Show ANOTHER HOMICIDE charile axtell mils jim B I 1 ve I 1 a k lillon in creek 1 I lied had to kill him to save ily ay iy lift lirt 10 says tile the tile I 1 lets Poi eloped before the tile jury and at tile I 1 thura chailee axtell ba lulled killed jim bowen I 1 this was w the cucit nir around town eaily early ednes liy morning stid nd an anve ti Rion gation roved the lunior turner to benonly too due true it it ap beirs ars that james 11 II bowen and aba i V P axtell two pro p p chois and clan clatt I 1 11 own owners ersin in ha wha liva live and operate at the head of snake reek about st ven miles south vist of park oil in town tie tl 0 fore part of catlie tile week on a bif big drinking spree som some tl it ing periodic al at mth with boll both oi of them the I 1 be were on monda monday lor for dran drunkenness kenness and anete belcas d the tile next coining on a 3 ment ent of their ine lowald tie i alet part of the af afe on lue dov dav irwen and at ax started ft aiom om aton atcon x stable wil anh it a couple of saddle horse er till a pack animal to return to heir their camp ml if the ilia way up empire binyon ci nyon 0 o w lines tines es say bowen was veri ver Q abusive and arid threatening tohaid ax tell ard after eveirl halts balts on the toad load lie tie two reacted the ilia cat calm in at about 8 40 lone long liter daik dark IN mien lien within a levy few rods oi of thee thin which is vi Le deteen teen the ilia southern her and Ito rochester cheter but nearer the latter littler bot both L urged their hor tier es on each beirl anxious to ret get into tha the cabin first axtell w was as it blead ead r ched ili pot bowen a ditol I 1 astol loaded load edit it and came out of the cibin cabin door and net ain ai ac ag cessor ressor about seven feet abeid ahead with an ax ra sea iti iut t previous prey iou ioui lo 10 wh ch ell kwen bowen said you s b III fix 3 ou iny way then axtell fired throe shots shota in rapid succession and bowen co wen reeled and BACK DEAD robert if hunter better known as scotty litin tei who chonis was asleep in the cabin wa ly line time aroud aroud d and w nhen ben he lie saw wl blat at avid been done ian over to the rochester for help and in lip and john madden well down town arriving arn vini berei lout axtell who had bad given liim him self up waslo was lodged dedin in the city jail and the next morning morn inc joedene Jr edene ri mi ban I 1 coroner of N aitch zatch a atch county t ur dr L P V lecompte and eer I 1 others went o or r to tl ti e scene of the tragedy wile I 1 a a jury was w im paneled tb ille pirl p irl arrived at undertaker ignite it moie e Q with tl if e body liti late in tte tt e dav day and iba the inquest vas as with TN THE E POST TENE EX KIA A it IN ATI it in the tile pree presence of coroner Itis band ind and the luty con of 0 I 1 I 1 L jm e jot join n R cla llalon son nud sud john 11 hell dr le LeOo 0 o a ople apte proceeded to hold an ru autopsy over the I 1 demun f 11 13 iwen wen it w wis is found that t tie I 1 e fi st shot entered atit above bove the right nip nipple le between n tile chii I 1 and f nth ribs brazing it a I 1 ittai tro fro ii w birb it wised and back bendid vaid tl it loucki tollo vii tte ito middle I 1 be ol 01 the t tung luna back of and clo 10 lo f p to lie ile laige tirl airlines rie of the be heart then ther through the tie lomei lobe of the left lung lun and nd oat of aft left de bl bet vp vrn n the smili nd bilm rio ri e tier euid al 21 0 made bi 63 a lo 10 calilie ball aes s in ili ilia jett 1 I lie ila oi alet Q tl at the bid bl ie a doi p el t 1 ibe hould ei ant if i etim th alii abne iho tile fi u s 10 lod was nece atal b K had ie le ned tied be hew w if jh I 1 have been deprived ot of tie LP f 11 e lefi left arm the ILI d to B ot d d not take elf tt ct is its here tt erb atif no ott i woma rn cia h b per on visible at er li duni lie ire fe of scotta hunter and 1 D lecompie LC ompie aud and atler after mato m ilu e o 1 fiction iiii ion tle 11 e coroners