The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-09-18
THE ST. CLAIR TRIAL.
The Evidence for the Prosecution Wit
nesseS Examined:

Inc Evidence Tor the PrOsecut10n-Wit-
nesses Examined.
When Court met yesterday afternoon
the Clerk called the names of the Jurors,
all responding
INSTRUMENTATION OF THOMAS CAMP
Could not tell the time of day when
left Lovelock | hardly think the sun
was behind the mountain when we un-
loaded the posts hauled two or three
loads of posts cannot tell the distance
from Loveloek to where we unloaded
posts saw some men on the other side
| of the railroad track do not now re-
member who they were we threw off
the posts in piles was standing ON
wagon-seat when l heard the first shot;
the shot was fired little to the left
| from where l was facing l was driving
| the team l had no occasion to turn
around when heard the first shot I
| turned a little to the left some twenty
or twenty-five posts had been thrown
off when | heard the first shot l was
| standing on the seat throwing the posts
on the ground made considerable noise;
when / first looked toward Tully's
| house / saw the defendant fire three
shots fired out of the large pistol it
was large pistol and made loud re-
| port L knew it was pistol saw the
sun glisten ON it !; could not tell whether
| it was long pistol or not; the shots
were fired in rapid succession defend
ant was facing me when he fired the
| three shots ; he was more to the left
| than front OF me he held the pistol
| in his rigbt hand | could see all of his
| body, but not his feet did not notice
his legs suppose | could have seen
them had | looked | saw the front of
| his body his front was more towards
me than his side did not see the bridge
at the time of the shooting could not
see the road could not sec the banks
of the ditch could see them above the
bridge at the time of the shooting he
stood on east side of the bridge; could
not tell exactly how far !; he stood be-
tween the railroad and the bridge the
east side of the bridge Is across the
ditch from the house after he fired the
three shots he walked ahead few steps
and squatted down; | saw his head and
| shoulders he then raised and ran to-
wards the house until the house hid
him from my view he came in sight
going back towards the bridge he then
fired shot from small pistol it APP
peared as if he was close to the bridge !;
do not know how many steps he took !;
know where the bridge was at,
although could not see the bridge
know this just as well as / know any
thing i testified to; my knowledge of
that is just as good as of any other fact;
when he fired the pistol he walked a
step or two and stopped down he
might have gone but one, two or three
steps he went toward the house and
mp the ditch | cannot say positively,
whether he went to the stable or up the
road he walked around considerably !;
went back to the bridge and fooled
around there /; he stopped and looked
around when he lett | could not say
whether he went up the ditch or toward
home he went up the ditch once, but
| whether that was before or after he
/ went to the stable, could not say saw
| him 90 up the ditch where he met the
man on horseback he was up the ditch
| and at the stable, and when he left for
good he went toward home when he
met the man he turned back towards
/ L.. hot bor h0x a,+
toward home from the bridge or not /;
he went down the main road | did not
try TO watch him / did not have my
eyes on him all the time saw him
near the gate nearly quarter of a mile
off; Tully's head and shoulders were
on the bridge was not there when
the body was removed Tnily's hand
| was back down on the bridge with a
| pistol across the palm of it Theodore
was with me when found deceased on
the bridge we went back to Marzen's;
we drove to Tully's with the team; did
not touch body OF deceased we got off
the wagon, and went within few feet
| of the body the bridge is some higher,
probably two feet than the ground adj
Joining; the dirt out of the ditch made a
| bank; saw Tally about q handred yards
from the bridge when we went by with
the posts he was walkingup the ditch;
| conversed with him he said nothing
about the water he thought his crop
wonM be better than last year did tell
Tully what defendant said when he
| offered me four cows he said he was
fixed for him. and showed me the
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