La Junta tribune., 1908-11-07
ELECTION MORNING TRAGEDY

ftiii u IN the county JAN charged
| with having caused his death by
blow with the naked fist The trag.
edy took place between II and
O'Clock In the chile parlor on West
First street conducted by j. r.
Cissne. About 10 o'clock In the
evening Mulaliy entered the restaur-
ant. sat down at one OF the tables
and ordered meal. He was slight.
/ ly intoxicated and after eating his
meal dozed off In his chair and the
proprietor paid no particular atten-
Z ton to him further.
Shortly after midnight Jerome
F, Hill. accompanied by James Law
renee. entered the restaurant. Law
renee had quite roll Of money ON
Z him. amounting to SIS OF more.
Lawrence was intoxicated and Hin
was trying TO induce him to leave
| the money with Cissne until morn
ing. While they were talking Mul-
laiy approached and commenced ad-
yising Lawrence to keep his money.
Hin questioned Mulally and asked
him If he knew Lawrence. and was
answered affirmatively but Lawrence
asserted that he had never met the
man before. Hill then somewhat
vigorously resented Mulally's but
ting in and after few words he
struck him In the face. Mulally falling
against the door. but the blow APP
parentIy not being of sufficient force
to knock him down. Mulally fell
through the door and out on the
sidewalk A moment later Hill left
the restaurant. ard says that he
hut did not pay any particular atten-
ton to him. and started Or his way
home. Lawrence left the restaur-
ant a moment or two later, and as
he went out noticed Mulally lying
on the sidewalk. He Judged that
something was wrong. and motioned
Cissne TO come ont. Investigation
showed that something serious was
wrong. and Mulally was carried into
the restaurant. and physician sum
moned. The officers were also no
titled. but when they arrived there
was no doubt as to the man being
dead When informed of the circum
stances the officers hunted up Hin
and found him few blocks south
on his way home. He was greatly
surprised when informed that the man
was dead, and wept violently as he
accompanied the officers to Jail.
Hill. Lawrence and Mulally are all
about forty years of age and all
are single men. Mulally is an Irish
man and has been in the employ OF
w Frank Crowley at Olney. He
came to La Junta Monday for the pur
pose of looking up the status of his
pointed when he learned that 1t would
be necessary to have his final pa
pers in evidence II he desired 10.
vote His final papers had been
issued to him but 1t would be i'm
possible TO secure Witnesses TO prove
this fact in time so he could vote.
Lawrence has been in the employ
of Frank Day. OF the Fairmount coun-
try. He met Hill in Swink Monday
afternoon and they came down to La
Junta on the afternoon train. Neither
Hill nor Lawrence had ever seen Mul.
ally before until they met him in
the restaurant
Coroner Sprinkler came down from
Rocky Ford and held an inquest
Wednesday afternoon. The testi-
mony brought out the facts eiicited
above, the witnesses being Cissne.
Lawrence and Hill. and three Mexi-
cans who were in the restaurant at
the time the trouble took place. The
findings OF the post mortem examina-
ton, conducted by physicians Tues
day afternoon were introduced They
found bruised cut on the left tenn
pie. another behind the right ear,
and an abrasion on the left side of
the upper lip. All OF the organs OF
the body were apparently In good con
dition, and although the heart was.
enlarged the valves were normal.
When the skull was opened 1t dis
closed that there had been an ex-
tensi.e hemorrhage Of the brain, par
ticulariy at the base. caused BY rup-
ture. and in their opinion the patient
died from concussion OF the brain du
To rupture.
Tie coroner's jury which was com
posed OF Noah George. e. H. Wood
ruff. H. r. Hustled. Frank Nixon.
John r. Wells and J. p Cook.
brought in verdict as follow:
I'VE. the jury. find that James