Weekly journal-miner., 1915-12-29
WAVE OF CRIME IS
 SWEEPING THE COUNTY
(Cortinucd from Page Ore)

(Continucd ire The writ of ejectment was granted by Wheeler.
 The writ was served on Montonye by Deputy J. A. Stapp but MIontonye refused to move and was arrested by Stapp. He later was released when he furnished bond to keep the peace.
 Smith Killing.
 The killing of Smith by McCarty was without a witness. Smith and McCarty were partners with a man named R. w. Reynolds according to Constable Glenn.
 Glenn said that the three men came to Wagoncr about week or ten days ago to look over placer mining proposition. The three men boarded at H. w. Coles place in Wagonc.. Sunday McCarty borrowed Coles shotgun and went out hunting.
 Between s and S:3O o'clock yester- day. morning McCarty and Smith be- gan quarrelling over the payment of a bill. They were in front of Coles place and McCarty ran into the build ing and coming out with the shotgun fired at Smith, whom, it is said, was approaching him with clinched fists.
 When McCarty fired he was but four feet from Smith. Smiths neck was shattered by the shot and ne sank to the ground and died in few min utes.
 McCarty Tells His Story.
 McCarty, when interviewed at the county jail yesterday related the fol lowing story of his dealings with Smita:
 q met Smith in Prescott about q month ago and he told me that nc came from Montana and was looking for ranch or mining proposition in which to invest some of his money. We became better acquainted as each day passed and besides eating to- gethcr we were with each other most all the time after the first meeting.
 "One day we were down at the chamber of commerce together and were looking over the different =peci- mems of ore. He was particularly in tcrested in tungsten and 1 told him that 1 was pretty certain that 1 knew where tungsten could be found in the country near Wagoner. I also told him of placer mining proposition near Wagoncr. If neither of these worked out l told him of a piece of i land, about forty acres, that he could | homestead if ne still had his rights.
 "He agreed to pay my railway fare to Wagoncr and all other expenses of i our trip if l would show him the three propositions. He was to pay for all provisions.
 "We went to Wagoncr about a ! week ago with fellow named R. w. ] Reynolds who also was going in on the three proposals.
 Sunday Reynolds went over to Crown King and about o'clock this Smith went into the store and boarding house where we had been getting our meals and provis- ions. He paid his bill and when he came out in front of the house l asked him if he had paid mine. He declared that he had not and did not intend to-. Smith then said that ne was going 10 Kirkland and back to Prescott. l told him that ii he did not pay my bill I would follow him to Kirkland and have him arrested foi failing to keep his agreement. He said, if you follow me 1 will stone you 1 rushed back into the house and got shotgun and came out and told him that was going to follow him anyway. 1 had just about reach ed the gate of the front fence when he rushed at me with both fists clinched. l pulled up the gun and ; let go at him aiming to hit him in the but caught him in ono side 5f the neck"
 Another Killing Reported. ; Arrivals yesterday afternoon from he main line of the Santa Fe lail -oad brought news of killing that occurred earlier iii tne day, on Divis- on No 2, west of Seligman, in which ( one brakeman used hammer on an i other brakeman, iracturing the skull. ( rom which death followed in a few ( tours. The names of the men were $ tot learned, and only meagcr partic i liars were given of the fatal quarrel | One Of the brakeman was said to L ank the other, and in giving certain c