Show OE E MILL MILLER ER J JR rn VICTIM OF at FOUL MURDER OAB YOUNG MAN SHOT TO DEATH AS RESULT OF DRUNKEN BRAWL ad id ejected disturbers of the peace from his place of business when one of them fired at him through closed door ed coltrell cottrell charged with crime jo joseph ceph 11 I 1 miller jr twenty two years of age son of mn mr and urs rs J V miller prominent citizens of moab was shot through he ie head at about yesterday afternoon in the pool all I 1 at thompsons Thomp sons song and died as a result of the wound last night it t 1055 ed cottrell of green river said to be twenty one cars eug old is charged with firing the shot which killed young flier cottrell was arrested a short time after the shooting and ys as brought to moab where he was lodged in the county jail A A oro ners inquest was held today at thompsons Thomp sons and the jury re umed a verdict that young miller came to his death as a result alt f a gunshot wound feloniously inflicted by cottrell james warier edof of green river is also being held in custody as a material wit ip and a possible accomplice in the homicide the shooting came as the result of a drunken brawl abed in by cottrell warner and H C watt which took place in he pool hall young miller who was aas the owner ana an proprietor f the pool hall had been trying to get the three drunken men i ut of the house and from the evidence it appears that he did succeed A in getting watt and cottrell at least to leave it ap tears s that miller pushed cottrell out and closed the door just a as 9 ie e dosed the door cottrell who m was as on the outside pulled his re olver and shot five times through the door one of the bullets truck young miller near the center of the forehead the ball nging through the top of the head and emerging in the back below the crown of the head the evidence 0 so o far indicates hat no one besides young mil er wah in the pool room at the me une he fell shortly thereat er W J meador and 11 0 1 att vent ment into the house and I 1 w aw thi boy lying on the floor nose lose b the door he w was as bleeding beding profusely from the aund in his head and was as un louscious lon on helped cottrell leave town immediately after the shooting ng cottrell went behind the I 1 tool hall to the cabin of Willi will loore where he had been staying I 1 ng james warner who was ft t the pool hall when the shoot ang 9 took place told cottrell that e had killed a ahn man and he had bad etter get a horse and leave at we nce for his ranch at the mouth f the san rafael warner and she tomlinson caught a orse and helped cottrell into he saddle Cottrell left towards reen river accor according aing to his wn statement he was very trunk runk at the time of the shoot ng n and did lid not know he had aled anyone after riding a ew w miles he states he decided 0 return to thompsons Thomp sons and he barted back he was met by auty sheriff frank meador nil nd a po ae of citizens a short stance from thompsons Thomp sons sops and arrested deputy meador left nh ith the prisoner for moab im lately meeting sheriff heer murphy at valley city the aff brought the prisoner idoner on moab and ind lodged aim him in jail 1 is evident that cottrell had lahr hidden or throan away he e re revolver Olver a 45 colts auto abic lic with which he did the booting oo ting immediately after the shoot word of the tragedy was ced ed fo to moab and J P mil j father a er of the boy dr 1 I W W en sheriff sheri heber murphy wy attorney ey charles kel Js tomey orney C A robertson antl several other cithens left at t lor for Thomp thompsons sons upon ar aal yal there they found that e miller was still alive dr yen ea and dr G Q christensen f 1 ago made an examination f the wound and saw that it L 3 unquestionably fatal no could bedone be done t to avert ath h as the ball had u the brain it is c considered ezal kable able that the young man eight and hours fler t one half receiving the wound he ile ir regained ed consciousness all a 6 e of the shots fired by atrell ident went through th louell he the front hfalls hk h k of the pool P hall ball one of pene penetrated grated the floor door at bout the right height from the floor to have struck TI miller filler in the head had he been standing c it is believed this ball struck him and caused his deti booze part preceded shooting the statements of the various witnesses given informally last night and at the coroners inquest today were to the ef feet that ed cottrell leslie tomlinson and clyde tidwell arrived in thompsons Thomp sons tuesday ind and went to the cabin of will moore to stav sta they camped with moore that night and the follain following ing morning james warner came up from green river on the tramp coal train warner cottrell and moore bere ere iere at the cabin yesterday forenoon and were ere joined there by 11 C watt proprietor of the thompsons Thomp sons hotel they went out to moores stable where a gall gallon on jug of was produced and all had a drink then they returned to the cabin taking the booze with them they had some more drinks watt warner and cottrell went over to the pool hall ball moore stayed at his cabin saying he was sleepy and went to bed it appears that one of the men took the jug of Nh whiskey iskey to the pool hall and the evidence indicates that watt was the man the three men