Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-10-21
THE RENO SHOOTING.

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A. Parrot sworn-Am gunsmitb fo
II or 10 years. Learned the trade il
Bedfordshire, England. Am familiar
with pistols and firearms. Witnes:
shown pistols and bullets. Think The
Havenor bullet is from a cartridge
Think it could have been fred from
McMechan's pistol. Fragments from
the north wall are similar to the Have
Tor bullet. The Scoville bullet is like
the other two in nay judgment. Thc
Scoville bullet was fired from pisto, OF
the same caliber as the McMechan p.s-
toll, and one with the same number OF
grooves. The grooves on the three bull
lets / have examined are the same
number as in the McMechan pistol. In
some of Colts new pistols the lands and
burrows are different in numbers and
sizes. These three balls have six
grooves. There are six grooves in tie
pistol and the grooves in The ball cor
respond. The ball which was The re-
suit of the experiment this morning
has the same general characteristic and
appearance as the other three e.
..-!.2eG. The Sunderland " bullet
coC.d not have been fired from the Nc
Eeclaa pistol. The bullet from point
on the map could not have come
tom NcMechan's pistol. The "Allen"
bullet could not have come from Me
Mechan's pistol. The bullet taken
from Cofin's pistol could not have come
from McMechan's pistol. The Coffin
and ScoviIIe bullets are different in
every respect. The ball taken from the
pistol marked "SUnderland" is entirely
different from Scoville's ball. The ball
taken from the pistol found on the
floor by Coffin is also different from
Scoville's bullet. The Coffin pistol is
Smith & Wesson.
Don't know Wheeler; saw him once;
the morning of September 9th at ten
O'Clock l cleaned and loaded a revol-
YER; l think that is the pistol pointing
out pistol marked " found on the floor
of The n. & o. Office by Coffin" Wit
ness examining.) No, this is not the
pistol; l would not have loaded it
with those cartridges, and it would not
have been rusty here had l cleaned it !;
the ball from point s (of the map cor
with the grooves of that pis-
toll Wheeler's pistol was " British |
Bull Dog" l put English cartridges |
in it; Sam Hilliard borrowed one pis-
toll like that (Sunderland's pistol, let
him have another. He said for Sun
1erland. He returned one it was |
loaded as I gave 1t to him. Witness
examines Sunderland's pistol. This |
pistol has never been fired at all.
Wheeler left my shop first neither
said whet they wanted them for; don't
believe Hi!liard told me afterWard.
Der eth ; he came in with Wheeler :;
ne had pistol saw it in his hand
did nothing to it it was white-han-
lied and bright. Don't remember his
saying anything about it Wheeler and
left my shop together; I
lid not know anything about them.
Question by Rankin-Am slightly
acquainted with the manufacture of
The Scoville bullet has
some rings as experimental bullet fired
his morning.
In answer to Dickson-The ball from
point on the map and the Scoville
)ullet are the same. This pistol (Cogan's)
las been fired. Can't tell how long ago.
t is IS caliber. There are five grooves
n this listo. (Cogan's.) Can't tell that
t has been loaded lately.
In anBwer to Webster-Hilliard told
ne who Wheeler was.
In answer to Dickson-Could not say
whether. Wheeler's pistol was white
handled, nickel-plated or not. This
,istol (Csgan's) was brought into my
hop after the 9th. Never saw Moore,
Fowler or Cogan in my shop. Wheeler's
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