Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-02-24

of these fellows and that il | did so
he would give me $500.
Two men got killed. Glover.
Simpkins and myself assisted in the
killing. Tyler was the first man
killed and | killed him with a 25-35
Winchester. We went down 20 the
miners cabin and he was not there.
We stayed around al dav and then
went out on the trail. We stopped at
a spring and | heard someone COM
ing. | said: All right. l am glad Of
it.
I'VE hid behind some trees and
saw that II was Tyler coming. He had
a big gun buckled on and / told him
TO hold uD his hands one of the
boys took his gun and we took him to
Simpkins' cabin and kept him till
morning and then took him three
miles out on the trail and | killed
him. Three of us were together all
the time. After the killing the body
was left between two logs Tyler al
ways refused to say where he came
from, but said that man bv the
name of Lewis, a Spokane man. had
placed him on the claim.
After the killing | went down TO
Harrison and met Simpkins and | told
him what | had done and said that
he did not have any more claim jump
ers on his claim. He said that we
would rest around Harrison for n
while and then go back and get the
rest of the fellows on the other
claims.
I'm about a week or thereabouts, We
went back no there and met a fellow
by the name of Boule. There was
Simpkins, Glover and myself There
was another man whose name ! do not
remember. We met the man on the
trail and Simpkns and Glover knew
him. Mason was not there. We shot
at the man with Boule but missed
him. After that we went back 10
Glover's cabin and Simpkins went td
Mason's cabin. We finally got out by
going to GloVer'S cabin and got
canoe and went by wax of the St
Joe river The canoe was lying on
the bank and we took it.
I'VE landed above the Glover ranch
and let the canoe go adrift We waited
around there unit! the sheriff came
up to investigate the death of Boule
Then we Went back up t. the place
and blew IN the cabin. ! do nos re-
member how many or whether II was
all of them or not There were two
or three ~ least The sheriff did not
find both bodies, only the body of
BOule which was close To SimpkinS
cabin. DO not think the sheriff
asked Simpkius about the body / did
not get the $500 promised. as Simp-
kins said the settlers promised to pay,
but that they were slow in coming
through. Mason gave me $l00 and
Simpkins $50 when left there. |
suppose Mason Is there yet. He is
married man with large family.
81 will say this thing about these
people. There was a rich man i'm
Spokane by the. name of +. r. Lewis,
who was sending men up there to
jump these claims. and trying to get
them away from the settlers. Tyler
said that Lewis had furnished the
money for them to come w and hold
the claims, until they could take them
away from the settlers They We're
to get half for doing so and Lewis the
other half. The claims were timber
claims and had good timber on them.
"After the affair was over. | left
Simpkins and went back to Denver.
There had been no money sent to tend
to the Steunehherg matter and | let
that GO
This is where the confession ended
With the adjournment of court at
noon to meet again at D. m.
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