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cles. While sitting in my tent in the afternoon, I 
heard the report of a pistol quite near, and immedi- 
ately after saw a number of men and women running 
towards one of the ranches. I hastened to follow, 
and found a man lying on his back with the mark 
of a gun shot in his breast, which I was told had been 
inflicted by one of our teamsters named Green. The 
wounded man appeared to be about thirty years of 
age, and was surrounded by his father, mother, wife 
and four children. His brothers and sisters were also 
around him. Doctors Bigelow and Webb were in im- 
mediate attendance, and rendered all the aid possible. 
But as they pronounced the wound a mortal one, but 
little could be done for him, and he died in two hours. 
The particulars of the murder were briefly these : 
While Green, the teamster, was gathering wood, he 
attempted to take some portion of a fence ; when the 
deceased, who owned the farm and wood, ordered 
him ofi*, at the same time drawing a jack-knife and 
pointing it towards him. Green dropped a portion of 
the wood, and returned to his fire with the remainder. 
He then took his pistol, a large revolver, and came back 
for the wood he had dropped. The man who had 
ordered him off was still there, and approached Green 
with his knife open. The latter, when within three 
feet of him, leisurely drew his pistol and discharged 
it at the Mexican’s breast. The wounded man ran 
towards his ranche, but fell before he had reached the 
door. 
I immediately caused Green to be arrested ; though 
I found that during my visit to the ranch, he had 
been to my tent to confess the deed. He came for- 
