The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-09-24

until / see st. Clair pack his blankets
out of the valley or be laid over there"
[ afterwards saw st. Clair and told
him the best thing he could do was to
let Tully alone; | did not tell st. Clair
word for word what Tally said; on the
4th of April / had a conversation with
Tully who told me that st. Clair was
at his place and he had frightened him
off with six-shooter; Tully said any
kind of motion would frlghten St.
Clair
Cross examined: / came to the Mead
ows the last OF May, 1879; | live three
quarters OF mile IRON ST. Clair; live
at Markers ranch; on the 4th of April
| had the conversation with fully; | do
not know when [ told st. Clair about
what fully said; mean both told me
about the same circumstance; St. Clair
stated that as one of the reasons why
he wanted Tully out of there; St.
Clair rode to his ranch with me from
Markers the day | met Tully at the
station; / took some interest III the
matter; st. Clair was the only person
who wanted me to settle the trouble;
he gave me no reason Tor not renting
his place to st. Clair; Tully said, mo,
| viii stay on my place until St. Clair
packs his blankets ont, or is laid over
yonder,h never heard the expression
made by Mackey "that he would see
Sharon rack his blankets out of Vir-
GINA City.
GEORGE LovELocK
Was called to the stand by the defense,
and testified: ] reside at Big Mead
ows, have lived there since 1866; knew
defendant and Tully; had converse
ton with Tuily about the ditch; tie
ditch runs through my land; Tully said,
81 am not going to clean out the ditch
until | get ready;" said st. CLAIR had
spoken to him about the ditch; said he
would shoot any son OF b. who
troubled the ditch.
Cross examined: Have ditch of
my own: think l would do as Tally
said he would do if anybody interfered
with it.
II. G. wINGATE
Was called by the defense. He said:
| am acquainted with defendant and
knew TuIly; defendant came TO me at
one time, | can't state when, sometime
last Spring, and told me his troubles;
said he was bothered to death-Tully
would do nothing with the ditch; he
was willing to do all the work and give
Tully all the water he wanted ii he
would do right; he said he wished l
would speak to Tully, which | did; |
told Tuliy what st. Clair said, and told
him they had better settle their diff
Guilty; 1ully made some remark about
the son OF b. trying to run him out
OF the country; 1 told both OF them
they had better settle; II one got killed
the other would be hanged or sent to
the penitentiary, or be broken up finan-
, cially; Tally told me one tirie that he
found cut II he killed st. Clair they
would do nothing with him; he said he
proposed to use that water to suit him
| self; was then and am yet Justice OF the
Peace OF Lake Township; ] am ac-
quainted with James Melloy; saw him
the Sunday alter Tully was killed: Mrs.
Asher, Melloy and | were present;
had a conversation about the killing of
Tally; Melloy said he knew plenty on
both sides, but would not tell it since
Bob treated him so; he had rope
around Bob's neck and would pub it.
Cross examinations Mrs. Asher was
present-am sure he said 50; when Tully
said if be bad killed St. Clair they would
do nothing with him; it was after the
case between them was tried; he told
me he found out if he had killed st.
Clair they would not hurt him ON ae-
count OF his character; | told him that
would have nothing to do with their
troubles; his character would not be
brought up; / am on friendly terms with
defendant; had defendant arrested the
evening after the killing; went to de-
iendaut's that morning, but did not
arrest him; Asher had the warrant
issued for st. Glars arrest; st. Clair
gave himself mp to Asher; he was not in
charge of anybody next morning; he
was not brought before me; he was
not strictly under arrest; defendant
owes me some money; he does not owe
me as much now as he did the morning
after the killing; [ went to his house to
settle our business: defendant and did
not belong to a Vigilance COMMITTEES;
he never proposed to me to join a Nigl-
lance Committee to rid the valley OF
certain persons; there was some talk OF
running out bad citizens, by giving them
orders TO leave the country; there was
no suggestion that some be hanged and
others shot; think | heard all the con-
versation between defendant, Captain
Asher and myself; / think assented to
Aba ,,ron0siti Ons made. | did not StoD to