Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-16
TESTIMONY SHOWS CONROY WASSROT
 IN THE BACK
From Thursdays Daiiy)


 back was established yesterday by the testimony of the only three witnesses examined in the district court in the trial of tre cnse of F. D. Hurley. in. dicted for the murder Of Conroy. who was shot and killed near Hurlev's hous mile south Of the Copper Chief mine May n. l90s
 The examination of Mrs Courov, wife nf dcceased lasted from the opening of rout at 93O o'clock until 3'3n o'clock in the afternoon. She described how shc heard the shots. one of which undoubtedly caused tae death of her husband. and of going in the direction of the sound of the shots and lndiug his fatally wounded.
 She also testified that on the eve. ming leforo inc shooting of her hus iapi she Isd felt a cold blast of wind pass her fee while searching for lost goats on The hill,iic, 800 yards from liurley's house. and on looking in the direction of the Hurley place seeing 'Iufley witd smoking rifle in his hand. She did not know ai the time the cause of the cold blast of wind pnssing her face, but seeing the smok ing gun m llurley's nond realized that he had shot at her. She admitted that she was not afrnid of Hurley at the time but later realized her danger.
 She told of finding her husband nor. tally wounded after the shooting with in lJ0 yards of Huriey's house from n bullet that entered ais back almost underneath the right shoulder blade.
 She also told of how she, her de. taauaI hu1IauI .hf1I..... L.I cd their flock of goats away from the vicinity of llurley's camp the four or Eve years preceding the snooting and of Hurley claiming that no one had any right 10 grazc goats on his mining claims. although her husband had paid the grazing tax to the na. tional forest officials for their flock She said that Hurley claimed several mining claims covering inc mountain almost to the door of their home, al. though he had not done any work on them for some years.
 Her testimony of hearing the shots and finding her husband mortally wounded was eorrohorated by j. \. Sinclair. general manager of the Jer- ome Verde Mining Company and Ar. thur Iiendey, general manager of the Copper Chief Mining Company. who were the first 10 arrive at tae scene of the shooting.
 Sinclair testified that on the morn. ing of the shooting. a few minutes be- fore o'clock, while walking on the south side of his nousc, half mile distant from llurley's, hearing four or five shots. The sounds came from the direction of the Hurley place. He walked into his house and getting his field glasses went through the north door. While adjusting the field glass. cs five or six shots were fired appar. ontly in the vicinity of the Hurley place.
 On looking in that direction he saw horse galloping but did not see any person. He saddled his mule short time afterwards and rode to a claim where Conroy and another man work. cd. Arrinving there he learned from his other cmployc that Conroy had not arrived. He rode to the Hurley place and arriving near the house was oail' ed by Hurley and Mrs Conroy.
 Hurley was near his house, appar. ently drying his hands with towel. Mrs conroy was on the hillside about sixty yards distant from the Hurley place in the direction of where her dead husband lay. Mrs Conroy asked the witness to ride to the iIcndey place and telephone to Jerome tnat her husband had been killed.
 Hurley requested witness to tcle. phone to Fred Hawkins. marshal of Jerome, to come out and bring a doe tor with him, Sinclair did as request. cd and on arriving on the saddle over looking the Hendey place saw Arthur liendey starting his automobile pre-. paratory to leaving for Jerome. He shouted to Hcndey to wait and on meeting Hendey informed him that Conroy was dead He admitted that he was not uware that Hurley was wounded nt this time. Hendey imme. diately crossed the hill to the scene of the shooting by trail and witness rode back over the road, after getting quilt to protect the dead body of Conroy from the sun until the arrival of the eoroner's jury.
 He covered the body and at the re quest of Mrs Conroy left to notify two of her children who were berding the goat flock on another hill.
 Witness Sinclair's statements were coroborated by Arthur Hendey, who testified to having assisted a Jerome physician dressing Hurley's wounds later in the day. Hurley was wound cd apparently with No, T buekshot in the left arm, the left kiee, and in two places on the Aesny part of the left thigh. He also corToborated the state. ment of Sinclair that Conroy had been shot in the back under the right shoulder blade and on seeing a bluish mark on Conroy's breast, slightly raised, apparently made by the bull let which did not pass through the body.
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