Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1907-11-20
DEv1NE'S WOUNDS RESULT
FATALLY.


,From Sundays Daily
Atcr lingering between life and
death for twenty seven hours, Frank
". Devinc succumbcd yesterday morn
ing, al ) % clock. IN the Mercy hospital,
Ia the two pistol wopnIs he received
~ tnc hands of Jud Neal, Friday morn.
ing, Mt > o'clock. near the Lone Pine
station. Little hopes for his recovery
were entertained from the beginning
by the attending physicians, who rec
ognizcd that either wound would, IN al
probability, produce fatal results.
Yesterday afternoon, at o'clock,
Justice Of the Peace McI.anc impanol
led y. W. Mcclave. W. H. Conner,
John :. Reilly. \. l.. Baker, G.. r.
Willis and u. \. Liner rs u coroner +
jury, and an inquest was held. \ yer
diet was rendered that deceased came
TO his death ~ the result of two gun
shot wounds received at tnc hands Of
.Iud Neal November -. at II o'clock
"a. M, near Lone Pine station. After
listening 10 the evidence. all Of the
Jurors. with the exception Of Mr..
Reilly. were IN favor Of generating
Neal from any blame in connection
| with the shooting. Mr. Reilly believed
that IL did not com. within the iuris
diction of the jury To cxoneratc -
person accused Of crime.
From the evidence introduced NJ the
inquest it appears that Neal nnl DE.
vine had been drinking together NJ the
Lone Pine station for several hours
before the shooting. Mrs. Dcvinc was
also Mt the station. About , o'clock.
the Dcvincs AMI Neal prepared Ia leave
| for the home Of the Devines. at the
| Four Mile house. Devine got iHto the
| buggy with his wife, aud insisted on
driving. She refused to allow him Ia
handle the reins. lie then got out OF
| the buggy. after informing her that
he would ride Meals horse and have
| Neal dive the buggy home. lie ap
preached Neal where the latter wa.
unhitching his saddle horse, some
| yards distant. lie asked Neal 10 al
low MIN Ia ride his broncho aud also
requested that Neal ride with Mrs De
vine aud drive the buggy home. Nca
refused his requests, and D.vine. wb'
was much larger in stature than Neal
advanced toward the latter. Nea
backed away until h. was stopped D.,
a wire fence. when hs pulled his six
shooter aud fired. One OF the bullet
entered Dcvinc's left breast, piercinI
The left lung. aud ranging upward. Tn
other shot entered the left side. abou
two inches below the ribs. The onl
witness To the shooting was dra
man, who could not hear the eSac
language exchanged between them h,
fore the shooting.
Mrs. Devinc was IN the buggy whc
the shooting occurred Sac III not vi
: ness IL, but testified that Neal told 10,
after he fired the shots that h. had
notion To shoot her 80 that she coul
4 not testify against him. This stat
ment il not credited by the officers Z
Jurors on account Of Neal y subscquei
:, action in coming 10 this city and 81
y rendering to Deputy Sheriff Fran
!, Burns, the hrs, officer he met.
Deceased was native Of Ph,lad'
phia, Pa, and aged about ~ years. !
= resided in this section for many yea'
lie was addicted 70 the use 81 into'
eants, and when under the influence
liquor was Of a quarrelsome dispo
- ton. He was indicted by the Ia
y grand jury on the charge Of assa'
- with n deadly weapon for thIcateni
y the lives of ine Greer brothers.
- was only released on bonds u few da
" before the shooting.
IL lie was possessed Of valual
estate in Pennsylvanis. from which
received an income 81 aboni tl50 !
month. His wife and baby iaugh
are the only relatives surviving h
=, here.
A., Neal will be arraignsd before j
., tiee 81 the Peace MeIane tomorr
:, afternoon NJ 9 O'Clock.
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