The Winslow mail., 1925-09-11
A. B. EDWARDS
bound over
FOR KILLING
WOODNANSEE

A. B. Edwards, Santa F'e train
man, was bound over to the super
ior court Tuesday at the prelimin-
AIRY hearing held to Investigate the
death of Bernard Woodmansee, also
Santa Fe trainman, Sunday after
noon, from gunshot wounds inflict-
ed by Edwards Friday evening.
Edwards was held to answer to
a charge of murder, and released
on bail of $4,000, furnished by Rob-
ert Moore, R. X Shaffer and Mrs
Ellen Garrett Extenuating cir
cumstances attending the shooting
permitted the accused to be releas-
ed on bond. His appearance be-
fore the court will be called for
some time in October or November
it is stated by attorneys.
C. D. McCauley represented Ed
wards at the hearing, and Phil A.
Sawyer county attorney, conduct
ed the prosecution. Sawyer called
a number of witnesses to the stand
at the preliminary hearing. The
defense offered no evidence.
Woodmansee was shot twice by
Edwards last Friday evening
when found trespassing at the
home of Edwards. The latter al
legged that at the time of the shoot
ing he did not know who the tres
passer was, but had been warned
by neighbors and his wife that on
previous evenings some one had
been prowling about the home. Ed
wards awaited the arrival OF the
trespasser on Friday evening, and
on his appearance, Edwards states,
he commanded him to halt, which
Woodmansee did not do, but start
ed to run, first away from Edwards
and then turned toward him, at
which time Edwards fired the two
shots, one taking effect in the alb
domen, the other in the chest.
Woodmansee fled after the Sec
ond shot, and ran to the home of a
friend, four blocks away. Edwards
gave himself up to the police, who
sought out the injured man at the
residence where he had taken
refuge.
Woodmansee was taken to the
hospital at Gallup and died follow
ing an operation Sunday afternoon.
The operation disclosed that one
of the bullets had penetrated
Woodmansee's heart, from top to
bottom. His heart was removed
and sent to an eastern clinic for
study. No parallel case is on rec
ord, where a man, shot through
the heart, had been able to run the
distance he did, climb two high
fences in his flight, live during the
one hundred and fifty-mile trip to
the hospital, walk from the train
to a waiting ambulance, survive an
operation, regain consciousness and
live almost forty-eight hours after
the injury.
The remains of Bernard Wood
mansee were laid to rest Wednes-
day morning in the cemetery at
Wickenburg, following funeral
services which were held at the
Presbyterian church beginning at
10 o'clock. The services were con-
Quoted by the minister of the Trim
ity church.
Train No. 210, running between
Prescott and Phoenix, was held one
hour during the service in tribute
to the dead man, as every member
of the crew on the train were for
mer friends, and the engineer and
firemen were lodge brothers.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Engineers, of Pres
colt, where Woodmansee originally
joined the lodge, was well repre-
sented at the funeral. Pallbearers
were Harry Pike, M. J. Carroll fire
man of Winslow; Lester White
fireman; M. l.. Shackleford, engin-
eer; E. J. Dignan, conductor, and
Lee Station, brakeman, all OF
Wickenburg.
Beautiful floral offerings were
received from the firemen's lodge
of both Winslow and Prescott, from
the MasOns, business men, Ladies
Aid, and the railroad men of Wick
enburg, and from many individuals
of both Wickenburg and Winslow
Mrs. Bernard Woodmansee anC
baby daughter, who left Winslow
Tuesday with the body which was
shipped through Tuesday morning
from Gallup, where death occurred
returned to Winslow yesterday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Woodmansee
Herbert Woodmansee and Berry
Woodmansee. accompanied the
body from Gallup to Wickenburg
they having arrived in Gallup Sun
day, the day of his death.