The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1864-11-12
Testimony taken at tho Tnuncst m
Body of John Elliott.

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+ Territory Of Idaho, County of Boise
Testimony taken at a COronor's ihquesthdd
before Chas Walker, Justice Of the Peace, Il
: idaho city, Nov. 9th, 1864, on view of The
! body Of John Elliott, deceased.
DR.. A. J. Hogg sworn, says Found two
bullet wounds; one in the neck bali passed
in through the top Of, the lung the ether ii
1.-THE hip, through the hip; either the wound
in the neck or hip would productdeath
! DR.. James Healy sworn, says Isexamin ID
the body with DIR. Hogg. corroborates his
statement. The ball in the shoulder lodgea
near the spine..
q Geo. - sworn, says: was in t1s
Club Room at the City Bakery, Idaho city,
Boise county, I. T., on the eveningof the 7th
November, 1864. A gentleman gave Jcaa
Elliott a check, and Bailey, the dealer, SAID
he did not play for stakes and the gens.s-
max, Ben Anderson, said, | will give you tFe
money. Elliott then said, the game cannot
go on unless / play, and pulled out his re-
yolver. Anderson grabbed him, and then
they took him out, and the next saw be came
to the front door of the saloon, and said
Z Bring out your shot-guns, and fourished s
revolver in the door; saw no more, ~
heard several shots.
| Samuel Stewart sworn, says: Some Que
came to the door and said Come on, sshot-
guns The next thing saw was, shootiag
commenced; the shots were about the SANE
time; only saw one man shoot; did not SIS
the man on the outside; think there were -
i to Is men in the room at the time.
Peter Riggs sworn, says: stood on IT,
outside; saw the flashes of several shots 4
seemed to me that the shots or flashes can
from more than one direction; saw a ma
shoot twice; he seemed to be shooting doWi
could see. the figure of something appearins
to be down.
John Cassidy sworn, says On Monday
evening, about u o'clock, soon after got
behind the bar, a rush came out of the fare
room; l started to go in there; did not get
in for some moments on account of the rush i;
while going in, some one said, he has got 40
pistol : | got in the room; found Frenchy
Lagua up onthe table; he was looking in the
direction of Jack Elliott Jack was in Bel
Anderson's arms told Frenehy to get down
| off the table he had knife and pistol in
his hands; told him TO get down, that there
would be no further trouble somebody said
Look OUT then turned and saw Bailey with
a pistolin his hand; i told him toput up his
pistol; just at that time my bar-keeper come
| in with deuble-barreled shotgun; told
him to give that to mel took it from him !;
then told Jack to leave and never enter my
house again he said he would go away. d
went back behindthe bar, taking the gun and
setting it at the end of the counter. A party
! of gentlemen came up to the bar while
waiting on them, Jack stepped in front of the
ldoor+made some remarks l did not hear -
the next heard, he said Manly, you want
SEINE of thiS'-or something like that inn
mediately there was report of two pistols,
~ EotIiCs VI SlOSSSo UnA q 60hOAoA AhSSuA VOA1S
behind the counter;I thought the ball from
the outside pistol passed over,the counter;
started from the end of the counterI was at,
went to the other end at the the time got
there somebody grabbed my gun--I took hold
of it, and in the scuffe it went off. The next
I saw of the difficulty, Charley Manly came
into the house and said & / have got him, give
me another pistol When the first took
place, Jack and Charley were very close to-
gether-both in, or about the door.
Geo. Ferrend sworn, says was in the |
back part of the room; rush came from
the adjoining room; got up and looked in
saw Frenchy on top of the table with large
derringerin his hand; saw man go behind
the bar and take shotgun and go out of
the back door; afterwards saw Cassadybring
the shotgun back and place it behind the
counter; saw the bar-keeper lead Jack out
of the adjoining room, and told him to wait
there until he went. and got his hat-that nc
lpersen should harm him. Jack did. not wait
j Then Sam Bailey came out with a 6+shooter
and said something Gore told him to GO
hack and deal his game-there would be n
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