Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-11


neAl came another shot. as Chnk fired by
the driver a. Paeey from the bus. then Pa
cey had got his pistol in his hand; the cap
tam came along, and | told him not to 60
there, they were shooun.; then the driyef
got down o2 the opposite side Of the bnss;
| then after he was down Pacey fired at him.
the driver came around from behind the buss
and Pacey, in retredting, went towards the
heads of the horses; they fired seR eral times
did not count the shots; Paeey laid his pistol
| ON a boz, and drew his knife, and then the
other man shot again; then he ran and Pacey
after him fifteen or twenty feet; Pacey stubbed
his toe against a plank and stumbled; the
other by that time had got to the head Of the
stairs Pacey soon raised and pursued him;
when Pncey gotto the head Of the stairs, Cul-
len turned round and hit him with his pistol
which he had n'his hand, on the head and
neck, as Pdcey went up stairs; another man
threw trunk or carpet sack at him, ard
then run; Cullen struck Pacey with his pistol
as soon as Pdcey got up the stairs, and be-
! fore 'acoy attempted to strike him with bis
hlile; Pacey stabbed him as Cullen struck
| him with the pistol; the same man that threw
the trunk at Pacey, threw o large trunk at
Pacey and struck him, and also hit Cullen.
| Pacey then had stabbed him once OF twice or
more; at the time Pucey came on the boat he
looked very much enraged; did not see his
wound; at the time Cullen fired the first shot
| he was from six to eight feet from Pacey, and
Pacey had nothing in his hands At the time
Pacey came on the boat he was very white
and fierce, and We thought would have
! stabbed anybody that came in his way
From the time the first shot was fired Til
the fire was removed, was not more than five
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than three or four minutes from first to last
it was one continued fight; did hot know
Cullen.
EtaDiaed-A Cullen Jumped
down he fired before Pacey did; | was facing
them all during the fight; don't know whal
they said, but think Pa;cy said come down;
Pacey had not in his hands his pistol at the
ooulmencement when Cullen started to run,
Pacey was about the width Of the room from
him; Paecy had struck him with his knife
before Cullen went down; Pacey said his self
cocker was too heavy for him Pacey said he
would make him bite the dust; this was after
the stabbing.
CdatleS II. Him5aU-My business IS clerk
Of California Steam Navigation Company ;
/ know Pacey; saw the deceased; saw the rrin4;
| | was standing on the boiler decl, Of the boat
near the Office door, talking with a gentle
man; heard two pistol Shot; went forward
and SAW Pacey aud man who was on the
omnib4s; the man ON the buss was standing
aiming down on the left side of the buss, to-
wards Paccy; pacey was on the ground in a
! sitting posture, Cullen coming mp towards the
shed with pistol in his hand, aud shots were
! exchanged in that position. | had heard two
! shots before the man on the buss Jumped
| down on the outside of the huss, and cane
round ON the back side Of tie buss; then there
were verai shots cXchanged-say two or
three; at the time of the exchange Of shots,
| Pacry was retreatug and the Other man was
following him ur; was afraid, and stepped
| back; the next thing / saw was the deceased
runuinil up the stairs on the boat, Pacey fol
lowing five or SIX feet behind him with some
thing in his hand: he stumbled and fell and
then got NJ; | stepped back along side Of the
| chimney; as Pdcey came on the boiler deck
deceased struck at him with the pistol: don't
know whether be hit HIM then dtecaseds
artner threw large trunk and struck paecy
and knocked the other man down; pacey
took htn by the collar and struck him IN
/ rapid Succession; tie first | saw of the knife
was after ! law blood ON the deck. the man
that tuie the trunk iuqdiled il any one had
a weapon; Puccy following. him behind and
| luHuNiug Iacr}; they " ere on opposite sides
of taLlc. Fucey with knife uuu she other
man with chair, PucrY said he was shot In
/ the leg, then Weut out and got in his carriage
and went up town. At the time pucey came
on the boat lac Was very pale, his eyes very
/ large, and lie Was as mad q man as Is usually
seen outside OF Il mad house.
Cross E.ruutiHeG-At the lime Of the stab
Uiug, Pacey said have got You uoW-no
cessation i'm the fight
Honou .Ue.aatd-l live in Sutter county;
am ruuchw,u; saw defendant on the lclc,;
saw the difficulty did not know the other
party; | came along by the landing at iu
the mo uiug heard some one talking hy the
bus; looked up just as HE first shot was
fired; i, was fired from the mau on The bus;
it WIS pointed towards the ground P.cey
was nearest and suppose it was pointed nj
! him; then there was another shot urcd but
cannot tell who fired it; then | saw Pacey
rereating round the shed; then heard some
one ha!loo TO the man on the buss to get down,
be is coming round the other way; then there
were several shots exchanged: then / saw
them running on to the boal--Pacey behind;
| then they had scn'lie on the boat, which
was partly hid from me; saw laeey strike
/ him; cannot tell what with; when PaceY came
of the boat saw a kuife--a sluull knife IN
his hand; Chen he got iuto the express wagon
aud drove towards town don't know who
told him.to ret down; it appeared TO come
from tnVaad, the boat; Pacey had been re
treating. Cullen, after he got down. went to.
wards where PaceY was; they met on the
| back side oi the shed.
Cross Eraminod-- Driver got down after
the second shot was fired; saw the man that
was killed in the corouers room after he was
/ dead; | think it was him who fired the first
shot.
Aageoe .hargu&-T live in Morysville, drive
for Mr. Paccy; drove the wagon last sunday
morning; know Cullen; saw the difficulty
| Cullen called him black son of a b--h he
fore pacey said anything; CuIlen on top of
| his buss saw Cullen pull out his revolyer
and fire at Pacey; Pacey had not his revolver
/ till the man fired the second time and shot
/ him in the leg; Paeey did not fire until the
other had Jumped off the huss, then he fired
several times; Cullen Jumped down on the
! other side cf the buss and came round, then
| Pacey fired at him ard then retreated around
! the shed, the other man following him; after
the shooting the other fellow ran on board
the boat, and It big fellow, Charley that
drives the United States bues, threw trunk
at him; Pacey fell ON the stairs of the boat; !;
! Pacey's Express wagon was close TO where
Pacey stood when the fight began; Pacoy had
not said anything to him was Just coming
along talking to me about business he fired
at Pacey twice before he got off the buss.
Cross examined Deceased called him and
then talked about fighting; P4cey told him to
come down and he would fight him then he
snapped and afterwards fred and hit him in
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