Boise news. (Bannock City, I.T. [Idaho City, Idaho]) 1863-1864, 1864-01-23

. DR.. J. A. Raymond was sworn, and testi-
: fed that he had examined the body, and
[ found pistol or gun-shot wound in the left
side, between the End and Sd ribs, counting
from below. The ball lodged at the right
side of the lower end of the stemum or
breast bone, having passed through the dia-
phragm, wounding the liver From the size
of the ball, he inferred that it was from Ma
Wy sized revolver. Seeley's death was un-
doubtedly caused by this wound.
DIR. l. II. Harris had heard the testimony
of DR.. Raymond, and corroborated his state
ment8.
VIM. I. SeatOn, who appeared to have
been in house near by Bellows hotel when
Seeley was shot, testified that he heard Hol.
brook talking loud, and before he-witness-
got to the door, he heard a shot fired and
when he got to the door, he saw Holbrook
standing about half way between the door Of
the hotel and the road. He either shot two
or three times. There were three or four
shots fired, but whether from the inside or
out, he could not say. Holbrook stood about
Que second after the firing ceased and started
to where witness stood, but when he had ap-
preached to within 20 steps of him, turned to
the left and ran towards the hill near the
brickyard, and turned down the bar he had
a pistol in his hand when he passed, and was
holding it out before him. Witness is "a YRS.
of age, and resides on Buena Vista bar.
Moses Hart resides in Bannock City, was
at the ball at Bellows hotel when J. r. See
ley was shot. He was sitting at the supper
liable, when he heard Holbrook say in very
loud tone of voice, that he had the best pis
tol that ever fired, and he intended to .'kiIlI
him" or shoot the man" as soon as he came
out from supper. TEN Northcutt then spoke
and said, =" guess am the man you refer
to- Holbrook then drew his pistol, and
Northcutt drew his. Holbrook and Clark
jumped out of the door and shut it after them.
Northcutt started to follow but Seeley caught
him and held him, Northcutt keeping his pis-
tol pointed towards the door there were
three shots fired, and he thinks no more.
There was no firing inside of the house the
firing began Immediately after Holbrook and
Clark went out.
!. .. Teeter testifes thats-hs was standing
byathe Ere; -Wbel Clark and Holbrook came
0aSirom supper cursing, and Holbrook said
he intended to blow a mans head off as soon
as supper was over. They went to the door
and he made the same assertion again. Clark
to be trying to get HoIbrook out, or
back to supper, SO as to have no row; but
said he wanted to shoot the top of
the mans head off then. Northcutt then
said to Holbrook, :" 1 am the man you want
10 see, Cd d-n YOU" Holbrook and Clark
Immediately leaped out of the house-Clark
disappearing from witness sight. Holbrook
turned facing the door about ten feet from it,
and at the same instant he saw two flashes
and heard two reports, appeared to be
rom Holbrook's pistol, and the other to the
light of him. Northcutt was at this door at
The time, and as the pistols fired, turned back.
md then turned again, and as he turned, he
-Northcutt-fred his pistol. Just then an.
'ther shot was fired on the outside, and See
ey said. ain shot," and was in the act of
allng, when this witness caught hin, and with
'ther assistance, put him on bed. Holbrook
vas the only man he could see through the
loor, and he saw him fire twice. This occur
ed at Buena Vista bar, Boise county, I. T.,
IA the Goth day of Jan, 1864, between the
hours Of II and l O'Clock in thu morning.
There were other witnesses sworn and ex- {
mined, but as their testimony did not vary
from the foregoing, we omit it. {
he following is the verdict of the Coroner's I
ury
Eve, the Coroner's Jury, impanneled to
INQUIRE into the cause of the death of Joseph l
I. Seeley, do find that he was native of the
state of Ohio and that he came to his death, !
m the 20th Of January, 1864, at Buena Vista
Bar, Boise county, Idaho Territory, by pis- !
oil shot from the hands of one Holbrook. v
Bannock City, January 2lSt, 1864. i
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