Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1912-05-08


been in circulation The item print
eli IN Sunday Journal Miner telling
of the shipping of the remains OF
Walter Vogcl east, by a combination
Of circumstances. gave the wrong
idea OF who did each killing as well
as the identity Of Mr. Vogcl The
story as told by J w IIudgens, the
officer who was compelled ~ the
81 AN unpleasant duty
to kill Dave" Schribcr while trying
to effect his arrest, is about a. FOL
lows, and is as correct as Mr. hud
gems can give IT,
On the morning of May !. at ;
o'clock, the officer as usual went OF
shift and went home and went To
bed. at SIS There were only three
places in town open and everything
was quiet as usual and nothing 10
indicate that the night officer should
remain longer on duty. lie had
been in bed but about fifteen min
u,es when someone knocked at the
door. and Mrs Hudgens answered
the knock and found Mrs. Suffer
who cxci,cdiy asked Tor Mr. fiud-
gems saying that Walter Vogel had
been shot. MIR Hudgens heard this
remark himself not having gone
soundly to sleep. and he immcdi-
ately jumped out Of bed and quickly
prepared To 20 downtown. His wife
urged him to be careful as he left.
He hurried out assuring her that he
would be careful lie had gone
about a block when he met man
by the name Of Johnson who told
him he had been hunting all around
for him. Johnson told him that
Vogcl was shot by some one but as
he had been running and was ont oi
breath. Hudgens did no, quite under
stand the name They went on TO
gether till they came to the liver,
stable of Charley Ewing and found
that gentleman just leaving the barr
on horseback. Mr.. Hudgens asked
him for the horse. stating tina
there had been shooting up tow
and that he wanted to go up at once
Mr.. Ewing alighted and told him +,
take the horse,
Mr. Hudgens went TO Otto's Place
and met Dick Baraza who again tol'
him in an excited manner that Wal
ter was shot, but the night office
did not catch the name, except tina
he was man who stopped AT tn
Montana Hotel. where he immcdi
ately went. After hitching the hors
he started up the stairway and me
Billy Anderson. Mr., Hudgens aske'
Anderson to come with him into tn
hotel. telling him Ia keep n sharI
look gu, that he was looking for
man, but did not tell him at tina
time what had happened Al tn
double doors. Anderson said: lie
me go in first, and you can folio,
close behind AUD keep close look
out"
This was done, On entering tn
hotel. Mr. HudgenS asked the nigh
clerk to keep watch out for an
one acting in strange manner an
went to the telephone and called II
Otto's Place, but central could No
get any response. He then called u
the hospital and was told by III
nurse that Barasa had come and j
asked who il was that shot Voge
Barasa had rcgained his composur
and said Why. you know ol
Dave Schribcr, il was him Don
let him get away. but he careful"
Iiudgens wrote the name dow
on piece of paper and showed
to the night clerk telling him that
was the man who had done Il
shooting The night clerk then SAT-
81 will go to his room and see II
is there" lIudgens told him not
go, but the clerk said Eyes. W
, go"
Al Whereupon Hudgens warned hi
to he careful The night clerk 500
returned and reported there was
. one in Schriber's room
i Hudgens then decided to lo'
] about the place, as he was sure III
J, Schriber would he about somewhei
A The dining room, the writing roo
and the hall leading into the pc
room as well as the pool room its'
y were each visited. but nothing W
h seen OF Schriber.
- 81 then decided to make cir,
A around the porch and then dow
/, stairs" said Hudgens, in telling I
story. II went to- the pool roc
" door which leads out onto the 81