Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-03-29
Automatic Pistols Used in
Fight Near Kenna Sunday
Morning and One Body
Riddled.
SELF DEFENSE LIKELY
OFFERED AS DEFENSE
Bodies Brought Into Town
and Laid Out OH a Counter
in Vacant Store Building
There.
spec.aI To- ENonlns ll.raIa

special T." Evening Herald
Roswell y. NJ. March 2H The
bodies of fd and Tom HAN. ih, cow
bows who we're shot ana kllI,d near
hcnna. Chovcs county. in u pistol
usht With tu, IumNali brothers carly
SUNDAY morning were brought into
UnuH ana laid out on counter in
% vacant store building. where they
wct" found by sheriff Ballard ana his
panty upon arrival th.rr
Tho ItmValt brothers surrendered
and t"ld the sheriff tho, did the KIN.
ing II II understood tho, viii claim
s.f d, ,rrusr.
The hrnthors died with boots aud
spurs uu The bodies, Wor. brought
INTO Krunn SUNDAY afternoon hN liV-
rfNmdn II T.. Bryan ana santa -
operator : N lHrdW,ll. after william
HumValt had come into kouna and
told of the TRACED, and 5fcrcd to sur
render but constable nad DEPUTY
~h'riff " \ Fr, Wps uut uf town
ana there was un officer ur any one
4, ho cared to take him IN charge The
shcriftS office ia Roswell was mott
i,cd sunday. ana on account of the
abs'nc, Of the regular Justice nf IN"
pcacc at ksnna Justice oi tn. Peace
Marcoilus ". Witi. Sh,rifi charles l.
Ballard. Prosecuting Attorney Louis
-. Full.n. St.nograpb.r Mis- irma
hrockioman ana ~ new spap"r r1rro-
spund-nt l-ft an the morning tram
YESTERDAY Tor k.nnn
shorty after the arrival of the
morning train William aud Alex Hum-
Nult brothers, rode in and voiuniar-
II surrendered To- sheriff ballard and
vdmitt.d that they alone wer. rc,pun-
sihl" FOR the death ot the Han broth
-rs A coron,rs jury was summoned
ana tn" following were impantl"d
M.tC.llus " Wit Justice OF the
p,ao'. J. T simpson, u . White. g.
T Bell T NJ Beauchamp " -
Chaucy. Il J.. Robertson
The work ol the corOncr's jury did
nor iahc long The little former store
was packed with spectators ana the
Iumwalt brothers were the main Wit
neses Prosecuting Attorney Louis
-. full,n made statement TO the
defendants IN which he told them that
biz Was not preliminary hearing,
bui simply an inquest 20 determine
wh.iho, or no, the Hall brother. had
been allied and hy whom, aud the
manner OI reason OF thcir death H.
undcrs God that HE on, eve witness
was q young man who was absent
and had gone to notify th. wives OF
the death of THEN husbands, and iha'
The dci' ndants aid not dony The Kill
ing During the statement ui the
district attorney. William and hlca
Ianwdd we're Ia arms reach OF tho
sheet covered corpses bui neither
diEplay,d any out ward emotion
VIII IMnwa!i was the first witness
p"id yOd Nil both asked the
prosecuting attorney
HELPED 40 Kin both" was the an.
aver Was his on March 90. l9ll?'
suppose so, said the witness
Asked Ia slaie whether or uu, the
lhomicide occurred In chayos county.
wltncss .sid II was close To lucio
efhill" Ltttieh,ids' NicN IumWnl
.as HE next witness and he also
testified thar he helped 10 kill both
William l.itrlehe.d testified that he
killing occurred abonr 900 yalds his
side of the Roosevelt county line in
Chav.s county
Justice NArcclMs " Wit ques.
~
her ol their guns and both testified
that they wor" tined with automatic
- u'stols.
he verdict oi the cOroucr's jury
was we the coroner jury lind that
Tom ana Nd Hall came To lhcir death
~ pistol sho' wouuds. said wounds
being ini iictod by Alex aud William
Xunwali
Dr n r. Thomas, the physician and
druggist ol kenna. had been sub.
poonard as a witness before the cor
oners jury and did not appear
Immediately after the inquest, DR.,
Thomas assisted by Undertaken Ed.
j Nctr and Assistant T. II Rodding
of Porlalcs and Undertaken &. A.
Coffee of Elida held an autopsy ana
the bodies were prepared Tor burial
Two bullets We're lound In the
clothes OF Thomas Hall and two we've
cut oui OF the body. there being ten
bullet holes Ia the body. entrance and
exit
The body of this man, aged -
years. was literally ridd,ed with but.
lets. and his - Colts sixshootor,
ipund iwO feet frOm his body. was II.
xH' testimony that he had fired five
Rcs, there heing that number of
r6moe,s with empty shells
His brother. Edward Hail seven
years older, apparently did noi fire
u single shot with his a. six.shooler.
the ann being found six feet from his
body with only one empty chamber
ana that one did not have a shell
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