The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1921-07-14

j. J.. Baker Nov
Ralph Roze age % year, prominent young business man of
ulesburg shot and almost instantly killed the offices
of Robson Hendricks in this city Wednesday morning at about
1913 o'clock by j. J. Baker, farmer residing Robson
Hendricks farm just west of Julesburg
Immediately after the shooting Baker went to his home
where he afterwards arrested by Marshall
and was to turned over to the
office and lodged in the county jail Mr. Baker has wife and
four children.
Wednesdays tragedy gloom community
likewise the considerable excitement owing the
of the deed reliable information from witnesses disclosed
the that Baker had fired five shots Rozes body
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Roze seated in chair and the balance being fired while
ridge left in the gun not but was snapped The
this attributed that Attorney
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Other men who were the at the time Attorney
&C. NJ Robson and E. j. Frederick.
Drs j. F. Hart and F. G. Duon were at the scene of the
shooting later both physicians that life
these Wednesday the f that
bullet which is thought to have been the second shot pierced
The also the % below the
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prominent citizen of this city, had just came
the office and with Mr. Hendricks about
entered walked Hendricks
Mr. Frederick Mr. Hendricks motioned Mr. Roze to take
with Mr. Frederick Mr. Roze seated himself chair near the
door opening between the offices and the left with his
adjoining the front office Within just few minutes Mr.
Baker entered the middle office thru the door opening from the
hail. He walked to the door adjoining the two and
where Mr. Roze seated and without warning drew
revolver firing rapid succession point blank at Mr. Roze who
the time facing the opposite direction from his slayer
After the second third shot the wounded man to
end the falling in heap on the floor and
ed VICTIM fired shots into Mr. Rozels body
while he was staggering across the room
The trend of leading the shooting conflicting
far reliable that we can obtain up to the
that Mesr Baker and Roze engaged dispute last
Sunday but thought Ugh that the mater ap
ed to after Mr. Rozel and with 32calibre revolver IN his
pocket looking for his victim He talked to Mar
shall Cunningham the street and asked the officer he had
Roz but made threats and cool and deliberate in
his arousing suspicion to what ne was about
do Shortly after talking with Marshal Baker
of the Citizens National Bank
Building and he followed him. with the tragedy resulting
coroner inquest held in the offices of Robson Hen
bricks shortly after the shooting ony sa porson Ur @
eight o'clock Wednesday evening, when the inquest was COM
peted in the district court room Of the Ihe
and Deputy District Attorney w. H. Pound Following
is the coroner's jury verdict:
VERDICT OF CORONER's JURY
State of Colorado
County of sedgvck
An nqustion holden at Julesburg, in Sedgwick
county, of Colorado on the 18th day of july A. d.
1921 before G. F. Ewing Coroner of said county,
the body Ralph Rozel there lying dead by the jurors
whose hereto subscribed; said jurors upon
oaths do That said Ralph Rozel came to his
death July 49, 1921, in Julesburg Sedgwick county
Colorado by gunshot wound inflicted by gun in the
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