Show aa rf f v RS A 1 1 YA W r I 1 ir 0 yi altercation ALTER CATON OVER HORSES LEADS TO TRAGEDY IN SHEEP va vernal ir VA I 1 ft man tin killed IN thursday in wy wyoming HY AGRI COMPANION IN word was received ta in verbal on friday eve even alag tag eel seat by lawreene Lawre eee sed miller to his brother lh etem lb la law lee that george adams bad had b hee shot and killed to la kemmerer Keer er W wye and for or mr lee te to inform the mother aether mra mrs barah barak A adams living la in ashley ward oa on saturday herl brix U son get got in 1 with sheriff oakley ef of lincoln county kemmerer wye who een Armed the a awn and at th one hut but irue detail dea doa of the hoet lae was wan given gives bid aey may morris a rether la law ef of tho deceased left lot t bunday te to bring the body borne home aad and arrived bere ea wednesday afternoon mr merrl soa scra told athe following details of tale shooting binm at the bold kold monday aa as told by mr otway the man who killed mr adams the two men were herdter askp for mr wattle wattis a prominent raiser of kemmerer aad and had jut just returned after making a t ef of lambs east it appears ft etwell a man between 67 7 aad and GO 40 yeara years ef at age was a drinker ot of aad and that adams the day before had h boro to lopal bo pal a little town where whore they got ou duites Ites aad and asked the merchants not to ell sell aay any ek extracts tracts aa as mr wattle wag wan away aad and he ba could set not aad stand tor for the drin klog of hta his eom pasion 1 thursday evening ere alag te to the story of he bame to camp with the work keeses aad and grained them in zone bags whee when adams came la in with the pack aad and addle horses be he unsaddled placing the saddle to the right fot tat the earp wagon sear near the door aad and ea on chieh was the 2 2636 26 36 calibre damp rifle takina taken E Ms his honee to the other side he took the nose bags troa from tire the work horses turned them loose and chased them away tying his coraee to the front wheel and graining thea them he then went to supper la in the tits canyo wagon the work horses came hack back and started bulling pulling ok the nose hags bags from the caddle korsos adams jumped tram the wag on to chase the kors dorsee away aad and taking up the eaas threw it 11 at the fleeing bones horses the old map man protested and getting setting from the wagon was quarreling about the Inel deat he claims adams picked up another ax which was leaning against the wagon wheel and said ill chop your head off too t at the same time making for the old man visa with the ax he claims that la in self defence he ran for the rifle oa on the saddle and shot adams the bullet catering entering the right arm ranging through the body above tho the heart shotwell Bh otwell claims adams crumbled up with the ax in his arms arras and that he shot again this time the bullet striking adams under the shoulder blade aad slid coming out at the right grebl grein shotwell went to lopal where he ke phoned to mr wattle at kemmerer and then went to kemmerer aherin fihe riff oakley the coroner mr wattis wattle aad and shotwell returned that evening to the camp and found the body of adams on the opposite side of the wagon with the ax lying by hie side shotwell was wag charged with first fars degree murder and Is confined la in the lincoln county jail awaiting trial mr fr morrison Morr lson stated that bas brother in law was noted aa as baring ba ring the anent horse and cowboy outfit in 1 the state of wyoming hta his companions spoke in the highest terms of him ho he was unmarried the deceased was born may 30 1839 1889 in st johns arizona the son of mrs sarah A adams ot of ashley ward his ilia father jeff adams when last hoard heard from was living la in ari zona he also has one brother dave adams of watson and two als sisters mrs sidney morrison Morr lson of vernal and mrs may knudson of og den utah surviving he hip left vernil 14 years ago mr adams adamie and mrs knudson were both at the funeral funeral services were held thursday afternoon at ashley school lionso bishop E R A cramer presiding |