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- ifw rrtiH f toe Mwcr Pcon.We coiiiicnie (lie f«llowing from the Mesilla Xfw* in regard to Hie killing of John llerkwitli himI JoliH A. JflltH. Wt quote from the New*’ different eorree* .politic iiceC’' “On the ‘Jfilh of August, Johe “A- June* of the llr hi of Turner k Jones •‘met one John llvekwltti et the emp •( “Pax*on Pien e, where they, Joatft and “Berk with, got into a ion variation about “some settle which Beckwith had etolen “from Jonee; when Jou^a demanded pay “for the Mock, flerkwith reluaetl to pay, “•ml tlrew hit pistol to till June*, hut “waft too slow, Jones killing Beckwith. “Junes expressed h»tn«elf as In*ing tery “sorry ol having Be*kwith t«» kill.” \ “Oti yesterday; Aug. John“Jones started to the nearest jiuilci uf “the peace tlt;*gi%*a himself up; when ha '•git »• (»r at Pierce Pnnoii’a ratttp on rhie way, he wm hrutally and wilfully “mur^rcl Itj^Uohert OUinger and others “whoWere friends of Beckwith.”A no! her correspondent girt* Iheftdlew* it.tf account: “This morning John Jenee “came riding into our camp. Bob Ol* “linger a tttati that belongs to John Back* “with** camp was hero at the time* At “JiHietAgot off hi« horse and rafite to the two men, tint it Junes and “ IHuger, grappled ip with carb other “and they liulli began shoot log with their * revolvers*” '“Ollinger got Ida. work in and kiUtd “Jones. After flic? about log wst bier' “Btirk Tow ell a ltd myself examined “thinf*, and found tlx-shooter* and gutia “•cat let oil *11 over ll»o yard. OUUigev’ft “putul was empty and two Loads only “were discharged .and all six from Jones* “pUtol. ...“Mv partner, It. h. Pierce, was ftltting “or 1% ing.on tha bed outside of the house “and I hate wtia a stray ball struck him in “th • hip. Pierce it'not badly hurt; wa “rigged up a wagon at once and sent him “to for; Stockftn*. Texas, where ha can “gel the hall tak«*n out as it lodgctl lit “his Idp* Three days before UiU, John “Jones had killed John Beckwith.Liw. P^xaoa.”
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Santa Fe Weekly New Mexican
Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
Sat, Sep 20, 1879
Page 4
Full Page
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Kokomo-Howard C.
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