his shot guu
Shot 10 scare Him.
seeing the sun the man turned aud
walked q little way down tha road
where he stopped and turning around
BEGAN to repeat his threats ID an ac.I
commandment Of profanity which hel
nsd kept up throughout the sfternoonl
and evening. Lewis told him 10 gsI
un and when the man made ID moye
e !. obey, he raised the shot xun ana
Lewis SAYS he shot al the ground
nc merely 70 friGhten the man IuI
snatever direction be shot. the charge
look effect 10 the left side and shou,.
aer The man walked 10 the SIDE ofI
ne road, where No dropped II the
'o~ brush that grows over that partl h
q the country. Fletcher ana his men
hurried q the scene where they found /,
.ne nan stili alive. Mr.. Fletcher says
lnAt when he arrived The mans pulse
80 stIll beating full and strong. but
&c DIED few minutes later.
Mt. Fletcher left ! man stsnd,nvl