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Show The Killing ef Lanpton. At about- o'clock a.m. yesterday Alexander Itangton, who was shot in a saloon In Park City tiie day previous, died. An Inquest was held at which Sheriff Weber gave the following account of the shooting: shoot-ing: "I had gone In about fire minutes before and had taken a clear, and was lichling It hen I heard lAngton call Mom a lickspl.tlo for ICearru. M called Laogton a liar, wbtn Langton struck him. Mo fell backwards and at ha fell be palled hi gun from his pocket and shot. I-angton ran out. I !rrabbd thogunandaiLc'l htm what he Lad done Moss replied: "Ho assaulted as-saulted mo." I placed him under ar rest at once s ud iiox possession of the gun. It wai a new -ll-ollbor Colt's double-a aion revolver.aad to tho best of my knowldgs be took it from Ms right bip pocket. Did nat see Liogion attempt to draw a gun. My attention was drawn to Mosi. Only ono shot was fired. I was smdlngabout three feet from Langton, and could have touched him." This account of the tragedy is doubtless correct, as it is corroborated corrobor-ated by other witnesses. Tho verdict ver-dict wa to the effect that Alex. Inugtou came to his death from the effects of gun!iot wounds received from the hands of Woodson J. Moss. |