Show JIS iwanio am oi il me vi THE TALE TOLD BY THE MURDERER verdict rendered by die coroners jarv on tuesday we published a special dispatch in relation to the horrible tragedy which occurred on sunday afternoon near oasis on the same day of the terrible occurrence april ath joshua Bennet fc of deseret mailed tho following A shooting affair transpired about half past four this afternoon when soen christensen and wile were returning home from attending meeting ho was met in the road and stopped by john A wright and shot in the face by the latter with a double shotgun shot gun scattering aces of his head brains and blood on his difo and all around it appears that the two men had quarreled this morning over something and that wright had got his gun and waited for christensen as he had his mulo tied to a fence by the road the body was taken to the residence of tho justice of the peace where an inquest is now being held but tho verdict will be too caieto be mailed this evening at 4 this afternoon an ex was held in the justices court when W V black appeared for tho defendant who waived examination and asked that he be admitted to bail prosecuting attorney jos 9 giles asked that bail be denied bail was denied and the defendant was committed to the custody of the sheriff of millard county to await the action of the grand jury not a member of the mormon church on the following day the same correspondent sent the following by mail t send you the particulars of the killing of thoren christensen by jas A according to the evidence given at the inquest it seems there had been a difficulty existing between the parties for some time it appeared from wrights statement that christensen claimed wright owed him 1800 for which he was to haul him cedar posts while wright claimed that he had already paid him some hard words were used and wright states that christensen threatened to kill him christensen afterwards drove off and told some parties that wright had threatened him and he traded for a pistol but did not have any cartridges for it he laid it in the bottom of his wagon and attended meeting with his wife and children when going homo he was met by and ordered to take back the words ho had used in the morning but would not do it and dared wright to shoot wright claims he was reaching for his pistol abc the time he shot although this is denied by Christon sons wife who was sitting by him ano weapon used was a double gun the charge striking christensen in the face tearing away all one side of it and tho skull scattering bones brains and blood all over the woman and the brush along the road after the scooting snoot ing walked to the resi dence of the justice of the peace leigh cropper who disarmed him and went lack to the place of the tragedy he found the dead man lying against the back of the wagon seat ho then returned home summoned a jury and held an inquest tho verdict was to tho effect that soren christenson Christens cn there lying dead came to ins death by a gunshot gun shot wound at tho hands of james A wright with felonious intent the aurora were john L allred edwin walker and gilbert hunt |