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Show I SHOOTS DOWN I WATCHMAN TO I SOOD L Reaver, Utah. Fob. 27. A blood- j) HQ gtalned cnvolopo on which was scrawl ed the ly'nB statement ot Edward B, Stoody, a watchman on tho Cllna ranch twelvo mllos northeast of Mil- lord has caused tho arrest of Chtirlcs Lockerman, a trappor of the Mlnoral rango and led to his subsequent confession con-fession to Sheriff Ross Cutler and Deputy Itlcliard I'carco of Davcr. Lockorman was brought to Reaver. Stoody was shot whllo ho wtvs standing In tho cntranco of hU tent a week ago, the bullet penetrating his lungs. Ho was not found until twenty-flvo hours later. Ho died Sunday Sun-day after having been removed to Mllford. "I am murdered In cold blood," ho wroto. "Post choppors shot mo etund v Ing In tent door, 9:20 this morning. fOld trapper In It, too. Cllno, I havo tried to do right." This statement ho confirmed verbally ver-bally boforo ho died and tho an est of Lockorman, A. Cowies, J ack Phcnn and Frank Hansen followed. Tho threo latter, the authorities say, aro tho wood choppers referred to,, hut In his confession Lockorumn exonerated ex-onerated tbo;n and thoy wera released. re-leased. Tho shooting originated with tho Illegal killing of a deer alleged to havo been shot by Dick KIrkland, a I former trapping partnor of Locker- I man. KIrkland Is said to havo sworn i to kill anyono who Informed on him, but after a quarrel between him and Lockerman and a subsequent friendship friend-ship botwoen Lockerman and Stoody, Stoody learned ot tho deer incident. Following a quarrol botween Lockerman Locker-man and himself, Stoody declared ho would inform against KIrkland. Determines to Slay Finding hlmselr In what ho considered consid-ered a dllllcult position, Lockerman brooded over tho situation until ho concluded tho best way out was to kill Stoody. It is tho belief of tho tf) Ci authorities that ho became tompor- arlly deranged, although ho apparent-f apparent-f ly Is sano at present. ' On tho morning of tho shooting Lotkcrmnn was camping with tho wood choppors a short dlstanco from tho Stoody tent. Ho slipped away from camp and, as ho admits, ambushed am-bushed himself near tho tent ind then called to attract Stoody's attention. atten-tion. As his victim stopped to tho tent door, ho fired ono shot. This bullot took effect In Stoody's brcust and passed through his body and two folds of tho tont flap. Tno following morning Dlndsay Jennings and Hoy Bohn of Mllford wore passing near tho Stoody tent and Stoody signaled, them. In Iho meantime, ho had been sinking slowly slow-ly and had written his messago as ' ho saw death approaching. I When brought before tho commit- j ting magistrate at Mllford, Locker- ' man and tho woodsmon protested their innoconco at first, but gradually gradual-ly wilted and finally Informed Deputy Depu-ty Poarco that ho was ready to toll tho truth. Ho Is now lodged In tho county Jail hero, whero ho will bo hold for tho next torm of court. Lockorman Is 04 years old and a prospector. Ho camo to tho now gold camp of Fortuna last summer, whoro ho mot Rlthard KIrkland then working In tho Lucky Iloy mlno. Tho two becamo friends and decided on a winter's trapping Jaunt. Ho Is bo ! Ilovcd'to havo como horo from No- vada on tho announcement of tho Fortuna gold strike Stoody was n bachelor 10 years of ago and camo to Mllford last fall from California. Ho was engaged by Mr. Cllno ns watchman on his ranch and had lived In his tent thru tho winter. |