Show TRAGEDY details odthe of the killing aby wild bill johnson Jo linson from tho messa county colo mail tho the following detailed account of tho the killing hilling of bort bert Tor by bill johnson at thompson springs is is taken john may harry cogswell and a young lawer named brennan three nomadic gentlemen wore were au at thompson tho the san juan s no their way bill johnson was semi intoxicated and thought thou glit that he would have a little sport for himself by forc f eing those men to dance to the music of his six shooter it is needless to say that they all complied As soon as johnsons attention was called to another direction the throe started on a run for a hiding place this retreat was soon discovered by bv tho the des who commenced to empty a repent repeat ing rifle at them but miraculously missed hit hitting I 1 hem atheni lie reloaded his weapon and commenced a in every direction and as claimed by him shot U bert an inoffensive and respect respected od cowboy those who know say that johnson had a grudge against bert and it was no accident that killed hilled him in the mean timo time the three tourists had made unprecedented timo time in increasing the distance between them and the springs john may returned to Thomp thompson sons in time to see johnson kill and was with the horse thief 1 just before ho he skipped shipped out upon the promise 0 of f A may kay that ho he would be ta a witness for defense johnson promised to do hini him no bodily harm barm but would kill hill him if ho he betrayed him attorney R A birker of cisco utah says that a posse of cowboys are after johnson and will avenge tho the death of their lowman fellowman fel mr birker says that he has known wild bill johnson for nearly ton ten years and knows him to bo ba a murderer cow and horse thief squaw man and notoriously tough nian man he 1710 says that the citizens are determined that johnson shall bo be brought t to jus tico and an end bo be put to his law george byan returned from tho the san JUM juan country tuesday morning and told the mail man that wild bill balf hold held up his party and a party q of aspen miners while on their way to the san juan diggings johnson wanted whiskey and it would bo be superfluous to add that ho he ran against tho the wrong gang to make his bluff good it is hoped by the time our next issue is in print that tho the body of wild bill johnson tho the chickens hearted white livered cowardly blustering cur dog in a cowboys cowboy clothing will bo be dangling in tho the breezes of the air that ho he has contaminated |