Show MURDER AT FORT RUSSEL A A. Soldier kill ii Comrade anti l te Snot Down by OfficerS Officer I There was a hot time at Fort Russell Your lour j jmiles 3 and 5 o'clock I miles Irom Cheyenne between Saturday afternoon rh a result of the events of tho those e two hours are dead Thel j i-e i e Privates Hennas antI and George The latter murdered the former and andras ras n-as himself killed d while attempting to es- es cape ape who was doing guard duty nd and Spaulding another prisoner were work work- ng In a corral some distance from Irom the fort Suddenly Jones lones gave a yell and brandish brandish- g pg an army revolver which he bad been carrying car car- tying under his bis shirt rushed upon lingerer saying You have been trying to get an ex- ex uso euse to assassinate me caught his bia riSe rifle up and fired with JonCs ones not twenty yards away The bullet Jones whizzed over the prisoners prisoner's head bead rushed on and Jit at fifteen yards shot the first and ind only tims planting a heavy ball In the center of the guards guard's forehead The top of head was blown off and ho be never moved after falling failing Jones rushed at Spaulding ing ng who ran to the fort When the tho alarm was given Jones onea could conid be he the hills Captain Roberts officer of he the day put a dozen distinguished marksmen on on the trail and the sheriff at Cheyenne sent five deputies out After an exciting chase two of the soldiers Yank Meyers MeyeN of the ar army army ar- ar my rifle team and Robinson came upon Jones four miles Irom Fort Pu Russell sell They called aIlEd to hint him is to halt end he turned and fired dred at thorn them three times who Is weighted down with medals captured at the Butts fired ed and missed L Robinson took careful aim and Jones fell Nearly all of the he blood In Jones came in a str stream am out of oi hits his neck arid and he be was dead In r two minutes E Some of the Fort Russell people say eay that r Jones was crazy He was in jail last hero week He lie was as about to leave on a furlough I and was taking away a saddle saldie he had stolen I There was a dispute on his custody between cen the civil authorities and Colonel Poland of S the The sheriff finally yielded a Jones would received his discharge In r seventy days Hc a cowboy In Inthe the west west- Cm ern part of the state before he enlisted and was ts considered a bad man on the range having hay hav ing had two shooting scrapes |