Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-09-12
LOCAL ITEMS
THE MCKINNEY MURDEp rp,.,
Testimony for the Prosecution Con.
tiHued.

"" "ch'hhey was resumed. We give a |
summary of the testimony Of each wit. |
ness, leaving ont those parts which are
merely eoroborate.
Jos. Hoag, Deputy Sheriff, sworn
Saw the shooting and arrested McKin- !
ney, just after he had fired the lac, shot
Received this pistol Ia Whistler, upon
the table, from him. Went to Deals
drug store, where Courtney was living on
tue hoor. Saw the Sheriff bring his
clothes to the Office, where they have
been ever since. / would know the
clothes if saw them. IA thin blue
sack coat, check vest. and under-cloth.
ing, cut and with dried blood upon them
are brought in. | recognize this coat
and this vest as the ones he wore. They
have not been disturbed since they came
to the Office.
DIR. Bergstein, recalled = / had all
these clothes removed from Courtney,
This hole in the lett side Of the coat is
the one | alluded to yesterday, as being
burnt. All these holes now in the coat'
were in it at the time. When l first saw
Courtney he was coming down Meadow
Valley street between two men, Finley
and Johnny Tyler, | think. He had a
pistol in his left hand. l found knife
on him, sheath knife / believe.
Thomas n. Lucas, sworn.-Was sit
ting in front of Levin a. Co.'S cigar store.
Courtney passed down the street; when
he got opposite to Coschina's fruit store
my attention was attracted by flash and
a simultaneous report. l saw a party
intervene between Courtney and myself,
his 1.-THE intervening party's arm ex-
tended; Courtney partially turned his
heal over his left shoulder, and immedi-
ately started to run down Main street.
When at the lower side of Coschina' $
place ! saw a second fash and heard the
report. He Courtney continued run
ming, and as he was in the act of turning
into Pres. Wand's saloon, third shot
was fred. He was followed by the party
who was shooting; both passed from my
sight. 1t was not Morgan Courtney who
fired the first shot which saw. 1t was
man Immediately to his left and rear
The man whose arm saw extended was
little below the boot blacks stand in
front of Coschinas store. think was
about fifteen PAGES from the man who
fired; the man was from six to eight feet
from Courtney-probably closer, no.
ticed nothing unusual abous COURTNEY as
he passed down the street; he had his
right hand in his pocket. After the shot
was fired he raised it on level with his
elbow, should judge, at the same time
he turned his head over the left shoulder
and then ran. / had seen Mckinney
passing down Main street, below W. F. 4
Co. s, half an hour before that. did
not see how far he went could MOI
have observed man if he had been sit
ing either in or behind the boot-black'
stand,
II. Il. Breakey, sworn-was sitting by
Michael's cigar store. In Meadow Val
ley street three shots were fired. The
last shot but one took effect in the back
This / know from seeing the back o
Courtney's coat on fire Immediately after
John Kelley, sworn-Saw defendan
standing in Pres. Wand's saloon doc
about three minutes before the shooting
Did not known him to speak to him.
Sylvester Barnes, sworn-Was at Ham
ilton's saloon; saw Mckinney and Court
ney going into Pres. Wand's saloon
they appeared to be walking as two me-
would 90 into q saloon together, one a'te
another.
John D. Boyd, sworn-The first sho
was fired by the boot blacks stand, tn
second by Coschina's, the third by Pres
wands and the fourth as they enteIe
the door. They were about one step an
, half apart.
, D.S. O'Neil sworn-I saw Mckinne
about 5 or 10 minutes before the shoe
ing; he was standing behind the boo
, blacks stand in the street, little tt
wards the lower corner of the stand;
; noticed nothing peculiar about him--onI
,, looked at him two or three seconds; |
! was facing towards Wand's saloon; sa
a no person with defendant. Ned Frent
was also to the rear Of the stand stoopir
down, fixing chair. l turned and wei
; to the stand to get chair from it, four
. the curtain for the front down, al
2 could get no chair; returned to the low
8 end of the stand and stood leaning pa
y tally against post and partially again
the stand. Mckinney might have go'
to the sidewalk in the direction OF Pre-
:, wand's without my seeing him whef
. was going after the chair. 1t was imp'
s sible that he could have done SO witho
9 nv seeing him after l returned to
u end of the stand. He might have go
- up around the stand and passed do'
the sidewalk without my seeing MIN.
s was within a minute after had Sc
10 him that l returned to the end OF I
Is Is stand. Mckinney had then disappear
"a II don't know where he went to. Wh
N the shooting commenced they were TIL
IN or four feet apart. l think they GOV
have touched each other. H. after
s turned to the end of the stand, Mch
96 ney had been standing at or below
Is lower corner OF the stand, l would I'd
% seen him, but not if he had been aoe
al the corner. When Courtney came 90