Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-04-17


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blood running down Dumpby's face. all Owe
1t; In leading Dumphy into the room. Wax.
field held on. to his arm. not as thou9h ruif
Ing him. but simply ~ friend.
j. +. HArvey-l live at present an the We
l0wstone. In 1873 livedin Bozeman. ".
there ON April 18Th. 1878; am acouajnte.d wit
April, 1879. about 5 o'cl.ck IN ~ mcrnir~ =
little later, I was in Odell,a s.In..r. 7 h.:sr
tracas In the North Pacific hofel. vent m,
| to the sidewalk. saw Dumnhv near tho IN
dow Of the North Pacific hotel. on the sid i
walk; his face WAS Moody mi i walked owe
said it Is strange II can,t BEL n,ot..cte aH !;
the house where stop. Wakefieii came mn
said viii protect Won: thew sfarte.i into th
house. and then noficeIi Eor.a In TO- h.i,
near the foot of the stair.. nnmnSv mn. m.
Wakefield passed into the nan. n,mn,,v !,
front, Wakefield foIl0wino nass Rorii into tn
Office. ana Ford foliove6 fhcm i foII"w ~.
as far Is the once door. Dumphv and Wske
fieAl went toward the sInk. Ford went ~ :,
and turnsA to the rioht as tar "A ti,e front :. "
the stove. / then sew Dumnhv Min . nisto
which he fired. and the ball strncc Ford !,
the right side. WakefIeld asIci Ford = =.
was slot. Ford said no or Oh + cant On, nv
Ger tain which. I do not what became If ~.
pistol. There are two doors in the Office on. m,
leading to the hail and one r. the ;n T''s
room; the sink is in the Northeast corner s
The stove is little to the rioht Of the door
about seven feet OF: | should thinE the mis-
tol was two feet from ForI's body when fred
Ford was talking loud and boisterons when nj i
first saw him. and when he foiiowesl WeLa.
Held into the ONCE, he said someiEiDx about
a .sson of q bitch"
I Fl, st saw Dumphv in the mornino near
Adams stable, and saw Ford Mt the North
Pacific hotel and talked with him. From the
the office, to the time of firing the nisroi WAS
about 4 minutes. I did not watch bumnhv
hands. but watched hfs eyes.
Cross-examination-T taiked with For.l in
the morning. he (Fordl smoke of tro,,ble With
Dumphy about financial matters. commen enc.
ing in HeleuA Also OF having a difficnItv
with Dumphy the night before: that he had
whipped him, and was able 10: that Dumphy
owed him three thousand dollars. md he
would whip him until he cot the value of it.
When | came from Odell.s saloon. saw
Dumphy standing on the sidewalk. his face
was bleeding proflsely. Mr.. Cristman asked
HIM to 90 Into Odeli's and wash: Dumphv
sain he wanted protection In the house where
he STONED. Ford was talking loudly. and
Mr.. Wakefield said to DumDhy. come alono
with me. / viii protect Won. When Eorti
followed Wskeaefd and nnnorhv int V t;'..
Office from ti,e haiI. he said sonefk;n~ .hout
a :sson Of a hitch - Wskefi.id tnrne.S u and
putting his hand on Forl. tOld him to he stiii
and behave himself. Ford said ali ripht. Ford
Them Steamed forward towsrsl the atove- and
as he stopped. / saw Dnmnhv's hand exfeni.
ed with q pistol in It. ani immediateiv affer.
wards the pistol was fred. Should think that
it WAS II or IS feet trom the hali door To the
sink. when Wakefield and DumDilv went
into the office, Ford followed. I d{d mot zee
any person In The hall at the time. excent Mr..
Cristman. From the lime Wakefield. Dnm-
ply aud Ford entered che Office. tili tie shot
was fired, was about 2 minutes.
+. Blunett-I reside IN BOzeman. am &C.
quainted with the defendant, and was &C.
qusinted with the deceased. On the morn
ing 4 the 18th OF April, 1873, left my store to
90 to breakfast. In going into the dining
room at the hotel, 1 heard a noise in the bar
Heard Ford say he did business on the square,
and would rather fight than have lawsuit.
Afterwards saw Duinphy on the floor, and
Ford was beating him in the face. Ford then
took chair and struck at Dumphy's head,
breaking the chair. He then grasped another
chair and broke it in attempting to strike
Dumphy.. then took Dumphy out of the
HOUSE, Cn ~ tue pOrcn. Oumpuy wanted me
to let him 70 and wash himself, aud told
him to wait. Ford then came out of the
n .'':ss: DuMpny nae ms nand III MS pocket
WIZ" Mass1 nau eolu VI n; M
,,,. I.oss-examtn@tl0n-mEco! came nom tue
uatcx room, Deck0neo to Mr.. wakefield to
come OUT, anu when turned my head Ford
'lad D1mpny on the moor, and was beating
1lm. fCrd 9rasped 2 cnair snas. struck at
Dumpuy head with It: took hold OF Dunn
Pny ana leo him from the room to stop the
agnt; Dampny asked me 70 let him>go. Ford
came Out on the porch and talked very loudly.
let DumPhy loose and started for home.
hen nao gone SIX or eight feet, heard .
shot fired. heard loud talking in the Office
whilst was at breakfast, heard Ford say he
would rather nght than nave lawsuit as he
did business on the square.
U. W. Monroe.-I hve In Boze man, am .
practisln8 physician: Knew deceased. Was
;allca upon 10 visit him professionally at ~
quest OF the attending physicion on April IA,
[o15. ac SIX o'clock p. M, attending at . post
norton examination OF the deceased, and
ound that death had ensued from hemor-
mage, caM ed by gun shot wound, the bail
having passed between tho sixth and seventh
los, through the lungS and lodged In the
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