The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-04-23
TnH EXAMINATIONS Of EAcAN.
Testimony Taken Before Justice
Thompson-The Defendant Held
TO Ansvver

Inc examination OF Patrick Eagan,
for the killing of John Farrell was con-
Guided yesterday and the defendant
held to answer before the Grand Jury.
R. A. PRYOR
Testified that he is Constable. and that
on the morning of the l7ih instant.
Eigan gave himself up to him as an of.
ticer. without promise or threat. Eagan
said that he got into trouble on the
ranch. and that he had killed John
Fare ll--sbot him on the north fork of
the Little Humboldt; that he thought
Farrell had poisoned him. He said he
met Farrell in the road and that he
(Eagan) was carrying bar Of iron on
one shoulder aud a gun on The other;
that be told Farrell to stop and be
would not do so, aud that be turned his
gun Fl bis shoulder and fired; that IL
was the first time be had met him since
be was poisoned by him, several
months ago. He said he thought he
had shot him over the eye.
JAMES FARRELL
Testified substantially as published
yesterday In the evidence taken before
the Coroner, and the following was
ELECTED by cross-examination: DE
feDdsDt aud John Farrell were on
terms of Intimate friendship until this
poisoning scrape. after which John
Farrell did not go near deft ndani.
Fhey did not visit after Eagan took the
cattle away. At the time | bad the
conversation with defendant about the
poisoning, he did not charge Johu with
having poisoned him, but seemed TO
want 10 fight me. / went to defend
ants place to ascertain whose name
was written on the box With the inten.
ton Of bringing an action for Islander,
and thought it was put ~ thing to
make breach between him and John
Farrell. had not heard whose name
was on the box. John Dooley told me
that John Farrell was accused of the
poisoning. Moy's was the nearest
place to the body--about halt mile
of Eagan's place is pext nearest;
don't know whether Layton's or my
house Is next nearest; thiuk my house
Is. Richie IS is eight or ten miles from
where the body Was; think that IA or
10 persons are living within IA miles of
where the body was found. l did not
think | had any other friends there
than Riches; thought also that Wash
burn Was friendly. to me. Some of
Buttons men may be friendly to me.
but | have four or five enemies up
there. When | talked TO Eagan about
the poisoning he became greatly en-
ragged, bat came patty to his senses
when | told him that mau s character
Was dearer ih "a life or property, and
he SAID he had said nothing. but that
his friends might have done 80. l
talked TO him that time about fifteen
minutes. He came cut of the house to
meet me; think l started off before be
went into the house. When John LIFT
for the horses expected him back In.
two hours; he took nothing with him.
l became uneasy about him tine same
day he left, but Mr.. Richie said that
the horses had perhal gone off towards
Paradise. and John might hot be back
TIL after darkA John took "A riaita with
him; the horses have not come home
that | know of. The horse that John
was riding did come home, bu, not till
after l found the body. The Sheriff
found he horse at my houss-o ON Thurs
day evening about 4 O'Clock. When |
got to Moy's l thought John was killed,
and that Moy WAS the guilty party ).
that job had been put up. There is
simply a trail through the canyon
where l found the body; the body was
tour or six feet from the trail; the bar
of, iron was four or Ave feet from the
trail. aud forty or sixty feet from the
body. The bar was between the body
and Moy . house. Defendant would 40
along this trail in going from Moy's to.
his own house. Ibid not examine the
ground for horse tracks. In going