Show from dailar APRIL 20 ROW BOW IM HE KILLED kirkland D HIS the readers of he fhe will remember the account of the kil killing linw on april ril at castle rock echo cation canon of thomas J kirkland a tramp ampt by oll samuel u V vincent incent a re resident of evans toa wyoming omin an inquest was held over t the b body of the dead man and the following to I 1 verdict rendered ay OF UTAH county of summit we the jurors in an inquest held over thomas bomio J X kirkland now lying dead before us as do hereby render our verith verdict and say that dece deceased aped thomas J kart kertland and came to his bis death by a gun shot hot wound received from the hands bands 01 f samael vincent without felonious intents and aad in bell defense L PHILLIPS 1 T A STAGG dalip dated cited abil april uth A D 1887 castle casti 1 0 rock kock ats station on echo canon summit 1 t co utah attest my hand band and seal this the jtb day of abill A D 1887 THOMAS BALL of peace I 1 and acting coroner I 1 notwithstanding withstanding ot the conclusion of the he 16 jury that the tilling was in self defense mr vincent was held w without aitho at ball bail on the charge of warder murder and was eat at to the penitent penitentiary lary fest yesterday erday ae the case was under by the grand rand jury the accused at his own request his version Ver siou of the affair today to day mr vincent occupied a 4 seat tn the Mar marshals office awaiting the rand nd jurys action he is a man of mir alight bt build rather under the medium media in he height darl dark brown hair and beard ikue ant gray eyes his als general appearance ance Is that of a peaceable man ordinarily but being of a nervous temperament he Is very excitable when sake asked by a reporter to give a illi full account of the affair he be unhesitatingly that it etwas was a bad b jot job god and lie he was sorry it had bald vis bis version ip is corroborated row ro rAted by we tape testimony of the witnesses nesses in the case and is as follows my residence is test at Evaa stan wyoming ray my ranch is three and a half amiles from town I 1 have lived in that part for five years on april 1 I went from the ranch to evanston and stayed a all fi night might when I 1 came back next ern lui lug I 1 found foaud that my house had been broken into and aad robbed of a single arrel jo breech loading shotgun a blanket pd and a pair of rubber boots I 1 stayed about the place till fill 11 am and W when aan walking waking about found some bread that AIM had been thrown away ix I ex mined it and found by comparing it chat bat it was from my house the bread was some distance from the house a and n d I 1 suspected that the robber had gone ake west wess IM my bo boy w wae with we me at the time fl and nd iam 1 told hi him M I 1 would get th he pony ony kaj al ride after the robber aw I 1 did so se kad when I 1 got to the yampa heltion bone 1 I asked the section boss boas it he had bad seen any tramps on the road he said that about a in he had seen one going west aud gave me his bis det deh crip uon tion I 1 tand naked whether the tromp tramp hau bad a shotgun and the reply was that ve e did alid not bot see say any and thought he had I 1 aft 1 I then went onto on to wasatch Wasa station nation there I 1 met some sheep men meu with sheep they told me they had seen the semen same men described describe dby by the section boss with ith a bundle they had met kirn between wasatch and castle bock k goins west I 1 proceeded further ture fure e and d passed seed the mau man below castle le bock acho echo canon I 1 noticed the b barrel arrel of a gun projecting out of a sack he e wits was carrying on his back mr mch Ich aels abuse was in sight about hall half a mile away lie he was not home and his wife asked what I 1 wanted I 1 told her bet the man on the track was the one who had broken into and my house at this time 1 aha abig called toy my attention att eption to al alb leaving leavin the trick track and going bing down ape e embankment out of sight fdge he ec came e backa back a lew minutes after and wip we noticed that he be had bad fitted u up p the shot and bad it in his bis h hand d I 1 then ask asked mrs a els to le lend a ax gun gan she asid aard they ha had so 30 ammunition tiou and I 1 remarked that perhaps I 1 could scare him nip ap the things arith the empty gnu an 6 she persuaded wo 06 however not to take it 1 I then went west to mr stags house bouse and asked the lady there lor jora a gun an she asked what I 1 wanted it for ad d I 1 told her to protect myself as a tramp was on the track who had some thing from wf ra y noose house she caned we a rifle ride and I 1 went to the track and waited lor for the max man I 1 called loalles to him and told him to drop drap the thin things 40 lie bad aad stolen from in my house he ladd laid the gun gan gad and blandel blanket in the middle of the track the boots he had bad on his bis leet I 1 told him to disarm himself and he wd laid he bad done dene so he then daway down the track and I 1 picked tak ed the thiap up carrying them ia 14 my y left hand and thie the rifle in my right richt I 1 started down the track he to peo and wanted to talk I 1 tow it him to wik on and said F I 1 would have hare him arrested when lie ile got to echo he be walked on a te few w ate steps a further turned around suddenly drew ow a six shooter aimed it at we ae an and d snapped it but bat it go gg off I 1 dropped ro ed ay shotgun sad and blanket tais edthe rifle and fired I 1 felt elt ex cited and bat it ava in ro wicy W 1 bad h 3 adv and know knew but he h would try again he fell in a sitting posture avd and threw his revolver down the ahe embankment I 1 took the two cans andol stol and gave cave tham team to mrs I 1 told her what had happened and that I 1 was sorry but I 1 was obliged to do it she told me she had bad seen it all and eteen him pull awes a weapon a 0 on me e first arv I 1 then got mr dante daniels a to help me to take the man to castle rock hock and stayed with him until he be died at 1150 11 fia pm pan the same day the lath he was shot about pm the bullet struck him in the left side just above the hip passed through and bame out of the right side ade ibold I 1 told the tramp when he be was in the wagon that be had my boots on he replied yes but bat I 1 wont need them long I 1 said this have happened df you had bad kept your gun down I 1 stayed at castle rock bock till the sheriff came the tramp told me ime his name was thomas J and that he be mine came from brooklyn NY he said aid he bedad had been herding sheep at carter wyoming for mr smith but he be bad been drinking and rambling gambling aud and the boys had bad robbed him of his bw money 4 J also understood some letters were to u n d in hlf his pocket frou fram friends in new e w york mcvincent mr vincent seems to feel pretty bad over the shooting cR the facts of the case as testified to by all the witnesses were such that the grand jury considered the proper course was to ignore the charge |