MR. WOMACK
Arizona Republican Newspaper, Phoenix
September 2, 1902

The Republican's Yuma correspondent, under date of August 
31, writes that the meager details of a killing have become 
known in that town by the murderer giving himself up to the 
sheriff.

The trouble occurred at the dredger camp on the Ludy Canal, 
about five miles below the city, on Sunday morning.  The 
exact particulars are hard to get, but it seems that a man 
named John Kelly fatally shot another man named Womack. 
Womack and his wife had separated and Mrs. Womack secured 
employment at the camp as a cook.  Womack did not take 
kindly to this arrangement made by his wife and followed 
her to the camp during the absence of Mr. Ludy.  He 
raised a disturbance with his wife and others took in 
hand the quarrel.  Kelly interested himself to the 
extent of fatally shooting Womack and after the deed 
he went to Yuma and surrendered to the authorities.  
Kelly created a disturbance at the same camp less than 
a year ago and cleared out the camp with a shotgun.  
He was arrested and fined on that occasion.  Both the 
dead man and his slayer are said to be quarrelsome.