coio iry on edues d iv eveni nir tendered a t it tie a cfaft ct that the decea Pd jimes james it I 1 iven en came to his d ith I 1 un on th lh effects befit acts f ii bouril tired ir ni tit a agoan go t double action revolver in I 1 tie I 1 a hanh of one rno charle charlet P axtell and frum the evid evidelle enLe acid would con sider baid shot sh otting ling momo felon lotis ther day aitta non ax til t U WA ar laignel lefore U f S lom coin ru ni loner jo et el it al G I 1 en ell on a charge of jt mur derina arini fr ini boscn ibe the com illint bearil sloin to by ii abert il hunter and to tle Ile claric clarie t the e defor def ilant plea led leol no ha ltv it L 11 alii alli on oil jr prot buling at attorn torne pv ol 01 dumn it counts c nd ic icord led the tile ca a on I 1 ehilt of il it a and arid D 1 I 1 0 ai at leared i eared ai d co counsel unel for tl 0 0 13 deton a ibe the frit wi tripi was robert 11 II hunter HP he said I 1 liv hv in snake creek 1 M I bingil stancl VV laatch waatch a atch county utah am a miner I 1 ive known knon ax tell ii I 1 i nears know lowen i io he wd WAS in tte tie cabin owned antly bs b bo en ax tell and myself on the rl ot of rue dav tie the doe dog commenced bat bail I 1 ing it was wat about 8 40 0 clock ax tell lei had got ot off his how horde I 1 nisi list 0 ini anit the ilia cabin to where here bowen kept big re vo ver at it a foot toot ot of the I 1 led cd reached ched for some soine tl el e Is loaded the iun and went out ids ide to tl a edge of I 1 the he sl st fd ed and ll 11 en I 1 he heird ird three h 0 ftp jut uit be f ie to tl it a 61 1 I 1 biot up out of in bunk and lit tho candle axtell aal hail I 1 as be he out jim wants my blood lv w wants to 10 kilt kill roe me scott as arlell was goina outa dt I 1 hear beat I 1 jiin jim SAV say I 1 ou f s I 1 I 1 11 fix vou ani way after I 1 lit tho the candle I 1 went to tip door and sai saw bowen with an ax raised at arlell on tie side of tl if n I 1 ore orea hed held and abc it even seven feel froin linn kirn lut tl if en mr I 1 le lew out and arid I 1 went b bickfo ick to rehia relight lit it before I 1 I 1 a to tl ti a door of tie tl e eq cibin bin tl if c p g w ws ls done I 1 s i id I 1 ike bahe i ke wl at are aro vou lou doing doin Chir liet axtell curie to tho tile cibin c bin stam I 1 erad about jim jun 1 I I 1 it out on the trail ind asard fr somei binz to eat 1 maimed mimed lately went down the trail taking a I 1 candle aril found jim lyial on iua his back dead lead thirty feel feet or so from 11 ll a cabin I 1 rita rt turned cried to the cabin and asked axtell to sadir till I 1 ran over to a I 1 he be ter for help wr we maiden ra idaa and IUT mv lf if brought axtell I 1 wn to iata prk lit anivin art iving ir heie here at nit inight and oil delivered 1 jim nil over to debits sheriff cerrat jer rat tt beffie we c ne down WE BOW now fl FV 3 8 bldr TO T alls 1 in 10 q besdon iest ioni s r j it by the tile pio alo 10 lo Ait aiknes nes said he be kne v of no i rouble 8 accuar butr tit n up 0 afre ere before ca Bovell arill ug 11 defendant li it did aid no wora ex t what be pim pi M be b tv tn th in lit batore the ilia sk wit nois I 1 ijen lon ih ili J the rn i is of 0 d df keril crl I 1 11 lie a mirro it di dir va rill a 1 ohp t ltaif I 1 0 I 1 a n A tl ibin n I 1 11 i the defend iio abi ll 11 bitne s mid aid I 1 fogu faunl I 1 ile di next morning a tow feet irom lit alem ere 1 loen fell fell it was wag horn from wa ere tha tile ax is IW in ile stump of ilia the tice howen dowen WR in hi bajit of tanvir B g vi apons wai violent quaff lone ous and al asive ft hen ben drunk and in fa far r temper when coberl sober I 1 the he character and ter ibaran ent of deret d int ale ate directly opp 8 tot if at fill all alike lo 10 ti tie a prosecution it is not irue true thit that I 1 was wa 1 britain fir ain t bowen iowan am tin I 1 w na 4 a fl fineu tell I 1 to 0 o boll bot 1 M 11 1 HE LIGHT bonton 04 THE rt after hunter was exal excl excise sel 1 iho the