HARVEY WHITE
Obituaries
Eagle County Blade page 1 - January 14, 1904
Another killing to be added to the long list in this county in the last two years, occurred in the Basalt precinct on Monday morning. George A. Morrison, a prominent farmer owning what is known as the El Jebel ranch on the Roaring Fork, shot and instantly killed Harvey White, a renter.
There were no witnesses to the tragedy, the two men being alone at the house occupied by White about a mile and a half from the El Jebel ranch.
Morrison, after the killing, informed neighbors, asking them to go and take charge of the body, then rode to his home and telephoned for an officer and gave himself up.
Morrison's story is brief and as follows:
He saddled his horse and rode up to where White lived to see about a renewal of the lease, the old lease held by White having expired. He carried a Marlin 30 30 rifle as is his custom, he claims, in case he should see a coyote. He and White got into an heated altercation over business affairs in the latter's yard and White, with a threat that he would get his rifle and kill Morrison and his whole family, went in the house and reappeared with the gun. Thereupon Morrison shot him in self-defense.
He reported that those who took charge of the body found a 22 caliber rifle beside the dead man.
It is stated that the home in which White lived stands on unpatented land adjoining the ground he leased from Morrison, and that the two men had been quarreling over possession of this land.
White was a single man about 40 years old and his relatives live in Indiana. Morrison is somewhat older, is well-to-do, has a family and has always born a good reputation.
The sheriff and coroner and district attorney are on the scene, and the inquest and preliminary will likely be held today.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 2 - January 12, 1904
