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asked to pay lor it, puls it back in tlie office and has it marked, “refused.”On the morning ol the 6th instant, Ygnario Bazun, deputy sheriff at Sprin-gerville. came in with J. M. Youngblood, who had surrendered to him, claiming to have killed Thomas Lung on the afternoon of the 7th, in self-defence. Youngblood's statement of the affair is, in substance, about as follows: He stopped at the Cicnegft, headquarters of the Tweti-four-four Cattle Company, on his way to meet the iound-upt and work with it from the Meadows south. He savs there was uo one around when he stopped; that he unpacked his blankets, took them in the house, unsaddled his horse, hobbled his loose animals, and returned to the house. Had not been back long before Mr. Lang came in. That Lang nsked him, w hat he was doing there. He told him that lie wanted to stop overnight; that ho was on his way to the round-up. Ijmg told him he could not 6top. Several words passed between them, when Lang picked up his roll of blankets and threw them out-doors.That he then went to get his pistol and beit, which he had hung on a chair, when Lang fired at him. As Lang was about to shoot the second time, he caught lang's pistol with his left hand, and shot him. This is about the substance of Youngblood’s statement. pregfiSheriff Creaghe summoned a coroner's 1 stron jury, and together with Alfred Hois, jus- ppteii lice of the |eaco and acting coroner, re- j *OIJ8 paired to the scene of the killing, and cake, made an examination of the body and have premises. They found that Young* I blood's statement did not correspond I [ with the appearance of the room inplaint J ul; vs. Hi Jul; Chine pluinlJulitonio trict i Hem Jul«man Attor don flt; Jul; ter Js lor pi Jul tonio jury. HarriJul vid B Attor“T1 Ham! pie ooeen Bittei it is rpossilits ncl ecu jwhich the shooting took place. Lang dwellchief!was lying on his back, about the centre of the room, with his legs straightenedit is a hid likewout, his eyes closed, and his left hand nfv,
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Saint Johns Herald
Saint Johns, Arizona, US
Thu, Jun 13, 1889
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