OCR Text |
Show SLAYING STIRS I HiGHFEELIl George Gardner Who Killed Deputy Sheriff Held in County Jail SAUT MAKE. April 15. r.iowln the shooting to death yesterday Just before noon of Deputy Sheriff Cor- don Stuart by George Gardner In ?h yard of Gardner's home a half mile southeast of Wtlby, fueling rm high and within a few rnnmci-j a n.imber . of men had gathered aoout the placo armed with rifles. Gardner had barrlcadJ himself In his home, threatening co 1:111 anyone that approached to arre t him . $ I Deputy Sheriffs Don Gardner. Fr , Mathews and Al RerrlttgW, v. ho had accompanied Stuart to sorve the attachment at-tachment on Gardner, arrival at Wel- ' by with Joseph lrvlm th lower portion por-tion ol whose jaW Gardner had shot away, that he might get medical nr.. I ' i nee. Mr Kr. 1 Dr..sho). w ife of the proprietor of the general store- j at Welby. volunteered to co to the ; Gardner home and persuade Gardnc . to give himself up. She was taken to the seer.o of th. shooting and permit en by Gardner to enter tho hous Attei h ing ij th? ! house but a few minutes she return I od. accompanied by Gardner and hl wife, both of whom were taken to Jail. IKVTM i ROKPITAL I Irvine was removed to tho county , hospital. He received a load of shot . in the head and face from Gardner's shotgun. Gardner following him down I horseback. hlm Ac. of ding to th. deputies after in'r :rJlld hh0i Bturt covered Deputy Sheriff Mathews with MS Jfcotgun who called to Irvine to run , When Mrs Gardner joined he huS-band huS-band and covered the deputy with the' a WS t'F h'' mounted a hone. He then took the shotgun and followed Irvtne down the rive? shooting him twl. e and blowing away a large portion of the lower law . bAIMS BE u s i kk ivLi At the county jail Uarduer gavo his age as 3--. He hi, he,n divorced once and has one child by tho divorced di-vorced wife He ,aid that ii,, hadtrb-ked him J He explained the shooting of Stuart by declaring that Stuart "rushed him to the wall." and ho" found he had 00t' but dldn,t H' hen questioned as to why he -hot when Stuart had made no effort to draw his gun and could not posslhlS have shot him. Gardner refused 'o ln8c.U,Janua?y i&l iT?? appointed bynShcrtfVr...;n,h;::mW;! for the community about Sandy Hi Stuarts body was removed from the scene of the murder p the JeS kins undertaking parlors m Mu.n.v oo . |