, 1866-04-20
TRIAL OF THOMAS D0NAHUE
- FoE rHE ~
MURDER Of Of fEkD. ]. PATTERSON.
Report of the Testimony.

abpU1 VI SAS AeStAAeAya
voxp,y. April th.--veniras were issued fol
;nrv and after calling sixty-four men jury
VA, found consisting Of
M.BW Ward, W. p Bruce,
Jas DewaT, Cyrus Leyde,
W S. King, Ihos Bumgard9er,
Geo. BrOnhard, WIN. Russell,
NJ. Giles, J. P. Blampied,
C. Johnson, II. Parker.
The case was then stated to the jury by the
.,vs for the Territory and defence, the foruier
bsing represented by Messrs. Fargo, Nix and
Ss.rpstein. and the latter by Messrs. Lasater 4
Iingford The whole Of the day was consun I'd
il selecting the jury and stating the case, and
,fer charging the jury TO hold no communica-
ton with any one in relation to the case, they
were allowed to separate, and Court adjourned
until .-.
TrEspAY, April l7th.-Thc jury was called
and found tt be present, whercupon the evidence
was introduced as follows /: 2.
TESTIMONY FOR THE PROSECUTION.
S.B. FAaGo, swora.-I reside in the county
of Walla Walla. knew James F. Patterson .
know Thomas Donahue, the defendant. was
in the city on the 18th of February last; know
Of the killing Of. Mr.. Paterson on that, day |
went into the saloon Of Nr. Barr cit in this city,
on the morning Of that day, between and s
o'clock. Mr. Donahue was there playing eatds
with tie bar keeper, Mr.. Warren, at one of the
tables Mr.. Patterson came ir While was there
and got the key of the privy and went out at
the back door; he soon came back and sat down
bv thestove n little while, then went out of the
front door DOnahue went out soon after, aud
tu.n went out and vent into the barber shop
Patter:on vas sitting in Il chair getting shaved ;
picked up small Cup and went into the back
room to get some warm water, and then saw
DonaR.e sitting dorn b. the stove | got the
water. came CIT into the trout room, washed,
and combel my hair; during that time | WAS
talking with Patterson, aud continued talking
with him until came out Of the shop At that
:lme there were two negroes aud DJnahue in
Inc back room, AMI Nr. Patterson, Boyle and
myself in tile frort room. Patterson said to me
that he had quit drinking for a month, that when
he got up that morning he had come to lhe con-
clusiOr not to drink any E1ore for a month |
talked with him about one thing and another
until ieft the shop. went from the shop back
into Barretts saloon, and was there bat a short
tine When ! heard a shot. | started for the
door, and almost in a second heard another
,hOt, and third in quick succession. aud a mo-
Inrnt after saw Mr.. Patterson at the door of
the saloon the SHE Of his face was next 10 me
and was very bloody he caught the knob Of the
door as he came ur the street, and swung rornd;
then the door ofened and he fell inside, In "A
moment more FOnahue came up 10 tic dCcr with
+ pistol in his hand; he stuck his pistol into
the door, saw Patterson and shot. halloed,
'' Doat shoot = We all got verr mach CON
fused in the saloon, in getting out OF the way;
in a moment hea.l another shot. alh.estas
said . Don't Shootl' ! had retreated to the
partition across the saloon when Heard the
pistol snap, then Mr. CLARK said .'rJn shoot
any more, the mans dead then wo all started
TO where Patterson lay. Donahue wheeled to
90 out and then wheeled back and snapped his
pistol at Patterson again; he thea whe.l and
went out ufthc door with his p;.tcI in his hand
sari,d to 60 after Lin: and have bin arrested,
but tLey crowded in SO from the outside that
could not get out for some time but finally
gjt out and followe Donahue Up the street As far
as kygrr's store. when Mr.. Kygcr told nc he was
in there. | saw Mr. Miner. 4 p)liccni m, coming
aaI he and went in together ! Sar poaaEue
IL the back end Of the store sitti-E down. aud
asked him if he wanted to give himself up; he
said he did, and go. up aid came towards us.
Dr.. TomPkins the Deputy Sheriff, came in a:
that Zine and took charge Of him asked him
10 give up his pistol, aaI he said he would give
It to the man he got it froI;:; then Ttold him t.
give 1t to The man it belonged to, and he said It
belonged to Mr.. Sanford; that was not the pis-
tol he did the shooting with. | think that Dr.
IomPkins took the pistol | asked him where
the pistol was he shot Patterson with, but he
made no answer; told Tompkins | wanted him
to gCt II. Miner and | left Dlnahue in the
hands Of Tompkns, and went back to the saloon
%Agse Patterson was lying dead where he fell
ne H@l received four wounds; one shot struck
MN on the right side Of the jaw, and passed
down through his neck aud came out above his
lett breast, lodging in his shirt The next shat
went 4EtD mis- ba rl and l,lr, a.. 4
IA Eent. the other two shots were shot into
tne r'EHt side, one OF them went clear tbFough
us 0II! anu struck his arm little above the
eloo" and passed nearly through his arm: the
ouc came through to the SKIN on the opposite
sue from where 1t entered. ! STAYED in the sa
loon until after the CCr1ncf's induest, and sent
10y DE- Day to come and examine the wound,
AZ, AL cut out the balls he cut out three balls.
""eA Tue shooting commenced Patterson was
N"uel on the middle chair in the barber sbop.
I's ise' on top ct the stool; he was getting
i.a,eu i and was stripped to his pants and shirt.
s"" no arms about him. There is a door or
tAthsr an arch, betweea the back and front
i0OG' OF the barber shop. There was stove
~ ,,n ue oack room, and Douohue was seated
.,', ,ug 70 me right of it. \ person in one room
W P,Mn'! near what was said in the other
b;r H''erson came to the door of the saloon,
,"''' was all open ia front so that his under
..'' could be seen; he had on no vest and his
80 80 were IN his boots the same as mine
80, "a 'he oarber-shop several minutes long
" get warm water from the back room,
M myseii and comb my hair. Douahue was
.oo.s al al Tue time | was; he was in the back
b;r, ~nen went in after the water and lett
Ga 'aere % when went ont of the shop; when he
Ma cM H'e Two shots in the saloon Mr.. Patterson
tL., L en on his side; Donahue was SO close
,t "e could almost have touched him with the
S.O., rosO ms affair took place in the City and
G,a? oi Maita Walla. When Patterson came
lbs,o lbrg saloon in the morning Donahue was
ba,e playing cards with Mr.. Warren, and when
,I,son ,Io.on got the key to the priyy be passed
,na ~ " D0nahue in going out OF the back door,
I'M n Npen ne returned he passed close to Dona-
.ersoIs saln, Tor he was still sitting there Pat
nj ;Jor an spoke to all hauds about the morning,
@.ter .. little he went out by the front door
~ minute ortwo afterwards Warren and Dona-
,aS uNu some words over the game and he got up
y "vnt NJ out, and into the barber -shop.
4 :; a. WOOD srorH.-Was in this CITY on
4, t'tn OF Feb last. Knew Ferd. Patterson,
.i,S, vas called and also know the prisoner by
ing AI'er lhad got my breakfast on that morn
o'e,ol, went to the barber-shop, between 8 and
h.'pek to get shaved. Patterson, and Boyle.
snS osroer, were in the front room of the shop
bacL Oue eolored person and Mr. Domaine in the
room. Spoke to Patterson as nassed him