Weekly journal-miner., 1911-05-17


 cold -blooded in the history of North ern Arizona Kirby was shot in the back without warning, dying less than three minutes later without ut tering a word. The bullet entered under the left shoulder blade and coming out in front penetrated the muscles of the left forearm. Camp bell was arrested by John Hudgens, night officer of Jerome who was in front of the court house at the time of the killing. He was locked in the county jail and appears unconcerned as to the enormity of his crime.
 Fired in Cold Blood.
 ! A few moments before he was murdered, Kirby was standing in front of Ed Blocks establishment eonversing with MT. Block about the price of a suit of clothes in the | display window. He left and be- fore he reached the Palace hotel MT. Block noticed Campbell run rapidly in the same direction.
 Campbell was within less than fiji teen feet of Kirby and immediately in front of the Palace barber shop when he crouched low and fired at Kirby without warning. He fired two shots in rapid sue cession, the first finding its mark and the second going wild.
 Kirby shouted and jumped to the street followed by the negro
 Drops Dead in His Tracks.
 Kirby ran about thirty yards and fell before reaching the curb on the plaza side. He attempted to rise and the negro again raised his Iver- Johnson pistol of 3S caliber to fire but desisted on shouts from the crowd attracted by the shooting.
 Seeing that Kirby was helpless he turned the weapon on men coming across the street and while threaten ! ing them to stand back, Officer Hudgens arrived on the scene and with pistol drawn ordered the mur- derous negro to throw up his hands.
 Negro Surrenders.
 Campbell did so, still holding the l smoking weapon in his right hand.
 "DroP the gun quick" said Hud- | gems calmly. looking along the barrel of his cooked weapon. Seeing sure death staring him in the face the negro wilted and dropped his pistol surrendering to Hudgens and Under Sheriff Charles Raible, who came run ming across the plaza from the sher ifs office. The negro was soon safe behind the bars of the county jail.
 Crime Was Premeditated.
 That the murder of "Kid Kirby was premeditated by Campbell there is no doubt.
 Trouble started between them three nights ago in the Union saloon on Granite street where the "Kid" was employed as bartender and where Campbell claims to have lost some money in "Blaek Jaek'' game.
 It appears that after being "fleee- ed'' out of his coin, as he says, | Campbell gave Kirby a check for $2O on one of the local banks. When the | bank opened the following morning Campbell is alleged to have stopped payment on the check.
 Assaulted By Kirby.
 Chagrined because payment of the check was stopped Kirby, on Mon day evening at 5.45 o'clock, approach ed Campbell from behind while pass ing in front of 'Baney's Place." at the corner of Granite and Good win streets, and struck the negro under the left ear with a pair of "knucks," escaping into the saloon.
 The blow did not fell Campbell and he waited in front of the door until the arrival of Thomas Me Mahon, night officer.
 Campbell asked the officer to ar rest Kirby, who was inside, and Kirby demanded the arrest of the negro on the charge of passing a worthless check, declaring that the check was in the possession of Jus tice of the Peace McLane.
 Officer McMahon told both Kirby and Campbell to quit fighting and get warrants for their arrest and peace was estored for the time
 Threatens to Kin.
 Campbell left and it appears con tinued drinking. During the fore noon yesterday the negro informed L. N. Bailey, proprietor of the Pal ace barber shop, where he was en- ployed as bootblack, that he had purchased a gun to kill Kid Kirby.
 MT. Bailey remonstrated with him calling his attention to the serious ness of the crime, telling him that it meant that his neck would be stretched for it, or he would be com pelled to spend the remainder of his life in prison. The negro then told Mr Bailey that he contemplated the purchase of a new suit of clothes at the Block establishment and they walked together to MT. Block 's place