WILLIAM KING
November 18, 1897

The Ariozna Range News on the subject of the late killing of Cowboy 
William King by Deputy Sheriff Alvord at Willcox says "Under the 
moral law, one who threatens the life of another is already guilty 
of murder. Hence while regretting all deaths from violence we 
cannot regard the taking of life by an officer to defend his own 
other than justifiable.  This affair should be an effctive 
warning to persons who are made quarelsome by too frequent 
potations of alcoholic beverages. If a man renders himself 
insanely revengful by drink he is still accountable for the 
consequences of his acts."


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