Show I MURDER I A Young a at Hooper City Shoot anAged Man Twice And Kills Him Instantly What Appears to be a ColdBlooded Assassination On Monday while the general topic on business streets was regarding re-garding the killing of Fred Jones it became circulated that a murder ot a most coldblooded character had been committed at Hooper City a place located in Weber ounty and about eight miles from Ogden City The report was soon confirmed amid repor wa confrme ant from advices received last night i was ascertained that a young man named Peter Moore jr aged 25 years had on Sunday morning killed James Drvsdale aced about uo years Moore was arrested by Constable Belknap who turned him over to Sheriff Brown and Marshal Keyes who amsted his father also and both were taken to Ogden where hey are now in jail The will have a preliminary examination on Wednesday A coroners jury was impaneled before whom the following testi mony which suffices to give the facts was had and a verdict rendered ren-dered in accordance therewith Samuel Drysdale being duly worn said 1 and my father and brother started down the road to tear down our fence Peter Moore jr and his father came over and sat down near and Peter told my brother not to go too fa I told him when I came to his land to let me know Joseph my brother said to let me know and then Peter Moore jr turned around and called my brother a and then took off his coat and struck my brother on his nose so I spoke up and said I wouldnt take that and he made for my brother again and caught him My brother said My Christian friend I donc want t fight so he Peter Moore walked away and turned around and pulled a pistol Gut of his pocket My father turned toward u and told us boys t let them alono and with that Peter shot at my father He was about six feet from him when he shot My father then leaned over and Moore shot the second time the ball entering enter-ing the back of his head He was oing to shoot the third time when 1 jumped and grabbed the pistol with my right hand His father pulled me away and I jumped 1 hind him The father then held me out for Peter to shoot me and Peter drew the pistol on me I then umped behind his father the second time and Peter put the pistol in his pocket and walked off Joseph 1 Drysdale being duly sworn testified I have been working for L 1 Adams in Ogden and came home last night Tjiis morning mend me-nd my brother and father started to take down the fence and Peter Moore came up and told me not to come too far I told him when I came too far to tell me and with that he called me a dd Irish I told him I was a Christian and did nut want to light and with that lie truck me in the face and with that 1 struck at him and then I took him by the collar L let him gP and he walked away and put his coat on and then walked up to within six feet of my father I was about ten feet from my father when Moore shot at him the first time My ither bent over and Moore shot the second time the bal entering the jack of the head My father never straightened up Alter cue SHUt i ent my brother after the officers lid then Mr Moore and his son went home and Mr Moore got his gun and walked about the house on the outside This was Peter Moore senior Robert Todd being duly sworn said About 10 am 1 herd a pistol shot and then 1 heard another I then started to where I heard the pistol fired and met young Drysdale and he remarked My father is shot I went on down to where Mr Drysdale laid Peter Moore jr said to me Bob do you know any ling about this I told him N o sir and then he said Get out of this G you 1 will shoot you and I walked home When I went dead up I saw that Mr Drysdale was shot |