Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-09-11
LOCAL ITEMS
THE MCKINNEY muRnr. r.,.
me jury sworn--TesiImony far IN.
Prosecution Commenc.a

ecutioh Commenced
AT 10 O'Clock yesterday morning Gen
W. Mchinney was brought into court 10
De 'ried Tor the murder of Morgan Court.
ney. The true name of the decaas "A r.s
Richard Moriarty, but as he is called
Morgan Courtney in the indictment We
use that name. Messrs. W. W. Bisbon
and II, l. Thornton appea.ed for the de-
tense; and District Attorney Goldthwai,e.
Assistant Henry Rives and ]. s pit,er
ior the prosecution. The Indictment
was read to the Jurors assembled in The
room and the work of impaneling the
jury was begun. At half-past Il O'Clock
tue court took a recess till D. m. At2
O'Clock business was resumed, and iury
was obtained at 2:45 p. H., the defense
having made but six peremptory chal.
lenges.
THE JURY.
Ihe twelve men who are TO decide
whether or not the law saws tlnt GEORGE
Mchlnney shall die. are. u. Krupp,
John Flomer, John Chisholm; Francis
Pierce, Thomas Conner, J. W. Huff.
John A. Peterson, ]. NJ. Pierce, ". NJ.
Coffee, Louis Gros, N. ". Miller and
Henry Gaulick. Their position is an un-
envlable one. inasmnch as their action
VIII be severely critized, whatever their
verdict may be; but it is an enviable one,
lnasmuch as each one of them has an Cd.
portunity of doing his duty independently
OF all other considerations, and of sery-
ing his fellow citizens nobly, in acting
according TO the laws they have adopted,
and by forgetting all other rules but those
to be brought forward in the testimony.
As yet, no honest, prudent and di inter
ested man can say that Mckinney is
guilty, or that he is innocent. The testi-
mony alone can decide that, and the ver-
dict will be the approval of the testimony.
ihh eiAif ofENS llS CASE.
After the jury had been sworn, and
at ten minutes past three, the Dis
trict Attorney having opened the case,
Dr. Bergstein was called to the stand.
He testified as follows:
AT about $50 p. m. on the first day of
August, whilst standing in the Capital
saloon, | heard pistol shots outside.
first saw Morgan Courtney brought down
Meadow Valley street by two men who
took him into DR.. Deals drug store. l I
was called to see him; found upon him
several gunshot wounds; upon his left
side flesh wound which merely passed
under the skin; could not tell whether
it came from before or behind. The
missile which made the second, passed in
one inch to the left of the spinal
column, and out through the abdomen;
the third missile passed in between the
shoulders, one inch of the spinal column,
and out through the breast-plate, at the
second rib; n fourth entered on the left |
side, back OF the shoulder, passed across
the body from left to right. and out of
the right side OF the neck; the fifth was
a small opening made by the bullet strik-
ing the ninth rio on the left side of the
back, and rebounding. | attended Court
ney until he died, at II o'clock noon of |
the day after the shooting. In my opin-
ion, his death was the result of the /
wounds / have described. | made no
post morton examination; was prevented
from making one by Mr. Kelley; was
told that Courtney was his cousn; he
said that be would shoot the first man
who put u knife into the corpse.
DR.. d. L. Deal, being sworn, testified.
His testimony, as far as it went, was
of that Of DR., Bergstein.
DR.. Bergstein being recalled, testified |
that Courtney's coat was burnt in the |
back between the shoulders, he thought, |
the circumstances, bypowder.
The court then adjourned till 10 O'Clock
this morning.