Show OF STEALING PROBATE JUDGE DOBI KILLS A aia ballta A deed that aill blaud lioa by the courts the following account of tho killing of W SCra neof Sali pardon dodd tit vernal uintah county on friday last is from sundays tribune dodd and crane and a man by tho name of coon wore playing pool in the saloon at vernal owned by brown Sti on the afternoon of friday when the trouble occurred that led up to the shooting crane was drunk it seems and during the game stole two of dodds pool balls and afterwards stole two of coons ho was seen in the act by dodd both times and the last time dodd said to him crane if you cant pay for a game I 1 will pay for it but dont steal tho balls and try to chead at that crane became very abusive and used the most foul language which was sll directed at dodd and which he continued to use for about two hours and a half meantime the game had been discontinued and Sti in order to put an end to the trouble called all in the place up to drink all the men drank together after which coon and crane went up to another saloon dodd remaining at brown in about twenty minutes crane and coon returned to the saloon where dodd was still sitting around looking on at the games and crane called for all in the house to drink with him except that black s of a b referring to dodd 1 I dont want anything to do with him crane said and again commenced his vile abuse using the most obscene and disgusting language dodd took no notice of crane but sat down with a friend in a few moments crane came up and took a chair between dodd and the man to whom he had absen talking and said you black s of a b aint you got enough aint you going to beet aaa up dodd said twill set up the druks if it will shut up your mouth dodd then called for the drinks for tho house and all went up to drink and crane on drinking said heres health to the son of a b hoping yon will li babora tha sun lown Sti who was keeping bar said to coon who was standing with crane you had better take him home coon asked him if he would go home and he said ha was ready to go and that he was going up to bob reynolds to get a gun to kill the black s of a b with said he 1 I am going to kill that black s of a b before the sun goes down dodd did not hear this last remark as he was in the back part of the room at the time it was uttered and when coon and crane went out Sti called to dodd and told him what crane had said about killing him tailing him that he had better look out for crane thereupon dodd jerked out his pistol and said tt wont give him time to get his gun and immediately out of the place crane was leaning with his head against a hitching post in a kind of drunken stupor and dodd said to him wake up you s of Q b and die As he said this he put his pistol against the head of crane and sent a ball crashing through it killing him instantly As be lay on the ground dodd emptied his pistol in thu dead body three balls huking effect in the breast one in the back and one in the left leg dodd then gave himself up to a coa and was committed to jail un til morning when hu was examined before justice johnson and admitted to bail in 2000 this is a fair statement of the evidence so fur a 5 it was given crane is a cowboy cow boy and is said to have come from iron county ho is about 22 years of age he has had his index finger of the right hand up to the second joint amputated at the some time nobody knows anything about him except that he came to vernal about three weeks ago and had been during that time working for bob reynolds of vernal A resident of vernal last tuesday said that crane came from salina when he came to the town he had a horse but he sold it the day of the shooting and got on a espreo with the money |