El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-18

said yes, and came out. Fletcher
! reached around to Leechs hip pocket
/ to feel for n gun, but Leech handed
/ the weapon TO him. / heard some one
| say, He. is shot and then some one
/ else said, He is dead 1 realized that
| quick action must be taken, so without
waiting for the patrol, told Fletcher,
I will take him to the station Then
I turned to Leech and said Come with
me- On the way to the station Leech
said, Lon, 1 had to do it, or some
thing TO that effect. At the polio
station he was docketed on a charge OF
assault to murder. I told the sergeant
that I would take him to the justices
court because a big crowd was gath
ering about the police station. At Wat
sons court 1 turned him over to deputy
constable Hinckley."
Hinckley filed 4 complaint against
Leech, charging him with assault 10
murder, but before he was taken away
from the court. word was received that
KOhlberg was dead, so the charge was
changed to murder.
Talks Calmly.
In justice Watson's court Leech. calm
and collected, remarked to constable
J. w. Brown: We'll, I came very near
getting here as quickly as you did on
account Of that notice you served on
me" Brown had about half an hour
before served the dispossession notice
on Leech.
Henry Hinckley, the deputy constable
who filed the complaints against Leech
and took him to the county jail. said
that on the way to the jail, Leech re-
marked TO him. IF few paltry dollars
is enough to make man wish to go TO
hell. let him go TO it"
Removed from Jail.
Sheriff Hall stated Saturday morning:
4 had Leech moved out OF town last
night because 1 wanted to take every
precaution. He Will be brought back
as soon as I deem it advisable. I do
not think I should say where he is at
present 1 had him in charge of four
men"
The Revolver
The weapon with which the killing
was done and which is in the possession
Of justice E. H. Watson, is a peculiar
revolver of French or English make.
It has six cylinders, three of which
were empty and three filled when the
pistol was turned over to Watson. 1t
has a wooden handle and n ring on the
end to fasten it to a belt, while the
words "Systeme Abadie Brevette" are
stamped into the nickel plate next to
the handle It is Of SO caIiber. double
action and has q peculiar hammer
There was dust and grease on the
trigger and underneath the cylinder be-
tween that and the barrel. Indicating
that it had not been cleaned thoroughly
for some time. The revolver is a dan
gerous looking weapon and was once
owned by policeman Curtis, who sold it
to Leech.
The Fatal Bullet.
The bullet which ended E. Kohl
berg's life and which is in the posses
sion Of justice z. B. McClintock, having
been extracted from the wound by ply
sicians Immediately after the body was
removed to the undertaking parlors, is
a common lead -3S caliber bullet. One
side OF it was as perfect as before it
was shot while the point was denied
and there were two cuts across it, evil
IDENTIFY made by the ribs which it struck
when passing through the body the
front being mashed on one side to q
point where the shell would have
ended.
The Wound.
Immediately after the body was re-
moved to the undertaking parlors, jus
tice E. B. McClintock, who visited the
scene of the killing, went to the par
lors accompanied by Drs. Grace and !
Calnan, and an examination Of the body !
was made. But one bullet had struck |
IL and caused almost instant death, |
Mr.. Kohlberg having breathed only a |
few times after he was shot. The bull |
let entered through the back about two |
inches to the right of the spine and at /
point just little above an imagin- |
Try line drawn across the two shoulder |
blades 1t cut the fourth rib, ranged |
upwards. passed through the body and |
lodged right under the skin about one |
nch to the right of the center line,
cutting the third rib and cut the aorta
artery, which is the main artery lead
ng up from the heart, severing this ar
cry between the arch, and the heart.
Justice McCnntock held no further
examination Saturday morning, but said:
My verdict will be that the deceased
anne to his death by a gunshot wound
rom a pistol in the hands of John
Ieech.'
The Indictment.
Just 10 minutes past Friday night |
he grand jury in special session re-
urned the following Indictment:
No. $3.50.
In the name and by the authority of
he state of Texas:
The grand jurors for the County of |
Il Paso, State aforesaid, duly organ |
Zed as such, a [ the May term, A d.
&c. Of the District Court for said
county, upon their oaths in said court,
present that John Leech, on or about
nc Ii Uoy VI june OHo Thousand
Vine Hundred and Ten G910), and an
erior to the presentment of this in
lictment, in the County of Ell Paso and
state of Texas, did then and there un-
awfully and with malice aforethought
ill E Kohlberg, by then and there
hooting him, the said z. Kohlberg,
With pisto,, against the peace and
lightly of the State
(Signed) u F Coles.
foreman of tiIe Grand Jury"
The Notice.