next mot important itne 3 called was deot ice r la I 1 lie is ein final pi ed at wat vaton ona s stable lie tei tes tin I 1 I 1 bat hat I 1 0 went ent up ernp lipri r i call canon on with nowen boen and axtell ar for U to 0 pui put pose of ill inginio back bak I 1 the be horses d tie e wei e a wl lie ile gi star stained ted an aal I 1 11 II wen drank liquor sever fie roial at times timm on tin flit i oid load loth I 1 etli were intoxicated bewen and abused ax ar ell on the load be because the pick p ick lell fell oft oil the borup hor at axtell but I 1 a 0 did not retail ate at well was not quarrel line n bw en ell threatened A axtel atel said I 1 11 kill ou on if that pack falls falla oil oft again axtell I 1 n plied viled oh oll no 3 iou ou won wont t don I 1 t talk that la way v jim they ther v ere boilow po slow tia uzi I 1 elin 1 n t abat I 1 ILI li t if am above the dily daly D ily mine and came I 1 ack to town no w tinting wanting to return on the strange road after daik NJ J get geir raty tty deputy of sum rr aril it county test testified ifie that hunter aud and madden turned axtell over to hin luday at midnight and be he saw tha be 0 was vas locked up in jail ail ilia pistol with w wh it ch tt tie a shoo in int w was as dine was wa given to me rue bv axtell three clia were identified the tun sun t un den dent t know d ten lant knew awen be wa wai lan fail during sobriety and when drunk WAS abusive and find ouie olten often got inlo into filis and invariably was w istel islet cotoner ciol md iud ie te tilled th atthe in q iest was held and ibe the verdict an I 1 written evidence riven b toie foie ile 11 e iury jury ir dr le lo compte wag wa alo alio sworn for the tile pi pio 0 cution and de ej ibid if tie a nd n and ellece of the wound as stated above hunted was recalled ly ty altison allison anith ich a view of h 1 l evidence ei idenie rince inco he wai hostile and arid sow some parts of it did not dree with ins his tea pitr conj on given at the th inquest ilene fin fondant dant s at loine for the lea tta on that bat the lie pi could not im tin peach its own situe ses eviden e I 1 lie I 1 a G C mm suta sustained ined ti tie a n and the wit bitnes nes was exlus d I 1 it prosecution rested and iho the defan def tn then beian began TUB DF Firs CiR caarls rles P stall the defend defendant int 11 14 a nedium i zo arl I 1 man who looks like he would no harm even a flea tie to stutters very badly and it took a I 1 lone ng while to heir bear hii side ot of the 3 11 lie sno I 1 ii evil clice jn in a calm stra ht and in no particular d d it vary mui h it if an from what I 1 ad been told by iho the bitnes witnesses es for it 11 e ion axtell said I 1 kno ati v tl e dea ed james 11 II bowen was wis wilb with I 1 I 1 im ru I 1 and a lid w ae e star ted back to our e OBI khail I 1 at tle edge of town he abaer aba fd roe me and oil ed mr rne v ie le rames b cu ciu e the paek fell off the b h arte the I 1 epif be haid baid if wit I 1 aaa c nt kofl again I 1 it lill kill you I 1 leir lied oi 01 no you won vont t don t t talk that WA wj jim the p k came 7 abma bavo tho adl dily D ily and jim struck meilih no in I 1 h lace face I 1 ont warded off his bias and fiad lo 10 kp out of hn hii w i ii I 1 a v w uld frea ion tell ly stop on tl if a ruid ind HI fallow to 10 drink with bin ilia I 1 alvoide I 1 tiou bli willi I 1 nu till as much as I 1 coul I 1 I 1 that be abs amed it was 0 o it dik dalk lie hokett kept up I 1 is abu abu t and to k in mi to tt td k fir barve arg to tike up inns tons lor for nia 1 in ion bom horn wt w bid b id met on oil the rodd finally on top ot of HAIS hill I 1 said jiro jim I 1 am aut go on nr to iet et out ot of ca caup lip in the mornine te t e 0 mid taid N you von t I 1 lain go 10 ng n to kill you and pu 0 0 A 1 no oti onswill one will tind I 1 sj baid no more wl en ell we beaked iha the bibia pach of us wake walk I 1 our horses fater fatter I 1 w was as aheda nhe td di mounted rushed into the abbin kiat bed jims jim s pi