The Nevada journal., 1853-04-01

that his partner had loaded the balance
of his goods up the street, | think he
said at Burton's, l then told him that
we had sold man the other day, a
couple kegs of pickles. / enquired Of
him what was wrong about them. He
said the pickles were worth nothing,
and he wanted the money paid back
for them. / told him he must see Mr.
Cook about that matter, that 1 could
not do it. He then went near the
stove where Mr. Cook was sitting, and
conversation then commenced about
the pickles. / cannot recollect all that
was said, but Mr. Cook told the defen-
dant: You bring the pickles back, and
if they were bad he would pay him
the money. He said in reply that he
would, if he (Cook) would pay the
freight back, that they were not worth
bringing back he also said to Mr.
Cook, won't you take my word about
it, or something TO that import. Mr.
Cook says / do not know about ia
king your word Mr. Cook says, sold
YOU some beans, and you refused to
pay for them. He, defendant said the
beans were bad and worth nothing.
Mr. Cook told him that he had sold the
balance of the beans at higher price
and that he (defendant) ought to have
brought them back. Mr. Jansson fire.
quently in conversation insisted on
being paid for the pickles. MIR Cook
always refusing TO pay, unless they
were returned. Jansson said 4: Twill
see if Ican't make you pay me TOR
them. The conversation at that time
stopped for a while. He (detendant)
walked around the stove from where
he was standing near by, and then ac-
costed Mr. Cook to pay him for the
pickles. Mr. Cook says then, 1 am not
going 10 pay every rascal that comes
along, for goods that Ihave sold, Then
Jansson spoke up very quick and step
ped towards Mr. Cook, and said, you
call me a rascal! at that instant Squire
Cook raised from the scat that he was
sitting on, and struck Jansson blow
with the open hand as ! supposed, and
as it appeared to me. Jansson said
then You will never strike another
man. Then there was a kind OF stri-
king between them, when as it appear
ed Mr. Cook rave defendant another
blow, when defendants hat fell off. lie
appeared to stcop down, and reached
to get the hat, but he did not get 1t
He then started and went oft, just be-
tween a walk and a run. This was
down the aisle, or right hand passage,
going out of the back door towards
Broad street. Mr. Cook followed down
the left hand or main passage, about
half way from the stove to the back
door. Jansson made some remark at
the door as he was going out which !
did not distinctly hear. Mr. Cook
says, Jansson did ] not tell you that !
would pay you back the money, il you
brought back the goods. Mr. Cook
then turned round and came back to-
wards the stove says he, to me, 1 am
stabbed, or Ibelievc Yam stabbed, j
remarked, I hope not, and he then un-
buttoned his pantaloons, or was doing
it, while he spoke, I saw the blood
then on his shirt l said to him ] will
90 for the Doctor, and cnquired who !
should go for Isaw great deal of
blood nj the time running from him. 1
then went for DIR Moore, at his re-
quest. The wound is the same de-
scribed by Drs Coryell and Hunt. 1t
was then between eight and nine
o'clock Ithink, in the evening
Cross Examination. Tam engaged
as clerk in the house of Cook and
company, of which Mr. Z. Cook now
referred to, is partner, | did moi see
any knife in the hands of the defend
ant, during the alteration. l was
within ten or twelve feet of them dur
ing the time the blows were given, and
was pretty near to them before they
separated. did not see any weapons
ir the hands of Mr. Cook. Mr. Cook
was not just previous to this difficulty,
sitting whiting with knife at the
store. He is not in the habit OF doing
so. do not know that | ever saw
him whiting Mr. Cook usually car
ries small pocket or pen knife. 1t is
I believe what is called a congress
knife, with buck horn handle. The
largest blade in it is not more than two
inches long. Defendant went up to
Mr. Cook, when he came round from
behind the stove, as if he meant to do
something. The impression on my
mind was that the prisoner was about
to strike Mr. Cook. Mr. Cooks weight
| should suppose, was about one hun
dred and seventy-five pounds and
40, t,,n |