commenced drinking A Alex mexican ican S D valor valerio io came in cottrell got into a quarrel with the mexican and they started to fight warner then jumped into the fight grabbing a bottle from the bar wa watt itt stepped in at this point and told the mexican to go out warner and watt got into an argument followed 10 ed by a fight warner struck watt on the head with some object inflicting a wound it appears that at this point the fight subsided and arid young miller jiller who had not been drinking was making an effort to get the men to stop their jangling and leave leae the room and they agreed to do so part of the evidence indicates that warner and watt W went ent out of the pool room and resu resumed med the fight on their u way ay out As cottrell stepped out or was vas v pushed d out by miller he pulled his 1113 gun and fired shooting 01 over his left arm into the door mcador meador manager of the utah ea eastern stern store S saw aw C cottrell ottrell fire into the door mr meador was vas standing in the door of the store some thirty yards dis tant he ile saw watt in front of the pool hall he testified at the inquest today but he did not see warner there which indicates that warner may noti not have left the hall with the others A short time later he I 1 saw warner coming out of an J outhouse out houge in i n the rear of the pool I 1 hall and warner declared he knew nothing about any shooting and had heard no shots the rear pool hall door was wida wid open sir air meador said see cottrell shoot neither warner nor watt claim to have seen cottrell shoot although th the were within a few feet of him according to their own testimony they say they heard the shots cottrell claims he as so drunk following the fight in the hall that he does not know what happened he ile declares he does not remember shoot 1119 and states that the first he knew of the shooting was when warner told him he be had killed a man and had better leave town the evidence of all of the witnesses indicates that young miller had not been drinking and this information is corroborated by disinterested parties who saw him only a short time before the shooting the evidence of several witnesses indicates that watt furnished the jug of moonshine waunera war nera nees statement is to the effect that after drinking at moores cabin he and cottrell went to the pool hall followed by watt he ile said he does not know whether or not watt took the jug of whiskey along with him but it was the same kind of a jug that they had had at moores the three men had six or seven I 1 drinks at the pool hall ball there were yvere two to mexicans with them Ano another mexican came in and cottrell asked him to drink the mexican refused and anti cottrell made for him warner claims he be stepped in between cottrell and the mexican and told the latter to leave end he refused then warner er grabbed a bottle and watt stopped him watt and wamer warner according to the statement of the lat ter then got into an argument which soon developed into a fight and the two to men clinched and fell watt kicking warner in the month mouth young miller and cottrell separated the men and they starred outside but the two men started to fight again the shooting then occur oe currel warner states he then went to bill moores cabin behind the pool hall ball and told moore there had been soma som shooting and somebody biad had been shot cottrel cottrell then came up and N V amer mer a told him he be had killed a man rian and ain had better get on A horse and leave for the san rafael warner claims there was no quarrel be between teen joe miller and cottrell will aill moore verified the statement amade made by the others as to their being at it bis ins cabin he ile drank with them I 1 at his stable and in his cabin but did not riot go to the fol pool ball hall he ile was asleep he sam sald when the shooting took place he ile was awakened later by some talking outside the cabin and some one he thought werner warn aid take any horse in fhe the outfit 0 cottrell cottre 11 left and warner told bloore that cottrell had killed joe miller moore did not believe wamer warner he said pid declaring clarine de that he might have v tailed killed watt or some of the rest res t but not joe he did not believe mhd continued on pig page tight eight r air JOE MILLER JR JIL VICTIM OF FOUL MURDER continued from tint first pace page story until he saw joe lying on the floor goor mortally wounded walt wait tella tells of fight 1 if C watt proprietor of the thompsons Thomp sons hotel told of drinking with the men at moores place lie ile stated he did not know where the whiskey came from ho lie told of go WK ing to the pool hall where he took a drink he lie claimed to have tried to ait at as u a peacemaker between wamer warner and valeno valerio the mexican and attempted to separate them the next lext ho he remembers he declares he was lying on the ice ire in front of the pool hall and had been struck on the atad hi ad he ile states state he was too groggy to see what had happened fig a result of the blow on his head ceslie tomlinson who ho is a half brother of ed cottrell and a nephew of f warner by marriage stated that he and tidwell were vere not at moores moore 3 abin hen the men were drinking thi re Ti ditwell Twell was petting getting ready to