Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-11
Kidder Was Charged With Kill ing a Stranger Near Round- House By Shooting at a Fleeing Suspected Man.
Officers Were Raiding a Rob- berS' Nest and Found Three Men and One Woman, Who Dispersed Into Darkness.

DOUGLAS, Jan. 1O.-tSpeclaI. )--i After hearing the testimony in the ease against Ranger kidGer, who was charged with killing a stranger near the roundhouse one night last week, Judge Ben Rice this morning dis charged the prisoner on the motion of Assistant District Attorney Ross. The warrant charging Kidder with murder was sworn out aginst Kidder at his own request, he desiring that the case have a full investigation tn court.
 What Evidence Showed.
 George Campbell, who was with Kidder at the time the killing oc- cured, was the first witness. He tes- tified that he went with Kidder on the evening of the trouble and that they followed a man across the rail road track; Kidder called on him to stop, saving that we were officers and desired to look at him. At this the man fired a pistol, the bullet whiZzing close to my ear Then Kdder fired three shots; the mans gun lay about four feet from him when we went to him.
 Policeman Lee Thompson testified in substance to the condition of the body after death.
 D. NJ. Allen, engineer, was on the ground some time after the shooting and asked who shot the man, but did not examine the body. He saw the gun.
 Christian Nelson, machinist, testi. fled that he was on the ground and saw the deceased after he was shot; deceased was lying on his back with blood coming out of his head, but he was not dead. He saw the gun.
 Leslie Kyle, roundhouse foreman said Kidder came by the sandhouse and asked for a phone, stating that he was an officer and had shot a man and wanted to phone for the coroner which we did. I saw deceased with a gun lying three or four feet from him, also a pipe; deceased had bull let wound in his eye.
 F. E. Smith, machinist, was at the roundhouse on the occasion of the shooting and saw the injured mar when the wagon came after him; dic not see the wound.
 Con Jones. boilermaker, said mar was killed near the roundhouse anC he saw him and q gun lying close tt the dead man.
 w. c. Copeland, boilermaker, testi fled: "All I saw was the dead man 50 or GO feet this si6e of the round house. I think he had hole in hi: head. I think he was still alive know nothing about the shooting"
 Jacob Smith, boilermaker, stated that he saw a man with hole in hi! head, ready to turn in his checks southeast of the roundhouse about o'clock; did not see the pistol unti after it was picked up.
 M F. Knechtel, boilermaker: ; saw the man Is or 20 steps southeas of the roundhouse. He was shot owe the right eye. l heard no shots. H. looked like he was still alive; say him dead since at Ferguson's under taking parlors."
 Identifies Dead Man.
 Albert Ryan: T was not at tn shooting; I saw body at Ferguson undertaking parlors and recognize him. I knew him in Texas and kneH him as Tommy Woods; I knew him il Douglas. I glanced at his face an he was dead"
 Ryan, when crossexamined, admit ted that he told three men that h had not seen the deceased for fv years.
 Lee Thompson testified to corpu dilicti at the undertaking parlors: knew the deceased as Tom T. Wood for three years; he worked for m lMlCCs NnCu OpSASu uP Q SoASSA - Ninth and G.
 Cross examined: He always cal ried a gun. I have heard him say b would not give his gun up to an of cer or anybody else. l am not sur that I told Kidder about this befor the shooting"
 Campbell was recalled and state that be had seen the mans body a Ferguson's undertaking pariors.
 Ryan, on being recalled. admitte that a few days ago he had declare that he did not know the name of th deceased. At this point, on motion ( Assistant District Attorney Ross an without objection. the name Tom ! Woods was substituted instead ( John Doe"
 The gun was produced in evidenc' also KiddeT's gun. Constable Shrol shire identified Kidder's gun and sta ed that Kidder offered to give it U the night of the shooting.
 Young Davis testified: q am E. and s. W. night watchman. Went O CT with Judge Mcdonald and foun the man; he was alive. 1 picked . the gun and examined it; it was thre feet from the body and had bee fired once; the body was taken 10 tn Calunret hospital I knew him tight for three years, but did ns know his name.
 Davis cross examined: .T examine the gun by sticking my little fng' lu inc muzzIe and smelling of it.; ide tified the gun"
 The Defense.
 The defense called Officer Shro shire who identified the gun as u one Davis gave him; he found a stoc ing containing ss-40 smokeless cal ridges in dead mans hip pocket, all a couple of skeleton keys. The gs had been freshly fired One shot b; been fired out of 1t. The gun was 3S on q 45 frame
 Witness Campbell. for the defens stated that Kidder asked him to down on Sixth street, which they di They came back near Happy Jacl rlace and went down on railroad aS nue to investigate a robbers mes went to the window. Thought the were three men and woman Tn