Weekly journal-miner., 1919-10-22
PARKER PUT DOWN THE SLAYER IN
 INQUEST

At the inquest held over the re- mains of James E. McNeeley, the
 Santa Fe engineer killed ill the Scho- ley pool hall Monday night, a cor omer's jury decided that the deceased ] died as the result of tive pistol wounds inflicted by William B. Par ker with homicilad intent.
 i Judge Charles H. MrLane in his capacity of coroner of Prescott pre- cinct, conducted the inquest, the jury testifying to the verdict consisting of A. V. Mulvernon, foreman; S. D
 Hoover, w. ]. Raub, M. D. Parks (. D. Thayer and J. E. Treagle. It developed at the inquest that City Policemen Twamley and Nc Dermid had paused at the Biles- Lockhart corner to have word with Joe Deiavigne, a Santa Fe fireman, Two reports rang out, Delavigne re- marking, Two more tires gone up," but the policemen recognized the ex- plosion as coming from some form ot side arm, and ran down Cortez street toward the depot
 They found a little group of men in Scholey's pool hall entrance, and going in were hailed by Murdock Campbell who handing an automatic pistol to Dick Twalmey, said: Here, Dick, this fellow has just killed a man."
 A glance at the figure prostrate on the floor assured the officers that serious offense had been commit ted, and at once started with Parker to the sheriff's office, where finding Tommy Thompson in charge, they turned the prisoner over to him. They gave the deputy the informa- ton that Parker, the prisoner, was held for murder or attempted murder. At the same time the wea- pon with which the shooting was done was turned over to the sheriff's office for use as evidence.
 The policemen then returned to the scene of the homicide, and find ing McNeeley dead, waited the arri- val of the coroner, who then took charge
 At the inquest nothing in the tes- timony was brought out to establish motive for the crime, although iti is said that the unwritten law will be invoked as a defense for the shoot ing.
 Three witnesses testified as to the position of the parties ill the Scho- ley entrance, two agreeing that Me Medley stood at the end of a little pocket or lane formed by the end ot the cigar case and the Cortez street show window, the swinging half-doors forming a trap" from which the intended victim would have no chance of escape, the man intent on killing being shielded by the heavy open door.
 The other witness, high school boy of tender excitable years, told that it was his impression that the slain man was standing just within i the door, and his slayer shot from 1! the sidewalk but right at the en- trance( the mortally hurt man sink ! ing in the blind" lane, and falling between the cigar case and window. 1 All three eye witnesses agree that ! the men were not over three or at the most four feet apart at the firing of the shots, and from the position on the sidewalk that the high school i boy occupied at the time of the | shooting, 1t appeared that he could ] directly witness the killing whether 1. McNeeley was standing by the door or further back against the wall. In { either position the slayer fired from behind the ambuscade formed by the partly opened door.
 Two shots were fired, one of the bullets being picked up on the floor of the pool hall the morning follow ! ing the shooting. The other was found in the clothing of the dead |. man. An examination, conducted |. under the auspices of the coroner, ! disclosed that one bullet had pierced | the right side of the slain man, the | other going through the left breast,