| Show THE MURDER AT DUCHESNE thomas collins colling held without ball r ills statement State rilie nt thomas collins the negro who was recently brought to the penitentiary tent iary from fort duchesne Duc chesne besne utah where he hd bad been under arrest charged with the murder of sergeant washington of troop B ninth cavalry was brought before commissioner norrell yesterday and when the complaint was read to him said he desired to waive examination and await the action of the grand jury at provo he was allowed to do so and was committed without bail the defendant however it appears soon eoon after the killing made a statement of the affair to tho the officers of th the e fort a copy of which was brought with the prisoner and which he yesterday acknowledged to a deputy was true it is as follows statement of private thomas collins colling troop B ninth cavalry with regard to his killing frank washington same troop FORT ulan october ath 1887 it occurred as follows gewere we were riding along together sergeant washington had bad a bottle of whisky he asked me to take some of it and I 1 told him no I 1 did not want to drink he said nobou G d son of ef a b you feel above me I 1 said you want to stop calling roe me that every avery time you get gat to drinking you call me that then he be said 1 I know there are lot of your that is against me and I 1 am going to get quits with you I 1 said 1 I dont want to have trouble withy with you ouI I 1 am going on ile he said no you stop here acre I 1 am going to settle with you right here I 1 looked back he was drawing his gun out of the boot fixing to load it I 1 jumped down off my horse on the far side of him and asked him what he be was going to do ile he said 1 I am getting tired of you d d figgers running over meI me I 1 started away from him leaving my horse on oil the left between me and him he be had gotten down off his horse he ha then got on his hie horse and I 1 got on mine 1 I said 1 I am going on to report to lieutenant burnett f lie he then reached back into his sad saddle dle pocket and got out a bottle of whisky and took a a drink then he said bald when I 1 get through with you you wont report to nobody he then drew his gun out of the saddle boot again and laid it across acress the saddle I 1 got in front of him as I 1 saw it and turned my horse towards him I 1 asked him what he be was wag going to do he be said 1 I will fix you G d you 21 commenced crying and got 0 off ff his horse I 1 got off mine and iran I 1 ran around in front of my horse he was standing with his back towards his horse trying to get the reins on his arm he threw up his gun to shoot his horse started and pushed his arm back I 1 saw he was trying to shoot and I 1 then shot being afraid that he would shoot me I 1 ran and caught the animal and and took it to lieutenant burnett I 1 was afraid to tell at the time I 1 did it I 1 was afraid the indians would lynch me the whole trouble was on account of the woman he was i living with as his wife we got our whisky bisk at green river the night before before flie ho got two bottles and I 1 got one none left at the time the trouble occurred the foregoing is my voluntary statement made by me to major james F randlett ninth cavalry commanding officer at fort duchesne utah and made without either threats promises or encouragement or soli citations of any kind on the part of said major randlett signed THOMAS COLLINS private troop B ninth united states cavalry witnesses LANCE SERVANT SERGEANT artilur ARTHUR HAYES company L I 1 twenty first infantry SERGEANT C H GOP company Compa riv B twenty first infantry A true copy HENRY D second lieutenant twenty first infantry post adjutant S L herald |
