Show HOMICIDE IN EMERY COUNTY GIBSON JB art SHOT AUD RULED KILLED BY A COMPANION MOAB EMERY co utah jan att 1887 wm win gibson jowas shot and killed hilled last evening jan lath by one joe young an indian boy who has been raised with the whites since he be was a little boy he was in the employ some years ago of geo howard Sto onze who was shot and killed some four years since while being arrested for stealing horses this same joe young and gibson used to go to school together to ether at mona juab co it A seems the young men had been gambling abling some two weeks since and gibson had won a horse saddle and bridle from Young which no doubt caused a feud between them they met at the corral of mr gibso gabaon yen seu 9 and were talking for fora a few moments young was said to be under the influence of liquor three shots were heard beard at tho corral mr gibson gibion sen started over to see what was the matter and saw young riding away on a horse geo gibson brother to the decea deceased seO also started for the corral and heard three g gr groans 0 a S when they got to the corral th they e y 8 saw win in gibson i son jr r lying on b his is fa face dead being shot in the back near the b bone e the bullet co coming ing out near the center c ter of the breast young was met by some other parties and said they had better go down dowa and see bill gibson 1 11 dont know whether he is dead or not I 1 took a shot at him the justice was nAi notified fied and a warrant was issued at once lor the arrest of young and parties sent in three directions ions to hunt him up A jury was summoned and with the Su justice stice held an inquest they gave the folio following wing verdict TERRITORY OP OF UTAH county of emery I 1 J Bs as at an inquest held at wm win gibsen seni seniors on the day of january 1887 before the justice of the peace and jury upon the body of gibbon junior there lying dead the said jury upon upolu their oaths do say that the said wm win gibson junior came to his death on the evening of jan 16 1887 by a pistol ball fired from a pistol said or supposed ed to be in the hands bands oi of one joe kin young ng feloniously and with the intent to kill tir in testimony olon y whereof we have set our hands bands M H DARROW ARROW F P CALDWELL jury crispin taylon J 0 J WARNER justice of the peace this gibson who was killed to is the one who struck down E R H stewarts little boy with a neck yoke at a party some five years ago and he gibson served a term of one year in the penitentiary tent iary for the same yours UNO 11 |