The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-12-17
WITNESSES SAW
KING SHOT in THE
CHANDLER BATTLE

next called, and stated that he con.
Quoted an autopsy on the body of
William King at Deiberts undertake
ing parlors in Florence, and in his
Investigations found a portion of a
bullet lodged In the back of the brain
of the deceased and that death was
undoubtedly the result of a gunshot
wound DR.. Hutton's evidence on all
essential points, was confrmatory of
the statements of DR.. Davis.
Mozart Lewis, who had charge of
the mining operations for the Vic
tor American Fuel company at Chand-
Ter, at the time of the assault upon
the town by strikers, described IN
detail, the incidents and occurrences
that took place there during the trou-
bles last spring. Mr.. Lewis gave a
very succinct account of the attack
upon the place and the efforts of
mine employees to defend it against
the besleging party. He told OF the
arming of the men for the protection
of the village and of the use of a ma
chine gun that had been sent there by
the company for the defense of its
property in case Of assault Mr.. Lew
is testified that he came to Canon
City day or two before the fight and
purchased additional supplies Of am.
munition for the machine gun Realiz.
ing the probability of an attack upon
the place, Mr.. Lewis stated that most
of the men sent their wives and
families away from Chandler in ordes
that they might be out OF the danger
zone. The most of them left there on
Thursday and Friday preceding the
attack Mr.. Lewis did not see vii
liam King killed.
The next three Witnesses were Geo
Miller, Joe James and Dave Hortin,
all non-union miners, employed al
the Chandler mine on the 25th OF
April. were summoned to the witness
box in the order in which their names
were given. They testified as to the
fight that took place along the front
of Tank Hill. between the besieged
and besiegers. Each Of them was
armed with a rifle and a belt full of
cartridges and was on the firing
line" all day on Saturday. April 25th.
Each of them was secreted behind a
big rock or boulder where they could
command a view Of the country from
which the strikers were coming and
which Afforded them protection from
the bullets Of the enemy. Miller.
Jones and Hortin each stationed close
together ON the crest Of the hill and
each Of them saw King fall. but could
not tell who shot him. King fell
down a declivity when he was shot.
and laid there until picked up and
taken home. When King fell. or
Immediately preceding It, all three
Of the witnesses alluded to. heard q
fullisade of shots fred by the attack
ing party; one OF them testifying
that he heard as many as twenty-five
shots fred. When niahtfall came
the men withdrew under cover Of
darkness, from the guard line and re-
turned to their homes in Chandler.
Hortin. with about twenty-nte other
Of the defenders Of the place, was
captured by the strikers the next day.
and was taken to Brookside. where
they were looked over" as one Of
the witnesses expressed It, question.
ed in relation to some matters per
tanning to the fight and released J
While in custody of the strikers Hor-
tin and his associates were treated in
all respects as prisoners Of war.
While Miller was on the witness