Show ANOTHER PARK CITY MURDER u charles axtell shoots and MW kills 1 l i 33 james ff bowen park city ind vicinity still holds hol daita it own as the head of shooting localities la in chia territory and tuesday night another killing was added to the list the dead man was named james ames bowen and his slayer is charles axtell both are miners and have been working as partners partner on a claim in what is is known as m snake creek gulch located within the wasatch Wasat cli county line on monday bowen and axtell were arrested for an infraction of the ardi nance ot of park city and lodged in jail they were released tuesday afternoon and 1 nd tuesday night started for bow dowens en B cabin in the gulch what occurred afterward after ter ward up to the time ol of the tha nir Is taken from axtell Ax tells s statement as an there were no witnesses on the dav nay up the two men got into a finally grew pretty hot anti and in 1 bon bowen en threatening to kill axtell aidell at this time neither of the men inen were ere mined armed but both knew there was BBS a loaded revolver colta Colts 45 calibre at the clio cabin don bowen en started out to fulfill fulfil ins his threat and axtell hurried forward to secure possession of the we weapon a poll both men went at full speed and it was wa a veritable race for life axtell proved the swiftest runner abild and reached the cabin a I 1 few ew yards ads ahead of bowen BOB en H he e sprang inside caught up tip the weapon and turned hick back just juat its as bowen came up quickly raising the revolver he fire fired ut three shots allots in rapid succession and bowen fell scotty hunter who was tn ili bed in his cabin near by heard the shots end and rushed out to where axtell was standing by the time lie he got there bowen was dead HUB was nearly midnight axtell was placed under orrest arrest and an examination into the case wilt will be made by commissioner cohen prosecuting attorney Attorn ev E 31 allison jr of summit county will conduct the case for the people bowen la Is spoken of as a bad manin the cam camps wa whore bore he has spent ills ili time and it is aps said paid ho he had not it a friend in park city ile he was a nolay quarrelsome fellow fello wand and whenever he got into a dis was in the habit of ting going for his gun n I 1 but was considered to be ae a toward coward by y t those 0 8 e who bo knew him on oil ono one occasion ho h 0 went went to salt lake with the avowed intention of the town but he quickly found lodgment in tile the cita jail and became quiet enough axtell on tho the other hand band is said all to tabe be a glet quiet peaceable man though he la Is very determined et and when lie he seta bets out to do anything will endeavor to carry it out news nelva since the above was in type news has reached us that the examination of charles axtell wits was held in park city yesterday afternoon before U V B S conr com cohen E M allison jr for the prosecution and D C me lau La vin esq esi tor for the d defense A num number er 0 of cwi witnesses t n e ases were examine dand the tha evidence presented was strongly stron I 1 in favor of the accused it ii alive apo earea ret ir from 0 ill the evidence to be more a case of justifiable u t homicide than of murder OJA axtell tel was committed to wait the action of tho the grand jury in default of 2500 bail |