Show I WAS A C1llE111LUO1IED MUROtR I I RIDDING OF CHRIS HAAS AT NEW FORK WYOMING j Pierce Was Jealous of the German and Shot Him Full of Holes Without With-out Provocation Special to The Herald Lander Wyo Oct 21In the coroners coro-ners Investigation of the killing in the New Fork country that occurred Oct 7 in which Thomas G Pierce shot and instantly killed Chris Haas and then rode to Lander and gave himself up and claimed that he had to kill Haas to save his own life it developed that Pierce had planned to kill Haas and did It in a most cruel and coldblooded manner Coroner W H Schoo returned from the scene of the tragedy today after a searching examination and crave out the following evidence which was obtained ob-tained by the coroners jury Pierce and Haas met at the ranch of James Westfall near New Fork post Office ate supper together and then walked out through the back door of the house towards the stable where Plerces horse was tied to the hitching rack While walking down the path together they were conversing low tones that could not be heard by Mr WeBtfall who tXas not more than 20 steps from them when Pierce exclaimed ex-claimed That is what I want you to do and drew his sixshooter and placed it against Slaas side and tired Haas fell but Pierce continued firing until he emptied his gun inflicting three wounds any one of which would have proved fatal He then jumped on his horse and came to Lander Haas was a quiet hard working German Ger-man who was trying to get alon In an honest way He was engaged to one of Mr Westfalls daughters and they were to be married in a short time It appeared from the evidence that Pierce was jealous of Haas and took this means of disposing of him Pierce is known everywhere as Tex and is the owner of an elk ranch in the New Fork country and made his living for the past six years catching elk calves and raising them for Astern parties lIe is known as a bad man and all of his neighbors are afraid of him fearing to give their testimony at the inquest He will be arraigned for praliminary hearing tomorrow |