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Show CHARGED "WITH MURDER. A Wjomfni Contnttor Accused or KlllluJ a U. P. Era.tnuu. 1KB CASK IXTTliaTEn TODAY lleforo Jnd, Ziec Tlie llefen'laat TnllflM la llli Uim Ileltalf. J.ut ulght n trick maun and build liigoonlratlor named John White waa arreted lu thla oily ty Deputy L'nlltd HUtc-iMaralialC'aniioiioiiarriiultlllon from Iheactlnjdjveriiorol Wyomlnv. cliargliiR hint Willi murder. A Wyoming alierlll arrlrnl lure yreterday, wlUi ir for the arreat of tho accuml man, but owlug to certain clrcumrtancw conneoled with tlio caw thai could not In aatirfactorlly explained, Governor Thomaa ordered that the prlaoner lie ke t In tuitody until Ike matter could lie properly veutlltliil. Today the raao came up In theThlpI Ilialrlct Court licfora Judgo Xm, Judge I'oweiaapnearlttiiaa attorney fur the u reiiJ.vil.wlillo tho Union I'arlflo Hallway Company la leprraenlrd by Meaara. Wllliame and Vnu Cott. The defendant alleiteathtf lie I' nil-lawfully nil-lawfully aud Illegally reatralued aud Imprlaoneil In contravention of the oonatltutlon arid tavva of the United rllatea and Tvrrltvrlea, and that ho waa aiteaunl on March II, In thla city by United Hlatea Marshal l'emtiua uimn r warrant Mied byUoveriior'IliauiKi., umii demand of tliu nclliiK iroveriior of Wyoming. The defe'ndanl further alleea thai audi demand for arrt-at wan made ujnii an arlldavlt aworu to bi a Union I'aclflo conductor, chanting him with murder, and thataald a.lldavlt l not authentic, and that aald purported warrant waa not Iwicil hy a Juallce of the H'ace. Ilealan allegtwthat he waa arreitnlat llock HrrliiK", Wyoming, on or about the IStii day ol July, lblHi, upon a warrant la-ucl by a Juitlca of the pewi forMldaupiuaod murder. That urou a preliminary trial ho waa released and Immediately came U thl city, wiieru heliai ln-ej n-.IJeil. That he waa charged with Mid purivrled murder IfcauM he waa riding utain n freight train of Ihe Union I'aclflo Jtallroad upon which auch pur-ported pur-ported murdrreil man waa a brakemtn, and thatdurlng the night time ho waa Informed and litltavra that raid brake. man fell nir talil trjlll and waa anted or waa knocked oirby aomopenron other thail lllmaelf. The defendant clalmi alao that lie waa entitled to ill" upon tald train lu-R.iniich lu-R.iniich a ho had till forlheaame. He ulraallegea that the train lundi Nfit him on the dead Willi a revolver, aud that aoveral ii'itol ahola were fired nt him, Ida colt Udng per.'orAl. eil by leaden la1la In thno C lucre, aud lliat one of the uli. tnok.eirect In hi leg. 1I talra further f-nt a rope wat put arot nd ' lila neck auj tiat he waa lied to the rui iMtuud dragged ,and beaten Into Inieutlblllhr. For audi allege.1 maltreatment the defendant aeeka damagca lu the turn of 110.01)11. , He alao altrllaitea Ida rr-arieat lo mallcloiianna ou tho it of the Union I'Anfla Ilallway company lu order to prejudice the mlnda of the Jury, aud to iiruvcut verdict of damage ai prayed for. The defendant Urtlfled In hi own behalf. HaailJlI am the plalntlfT In tlila caaii, am In charge of an officer; have lived lu thla city alnce Augutt latt: have been employed on the Kuutaford Hotel; am. n builder an I contractor by occuinllou; my homo I In WeM County, Colorado. UtiJuly 4 I board ul a I'nlou 1'aeifla freight train at Cheyenne nnd rode to Laramie; paid the conductor a half dollar therefore; there-fore; aeveral Sramix were ait oir Ihe train at the hut named place; ou July filli, I.tioarder another train at hartmlo with the Intention ol going In Oirdrn. When I to dlacovcred by Ihe conductor he aeked me If I hail any "dough," I amwercd only u little, and ottered him fifty cuntj; he replied that thla waa not auflU'lent; In addition to the money, I offered him two allk liaudkerclilefr; hethen told me that I could continue my Journey uuiuo leatMl; the train bail prom-Jed hut a ahort dtitance when I wa eccoated li' abrakeiuan, who took a flask ol whlaky from Ida ocket and aaked me to drink with him; I replied that I had not tailed lutoilcanta for four monllia aud had eaten nothing for tlueo dayaand that under audi circumstance 1 dared not dilnk. The brabemaii then left iinsiarliiK that ho would toon return with aomethliig for mo local; I never aw him again. In a few minute the train hand came ta the car on which I waa riding and beat, hot and otherwise maltreated me. A ruj-n wna alafi put around my neck aud I wua dragged behind the rear car until my body waa covered wild bleeding wounds. I finally tuccecded In with, drawlug my head from the rope and eacaiird from my murderou purauera. For three dara I wandered In the mountains without food or water, after which I wa arrested and taken ta ltawllns, Wyoming. I)n the ltllii of the aamo month n preliminary examination waa held Ichiro Ic-hiro a utlc of Ihe iaco and While waa dlacharged. Thebue wa In progroa when Ike NKWHWOUtlll'MM. |