Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-05-07
District Court.

The cross-examination of d. Shankin
was resumed.
was born in Illinois; have been on
the Pacific Coast since 1867; came to
Salt Lake in 1868; to White Pine in 1863;
at Salt Lake I was in the employ of
Wells, Fargo & Co., as hostler in the
overland barn at Salt Lake City; in 1868
Wells, Fargo & Co. were running what
was called the North Road from Mon
tana to Salt Lake.
Q. Do you know Hill Beachy?
A. 1 never was acquainted with Hill
Beachy only by sight. know that o.
c. johnson was not the agent at Salt
Lake City during that year for Hill
Beachy; man known as Shotgun Tay-
lor was agent on the North Road while l
worked there; he was superseded short
time before left there by man known
as Curly Dan, don't remember his
name; my opinion is that his name ia
Robbins, do not know where he is EN-.
ployed now; have not seen him in this
town in the last six months; since the
LIST day of July to about the Cd day of
November, 1874, at o'clock, l was min.
ing ut the Newark mine; the foreman of
the overland barn, McWilliams, en-
ployed me at Salt Lake; Charles Leach,
foreman, employed me at the Newark
mine last June, l think it was in the fore
part of the month"; +. w. Clute was
Supt. of the mine; l don't remember the
exact time that Cute continued to be
Supt. of the mine; he was superseded by
Mr.. Crittenden in October probably:
cant say how much time I missed: I
was working there until the 9th of last
April; on the Both of October, 3lst of
same month, Nov. LIST and I'd, 1874. |
was not doing anything at that time,
vas just recovering from an attack of
pneumonia, bad been around the street
4 or days.
Q, What attracted your attention to
the clinch between King. the deceased,
and Ryan, Monday evening of % of No
vember?
A. There was nothing more than was
looking in that direction, they were stand
ing when they clinched. At the time
th9V
were standing on the sidewalk directly in
front Of Lewis store. on the outer edge
of the sidewalk; have given the best
answer can. No sir, it was not on the
outer edge Of the sidewalk in front of
Lewis store on the opposite side of the
street; ! said directly in front of Lewis
store on the same eide of the street that
Lewis store is on; don't know as can
state the exact number OF feet, | should
say that King and Ryan were two-thirds
OF the way from the upper corner of the
stone pavement in front of Lewis store
down to the other corner Of Lewis store !.
by Lewis store ! mean q clothing store
kept there by H. Lewis in one part of the
building. and Barney's dry goods store
kept In the other part, in the same
building, on the east side of Main street
below Meadow Valley; mean that the
building is known as II. Lewis bn;ldino, ,
don't mean that Lewis stora ;roirdaa,,
the whole building; III saw that T niaos
Ryan and King right where / stated hoD
fore; it could not have been more thar
three or four seconds think observed
Ryan and King in the act of struool;na
until they fell, from the time they cIincbs
ed; the struggle was not over after thew
fell; the struggle was not over until after
the two last shots were fred; mean the
two first shots not the last two; until the
two first shots were fred on that occa-
sion; stated three or four seconds from
the time they clinchsd until they fell, it
was probably 20 or 25 seconds until the
struggle was over; / think that the strug.
gle did not last longer than that from the
time they clinched until the struggle was
over; could not see who clincbed first
think they jumped for one another
ABOUT the same time, looked to me like
they did; in my Judgment think Ryan
FAD the best OF 1t when they clipched
sing was under him when they fell: he
ieli on his knses. about the same instant
ne turned Mr.. Ryan and King vas on
top; TIE time King occupied the tor posi-.
non after he turned Ryan could not have
been more than 80 seconds I tbint
l could not be positive 40 a.
ths Number of seconds il was all
done in q very short time, TT
could not say whether Il was a Iaa,,,
lazy incident senfae or An active one: es ~
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