The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-09-23
LOCAL HNTELLlGEN CT.
TIE ST. CLAIR TRIAL.

Yesterday Afternoons Proceedings -
Contest Over Che Maps-The Defend
ants Statement.
When Court reassembled yesterday
afternoon, Mr.. Bonniheld, for the de
Tense. asked fpr an order of Court re-
curing Mr. La Grave to enlarge one OF
the maps introduced in court. The
Court was of the opinion that 1T had no
jurisdiction in the matter. Counsel for
defense asked permission to Withdraw
the map marked Exhibit b. to enable
Mr. La Grave to rake a map on
larger scale, embracing all the points
noted in the case. The State rested
and the defense placed
THE DEFENDANT, ROBERT ST. CLAIR,
On the witness stand. Witness was not
sworn. and made the following state
ment
| reside at Loyel0ck; have lived there
two years: am engaged in farming;
kendall's IONS mine on the west; |
heard the testimony of Melloy IN TINS
case: heard what he said about con
versatiou at my house; never heard such
u conversation until he made 1T on the
stand: heard ms testimony about the
time he aud | were riding III wagon
by Tully's house; / remember circun-
stances that occurred when Melloy and
| were together; | was at the station,
took some things, Hour and bacon, to
his place; when | got opposite fully
| took the things ont and Iully and l
conversed about water; j never rode
with Melloy past Tully's house when
ANYTHING like that which he said oc-
cured; | made no threats as stated by
Campbell; while lie was at my place he
frequently went To the station and
stopped at TullysY on one occasion he
told me that FULLY showed him an old
fashioned dragon pistol, and told him
he had bought that for my benefit; |
said to him If you hear Tully make
threats against me, and will swear TO 1t,
/ will give you four of my best COWS:
on the 18th Of July was at home the
greater part OF the day. in the after
noon | did several tHings, working with
water; n man named Burgman came to
my place, he stayed about an hour, we
rat on the fence, we walked from there
to my house. ne took drink Of wator
and remained q few minutes, l asked
him to bring my mail from the station;
picked up paper, my wife asked me
If | had seen the COWS; | went to look
for the cattle; | went out and walked
up the railroad track some distance,
went over to y. bunch of cattle, they
were not mine, | saw another buEch up
toward the station, | went up To them,
| crossed my main water ditch, taTeIe j
found two cows and one dry one, | then
went to the station: was close by themr
and thought / would 60; noticed the
train coming, got my mail; | stand
some time, whenI left Invent down tie
east county road as far as Mr.. Craig's
water ditch; ar old road forks there.
nearly about where the cattle were; |
turned out a little, did not find the cat
he, went directly TO the railroad crossed
TO the western county road; | struck
the west road at the bridge ON the ditch;
that bridge is about oue.quarter OF Il
mile from TuIly's, | went, down the
county road; l. was walking down the
road rapidly, | got nearly opposite
Tully's bridge, the first saw OF MIR,
FULLY, he was close beside me, was
outside the road walking Oh little
track, Mr.. TulIy was advancing rapidly,
and so close | could put my hand on
him, he made n thrust at me, and dis
charged pistol, he hit me with his
hand on the breast, had pistol in u
scabbard inside my overalls, grabbed
my pistol, which hung in my suspend
ers: the pistol went off before / GIT
ready, we were some distance apart, il
pstol was discharged again about the
rialne time mine was, he was stoopilg