Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-04
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Since that time 1 had talked with many men. in Wilcox, Benson ana
 other places about Osborne. All of ] them said he was a bad actor, and par | ticularly bad when he was drinking. I heard this said of him often.
 q saw Osborne and Mrs. Hoover
 in Benson several days before the
 shooting. Red borrowed an overcoat | from me and asked me about two
 men he was looking for I told him
 | thought they were in Douglas. Says Both Intoxicated.
 "The next time I saw Red was on
 the morning of January 22, aoout 10
 or II o'clock. had been around Town l that morning and when 1 returned to
 my room in back of my garage l saw Osborne and Mrs. Hoover tns, !. Ttsc
 were both drunk When 1 walked in Mrs Hoover said they had taken the liberty of unlocking my door and en- | tered my room to get warm. l had fire going in the stove. l said that was all right.
 Red greeted me by hand [ me a
 bottle of whiskey, which l took. A | few minutes later l had to go down to the stockyards, so put the bottle, | about twc-thirds full of whiskey, into | my coat pocket and left them.
 ''I started towards the stockyards | when II met Henry Etz and Lester | Schwab in an automobile and asked | them for ride On the way to the | stockyards we had one drink apiece cut of the bottle and. on the way
 back we Killed what was left in .,- | bbttle.
 | q didn't say anything to Etz or ISchwab about killing anybody to get 4 any more whiskey. All that was said I about the whiskey was that it was | good whiskey When I returned to Benson I looked around town for a ! while for an overcoat that had been | reported stolen.
 | Then I went to my room again. | It was hot in there and i;ed and the ' woman seemed drunker than before. Red said he wanted some repairs , made to his car. He said he want"
 to get to Tucson right away and was short of change. I told him the car
 needed a new spring. At first he said
 he couldn't afford it, but finally told
 me to go ahead and fix it up.
 How Quarrel Started.
 When I returned I hoped they'd DC | zone. They were both drunk and l 1 wanted them to leave. After the spring had been put in I drove Ben nett's car out of the garage to the rear alley, just before Osborne and | Mrs. Hoover started to come out. told them to go back to the rear of the garage. They were so urunK 1 didn't think they could back the car l ,yt of the garage without trouble, a4 | l didn't want them to go out the front l way. They went back to the room. | entered and told them to get to | hell out of here Mrs. Hoover was | siuting on the bed; l don't think | could have stood up very easily.
 Red went out into the alley. He
 came back in few minutes, opened | the dcor and stood in the doorway. | One hand was on the door knob and ! he rested the ether against the cas- ! ing.
 | "'Bennett,' he said to me, there's
 something wrong; you're a dirty, dou- | Dle-crosslng .......i You've got my l rooze.' 1 had seated myself in a rock ing chair when l came Tn, bat when he said that l stood up. l told Red
 co be reasonable; that l hadn't taken his booze He said: We won't stand | for it., and reached back toward his
 hip pocket with his right hand. Then
 pulled my gun and fired.
 | ''I shot the first time at his right | arm to break it and stop him. He ] didn't stpo, though; just kept fishing
 at his hip pocket with his right hand | like he was trying to draw Q gun, He
 didn't stop, though; just kept fishing | ter the first shot 1 heSitated, but he | advanced and then l pumped the | other three shots at him as fast as l | could pull. 1 worked on him when the first shot didn't seem to have any effect. He went over backwards and | slunk to the floor. What did he say | or do as I fired those shots? Moth ing. A man doesn't have time to do
 anything when somebody's pumping | three bullets into him from a double | action revolver.
 Believed Life ih Danger. | T shot because l believed 4dy life
 was in danger. From what I had heard of Red I was afraid of him | then. He always earned a gl.a. iG never seen him without one. Arounu 1 town he carried a gun and when he
 was out on the range he carried a | rifle And I thought he had a gun at
 that time.
 After the shooting I went Ut into
 the yard to see if anybody was there ! to help take care of the woman and 1 watch the body. When I went back into the room Mrs. Hoover was still
 sitting on the bed I took ho. by .~e
 arm and led her to the Mansion Hotel
 and asked Mrs. Sawyer, the landlady,
 to take care of her. On my way DacK
 to the garage I called to Bul Martinez 1 to go and stay with the body. B;ii ! didn't want tu watch the body at first 1 "L went back to the hotel and met NJ. o. Smith and asked him to come l with me. When we got to t-r room
 l said to Martinez: Sill, did you see
 or hear any of this?'
 No he sad. How in hell dIu
 it happen?' So I up and told him.
 didn't ask Smith to testify that he
 saw the shooting; he stood there with his back to me and ! didn't talk to | him. And I didn't ask Martinez to ! say anything about the shooting.
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