Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-24

caliber, aud . double barrel shot. gun; not
the ~rsvolver and the gun hs broke At Grow
creek; Bssbs vss driving The blackboard
and brought Into camp q Firsstcsl . shot-
gun, . revolver and = lantern; l do not say
that they were brought into camp by Besbe
but they were In the blackboard and Beebe
va driving; I do not know who brought
these articles to the blackboard
Bsebe gave to mo revolver for mine that
DO Lost: he Lost niue In Bsloil. Ia; I did
not sse any navv blue shirts 10 the crowd
after We len Beloit, with the exception Of
OF mine; I do not know whore the articles
which were brought into camp came from ;
I heard BY Beebe. Care and Brown where
those articles came from; the shot gun
which vas brought into camp. I saw Beebe
70 Brule City, trying to trade To Somers;
saw the horse pistol. last, at Brlle City ;
l LETT IN Brule City the tent, and Q good
many articles; I LET: them in camp because
! couldn't take them along; I put them 10
James Soners' care; I do not remember
ifthe articles we're gathered up: 1 saw lie
lantern last. Ia Bruls City. james Somers
bad Il: Somers bought those articles from
different ones; I sold Somers q shot quo /;
ny. own shot gun; Williams and I sold
tools and the lantern to James Homers; I
got the tools nom Beebe; I traded my
ahare Of the tent for the tools; l sold 70
Somets carpenter tools, . lantern;
articles; 1 got two dollar. 'u also
for those articles; I got s., I think, for my
own shot gun ; don't know anything about
. pair Of buckskin gloves those articles
were taken on the Firesteel road ; on the
east side Of the grading; I was not in the
houses near the road l asked from Beebe
whore he got these articles Bsebs said he
bought them from some teamsters that he
met on the road Landphere was present At
the time those articles we're brought into
camp; on the road I carried my shot gun,
90 did Landphere; I do not recollect if
made the remark that he wished
the cars were running so he could 60 back
home | do not remember, at the time We
crossed the railroad crossing, if any talk was
made about those articles which bad been
added on the blackboard I remember that
one of US asked Beebe where he got those
articles from.
[Witness is asked many questions, but he
does not remember the circumstances, bis
memory seem to be very poor.]
Witness further says: l arrived at Fire
at 8 or 4 o'clock ia the afternoon; re-
NAMED there one day, possibly two.
When We LEFT Firesteel Williams had
two rifles. l had . revolver and double
barrel shotgun. Beebe had a double barrel
shotgun, a revolver and . horse-pietol.
had a revolver. Williams
brought two rifles from Beloit. Beebe
started from Beloit with q single barrel
shotgun. We left Firesteel second Of July,
and camped on Firesteel creek; l didn't
make the proposition to Beebe to send
Landphere away aud take all of US a shot
at him. On the Sd of July camped near =
mud.hole. Next morning on the 4th of
July, We stopped on Grow Creek, about
half q mile to . mile from the Firesteel
road. The 4th Of July was q nice day. l
think it was . kind Of q nice day. 1t was
raining on the ID, and the road was muddy
on the Sd. Beebe wanted to turn of the
Firesteel road and 60 to camp on Grow
Creek. Williams was driving. All wished
to 60 to the next ranch with the exception
of Beebe.
Adjourned till II o'clock.