leave for the san rafael and did leave before watt warner and cot trell went ent to the pool hall ball after the men went to the pool hall tom linson linon staved with moore a while and then started for the store As A he I 1 assed assert the pol mol hall he heard ome jangling going on inside and he to the rear door he lie saw toe loe miller and ed cottrell standing together apparently in a frienda fri endl manner and cottrell who was drunk introduced them in a loud and bome Ahat profane manner tomlin xon on said and warner were engaged in a fight and he went back 0 the cabin and anti told moore later hi h heard the shots fired he ile stated he got a horse hone for coltrell cottrell and arid as jiam warner in setting getting cottrell started towards green river he lie left on a bay horse belonging to will moore tomlinson states that the th gun cottrell atrell had was evidently his ht tomlinsons Tomlin sona sons he ile said he had bad nut it in moores cupboard when he bathed tia cheil town and did not know it had ben taken until after cottrell had gone one S D valerio a mexican said he went into the pool hall about 1 30 and arid cottrell called him a mexican s of A b and started after him wamer warner he said also hit him the mexican was as trying to fight back when hen watt separated them he lie stated that joe miller then advised him film to go out and he be did io to jury finch find i killing felonious A coroneas coro coroner nees jury was sworn in last night by justice C L ClIris un und an examination of the body was made Th the ejury jury was composed of charles lapham C W kmer and C F carter A postmortem post mortem examination of the body was made by dr G Q christensen of sego seco today the jury heard heird the testimony offered on behalf of the state by county attorney charle charles kelley and attorney C A robertsen who had been retained as special counsel for the state the jury returned a verdict ct bolding holding that the young man had come to his death as the result of a gunshot cun shot wound inflicted by ed cottrell and that euch such killing wai was felonious the body of the oung man is to day being prepare prepared for burial by an undertaker from grand junction and will be brought to moab this evening accompanied by the stricken parente parents who went to thompsons Thomp sons last night upon receipt of the tragic new ew while arrangements for the funeral had not been completed this 1 morning the services will wu probably pre bably I 1 ix lit hill I 1 I 1 f froin rom tin tho III ii idill 1 rith eith or r P ri ims aeto rno n or Sn olt no on oil A tho thorough tough i of tin tho pol pool hull hall prin 1 isep wit wax nihill af last liy fly yo 1 icil futch unit anti crank I Alin ifor and it T adwards 1 S so liduor li bior in ciny form we kap found chip further idars 1 out th tho I 1 hint lilt t young mill lille r capt hii ri I 1 it its if f hilll it 1 ing anti to 1 thi in oun ll 11 of it ir or N f aih hi wits in nr no we N ibid chith ii foncil i hi pun iio li malti hix him prot rth in hs I 1 bragd i ti dialls 11 if ih iraq ll 11 n h nt IH ia r rv U MI I 1 hinoa ant inan impo lf ait il to tho eitrem f f t I 1 th h hit sta ml I 1 and t ml in lit Is 1 wid ill tit i ravioli F of I 1 t aho A ho li it d 1 I in III ni I 1 rigi o 0 I 1 v uny ax lit tri II 11 out ul lown on of I 1 hi M rn r I 1 of it pi lit nw ing lit ml 1 it lovit g NO futler t r unil and in thir hav bun null iliin vil of it up oil right son of th lint in liquor lii inori and other law it wim chih h has I 1 iwohn como alloo th er to omm n mt 1 abid of th h fount count I 1 hn lie new news f the trag oid h Is thrown a H pull pall of 11 over aboab unit an grand count that thin this right amrin houll be ile strick il down bethune of the criminal law Isane 1 sm of othorn make makes the tragedy lem nil all the more pitiable A sense of deenet indignation han has arisen us u it result of the fatal shooting hootan hoot ln and public I 1 Is keenly aroused against the evil evils of the and bootlegging traffic if the prea pres ent sentiment in fit any criterion the of poison booze will here utter after find little welcome within the limit limits of grand county the officer officers will without doubt find scores of willing helpers in their efforts to ap and bang to justice the criminals who are at the bottom of the moonshine hine trade in grand coun ty joseph P miller jr or joe boy a as he was affectionately known by byl hip countless friends was bom born at moab Dt cember 22 1001 1901 and spent his hi entire life here the eldest son of one ohe of the town most prominent romi nent and highl respected citizens citizens he enjoyed a wide acquaintanceship and he wan was liked and admired by all who knew him generous clean minded honest and sympathetic he was a general favorite among his young associates and the younger people of moab are today mourning the loss of one who was more than ordin ordinarily anly dear to them joe attend cd ed the moab schoola schools and last year graduated from the local high school it was his ambition to continue his educational work and last he took over the pool hall in order to make funds to pay his own way through college recently he closed a deal for the sale of the hall and shortly after the first of the near i ear he went ent to salt lake |