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

road) ;awitness resumed-I was taking
notes; another man, Mr.. Grannis, be-
lieve, held the stick; / made the meas
urements under the direction of Mr..
Bonniteld and Mr.. Grass; there is
brush above the bridge all along the
ditch; there is quite a number of brush
between the wagon road and the ditch,
some little distance above the bridge;
people generally travel the county road;
1t was dusty about the 2Sth OF July; ii
we see tramp walking on the wagon
road we suppose he is foot-sore; there
is only one brush Of any note l6 feet
from the bridge.
d. d. GRANNTs
Was called by defense and testified j
reside at Big Meadows, have lived there
since a year ago last March; knew de-
ceased and defendants; we made the
measurements about the 18th OF August;
remember measuring from the house to
the bridge and from the bridge to the
brush; the first brush was l6 feet from
the bridge the next s feet from that,
the next feet farther; from that line
it was 81 feet to another brush, 4 J feet
high; ! did the measuring and called oil
the distances, Mr.. Craig took down the
notes: | measured as correctly as |
could: there rs a kind Of n salt grass on
the surface of the ground; person
could walk on the grass without leaving
tracks: from the bridge at Tully's you
can see to the first bridge going towards
Craia's; was on the road that leads
from the county road to gate towards
Marzen's house; | was down as far as
the twentieth post; | looked from them
towards Tully's house, and could not
recognize person at Tully's house
unless / knew before who 1t was; ] sat
on top of the fence and could not rec
ognize a man at 1'ully's house; while on
the fence / saw parties at Iuliy's; could
not tell who they were if | had not
known who had gone there.
Cross-examinatioa | said the ground
bv the brush was covered with grass; |
did not measure the distance the grass
extends up the road; the grass extends
the greater portion of the way from the
bridge towards the brush; / do not
think the ground WAS covered with a
hard crust; the heaviest grass was at
the bush q feet from the bridge; there
is more or less grass about all the brush;
| think there is no portion OF the ground
not covered with grass where you would
not leave a track that could be seen;
ne made the measurement between two
and four o'clock August 18th; Mr..
Craig. Mr.. Bonniiield and MIR. Grass
accompanied me to the gate towards
Mar2ens; Mr. Bounifield and Mr.. West
were at the bridge, Mr.. Bonnilield had
goae back; | was sitting on tie fence
while making observations; y think |
was a little higher than man standing
on the ground; could not say whether
| was higher than man would be on
the bank where the posts are set; /
think there are times IN the day when a
man can see farther than at other times;
my eyesight is good as TO distance; !
went there for the special purpose Of
making observations; | could zee all /
wanted to see sitting on the fence.
Redirect: Could not recognize n
man a quarter of mile distant; Mr.
Grass called my particular attention to
the grass in the brush.
Re cross-examination Ii | knew
how a man was dressed coald recog
nize him at that distance.
s. S. GRASS
Took the stand for the defense, testi-
tied that he called Mr.. Grannis' special
attention to the ground and grass;
there was no place except where some
animal had dug up the ground where
any tracks could be made or seen; there
were a few bare spots, a foot or SO
square, among the grass.
Cross examination: The large bush
near the bare spot could not have been
more than five or six feet from line
drawn from the third bunch of brush
from the bridge; | did not make the
measurements
W. L. WILLIAMS
Was sworn for defense, said: | reside
at Biz Meadows; have knowp defend
ant about II months; knew deceased;
am foreman for II. c. Marker 4 Co. !;
saw defendant on 9Th Of April last; had
a conversation with defendant relative
to seeing Tully TO arrange about water;
| was in the barn; he said he
wanted me on particular business; said
haven't you been trying to buy FULLY
out? l told him Tully asked 81 600. and
| offered him $500; defendant said,
will give You 5000 if you buy the place.
| must get somebody to buy Cu!ly ont
or sell out myself; said he could better
afford to give $500 to buy 'fully out
than to leave himself; / told him if