The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-12-08
SN0RA is HELD WITHOUT
BAIL TO APPEAR IN COURT
Mexican Murderer Of Bruce DOYLE
Faced Large Crowd at Pre-
iminary Hearing.

to the county Jail in this city last
Friday morning and moment later
Fred Snora, the Mexican who mur-
dered Bruce Doyle, prominent and
well-to-do ranch owner of the Read
district, was hustled into a cell by
officers of the law who had taken
him out of the county prison at
Grand Junction that morning for de-
where he is to get hearing.
Snora. himself, was fearful of
mob violence, it is said, and the Of
ficers also felt that trouble might
come to them in handling the prin-
cipal of such a cold -blooded crime
in the open and so they adopted
the best means of conveying him
here The Mexican was taken from
the eastIbound passenger train that
morning at little siding a few
miles North of Delta and placed in
the auto for completion of the jour
ney and in consequence, but few il
any of the residents of this county
knew of the transfer. He was firm
iy shackeled and almost completely
buried in a heavy ulster SO that an
detection improbable.
During the afternoon Friday it
became noised around that the MUIR
derer was here and that a prelimin-
ary hearing would occur in the dis
trict court room at O'Clock before
Judge Fairlamb, and when the time
arrived nearly every seat in that
room was occupied by people who
wanted glimpse at the animal in
human form who could cut down
fellow man without warning and
without a quarrel which might in
some sense at least, Justify an act
of violence.
Officers led the prisoner out into
the court room through the sheriff's
quarters and after taking a quick
glance at the situation he was Civ
en- a seat in front of the court. He
was asked by Prosecutor Logan II he
had an attorney to represent him
at this hearing and if he cared to
be represented. He had no one en-
listed in his behalf and stated that
he would like to have a little time
in which to get a legal representa-
tive. Taken into the sheriffs otflce
the prisoner stated that he could
get Senator Barella of Trinidad, but
il was ruled that the court could
get a local attorney for the prelim-
mary and Attorney Walker was at
once named to represent the defend
ant.
The prisoner entered a plea of
not guilty and waived examination,
nF w AVa
nesses to the killing was introduced
to establish the full nature OF the
crime and possible admission to bail
preceding the next REGULAR term OF
the district court which convenes in
February next.
Eddy Dunn, one of the young men
employed to help top the beets and
put to work on the day of the killing,
stated that he was acquainted with
Snora, that is, he saw him on the
morning of November 2lst and knew
the prisoner there on trial to be the
man who shot Doyle, his employer
Just after dinner that day the two
men were put to work in the beet
field. according to Dunn who said:
Il heard Snora say to Doyle, what
are you going to do?' and Doyle
answered, 1 am going to get these
beets topped. the work has been drag
ging long enough. A few minutes
later / saw Snora take revolver
from one of his pockets and fire a
shot into Doyle hack. Then he
fired another shot which took effect
in Doyle's left ear" Dunn testified
that he was about twelve feet dis
tant from the two men when the
shots were fired. The brother or
the Mexican was at work in the
field but at some little distance
from the scene of the shooting
Snora stood there a moment, then
went to the road, got bicycle ana
road away.
c. Fredricks, another man put
to work in the beet field that day.
testified that his home was where
ever he hung up his hat. He was
acquainted with the defendant met
him that morning and the prisoner at
the ban was the right man. we
were working about l25 yards from
the house" said he, Il heard the
Mexican say: Amt this my JooT TO
which Doyle replied that 1t was out
the work had been dragging too
much and he wanted to get through
before winter set in. moment
later the Mexican shot Doyle in the
back and Doyle's last words were
what made you do that?' Then
Snora fired the other shot into
Doyle's ear. He then leveled the
gun on me and the other boys at
work. fearing Interference. l at once
ran to the house to get a gun and
then to Read to telehone officers
of the shooting / did not see the