The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24
THE MURDER TRIAL.

pied Tuesday and Wednesday in sscur-
ing the jury to try McLane and Mcintyre.
the murdsrers OF Fred Wallbaum, and at
about half.past 8 o'clock Wednesday AZ
tsrnoon the jury was secured and is COM
posed of the following named gentlemen:
E. Girdlcstoue, E. Mulcoy, S. Walker,
G. A. Lee, Allen Nelson, A. D. Miller,
A. G. House, Chss. Surls, o. P. Sher-
wood, Z. SeguiD, Whit. Goodrich and o.
G. Rogers.
A motion WAS made to grant separate
trials to the prisoners, but was denied. |
Thursday morning. after the opening OF
Court, McLane's attorney started in to
/" bushwhack." but the Court checked
him instantly and gave that individual
to understand that he would put up with
none of his nonsense.
The first witness called, and one OF the
principal ones, was S. X. Dodge.
Following il the testimony Of S. X.
Dodge. I took him Fred Wallbaum)
ont Of tho well at his place; hooked him
up with hook; he was dead at the time
took him out Of the we'll. Wallbaum's
ranch is at the lower end OF Pshranagat
| valley. l examined the body ct that
time and found two pistol, or gun.shot,
| wounds in bis head-one at the back of
the head, low down, passing through the
head and coming out at the mouth; the
| other was in the left side of his head,
passing through ths ear, apparently
ranging upward, fracturing the skull,
but not coming out; my opinion ia that
| these two shots or wounds caused his
death; ] observed some bruises on tho
| forehead and check; they were flesh
bruises. The body was held down by
something; it took ell my strength at first
to start the body from the we'll. On the
evening of tho 18th 1 arrived at the
ranch; the house was locked; gained ad
mittance by opening q small window.
then opened the door so that we all went
in; found coat and boots and some blan-
kets that Geo. McLane. Jr., claimed as
his; found Henry rifle and cabin uten-
sis generally, articles of provisions and
barley. On the outside, in front OF the
wagon had inside lot OF dirt and pieces
of rock; the wagon track ran from the
corner OF the house to the chicken house,
and from thence to the well and back to
where the wagon was standing tho tracks
were made by that wagon, as the tracks
were unbroken from the starting point
to the place where it stood; no other
tracks ran parallel with this track; this
WAS the last track that was made: the
rocks had been moved from the chicken
house. George W. Nolan, Jr., called
my attention to the wagon, tho tracks,
and tho removal of rocks. McLans stated
that Mcintyre told him that he had got
away with Wallbaum and had cast bis
body in the we'll; that on Saturday, the
/ 18th, after going to Wallbaum's ranch
with Mcintyre, he observed Wallbaum' q
saddle at tho house; before going there
.. Mcintyre had told him that Wallbauu
; had gone out in the mountains; on OBJ.
. serving the saddle he suspected some
thing wrong and stated that McIntyre
:, told him Wallbaum had gone to tn.
mountains on the 18th. as they were 60
; ing from Hike down to Persons ranch
: Hs observed ON the 18th, while at Wall
bAum's, dirt and pieces of rock in tn,
- wagon, and also the wagon tracks t
where the dirt had been taken from
: thence to the well; that be believed Wall
baum had been thrown in the we'll aD(
:, tho rocks had been hauled and dumped
. in on him. All this was communicates
= to mo before finding tho body. He Nc
called our attention to the dirt and rock
9 in the wagon, the tracks &c. He Nc
l. Lane) told me, previeus to pointing on
=, the wagon, that Mcintyre told him tina
= he had got away with Wallbaum ant
70 cached his body in the well. talked t.
n Mcintyre in relation to the killing O
ID Wallbaum. He told me that in compsn
10 with Geo. W. lcLane. Jr., he went t
n Wallbaum's on the 18th Of December
70 Soon after arriving at Wsllbaum's, abou
q II o'clock in the day, Wsllbaum took hi
d double. barreled shotgun. went to th
is door and ordered Geo. w. McLsne, Jr
d to leave his premises, and Goo. Nolan
ID walked around the corner Of the hous,
10 Wallbaum then returned in the hous
and set his shotgun down near the bee
A. Mcintyre then said he told Wallbaul
:. that be did not want to work any longt
Oh and wanted to quit; Wallbaum state
DO that he had to work two weeks longer
40 pay him what he owed him ON hor.
d. no had sold him, that at that momeI
no Geo. McLane stepped to the door an
n, shot Wallbaum in the back Of tbs hea'
at Wallbaum fell forward on his face, mel
az McIntire's feet. Geo. McLaae the
ng stepped forward and placed the pistol
n. WallbAum's head and shot him again
4 the side Of the head; he then said that
NcIntyre) started to pull Wallbaum
boots of, but McLane told him not to {
IL it. NoLane told him 70 put sack u
to der Wsllbaum's head; McLane tn,
tor picked up the body, took it to the W
IA and threw it in. McLane then told hi
ne to hitch the horses to the wagon, th
[er they would haul load of rock and thrc
Id in on the body; that they hauled The ro
OF. together and threw 1t in the we'll.