The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-07-09
OTTUMWA IOWA, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1868.

ry could get in before Pumroy come UP SO
could go on without any more trouble
Pumroy hollered to throw off something. /
think it was satchel. Going up the Sec
ond hill Coltrap got on the top ofthe coach
and lay down on it. Says he II believe
that dirty pup" or something to that effect
"has killed me-" This was about half an
hour after he was shot. l left Coltrap at
Prairie City from IL, to o'clock that night
next see Pumroy at Francis Tavern,
Prairie City. / arrested him there.
When Coltyap was coming out of the
barn, Pumroy was standing so. (Here the
witness waived his right handy The pis-
tol was pointed toward Coltrap. ! call it
pointing, it was waving in that manner
(Waiving his handy don't know what
Pumroy said then. He said something
when he had him up against the coach. I
don't know that understood what it was.
I was standing at the coach door holding it
open so that Pumroy could get in, when
the pistol was fired. have not the pistol
in my possession, gave it to Mr.. Morris.
Pumroy held the pistol in his right hand
when Coltrap was at the side of him trying
to get him into the coach. Coltrap was
standing at the left side of Pumroy-- (the
witness describing the manner by assum-
ing positions) with his right hand grasped
to the coat of Pumroy, the palm of the
same hand pressed against the neck Of
Pumroy.
Here pistol (Smith & Wesson's large
size) was shown witness and he stated that
it Looked like the one Pumroy had. That
he gave the pistol to Humphreys and told
him to keep it for the Sheriff or till he call
ed for it. -Four cartridges werc shown
which the witness and Humphreys gave
him, and stated that he took them out of
the pistol after receiving it from the wit
ness.l
There had been no talk between Co!trap
and the defendant before this, than that
Coltrap said to him to get into the coach
and put up the pistol That was the first
conversation heard. The defendant had
the pistol down by his side. Nc, I'm mis-
taken, the pistol was waving in his hand
In response to question by the Court the
witness stated that Coltrap got the king
bolt. don't know how far Coltrap was
from Pumroy when first saw Pumroy
waving his pistol-it may be eight or ten
feet--and Pumroy waived his pistol and
pointed it at Coltrap before Coltrap run for
the coach and got the kingbclt | said
when went into the barn to Coltrap, laugh
ing, that there was man out there drawed
pistol on me, and asked him how he liked
''Fred' horse had drove. Says he "first
rate he's good one." That was all that
was said between him or L, and started
out to go to my own team.
After left Prairie City | next saw Col
trap in his coffin dead, at my house, He
was brought to my house, Il helped bring
him. yesterday morning about o'clock. =
The place where he showed me where he
had been shot was about an inch below
the navel. could see the hole and the
blood around.
Cross ExAMINATIoN.-Agc about 34.-
Lived four years next November in this
town. Going on five years worked fol
the Western Stage Company. Am employ
ed as driver. To drive, get along, make
time and take care of my horses is all I
have to do, and be accomdating to travel
ers
co. Have you any authority from Col.
Hooker any one else to interfere with the
seats Of the passengers.
l was told to give the lady the back seat
She had a back seat. Another gentleman
gave up his seat on the same seat, could
not say who were the two fist passengers
in the coach. don't know what seat he
was on. There were two in the coach
when we left the Office. One was taken on
atthe American House, and the other, Mr..
Pumroy, was on the back seat with him. =
When we got to Williamson's, Che ster
went to the door to get the lady to come out
and when he come back he told Pumroy
he'd have to give up his seat to the lady,
Pumroy said he wouldn't give up his seat
to no lady. He said that he had paid for
his seat and he was going to have it. That's
all that Pumroy said except that was
id and dirty scoundrel. said
that he was no gentleman or he'd give up
his seat to lady. Chester was standing
by all this time. All said was "Your
mother was lady and it would be an &C.
commodation to you to give up your seat
to her." The lady came out the door, and
that was all that was sald I'm sure. He
might have said that he had laid over "a
hours to get that seat; that it made his
head ache to ride backwards and he would
mt do it. l wont be certain whether he
did or not. believe do recoect that he
said someting about it, but didn't under
stand what it was. don't recollect wheth-
er he said that it made him sick to ride
backward before told he was no gentle
man, or not. do not recollect Of his say
ing that he laid over, he might have said it,
don't recollect. am certain that he
swore there at Williamsons. lam sure that
he used TIE language as near as can get il