Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-01-11

Banner would be when ne heard of our death We thought how our esteemed contemporary in town would chuckle and claim the credit of the shooting We thought of our Kicker and It's 3.000.000 circulation and wondered If another man could be found to hold It up.
 We thought of heaven and wondered if we would he let in. We wondered. supposlng we did get In. if we should be welcomed by band of angels and how long before we should grow wings and be able to fly around. We were getting quite sentimental over the situ- ation when the foreman of the compos- ing room came bursting in for more copy, and this made a diversion. Mir. White turned his gaze from us for three seconds only. but it was enough. We reached for a gun. and as he drew down on us we fred
 We would have avoided lt if we could. Had Mir White asked for m apology or given us chance to run he would be alive today, He had our back to the wall and meant to take our life.
 It consoles us somewhat to remember that Mir. White did not suffer any. Some men might have shot him so that he would have been on the suffering and dying list for several days, but we are quite certain that he felt no pain after the first second. When he was lifted up the smile he had worn in life. was still on his face, aud his parted lips seemed about to tell us that time was up.
 The coroner was at once sent for and proceeded to impanel jury. All the facts were at hand. Mir White had told several people on the street of his philanthroplc intentions. and our fore man was witness of his efforts. The verdict of justifable homicide was reached in ten minutes. Then we sent for the undertaken and ordered him to spare no expense, and the grevedigger was told not to do any skimping.
 AS near as we have been able to as- certain. Mir. White has no relatives In the west. and there will be no one to claim his effects, consisting Of 90 cents In cash and two guns. He had been hanging around Wolf creek for month or so. seeming to have some thing on his mind. but nobody can tell where he came from beyond there He was man of middle age. with an in telllgent face and likely fairly educat- ed, and had he turned his attention to killing off the heads of trusts he would undoubtedly have been success. We cannot say whether his idea of remov. ing us was original with him or not He appeared to know that we were the editor of the Kicker. mayor Of Giveadam Gulch, deputy United States marshal. state fish commissioner. state forester. colonel of militia. foreman Of the fire department. postmaster and a candidate for the next presidency. and perhaps he thought we were playing the hog and there would be nothing left for him
 Be that as 1t may. MT. White has been gathered to his fathers In first class shape. He was buried on Friday in casket that cost S75, and we paid as much more for the carriages In the funeral procession. His grave is ln one of the prettiest corners of the yard. and. while 1t Is too late In the season now to do more than erect head stone with a lamb on top. when the spring comes again the trailing arbu- tus will be made to trail over the sods which cover him. Requlescat in pace (Which peans may he sleep In peace for thousand years and never once wake up and try to figure out why he didn't plant us instead,.
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