United labor bulletin., 1912-04-25
KILLED BY PALS.
Warfords Body Found After Week
With Many Bullet Wounds in 1t.

William Edwards and Franklin Russ,
Warford $ pals and partners in the high
grade business, have been arrested in
Colorado City and taken to Cripple
Creek accused of the murder of War
ford, whose body was found on Battle
mountain with several bullet wounds In
it.
The sheriff says the crooks became en-
gagged in an alteration among them
selves and the two men turned upon
Warford. The sheriff says positive proof
has been secured against the accused
men.
One of the most probable theories in
regard TO the killing is that Warford, the
former companion of Tom Horn, the
great Wyoming bandit who was hung
some years ago for dozen murders, to-
gether with two other men, went out on
an expedition and they killed him.. the
gunman probably being led into the trap
| by men whom he thought to be his
| friends They went up over the hill
| from the Goldfield side and around Bat
| tie mountain to a place 400 feet due
| west and twenty feet north of the Port
land No. shaft house, where they
| turned on him Unexpectedly and shot
him. once through the side of the face
with gun pressed against his cheek,
and twice through the stomach before he
had time to make a move. This is only
accounted for in view of the fact that
the men evidently were his would-be
friends. Then when he fell face down
one of the men placed his As to the back
of Warford's head, where the hair was
burned off, and shot him through the
head. Another shot cut off part OF ms
left ear and another went in MS pack,
piercing his heart.
Seven bullets were taken out and
turned over to the sheriff, who will re-
tain them until the trial, which will evil
IDENTIFY come up some time in the future
Four of the bullets were from a 40
calibre revolver, evidently an automatic.
Two were from .3S and one from .32.
He had at least thirteen or fourteen bull
let holes in him and the men who COM
mitted the crime saw to it that good
job was done.
Two sacks containing three dynamite
bombs were lying close to his body, but
he evidently was not carrying these. II
he had been, at least two or three of the
shots would have pierced the sack and
set off the bombs, and anyone within
radius of 200 feet would have been
killed. One of the bombs contained forty
sticks of dynamite all coiled with bailing
wire and with fuse and caps attached
The second contained thirty sticks of
dynamite and the third contained seven
sticks. The men evidently were out for
business. 1t is thought that one of the
murderers carried the bombs and then
left them laying on the hillside within
ten feet of where Warford lay.
Warford killed Miller and Liebo, two
members of the w. F. of NJ, in 1904, and
for that crime was sent to the penitenti
ary, but was pardoned by Gov. Buchtel.
Warford was active during the strike
and on the day the plant of the Victor
Record was broken up James Warford
in company with A. C. Cole, w. C. Golfer,
William Mckee, L. Schelper, Thomas
Caenley, Capt. Dickerson, John T. Dow
an, John Shipman and Corporal Horn,
smashed the machinery and after this
job had been done Warford turned and
sent bullet through the dial of the
clock on the wall.