The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-12-24
ON TRIAL FOR LIFE.
CLARK PELToN THE PRISONER,
Summary OF the Evidence Given on
Yesterday-The Prosecution
and Defense Each
Have n Speech.


The district court convened yester-
day morning at o O'Clock, with his
honor, Judge W. w. Peck, on the
bench.
The follc wing named jurymen being
duly empanelled were sworn and took
their seats in the jury box: ]. T.
Chaffin, Felix Pernoud, Charles Wulf-
gen, E. s. Smith. Ed Hurlbut, Joseph
Knight, Andrew Arbuckle, James
Whitney, Benjamin Barnum. Joseph
Boree, William Erteridge and Andrew
Williams.
The attorneys in the cas were Judge
j. W. Fisher, county attorney, and c.
N. Potter, esq.,, for the territory, and
Judge w. H. Miller and Hon. A.
Worth Spates for the defense.
The first witnese to take the stand
was Charles Hayes, of Fort Laramie.
He testified: Know Quincy; he lived
above Fort Laramie, and was killed
at the Six mile ranch, On the 22d day
of July, 1877; saw him after lie was
killed, and saw him alone only a few
moments before his death. 1, as deputy
sheriff, went with Cuny to the Six
mile ranch to arrest Dunk Blackburn;
never saw Webster, alias Pelton, but
once before; saw him then at the Six
mile ranch at the time of the killing of
Quincy. He was sitting at the table
playing cards with Blackburn; might
be mistaken about Webster's presence;
when in the act of %arresting Blackburn
1 said, Blackburn, 1 want you"
and he replied, "What for?n Asked
Bowman if he knew Webster; he said
he didn't. and that no such person by
that name was at his ranch; was some
distance from the ranch when l heard
several shots fired and returned; | saw
Blackburn coming away with two pis-
tolls in his hands: there were post-holes
all around the ranch; went in and
found Quincy dead with two bullet holes
in his body; Quincy had a valuable gold
watch ON his person, which | took off,
one bullet hole l found above the door;
don't know what kind of a bullet
killed Quincy; couldn't distinguish
whether the shots l heard were gun
shots.
]. w Butler and j. G.. Smith also
testified.
The prosecution rested their case
upon this evidence and the court took a
recess until two O'Clock, p. IN.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The district court convened at 2:3O
O'Clock.
The defense called Mrs. Julia Murray,
who was sworn. No evidence Of a
relevant character was elected from
her.
The defendant, Clark Pelton, was
then put upon the stand and sworn.
In answer to the many questions pro-
pounded to him, he testified substan-
TALLY as follows:
Am 90 years old on the goth day of
January next; was born in Cleveland,
Ohio; father resides in Detroit, Mich;
my mother is now in Cheyenne and
present in this court; on the 21st of
July, 1877. was at the six mile ranch,
near Fort Laramie, the day prior to
the killing of Adolph Quincy; never
was in Fort Laramie long enough to
dismount from my horse; don't know
j. W. Butler, the prosecuting witness,
nor do 1 ever remember of seeing him
before to-day; was not in Fort Lara
mic on the Dist of July, 1877, in COM
pany with Dune Blackburn, or any one
else, nor on the evening of that day;
do not know the Mr.. Hayes who testi-
fed this forenoon; was not acquainted
with Adolph Quincy, but saw a man
whom l was told was the man in ques-
ton; on the 22d day of July, 1877, was
at the six mile ranch; the occasion of
my being there on that day was the ac-
quaintance of Mr.. Bowman, proprietor
of the ranch; visited the ranch with
Dune Blackburn; saw Quincy or the
man said to be him, in the afternoon of
the 22d; the occasion of my seeing him
at that time was from hearing loud
voices and cursing in the bar-room near
where l was sleeping, and upon the
hearing Of which l ros from bed and
walked to the bar-room entrance; saw
Quincy with his rifle covering Blackburn,
who as soon as he saw me, turned his
rifle upon me and fired instantly, the
ball striking near my head in the door
post, and the flash Of the gun nearly
blinded me for an instant; l being only
about eight feet from Quincy; l retreat
ed back into the dining room and fired
at him; he then advanced into this
room after me, and l fired upon him
the second time; lie struck and clutched
with me, but 1 broke away from him
in some way and ran out of the build
ing, Quincy following me to the door,
when he fell; ran away because | was
afraid Cuney's friends would do me an
injury; had on a dark suit of clothes
and a broad brimmed white hat; was
not engaged that day in n game of
cards with Blackburn: did not know
about the arrest Of Blackburn before
Quincy saw Blackburn first
after the killing Of Quincy as l ran out
of the house, standing at the south
east corner of the building, and called
for him to come; about twenty seconds
elapsed after coming out of the door of
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