The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-07-09

IL is sometimes the case that stage-dri-
vers stand by each other in difficulty.
and sometimes not. | have known
Coltrap long time and never knew him
to be in fight. / think he was man
who would stand by his fellow-drivers
under some circumstances. / don't
know as / ever took such thought as
that Coltrap and Jackson would help
me if l got into diffi,ulty. This was
my quarrel with Pumroy. l don't know
as Coltrap had anything to do with it
Coltrap didn't know anything about the
merits of the quarrel when I came out
of the barn. / hadn't told him any
thing about it. The first knew Of any
difficulty between Coltrap and Pumroy
the former ordered Pumroy into the
coach, and told him to put up his pistol,
when the latter Hourished his pistol, and
Coltrap started and got the kingbolt.-
/ should think Pumroy was pointing
the pistol, though moving it about
did not, during the whole tine see the
defendant take aim with the pistol, al
any one. believe he was stepping back
all the time the pistol was being waved.
After the shot was fired, / asked Col
trap if he was hurt he said, ''No! /
will kill the son of a D." / then
jumped and caught the defendant, to
take away his pistol, and prevent his
shooting anybody else | tried to get
the pistol out Of his hands, and stop the
difficulty. saw that I could not take
the pistol away from him, aud being
afraid he would hnrt some one, | called
jackson, and we got the pistol away
from him. l here got my forefnger
hurt, whether from the unjointing of
the pistol l cannot say. Do not know
whether struck Pumroy or not. Did
not strike Pumroy after I got tho pistol
in my possession. Jackson helped me
to get the pistol then put the pistol
into the barn. Puniroy was only a
short distance from the coach when ]
got the pistol away from him. "
came out of the baln, to prevent
Coltrap killing Pumroy with the King
bolt Ipicked up the kingbolt ARD
dropped it, when somebody picked it
up. At this time Pumroy was running
and Coltrap after him they say Col.
trap had run him around the coach, but
I didn't see that 1t was Oh the south
west side of the coach l got the pistol
and walked to the barn with the pistol
| put the pistol into the feed boxes. abou,
ten feet from the door. When one oil
gotout, saw Coltrap throw the king
bolt at defendant. Coltrap was then on
the southern or southwesterly side q
the coach. / run or jumped to where
the kingbolt was, caught it, but dropped
it when somebody else Immediately
caught it up. + don't know that Col,
trap picked it up, am rot certain. ]
saw it in Coltrap's hands after that
Did not see Coltrap throw the king boil,
at Pumroy after this. / then halloed
to Pumroy to leave, and some others
did the same; when he started aud ran
down the road. Don't know that Pum>
roy stopped running when he found tina,
Coltrap was not after him. Next time
I saw Pumroy he was going up the hill,
and tried to get on the coach. Coltrap
told him not to don't know that Col
trap drew the kingbolt on defendant a,
this point, don't know that it was pu,
on the coach after the difficulty. ]
next saw Pumroy coming along on the
prairie, walking, probably two miles off
Next saw him at Francis's barre a,
Prarie city. ! there arrested him, al
the request Of the people. He did moi
resist or talk of doing SO. He express
ed a perfect willingness to come back
with me. / understood that he
expressed an anxiety to see the decea.
sed, and believe he asked me once Il
let him see him. Do not know that he
walked all the way to Prairi. City,
walking when | saw him. He got in
there perhaps an hour or two after the
coach got in. Don't think, when
arrested him; that threatened to hang
him. Ihave not, while the detendan,
mas been in town, threatened he should
be hung in case he was acquitted. !
have not threatened any personal inju
ry to him in such case. / have no,
threatened him any injury in case :he
appeared on the streets with the Sheriff
Threats were made, and l said l should
tel the Sheriff, but did not do So
Don't think | heard any witness in this
case make any such threats. :" -,
DIREcT-REsUMED.-I saw no other
pistol drawn out during the difficulty al
Humphreys. l saw no other pistol there
that day. Coltrap had nothing in lhi.
hands when he went out to the coach
first. He had no weapons in his hand
when he told the defendant to put uI
his pistol and get back into the coach
He had DO weapons in his hand when
the pistol was fourished or pointed a,
him by the defendant. This happened
in Polk county, and believe in Beaver
township. I left the pistol in the barn
a very few minutes. / brought it out
then, and believe I again took it back
and afterwards gave it to Mr.. Hum
phrey, and told him to take care of i,
until l would call for it, or the Sheriff.
/ got it agaiu from Mr.. Humphrey the
next morning. The pistol heretofore ex
hibited, No. 1850, was admitted to be
the pistol fired
CHARLES +. CHESTER. SWORN -
reside in this county. Am an expires,
messenger. got on the coach at tht
stage Office the afternoon Of the 10TH
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