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a puddle or blood near him. / gut into the billiard
room 1 or 5 seconds after ! heard the second shot.
There was 40 interval Of 5 or 6 seconds between
the shots.
XN.-Froin the billiard room to depot the road was
down hill. The defendants would have bad 70 go ~
m opposite direction from depot to 60 nome. as
was coming down from billiard room ! heared NC
Chung call out to some one i've killed Guilin give INC
. chance to escape !"
XX.-The hat here shown was In the saloon where
deceased lnr.
AS Mctlung came dawn the steps he said either.
"rye shot Gutiin or killed him" and opened his snirt
front saying: See what he IoneiGr inc: , saw ~:
I didn't hear him say he killed Guttin In sell-drience
then; lie said that on his way to the jail; l saw q
murk on his lrfl breast al the upper edge OF sit IN sIi:E
II WI. u cut or q scratch the upper edge OF hcihien
seemed ~ be above the rentin the shirt; the scIutch
wa. on the right breast high up near shoulder.
By Sulicitnr-X X Y.
Tbe scratch was about the length of m ordinary pin;
there was no blood on scratch it looked fresh aud like
a pin scratch; ! saw no blUud On shirt
Sherud HUdgcs-swurn.
Deceased was killed ona Monday evening; saw the
defendants and deceased about together on that day
| SAW the three together first back of Russcls about I
or 5 o'clock In aftcrno"n and heard Martin and deceased
qttartr|lng, Defendant Martin said first TO dnhn:
I'm not going to do II" and then ttoUrrd rs II to SIT
dawn br Martin who was sitting in u chair behind
Russcl's store outside rs deceased .toopud, Martin
told him to 80 away, or something OF the Kind, and
then deceased walked right mp TO Martin and Knocked
, Murtin's hat of; when deceased Knocked tho hat of
Martin pulled II pistol out OF his pocket ana cocker ~
when Martin cooked his pistol deceased pulled his
kni out, opened It and showed 1t n Martin aud then
shut 1t and put 1t back tn his rockc,; Martin then put
his pistol back In his suck coat pocket cooked; The
knife Of deceased was n four bladrd pocket knife like
| the one here shown; Martin then started utf when
Martin started Oft saw McClung standing ct Nor.
woods back. door, about 20 or 30 yards of; Mc(lnhs
was not present when Martin drew pistol; after Mar
tin had started off some Is feet be turned back to Guf:
~ --l -,.,a -.e., nn,r1 t", = 1araA raI.nd
Martin then to take q drink with him; Martin said no
you drink with me; when thry got to Christians bar.
room they went in there, AMI c-lne out In q few min
utea, when McClung joined them and PROPOSED 10 &C. t.
didn't want to play; MoClung then said to deceased:
III It's any Irducemcnt I'll give you ten points, de-
ceased answered. "very we'll Ill 60 after the chicken
fight 10 over; al. three Of them then went over to AL.
lens lot.toguthcr whcrelherc was II cock fight | heard
nothing moro until after the chicken fight; while IN
Aliens lot deceased and Mcilung got %ditputlng about
= knife which deceased said he had loaned McCiung;
one Of them proposed to give Gufin another knife;
and they then went off out of the lot; McClung had
got Guiin's knife to cut o small string OIL chickens
foot tho chicken fight lasted about ten minutes; In
mcdiately after chicken fight deceased ASKED Mcel"he
for his knife and McClung told him he didn't nave H.;
deceased said he did have Il; McClung then said he'd
give him anothe: knife; there were or I peopie pres
ent at c"ck slight; I saw deceased hand McClnng his
knife; McClung told deceased in the lot he'd get him
another knife; McClung and Martin were fighting
%cLicIrns, but deceased was not; | started home then
and he .rd the firing and started back. :,
X.-I work for Mr.. Norwood; drive his c"ws snh
butcher for him, &c. l was not ,ry busy that day;
the manner OF deceased and Martin 10 each other |
didn't think WAS friendly because they were not In
q friendly position, one drawing a knife and the other
a pis,ol, and cursing each other. | didn't say at the
examination they didn't seem to b. mad. l said l
couldn't soy they were friendly or mad. / refused to
say they were not mad. Then I saw them 60 to bill
lizard room. lstarted across street. When saw,Mar'
tin and deceased 60 to bar.r"om they seemed friendly.
The cock fight | refer to was late In the afternoon.
There had been another earlier that day, but | was not
at it. 1t was o four bladed knife that 1 saw McClnng
was after Martin and deceased drew the pistol and
knife oil each other. The cock fight took place at 4 or
5 o'clock in afternoon. The persnns st the cock hight
wercIMcCiung, Martin, L. r. Gutttn, Peter Paisley, Ao.
Titus, Elias Perrin and several others. ldont know
who bet on the cock Hight, The chicken d. erased was
praisiur IN won the fight. didn't SER him bet. He'll
~ Nor wond was at the light.
XXI can't tell which Of the two knives shown me
was the on. deceased handed to McCluns.