tul tol loaded it 0 fa o cicotti cotty jim hs he will kill hill rue me he wants kiy blood I 1 pass ed ad oui out of f tire door and just to the edge of it flatbed a shed I 1 jim was stiven or eight feet abeid ahead ot of me my borse borbe a bead head vita vaz berwein ii it w ih tit if tie a ax raise raibe I 1 and bet be said aig boig d bb B b ill fix yoa yon any way THEN I 1 snot hill tha the defend ant delci it od dow art s at wit lithe the raised av the p of the hor e bini him df fir the cibin a ci c I 1 lentil ed fi it c e pi tol and c I 1 s 3 direct teN testimony timoor ly saying si jiin in nith a sial I 1 bad to kill him to save my own I 1 ie le axtell was I 1 lo 10 a rund cros cross examination by attorney ill 11 s it but t a 2 no matei material niA tenal ial a he lie bowee lowee ea sa d I 1 hal trouble with bin bill irly ott on 6 beffie near oui out cam and I 1 ie a abrew drew a c en ne be wa 8 carried a pi lol I 1 ai abuel ne I 1 at UK ills bleat I 1 believed mv my life WAS as kod as I 1 11 trw I 1 bot hot three if tune me he be was abo about ut wen ie n leet from me ate d ind and to my right questioned bv tie ito as to wheal fi ei ho he imd had any other motive linn thin of d him elf w when ben le rushed into tie tl e c aib n axjell replied he be add ore 01 e redson reason bith I 1 la a coull yet e tab I 1 ob b although bf be aid kaid it it d not ton con arn rn hii bib cist after some sl si citation well wl about al out eara ao 0 theto wis 1 I MAD mail in n the be ci ex b n about filly fily yardia I 1 low the pre pres ent one I 1 a and dvid I 1 is as not been heird ot of since and oil ott eis knew I 1 im tin I 1 hae alwag bei eved aved tl at jim I 1 owen got away with him 1011 oil el eis 8 bavo tt ough co so too 00 it was I 1 arned hit that I 1 a e lefeged to one albert hollewa Hol lowa this exkles bi bt 11 of axtolis AXTt LIS hell ON 0 BOWEN creata no little amount of remark in ilia tile court tor or it lia ita 1 clark I 1 i snake creek finci ats the najt witness for the dlena dlen ft KB lie adi erfil I 1 ho ile bad hawn aitt II 11 since 74 in boulder county coloian Golo Colo iad when I 1 lc e was f reman ol 01 tile mine and be he alwag knew be the defendant to I 1 le a a eible man under all noes P r eutin Altor attorney nev allion in making I 1 is brening admit td ted t d tit thu it much of the evi eTi anee lince was in favor of tl it 3 lant yet I 1 a 0 11 ozeit he sh li uld be i rel ell I 1 and find tl ti a 0 case giyen by aho un iani jur at atoni ot I 1 ey y aai nied I 1 tint A 3 I 1 tell had not ilion tion to kil bo have K g nedway na away I 1 for protect if nan 1 tho mr ir laii Lu iI I 1 if tor for the deafen a re ili d that iha tha calin catin vf wit ta alo wt 11 s if low ne 8 m I 1 I 1 it ra f n 11 it I 1 it I 1 b 19 C CM I 1 h I 1 11 0 defendant defeo danta s attorn tv v zed the he I 1 that tha awen was th thare abrea sor or e w A but one oue door iu and out i tha the cab a s nd lid axtell ila ord ir r lo 10 pro KI I 1 i is own lne ilia had to kill B biven ven ahe a owasso was no moie bl bar mi na mi I 1 ead and ho be all irr ins his cl el tn s dis discharge charie under toy trio ci wn entitled to ins its fi cedol and ha he di dil 1 not bow belive ve any tiny jury would convict him ill nit allin ins istel on it HB a defell I 1 ant leini held lut lout ha le would conof nt to I 1 ill tit ii A tit inis ioner coben cohen I 1 lemark ein irked cd that wl ilo do there acio eor sot tt a mitigating cir um I 1 tt lid not led feel I 1 ke josund in 10 tle liiv lity of As ax tells I 1 ibe be loin oil mis tills ionea I 1 het defoi P of atred I 1 I 1 im in to I 1 19 0 held field on tl a chiras to awall the action grand lury jury ol 01 tl a 9 1 liesl arst di wl ich will convene at I 1 tovo in a couple of f in it the sum of I 1 he bitne be nw ahoi t lefoie a the da de in train axtell did necessary nic essary and sheriff allison took him to chodl ville treat whence ie 0 e carted him to 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