The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-16

The county officials here have re-
ceived telephone messages this morn
ing bringing the news of a fatal
shooting at Dayton last night in
which Bob Faulkner is said to have
accidentally killed his friend, Will
Smith, a wen known young man of
that town. Faulkner has been placed
under arrest, awaiting an investiga-
tiol, and the justice of the peace at
Dayton phoned this morning that the
inquest would be held this afternoon,
although three persons who were in
the same room in which the shot
was fired are in Roswell
A young ma7 claiming to be Leroy
Sinele, a young woman claiming 70
be his wife and another young wo-
man claiming to be the formers sis
ter, Eva Sinele, came in on the morn
ing train and were arrested upon
telephone advice from Dayton, stat
ing that they were wanted there as
witnesses. To a Record reporter the
trio told their story this afternoon.
Eva Sinele was spokes-woman for
the three. She said that their home
was in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
and that they were on their way back
to that place, after a trip as far south
as Fort Worth and Pecos. They came
to Dayton yesterday morning from
Carlsbad and stopped at the former
place for the night, securing lodging.
in the house of a bachelor, whose
name they did not know. They were
at this house entertaining a party of
four young men between twelve and
one o'clock last night when the
shooting occurred. The crowd was
drinking beer and having a good
thTa caid
young man at was SMITH told Bob
Faulkner. in joking way, that he
would put him out of the house.
Faulkner said he would not be put
out if ne had to use his gun to stay
in. Smith said he would use his
first, and made a motion as to reach
for it, whereupon Faulkner pulled his
six-shooter and pointed it at Smith.
The woman says she urged him to
put UP his gun and not to point it
at anybody, even as a joke. Smith
remarked that his gun got hung up
in his suspender and just then
Faulkner's gun went off and Smith
fell on a cot.
When Smith fell, the young woman
says that Faulkner nearly went crazy
with grief and that the injured man
said: Bob, you nave killed me. Take
care of my sister. Look after her for
me-" and kept talking in this manner
until everybody had left the house.
When all the others left, the trio
went to the station, being afraid, and
left on the morning train for Roswell
Smith was still talking about Faulk-
ler taking care of his sister when
they left He died later in the morn
ing according to telephone messages
from Dayton.
Officers are expected to come up
Sunday morning for the three wit
nesses that are being held here.
Will Smith came from Dardonell,
Arkansas, about year ago and was
a farmer at Dayton. He has broth
er 18 years old at Dayton. Faulkner
is a professional gambler.
Smith, Faulkner, Major Locklear
and Jim Hamilton were indicted last
fall on the charge of allowing minors
to loiter about a saloon at Lake Ar
thur Smith and Locklear pleaded
guilty and served thirty days senten-
ces in the Chaves county Jail. Faulk
aer and Hamilton were discharged.
Later:-Word was received this
afternoon that Faulkner had left
Dayton and that the country is being
secured for his capture.