Show r The Grapevine Murder Oar reltders will remember the publication of an item about a week ago of a murder near Silver Beef but the correspondent failed to givt any minute details The following is taken from the last Silver Reel Miner On Sunday evening last about 6 oclock news was brought into town that a man named William Hillburn had been shot and killed at or near Grapevine Springs about two miles east of Silver Reef Officers immediately started for the scene of the tragedy where they f und the dead body of Hill burn and also placed under arrest James Pollard and J B Stephens both residents resi-dents of the Ref as tho alleged perpetrators per-petrators of the deed AS near a we can learn without having sworn testimony before us the circumstances leading t the unfortunate affair are abuut as follows Deceased ws a miner and for two or three months past had been working in the Buckeye Mine Some time last week he ordered Stephens to make hra a pair of boot promising to pay for them as loon as he drew his money at the mine In the meantime it is said that Pollard went Hiliburaa security to Stephens for 15 tbe price of tbe boot Soon afterward Hillburn drew IIB money from the Stormont Company and left town without settling the bill Hearing that the delinquent was at Grapevine Springs Pollard and Stephens went out there on Sunday evening and found him A quarrel ensued and Hill Hi burn was shot through the head being killed almost on the instant The body was brought to town and an inquest held on the following day the verdict rendered being t the effect that deceased came to his da tIi from n gunshot wound aid shot being fired out of a weapon iu the hands of J B Stephens In view of the fact that the accused on the following day waived their right t an examination befoie the local magi stratp it would at this particular time be unfair t give publicity to any unsworn statement aa to the circumstances at tending the killing and for that reason no such statement are printed Pollard was held in 1000 bonds and Stephens was committed t the county jail to await tho action of the grand jury which body meets on Monday next Hillburn was a native of the United State married aged about 3 years and un |