Arizona republican., 1910-12-07
Stewart Tells Of Double MuP-
 der of Kibbe 8 HiIpOt LIFE SERVICE IS DEMANDED
Story Not Admitted as Xvi dence and Prisoner Was Found Guilty-C Change of Venue Is Wanted for the Trials to Follow.

Globe, Dec. 6.-Murder in the first degree and a sentence of life impris- Onment was the verdict rendered by the jury tonight in the case of William Stewart for the killing of Fred Kibbe.
 John B. Goodwin, alias Steele, who was convicted last week for the mur- der of Kibbe, will now be tried for kill ing Alfred Hilpot. the prosecution hop ing for the death penalty. The defense will in the morning move for a change of venue on the grounds that news paper stories have worked up senti- ment against the indicted men.
 The sensational development of the closing day of the trial of William Stewart. charged with the murder of Fred Kibbe, was the making public of a statement of Stewart concerning the crime, which proved to be self serving and was therefore not intro duced into evidence by either the prosecution or defense.
 Stewart in his statement lays the killing of both Kibbe and HilpOt on John B. Goodwin, alias Steele, hut con- fesses that Steele talked to him about "plucking those two fellows off" on the evening before the murder at Tuttles station. Stewart claims, however, that when the killing was done it paralyzed him. He also cOnfesses that Steele planned several other murders.
 Stewart said in part: "Of course this man Steele had spoken to me several times about plucking off other parties coming here (Tuttle's station) and when he sprung this stunt on me Kibbe and Hilpot were out hunting quail. , told him it was foolish. That night We had supper and ate together and were cooking and talking like a family. It was very late when this thing happened. We were laughing and talking about happenings in the grocery business. Steele was on a bed. Then he got up suddenly and went into the kitchen and there was a shot fired from about the middle of the door. I was paralyZed. HilpOt was in about the same fix. Kibbe was shot first with a six-shOOter. He never moved or said word, and I heard the blood dripping down off the table. Steele jumped past me q was sitting on a bOx) and commenced on HilpOt with a rifle.
 "Kibbe never fell off the chair: he was braced but Steele took him by the legs and pulled him down. HilpOt did not get up after the first shot. but heard him say something Hiipot was shot four times-Once with a six shooter and three times with a rifle. and after he shot HilpOt Steele broke the gun over his head and then turned around and asked me what I was gO- ing to do about it. He said people that killed people would always be both cred. but that it was like killing animals to him.
 AS to Steele's reason for killing the men. he said. according to Stewards story, that we would kill those fel- lows. get away to Yellowstone park. rob some coach. go to a big town and have a big time"
 Previous to the killing of HilpOt and Kibbe. Stewart says that Steele wanted him to help kill a party of Globe bank CTS. Stewart was to take the six-shoOt- CT and shoot one and Steele was to shoot the other with a rifle He also wanted to kill Tuttle's boy. and NJ A. COnbOy and wife. druggist of Globe. who were encamped about 300 yards from Tuttle's station.
 Stewart admits that he could have given Steele the slip on their 15O-mile flight but was afraid as Steele said the circumstantial evidence of the fact that the two men were killed with two diff ferent guns would hang him (Stewart). Stewart was once arrested in River side
 The two alleged murderers sOIdiered at Fort Apache and Fort Yellowstone, and Steele was in the PhiIippfnes two years.