The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-09-21

quently spoken of it since: T have NOT
I"Aen an active part against defendant:
KNOW the color of defendants horse:
on the 18th OF July he was not riding
at all; can't say what coloreok horse he
rode when | met him with Miss Craig:
l nave no Ill will toward defendant: [
never SAID | wanted to live long enough
TO get hun out OF the country; my occu.
patton has been ranching, dairying and
sometimes keeping saloon.
mas tnere ever been a criminal case
on Big Meadows since you have been
there Ia which you have not been a wit
ness Tor the State asked Bonniheld.
Objected to by counsel.
objection oyerruled by the Court,
and witness told to answer.
cannot remember the cases answer
ed the witness; and counsel enumerated
tour or five. Witness then continued
IN reply to questions by counsel. The
rallroad IS preferred by foot. men to the
wagon road; horsemen prefer the latter;
! have been to Tullys and st. Clair
aioot; travelled on railroad; Tully was
abont feet g. inches; not as tall as
counsel.
Redirect examination / gave you
the pistol; do not remember telling you
that the pistol was in the same condi-
ton AS when found it, except that
revolved 1t; took it from Tully's baud
when he lay dead; it was in the same
condition when / gave it to you tnat it
was in when [ took it; thought the tie
tlattened the bullet somewhat; when |
Saw defendant at Lovelock [ always
saw has horses or wagons there; | could
distinguish The Ire on which the body
lay by the clot of blood; | first noticed
the blood on the tie ON the evening of
the homicide; the clot Of blood from
which the bullet was picked up was the
same that | lirst noticed; there are no
other peace officers at Lovelock, except
myself and the Justice OF the Peace;
arrested sohleisenger for selling goods
without license.
Re-cross-examination Mr.. Bonniheld
asked witness to mark on a sheet Of
white paper the SIZE Of the eliot OF 5lood
(wltness drew a circle about two inches
III dlameter); witness continued: | do
not know whether the tie on which the
blood lay WAS smooth or not; the bullet
was fast in the tie; could see the blood
distinctly without spectacles; have no
recollection OF ever seeing him at the
station without horse or wagon, ex-
cept on the day OF the homicide; he
,utsft,t hove In.,, n .iD,,or,
without horses or wagon; was elected
Constable t0o years ago; would not
swear positively whether / was elected
or appointed; have been acting as Con
stable for some time; do not know
whether I was Constable or not when
Schleisenger was arrested.
That's all for the present said Coun-
sci. We will call you again directly, to
answer one moro question. "
WILLIAM MOORE,
Who was on the stand Saturday after
noon. but. excused until the hat and
jumper of defendant could be procured,
was again called TO the stand. In re-
spouse to questions by District Attor-
ney Macmillan, witness said: | think
defendant SAID no one was present when
he shot Tully; | do not recollect that
he said anything else in connection
with that remark witness examined
the blouse and sand he thought it. WAS
that shown him by defendant on the
day Of the shooting)
Cross examiaation-M Bonnifeld,
for defense, took the witness, who, IN
response to his questions, said; 1t was
about shutdown when we got to the
bridge where the body lay; went with
Captain Asher and the boy to Tuily's
place; = overlook them before we
crossed the track; cannot say who was
ahead sometimes one and then an
other; think Asher was ahead when
we met defendant and Miss Craig; we
rode along pretty lively to Tully's;
Miss Craig did not stop; defendant
turned around and went with us; we
did not atop when we met them; we
went to the bridge; ! think defendant
and Asher rode together; defendant
said he had killed Tully; never spoke
to him at all; think defendant spoke
10 ASHER HFsb, ASitcT dSAcu uSlchudho
If he had killed FULLY, and defendant
said, eyes, he had killed him with that
gum he then showed his blouse where
he said Tnlly had shot through it; l
saw no tracks in the road; l did not
look for tracks in the brush; defendant
pointed to the place where he said
Tully was, with his right hand; defend
ant did not describe the place where
Tully stood when he fired ut him; | no
ticed the pistol in Tully's hand; all of
Tlily's body was on the bridge; look
ing from the feet the house would be
serth: think the whole of the body
was on the bridge; Tully's hand had