Daily globe., 1878-01-29

at half past two o'clock; was about half way
from the house to whore they were whom
saw the blow struck; my husband was out
of his head good deal of his time.-Did not
see the afray when it commenced.
MEDICAL WITNESSES.
DR.. J. G. Bemis and DIR. Geo. w. Wood
testified to the nature of the wounds and
their fatal character.
This concluded the case for the prosecu-
ton.
The Defense.
The defense was opened by Hon. G. E.
Cole in a pathetic appeal in behalf of the ac-
cused and especially for William Close, and
made motion to have him discharged
County Attorney Perkins opposed the mo-
ton. The motion was not granted.
HENRY c. SCALES SWORN.
Reside in Merton, Steele county; was COM
ing from home to Faribault, January 10Th,
with load of wheat; came past Mr..
McKinsey's place; as I passed, Mr..
McKinsey and Mr.. Greeley were
at the wood pile; two or three rods beyond
the bars met James Close driving quite
fast; few rods behind him met VIM. Close
and Amos Bice; waited beside the road for
them to go by. When started, James
Close had turned round near the fence,
south side of the house, outside the feld
heard him say, "Mr. Close, don't touch
those rails;" didn't hear Mr.. Close make any
reply; heard McKinsey tell Close that he
had deed of an undivided half of the land.
Saw McKinsey and VIM. Close have hold of
rail. McKinsey said something like 81
have the law right here, put down that rail
Bill Close or I will put bullet through
you;' passed on and stopped near where
Mr.. Finley was watering his hor-
ses; McKinsey repeated, "I'n put
bullet through you three or four times, Nc
Kinsey started after some one, but could not
see which; the man who was running threw
up his hand, and think McKinsey struck
him; the man that McKinsey was chasing
called 'Amos, for Gods sake give me
stick When they got some ten feet from
the sled they stopped, and some one came
out from behind the sled, andstruck McKin-
sey with a club, and one called out, "Stop
Jim, you have killed him, or will kill him, or
something to that effect; was so or 60 yards
away; saw the blow struck, think James
Close struck the blow. Saw first a scuffle
about the rails, when McKinsey and James
Close got to where the teams were James
Close disappeared and came back with a
stake and struck McKinsey down.
HENRY FINLEY SWORN.
Reside in Richland; have known McKinsey
for the past five or six weeks; live about fifty
or sixty rods from where the affray took
place; saw James Close coming with team
from the west: VIM. Close and Amos Bice
were just behind with another team; they
had a box sleigh with short stakes; James
Close drove up beside the fence and turned
his horses to the west; saw VIM. Close begin
to load on rails; at this time McKinsey was
about half way from his house to where they
were; heard him say he had deed of the
land, and if they would come to the house he
would show it to them. Heard him tell them
to leave the rails alone or he would put a
bullet through them; saw VIM. Close and
Bice standing by the team near the fence be-
tween it and the fence in the road. Saw Nc
Kinsey after James Close with sled stake.
They took kind of circle. Close was run
ming backwards, and kept throwing up his
hands as though he was warding off blows.
They ran three or four rods. James Close
called to Amos Bice !" for Gods sake give me
something to defend myself with;'' saw the
man after he was down; saw no blow struck
after he fell; was 80 PAGES from where the
afray took place; had conversation with Ed.
Greeley, at McKinsey's house; he told me he
was back of the house grinding an ak, and
Mrs. McKinsey came and told him they we're
fighting, and that as he turned the corner,
saw McKinsey fall, and that was all he saw.
THos. swARTHoUT SWORN.
Saw James Close Tuesday after the affray
he showed me his arm, it was black and
blue from the elbow to the shoulder on the
outer side, there was scar on his face.
J. H. CLOSE SWORN.
Am nephew of William Close and cousin
of James Close, saw him after the affray, saw
dark spot under his eye and another on
the side of his head.
JOSEPH FINLEY SWORN.
Live on East Prairie; know Ed. Greeley
had a conversation with him; he said he was
behind the house grinding an axe, told him
was thankful had not seen the affray
and he said he was glad he had not. Said
he saw James Close throw club or stake al
McKinsey, and that was all he saw.
DIR. H. N. DALI SWORN.
L
land, bought it two years ago for VIM. Close
vision of the land. Had an arrangement
with VIM. Close to pay for the land if he
wished.
CALVIN ENGLE SWORN.
Know James Close; the day after the af
fray his face was somewhat SCARED, did moi
see his arm.
JOHN CLOSE SWORN.
Am brother of VIM. Close; James Close
was stopping with me at the time of the af
fray; he came back there that night; hae
quite black and blue spot on his face, anc
his arm was also black and blue; it was sc
lame that he could not use his fork for break
fast.
On the above testimony the court dis
charged VIM. Close, and bound over Jane.
Close and Amos Bice, in $2,50O bonds fol
Close and 81 800 for Bice, which we're fur
nished, and they are at large.
W,n. Lloyd Garrison Styles Hayes Fraud
Extract from his Letter to VIM. E. Chandler.
We're not Cows Chamberlain and Packard
with their Republican Legislature, full.
justified in believing that their rightful claim
to be recognized as the legitimate authorities
in South Carolina and Louisiana would hav,
been sanctioned and upheld? Marvellous
inconsistency With no change of circum
stances whatever, with the same obligation
resting on him to be faithful to his higl
trust, as soon as he got fairly seated in th,
Presidential chair, he proceeded to do exactl,
| what his Democratic opponents (if elected
would have done, and all that he could hav,