Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-23
.ASHBY IN A RAGE
SHOOTS NICHOLSON
At LOWELL SHAFT
Trouble Grew Out Of Acct
dent When Ashby'S Little
Girl Was Struck By Auto
Driven BY Nicholson.
ASHBY SURRENDERS
NICHOLSON TALKS

+ While In e drunken rage, John ASH
by a citizen of Bisbee for a number
OF years, and highly respected among
all who knew him, deliberately shot
Johnson Nicholson, a pipeman Of the
Lowell shaft, at the latter's residence
I in Jiggerville yesterday afternoon at
g. 80 o'clock. Fortunately, the bullet
only grazed one shoulder blade OF
Nicholson and lodged in the flesh.
This was removed few minutes later
at the Copper Queen hospital where
( il was stated that no serious injury
would result Ashby, shortly aft
er O'Clock, gave himself up 10 Judge
Morris c. High. a friend OF his. de-
/ liyered his revolver and related 10
I the judge just what had happened.
| The judge then telephoned for deputy
sheriff Rooney of Lowell who came 20
Bisbee 10 take the prisoner TO The
Lowell jail
At 4:30 O'Clock. Johnson Nicholson
was able 10 be interviewed by a rep
lresentatiye of the Bisbee Daily RE-
view TO whom the told the following
story:
About three months ago, as / was
driving my boss car near Tombstoas
canyon. Ashbys little girl accident
ly stepped in front of the machine
and was knocked down by one of the
lamps. My machine was going about
four miles an hour as witnesses will
testify and the little girl received no
more injury than to have two OF her
front teeth loosened | picked her up
and drove her home to her mother on
Quality Hill 10 whom the child admit
ted at the time, that she was more
scared than hurt. , left my name
and address with the mother and told
her that if anything developed, TO Iet
me know and that / would see that il
was alright. The mother thanked me
and told me that there would be moth
ing, as the little girl Immediately
started TO play after having the blood
washed from her face.
Sometime later | met the father
of the little girl, John Ashby, and he
said something about settling. | in
CURED what there was to settle .or
and he replied that ! had injured two
Of the teeth of his daughter and that
must settle for ii. This | agreed to
DO and We took the child 10 two di..
ferent dentists so as to make an es-
timate on the work II was trivial.
but anyway. / agreed to stand al
the expense but hereupon the father
objected and threatened me, that il
didn't pay heavily for the damage
he would get me.
From this time on, Ashby kent
bOthering me and wanted me to give
u = ~
hundred but ] refused 10 do so. tell
ing him that would do anything
within reason and nothing more.
Yesterday afternoon. he came to
me again. / had just come of shift.
from the Lowell where / am a pipe
man. and had just washed and picked
up a paper which ! had started II
read, when l heard Ashby's voice out
side calling me.
Il laid down the paper, and went
outside. Ashby was drunk and he was
cut about the face in several places
and bloody all over lie asked me
when ! was going TO settle and told |
him that ] had wanted TO settle some
time ago and would still do what
had promised. This did not satisfy
him and he told me that would have
10 come across. ] hereupon told him
that if that was the way he looked
at it. / would refuse TO do anything
at all. At this. he got into a terrible
rage. and pulled out a gun. just
had time to run into the house. push
ing two little children out of danger,
when Ashby drew the gun and shot
me in ss5ss back"
Ashby's friends were much surpris-
ed on hearing of his .predicsment as
he was always considered 10 be good
citizen and an all around good man.
He has several grown mp sons and
daughters in the city who hold good
positions.