Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1912-05-08
VERSION Of
THE DOUBLE MAY DAY
TRAGEDY IN JEROME


looking ON the outside to see II any |
one should make "A move. and SIN
had my hand on the door, when
someone stepped out from standing
III close against the wall, and the
next thing ! knew | felt a shot IN
| the left side and shoulder and not
word had been said by either me
OF Schriber at once began shoot
| in. and fired ,ix shots from my auto
matte when il hung fire, and ! At
once pulled my Colts single action
~ and fred six shots at Schriber.
In all | fired twelve shots. eleven OF
which entered his body and the
twelfth burned him across the Stom-
ach Schribcr fired FIVE shots, all
except the first going wild. did
not say anything to anyone except
tina, another man had followed me
out at the door and was in range
and | told him to- re, OF, Of the
way When Schriber fred the first
sho, hc was not more than hve feet
from me. and consider myself
lucky that he did not kill me. And
but for my position of reaching back
holding TO the door knob. the shot
which struck me would have killed
me"
II went up To arrest the man,
though ! had been warned repeated
~ TO watch out. and did not except
that he would begin to shoot on
sight, ! did not dream Of having to
, shoe, him"
When Walter Vogel wen, down TO
open up the saloon that morning as
usual, he had no notion of any
trouble with any one, and when
J Dave" Schriber came in and do
] mandcd the payment OF rent. which
I Vogel knew nothing Of he told
; Schriber that he did not owe him
u any rent. and that he was in the
: wrong place. Schriber then told
) him tina, il he did not pay the rent
y he would kill him. Vogel stated OF
q his death bed. to his aunt. tina, a
II that time he thought Schriber wa
q only joshng him. But. little latei
" he saw pistol IN Schriber's han,
u and called To Johnson to catch hin
E. as hc had gun. But, as johnson
o could not reach him in time Voge
grabbed for Schriber himself, bu
e Was too late as the fatal shot wa
d hrcd az about that instant Onl
/ the one shot was fired. tina, striking
r. Vogel in the pit of the stomac
At causing his death about six hour
lie aftcrward
4 Walter Vogel was an exceptional
'e ly steady young man, aged only
ct years. and was well liked and highl
"a esteemed by all who knew him. Hi
lie remains were shipped to New Have,
p Conn. for interment He has a
a uncle living there. His aunt. III
at only relative he had in this Sc,
ne ton accompanied the remains III
ct uncle, Otto Vogel. died in Jcrom
W on the 10th Of last Septembe
X Young Vogcl was "A member Of N
Loyal Order Of Moose at Jerome.
nc Schribcr, commonly called col
NJ Dave Schriber" was of an eccentr
~ turn OF mind and by many conside
I'd ed crazy and dangerous, having ma,
ip threats against the life of numero,
OF people and nj some times consider'
ip a mere bragadocio. Mr., Nudge,
he says that he knew little OF Schrib
he and had not seen him for thr,
el months prior To the trouble. Al
re other officer made the same stat
Id mcnt
NJ Night Officer Williams whose be
is at the smclter end OF town. sa
yn Schriber the morning OF the shootii
IL OF Vogel not more than hall an no
he having elapsed since that TRACED
he Williams jokingly said to hin
id Hello, Dave, did you have to
he down town after your 'mornin
to morning. It's too early. isn't III"
iii Schriber replied to him: "Oh, y
its not too early, they are open,
i'm right" He seemed perfectly CO
ION and composed when he was sayi
no this.
J. w, Hudgens who shot Sehrit
,ok while trying to effect his arrest,
hat a young man. aged 81 years, and h
re been on the night shift in Jeroi
IN, since August 81, 1910, taking I
DOL place of Charles King. who "
'elf killed by Mexican just before II
vas date, while on his Official duty
Hudgens worked fcr time in I
Gle railroad shops in Prescott, conn