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Show NKCtl SS NECK. A Noiaier MurilerM a Kerireui aul In Unused to the Rlclue 1 oi me L.tiurl leu I. Hat Creek, Wy., 15. At Silver Springs, twenty-five miles south of here, a man of Company A, Third oavalry, one of the three now en route to the Hills, r.arued Kennedy, while uuder the influence of .liquor, threa. ened the life of a sergeant of his company, com-pany, named Schatfiur, but was prevented pre-vented at the lime from carrying his threat into execution. Hnorilv ufW arriving in oaiupiu the evening Ken-ncdy Ken-ncdy procured a oi.rr.ino, went to the tent where be supposed BohanfW would be found, and opening the ti in fired at the first man he saw, killing him instanlly.jbut instead ofSchapffer it proved to be John A. Vau noil, rust sergeant of tM) company. Kennedy waa immediately disarmed and put under churKo of a guard. Great excitement prevailed among the men of the company by whom Van Moll waa greatly respected re-spected aod some lime during tho night the guard wui overpowered, a blanket being throtvo over his head and ( at daylight tHs morning the body of Kennuly .v,.. luund suspended to he ridge pole ui U,e guard tent by the neck. Life was extinct. Vau Moh s body was brought here to day and will be forwarded to morrow to I'ort L:iramio lor interment. |