Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-04-28
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
District Court.

The examination of X. j. Hanley was
resumed. He said:
/ saw the second shot fired that
heard. Gleason, the defendant, fired it.
l saw the flash and heard the report of
the second shot fired by him. At the
time defendant fired the second shot, /
should judge he was II or 10 feet from
deceased. 10 my opinion Gleason was
below right angle drawn from King.
How far could not exactly say, proba-
bly, from to 10 or 3 to feet below the
line, would not be positively certain.
l was riding rather spirited horse,
when necessary, but gentle. l hesitated
for a few seconds. then CLICKED to the
mare and believe hit her afterward with
rawhide to increase her speed. l got
in front OF Mr.. Lewis store and stopped
the mare there for few seconds and
tried to get of, my foot got fast in the
atirrup, the excitement started the mare
and l got off at Kasten's corner. heard
the two reports that saw Gleason fire
before got off at Kasten's corner.
BY counsel for defendant.--I want you
to be particularly certain whether you
heard q report Of the explosion OF pow
der from a shooting.iron before you
heard the first report that you saw Glea.
son fire?
A. ON certain did.
@. Are you certain that you heard the
report of the pistol fired by King, the de.
ceased, after you saw Gleason, the de-
PENDANT, fire first.
@. lam; l both heard it and saw it;
was witness before the grand jury that
found the indictment against the defend
ant upon the charge he is now being
tried; think was sworn by somebody,
whether it was the foreman OF the grand
Jury or not, do not know; saw Geo.
Goldthwaite, Esq, the then District At.
torney OF this County. before the grand
Jury at the time was giving my testi-
mony relative to the charge against the
defendant which is now being tried;
was summoned as witness on the part
of the State to give evidence in this case
l was not called to testify on their part
cRoss-ExAMINEp.
Loud talking first attracted my atten
ton at the time of the difficulty on the
night of the I'd of November; was OF
horseback, the horse standing on Main
street, the horse and myself facing up
wards. and was in conversation with
two men ut the time; these two men were
Thomas Probyn and man that was a,
work on the Salt Lake road, don :,
know his name; .irst saw the defend
ant on Main street. in front OF Mr.. Lewis
store some feet from the sidewalk; when
first noticed him I paid particular at.
tention to the position he then occupied,
whetber it was up the street or down the
s,ye,t from the deceased; tho cause that
Maid particular attention TO that fact at
Mat time was that Mr.. Gleason was alone
that is. nobody INSTRUCTED my view of
him Mt that time. | noticed him draw a
,';stol At that time, or had il drawn l
should say, and raising to the best
81 nv knowledge in both hands
and firing, these are my reasons for
"nt;cinr him at that time; defend.
nut fred the pistol in tho direction
81 King and Ryan the position OF de.
.aoscd when the defendant fred the
'hn, / think his head was facing up
."ards no Main street; his feet on the
s;sowalk. l think, but can not swear
'""s;,;ve in what position they were Mt
r." ,;me: the deceased was partly on his
t ~" with his body resting on Mr..
Dan and, in my opinion, his side aud
W. we're fronting Mr.. Gleason at the
. u"." | did not see the flash of the pow.
aan from the first shot that was fired
, us, lint OCCASION; was witness be-
t ~p mo Coronor's Jury that examined
;. o tho cause OF the death of James @.
K;nc. could not say whether the per-
.o,' was standing who fired the first shot
o az" lint occasion; don't think 1 saw
10 smoke caused by the firing Of the
Srs, shot; there was q number OF per-
Sow At tho time between me, Mr.. King
and Mr.. Ryan; l could not say from
what place tho first shot was fred four
shots were fired in all that I heard, and
three that had seen fired; there were
not more than four shots fired.
X. j. Hanley's testimony given before
the Coroners jury, was then read. King
fired the last shot that was fired on that
occasion. l left my horse in charge OF
Mr.. Appleby. believe l first asked
Mr. Coffee to catch a hold as l jumped
off. think Mr.. Coffee ran against the
mare at the same time. think he was
close to Kasten's corner. I did not wait
to see whether he took hold of the mare
or not. found the mare in the stable
afterward. did not leave the horse be.
low Lewis store on Main street. After
leaving my horse ran as fast as I could
toward Lewis store. When King fired
the shot I was about ten feet behind
him. After King shot he staggered back
wards or feet on the sidewalk, ant
was in the act. thought, Of falling.
jumped Immediately behind him AMI
catched him with NV ripht hand nron n,