PETER PASSLY sworn: .,
was at the second cock fight on the day deceased
was killed. 1t was At midday or after It, was
turning corner near scales when I SAW Martin sitting
between GuHin's knees who WAS sitsing In q chair be.
hind Christians blrrHum, between II and RnSsel's;
when ! got near them, | saw deceased knock on
Martins hat while Martin was sitting on chair BE-,
tween the legs of deceased; Martin then got up and
said to deceased. l see VIC can't get along together, III
70 on deceased nnswercd-"Then 70 of-;whas the
hell you've been following me about all day Martin
| Intn kAlU. tll CtbIlt vi All u o LoAC u NkibA 4 ts'y
thon started and deceased had got about two steps and
said be didn't drink In Russrls bar; they then went
into Christians bar and drank, deceased rs he held W
his glass said he was just drinking to be drinking; l
then saw McClnng about ten minutes alter this step
out oil the back end Of Norwood's store; he asked de
ceased TO play a game billiards and deceased declined;
NcClung offered to give him ten points The chicken
fight was then about to commence, l noticed then that
Martin had on y thin blue coat with q pistol In the
pocket SOW shcrod Hodges there. Some man
called out at the lot we sre ready, and they went into
-. ILL-- dt, ,-., -k .n tha
fence; In saving of the spurs the saw was not sha,rI'
out and McClung borrowed Gufin's knife to cut tho
spurs, saying be wanted a sharp knife McClung lost
the cock fight, II was II 4 baded brAn new Congress
| heard deceased say he wanted his knife and asked
where's McClung; | raw nothing mute; McClung wns
the Arst man 70 leave the lot Alter the COCK
fight heard fret shot when was at
Wilson's scales, and by the time I got " mid.
die Of street. Lang Goolsby ran down the stairs hold
ing up his hands, and | heard the first shot fired as be
came out. Just before the first shot was d!ed !
heard the billiard room door up stairs slam; when l
heard the door slam l was II or IS yards off from 1t.
1t was rather q warm evening. When l heard door
slammed and just as pistol fired | heard q man cry
out in billiard reom 'Oh Lord, On Lord he cried out
twice l heard c racket up stairs . slainming down
like planks falling as soon rs the frat shot wns fired;
rs | got ont into middle Of street l heard the second
shot, 1 then saw McClung run down stops Of billiard
saloon with o billiard cue In hand. A crowd was
coming up and McClung called oat give me a
chance" A. W. Jones then ran up steps; Martin
hadn't come down ,h,n. McClung jumped into Mar
tins buggy. Jones called GU. from top of steps.
Hes killed Penn GulHn,don't let him get away, Wilson
took hold Of bride Of mule IN buggy, and Martin tried
to relt ase mule and Wilson drew his knife, and said
McCluny shouldn't get away. HcClnng then JUMPED
out OF buggy hut fell. and they ran OH pursued nnd l
X. never told anyone befnre this, | heard the
door slam. | WAS not asked about It After the
second fire lheard no noise up stairs.
~ was a. IN ne town the 'dI day Ii r. Quinn wa, Killed. i
saw defendant aud Martin together that day back vi
Christians bar"om; They were q1arrelinx. 1t was
abou: II or IL o'clock. All heard Gufin say Mr..
Gutin, and he said to me In Martins presence; Cam
Msrtin thinks he can srare me, but III DC God damned
II he can do It " l then went of with deceased. /
knew from their manner they were quarrcling.
said to me. started to tell this ut inquest but the
Trial Justice wouldn't let me tell what Gutfn said to
me. Guhin had his k'ife out when they were quar-
reling, apparently whiting and Marin seemed 10
have . knife too, both whiting 1t seemed.
ALBERT MARLBOROUGH, sworn: =,
was living with deceased when he was Killed. l
drove his wagon that day. de walked In. Hestrt:
I'd for wagon to 70 hsruc rs | WAS waiting for him. l
ceased started for wag.n, when McClung called him
bnCk to take . game OF billiards. Vixen mcClung
called him he McClnng WAS standing OF back door OF
Norwood's store, aud | WAS across the street In way
on, Deceased then walked back when McCluhg call
ed him. | then got out Of wagon to hunt DECEASED.
looked up aud saw him In billiard RON. ! Was
then ut knox's corner across the street from billiard
room. | went up In billiard roum and asked
him II be was ready to SO home. He was
about to hit bis ball and said nothing. Nc
Chung then told me | had no business up there,
and said to me, what have you got to do with him !
I then left, shutting the door quietly behind me. l
went then to the public well, and from there IL the
spring. l heard frst sh"t when | was at siring.- i
walked on q little and heard the second shut The
hat shown was worn by deceased when ! saw him
that day in billiard room. l went in billiard room
and saw hin after lie was killed, and then went aomo
with wagon and brought Ills sister and five children
in. His wife was dead.
XII w.s not examined at inquest. I told Will the
brother OF deceased what | have told here. ! told
him when ! went home.
GEORGE MURBACH, sworn:
lived In this town when deceased WINS killed ]
was clerking In Norwood's store; deceased was Killed
In the saloon over the store In which | was clerEing;
| saw defendants and deceuscd pass through cur store
from back door and 80 tn the front; they seemed to
be talking friendly | paid no attention to them: !
saw Martin have . pistol that evening; l saw him give
It to McCluug In front Of store on side walk towards
the billiard room; they were 8 or I feet from Inc; |
was standing against the door, they were very CLOSE
together, side by side; they were facing lnc; / saw
pistol in Meetings. hand; Gufin was not there then
the three passed through store together and McClung
and Martin stopped op side walk as | have said; !
don't know where GutBn went to; about o minute or
q minute and q half after The three passed through the
store | saw Martin shin bis pistol to McClung; the
shots were fred about ! or l hour or I after l saw the
pistol handed to McClung; | went back In store and
left defendants standing In front on the pavement; a.
Martin came In ba * door with Guffin and McClung, l
saw Martin lay o weight weighing about two or three
pounds down on the counter; he laid It down Soma
distance from its proper place; the hcales we've near
an was walking ahead Of him when Martin laid down
,,.i,bt. I hoard billiard playino uu Stain: right afte r