The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-10-15

came mto camp about Z o clock Friday evening. had prepared
supper for them, but they had already eaten that meal at Bradford 8
before coming in. thought they were tired and didn't talk very
much to either of them that evening. After having fed and watered
the horse, spoke a few words TO the old man about 8 O'Clock. Will
had gone to his tent. In the morning when i got up, went to the
mouth of the tunnel for water, and when | returned the sun was just
tntng the hills. heard an argument about some paper going on
between Will and his father in the latter's tent. 1t seemed to M. to
be about some paper that had been destroyed or which one OF them
wished to have destroyed. | didn't want to become involved in the
dispute and commenced chopping wood outside of the tent to attract
attention. l was engaged in this when Will called to me to come to
the tent. When got there he was holding his father. lie told me
that his father had hit him across the body with a chair and had brok-
en- it when he struck him. The chair wa near by, with he back
broken off. / held the father for some little time and Will went to
his tent. When he left, | released the old man, as he seemed some
what pacifed, and it looked rather queer to me to be holding a man in
his own tent. l heard him say to Will IN run you out of this camp
and damn you, I'll kill you before you CO.
Killing Was Not Witnessed.
After | released the old man, he threw a mortar and a mining
after Will. When l left the tent, went to my own to wash for
breakfast. My tent was between Wills and his father and has a
door hung 20 that it will always close, and when entered my tent the
door closed after me. was in my tent but a very short time when
the shooting began. couldn't get out of my tent without getting in
the line of fire, SO l waited until it was over. But | guess the least
about these matters the better. When | came out Will came 70
me and gave me his gun and asked me what he had better do told
him to 90 to Goldfeld and give himself up and that would stay there
his father. We could not all leave the place, al we had only one
horse, and that could not take all of us. Will took the horse and left
for Goldfeld. l took the body and washed the wounds and carefully
wrapped it in canvas and stayed up all night, watching it, to prevent
the cats and coyotes from disturbing it. About 3 o'clock in the morn
ing | heard a sound like the rush of wind, something like the sound
of an automobile, and on looking out saw that the tent in which the
10y wa 'fpfhC'
wholly burned up. kept the flames away from the body. The
fire must have been caused by paper being blown on a candle, which
/ had lighted to keep the animals away from the body
When asked how many shots were fired, Nh. Williams said he
thought two or three.
Mr.. Williams is an aged mining man, about 10 years old, and was
intimately acquainted with both parties to the shooting.
William d. Flowers would have been 70 years of age tomorrow
had he lived. He is a native of Tennessee and is survived by his son
Will and his wife and a daughter who resides in Goldfeld.
Will Flowers is about 81 years of age and married. When seen
by a representative of The News, he said that he preferred not to dis
cuss the unfortunate affair at this time, but minated that 1t was
He said that he had not retained an attorney to defend
him, thinking that such a course would not be necessary untlla after
the inquest. which will be held this afternoon. He said that after
the inquest he would probably give a statement of the affair.
Acting Coroner Barnes, Under-SherH Catalan and Undertaken
Thomas Dunn left Goldfeld yesterday morning by auto and returned
about 6 o'clock. bringing in with them the body Of the dead MAJ and
Nh. Williams, who was in the camp at the time 81 the shooting.
DR.. Turner performed the autopsy this morning and found that
but one bullet had entered the body of Mr.. Flowers. 1t pierced the
right arm and then passed completely through the body, coming out
at about the seventh rib. In passing through the body it severed the
axiary artery and death resulted almost instantaneously.
Will Flowers is confined in the county Jail to await the verdict Of
the coroner's inquest.