Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-03-13
,rned asked him to 90 to his room with

me and get armed-did SO in order to try
and get him to bed; he would not 60 /;
he had been drinking very freely-was
drunk. should say; l drank with him
six or eight times-twice, I think, at
Lewis Saloon-the rest of the time at
Doyle & Goodman's.
Cross Examined-I have known de-
ceased three or fou. years; we were always
friendly; the trouble first commenced at
the bar, in squabble about some glasses;
saw deceased have q tumbler in his
hand; heard him afterwards ask Clark
for Six-shooter; did not hear him make
the request of any one else; heard him
tell Clark that he thought he CLARK
should get him pistol. as he had done as
much for him before then; it was about a
half hour from the time the deceased had
a growl with Brown to the time of the
shooting; and as that trouble had been
settled I thought all was moving quietly
again; saw Big Jake take deceased out Of
doors, and heard him try to prevent his
return to the saloon short time pre-
vious he remarked to me: You id S.
of b-h. come and take u drink; 1
laughed, and told him l would bet him
twenty-five cents I was nothing of the
kind he replied: no matter, take drink
any how; we first drank near the safe, at
the west end of the bar; We then went
towards the door. when some one caught
hold of his coat and told him to stop and
take drink when left the room think
he was drinking at the bar; when went
into the back room he was standing at the
east end of the bar; heard report of pistol
almost Immediately; deceased talked very
bad to Doyle, calling names (before re-
peated) which he made use of three or
four times; heard Doyle tell him to let
the matter rest until morning, and then it
would be easy to fix it all right; deceased
| paid no attention, but continued his talk !;
I supposed he was armed, until l exam-
ined his person, becauseI never knew him
to be without arms before; never knew
him to fight; never knew or heard Of his
fighting at any time; never knew he had
the reputation OF being fighting man !;
have known him in this city for some
time; Doyle was very quiet, although l
could see that he was very angry; he
! talked in low tone of voice all the time.
| Direct examination resumed Almost
every man in the city is in the habit OF
carrying weapons-good men and all ;
when he made the remark (before report
ed) to me, laughed at it; I think from
the way he asked for pistol that he wish
ed to borrow one and to use it; he asked
Clark for pistol; do not know whether
Doyle heard him; the first difficulty was
between deceased and man named Brown;
at that time I saw him have glass in his
hand that was the only time l saw him
have a glass; afterwards he and Brown
made up" and took drink.
Cross examination resumed-Good men
very frequently carry weapons in Virginia;
know of many who always carry pistol;
if you want TO defendants counseD I can
go out and bring in half-dozen good men
who are armed at all times.
John CARRIER sworn-Was present at
! the time DOYLE shot Metcalf this morning
was in compang with my friend Dick
| Brown had both taken several drinks-l
was pretty tight; about half an hour be-
fore the shooting, Metcalf made some re-
mark to Brown, which the latter took
offensa at, and was going to fight Metcalf,
but the deceased and myself being old &C.
quaintances went to him and settled the
matter at that time Metcalf said " he was
not after Brown" but the d. s. of b.
! behind the bar think when deceased came
back into the house that asked him to
take drink; Doyle took a six-Shooter
! from behind the bar and said he could mt
stand it any longer, and advancing shot
| Metcalf twice, who fell to the floor and
expired; deceased abused Doyle very bad
| "; think I asked Metcalf to take drink
| Just previous to the shooting; MetcaF
stood two or three feet from the bar when
shot by Doyle; I was standing TWO or
| three feet from Metcalf at the time leaning
| on the bar.
Cross examined-When l asked deceas-
ed to drink, just previous to the shoot
ing he replied something about s. of
b-;'asked him if he meant Brownie
said no, he was after that slick-headed s.
of b. behind the bar, and would kill
HIM before morning; he made the remark
in an open tone of voice.
Direct examination resumed-Am I'M
able to state whether Doyle heard the re-
mark or not. (Here the District Attorney
asked that the above testimony be stricken
out, as it was not positive that Doyle had
heard the remark. Gen. Williams argued
the point, and the Court overruled the
District Attorneys motion.)
John Brinton sworn-I was present this
morning at the difficulty between Doyle
and the deceased I know all the parties
lust previous to the shooting. Metcalf and
| one or two others walked towards the
door; ! looked after them, they stood at
| the door few seconds and then turned
and came back into the room; at this
moment 1 turned my head to speak TO
officer Soule, and heard the report of
pistol two shots were fired Metcalf stood
few seconds after the shots was fired and
then fell to the floor; did not notice as
| Metcalf had any weapons heard deceased
say to some one, don't know who, that
Doyle was CORNER language repeatedly;
| don't know his manner at the time as my
back was turned; at the time deceased
went towards the door, thought he was
leaving did not hear any one ask him to
drink was standing eight or ten feet from
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my attention being called to another man;
did not hear Doyle make any remark ;
when I turned around at the report of
pistol, saw it in the hand of Doyle.
Cross Examined-The conduct of Met
calf previously had been very abusive in
deed towards Doyle; his language was
foul and insulting, and he called him many
hard names. at four SeDarate times he
abused Doyle, each time occupied several
seconds, when outside parties would in
terfere and quiet him for time, when he
would again commence worse than before;
the fourth time was the last, think;
heard Doyle tell Metcalf not to abuse him
without any cause, but to wait until
morning, and then send friend around,
and everything would be amicably ar
ranged; Doyle gave no abusive language
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