The weekly Butte record. [volume] (Oroville [Calif.]) 1866-1887, 1867-04-20

Harris, who killed at the Freedman Bureau on
Myers street Monday evening. The Inquest was
held at Justice Dicks Office Tuesday morning:
ALBEIT REED knew deceased; well acquainted
with him. his George Harris.
VIZ E MCKIILCP deceased with Davy Patterson
yesterday about O'Clock ". standing in the alley
leaning the fence heard conversation and went back
OF shop 10 see what II deceased WIS swearing
and talking about third party, D2Ey; did not
know who il was went back and paid no further 2'tel-
= non % it.
J. PARKS Deputy Constable testihed that after Low
gave himself UP he with him 10 where the occur
renee place: body Of the deceased lying at
the place known as the FreeiInan's Bureau. Halls
Hotel lying the right side Of head face; the knife
here shown, picked up about two feet from his head
his feet lying the porch and his head on the
ground think the way he fell must have made bruises
on his head: should think bruises his head were
made by the in which he fell
A K HALL knew deceased knew that they called him
George: went into the where deceased slept and
the handle of knife sticking out from under the
pillow Of the bed should say tia. the knife here exhn
( tied is the knife then saw.
DR J. NJ. VANCE sworn-Am Physician and Surgeon
/ residing in Orovile: summoned examine de-
ceased there large wound shot firearms
q kind the ball entered the left side OF the neck
and passed through: would no, be positive whether the
ball went into side the other; the wound was
sufficient to produce instant death; should not suppose
he would have lived ten minutes; the wounds on the
the head sufficient TO produce death; should
say they were made with some hard instrument and not
by falling
RasuzIo OIIyERI iIUTG CARPANETo the interpreter
lives Oregon Gulch but Orovile every Sat
urtiay Chileno; knew deceased by seeing him on
the street; him last night from to eight NJ
at the house when deceased killed, at the time
the quarrel between him and the colered jim
who attends the bar When got in the house the two
fighting; deceased said he going to kill the
other tonight did not any weapon at the time.
Then went to them. and told him go out; did not
want them to fight in the house: deceased drew knife
and the other then drew pistol and knocked deceased
down; then he fired shot; struck with the pistol
somewhere about the head; he fell off the porch
then shut the door and saw more of it; never saw
them quarrelng before deceased drew his knife nrs
and then the other drew bis pistol close to them at
first; do not know what they quarrelling about
the fight commenced in the bar room: the barkoeper
was irving 10 put deceased out of the house but he
would not go.
MApAIIN HuM1roS keeps the house on Myers street
where deceased was killed was in the house when the
quarrel began, bur present in the when
tered the where the disturbance there
present but the deceased James Low the bar ten
der and Mr. overi, who was trying to separate them:
James wanted to put the deceased OF the house and
he would not Mr.. Oliveri put the who was kill
e euI anu tisl James wen Iua 9eceseq ure" tiie
always carried IL deceased said he was ao;n.r Ia kill
james that night; james said Won 90 away, am not
armed and do NOT want vo, In s-av Il, tle horse- saw
them both 90 ont: did not see low draw the pistol but
heard te rnort did NOT see Low strike AT decreased
wifi, ,stoI knew 5.sased. his naIoe was (eor,ra
HIS. s,o,,lj se ha - an ,,sar al h. be,rl hin,
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~ was not in The h.iit of ,ryi,T a ristol. If was
tent in draw after bo vent ont and about twenty
or thirty minutes before the rins, took mace LOW came
hack and went belind tbe har Inf lil NOT see him take
aTv-biTtr and ba1 MT ont. orarre,,g was poin ON
all the So or 20 Minutes mat elansed outside between
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noise and got up and into the bar room; Harris
tre" tne hiilIe nave seen II hullrea ues uea 70
everybody knew il; don't know that he was shot with
the pistol kept in my draw the pistol belonged To Low
harms qua h91 o9ard WIN me; le' MN a'e p'e u
DAVID Pl,rrERsoN teoloretD did not know Of any diff
cutes, except little quarrelnS between deceased and
1ss iT Oh ouai i a9' -, o i gI via. ~ $3.50
the bar at the house where deceased was killed; told
Harris what Low had told me, and told Harris that he
ont no. 20 9eiiit a., 't oni lai[ I ui 1t IS; ~ u,
was in the alley up by McKillups paint shop; he said
he would tell INN To his lace he was mar or d mar
hin, ,,+ NJ H. no Throat. vrara made nv either To my
knowledge of taking life; they were cursinS and talking
against e''0ii "'4iet'