Show THE HOMICIDE why pardon dodds killed willliam william crane news was received and published in this city of the killing of wm win crane by U J S commissioner dodde dodd at veroa verna uintah county on november mb A conerd ir was w held judge dodds was arrested and at the pro examination tie he was released on boog ball bail the circumstances of the shooting are given as related by eyewitnesses eye witnesses al AI kone testified both at the inquest and the examination and stated that tie was in browns saloon on the day of the killing about 12 was playing billiards with william crane the murdered man dodds joined us in a game of dodds and crane had a few words over the game and we then turned to eight ball pool during the game crane took one of dodds balls and put it in his bis own rack and thereby won the game dodds said nothing the next net game crane took one of my balls andrut it in his rack which made him ahr three e e dodds had seven balls bailas mr stalnaker Stel was there the ra rack ck would not hold the balls properly and in fixing it put some of dodds balls ini in cranes rack by mistake which when found out oui started dodale dodds to take the ball out crane said be had bad three balls and dodds said he only had two then they commenced to quarrel by this time crane was pretty drunk and abused dodds by calling him a liar and a accused dodds mather of being a liar and in fact called him everything he be could thia think of dodds 0 offered hered to pay for the game and took his seat refusing refu aina to quarrel with him crane went to the bar and paid for the game calling all hands hanaa up to drink except dodds saying he did not want to drink witti with that thal offering to tight fight dodds either with a W winchester in six shooter or a knife he remarked that he did not hive have the weapons with him but that they were up to bob reynolds mr luxen the barkeeper told him it if he wanted any row he would have to go outside crane then offered to fight luxen saying he was not afraid of him crane then invited john mcandrews to drink with him he declined whereupon crane wanted to fight him either with a six shooter or gun I 1 succeeded in getting him out of doors and we went to Ereck send sens saloon where he said it he played a game with us ns he would have to take off his bis coat which he did putting it behind the bar he then went back to browns and he again invited all hands up to have a drink excepting that a of 0 a b 11 meaning dodds I 1 got him out of the saloon and he be asked me to saddle his horse and he would ride him homede was leaning against the hitchin batching bit ching post ost and laughed wt at in me because I 1 Z diet not get the saddle on the horse the first time I 1 was on the south of crane and he was wa looking at me I 1 saw dodds come out ot the saloon and walk up to crane saying straighten up here you a of a b 11 shooting himat him at the sane same time crane tell and dodds shot him four times after he fell dodds then theo ran up to crane and kicked him in the head saying lay there you a of a b 11 dodds then turned and went into the saloon crane was unmarried I 1 had been acquainted quain ted with crane about two or three weeks he told me he be came from mexico but his folks live in texas he told me he be barbad had bad quite a few fights with w ith the mexicans uriah mowrey testified that thai he was in vernal on the tha coop co op store steps about half past 4 or 5 on the afternoon of november when he saw a man walk out of browns saloon and go to a man leaning against a bitching batching bit ching post saying sayin 9 to him straighten up 1 at the same time almost instantly shooting the man who immediately fell the man shots in rapid succession and in a few seconds fired another shot I 1 thereupon went over to the saloon and saw the murdered man lying on the ground lie he was not dead but gasp gasping ng he lived about as near as I 1 can judge five minutes james coupe gave testimony similar to that of mr mowrey witnesses also testified that crane was not armed when his body was searched all that was found was a pocket knife and 2170 21 70 in money in a pocketbook pocket boak joseph laxen testified to the quarrel in the saloon he said crane called caled dodds csome awfully bad names and made two attempts to 10 strike him with a billiard cue dodds hegard off saying in g he did nut want to fight crane said a id be b e just itched ditched to get hold of a man like dodds and would tight light him front from is a penknife to any weapon he would name in tile tae course of his abuse abase he said be would kill that a of a b 11 meaning dodds saying that be ba had ld got away with a better man before leaving the saloon he stated he would kill dodds dadds before dark or before sun sundown clown I 1 am not sure which expression he did use I 1 did not see sec any ti 11 earms on crane but I 1 naturally supposed used he was fixed dodds could have avoided the snoot ing ine by running away several other witnesses testified similarly to mr luxen dodds made BO statement except that when tie be was arraigned he said 1 I kilien ibe mau mail but bill ln in self defense and when the testimony teH was closed stated to the justice that the ses dad toe druia b the trial cf aucie dodds will come 11 up p in the first district court at provo prove |