The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-17
QUEST.
The Evidence Of the Second Days
Session.
The Verdict Of the Jury-Three Mes
Held.

The Verdict Of the Juy-Three MeI
Held.
The coroner's inquest in the case OF
George F. Dawson reconyened yester'
day morning when the following addi-
tional testimony was taken:
John Chase, sworn: Am proprietor Of
Chase's theater. Saw no iox In my
house on the night of the 14th. Saw
crowd outside at the corner, and about
six men started therefrom and went
across the street. / heard n man say
inside, before the running commenced,
1--WE will wait and catch him around
the corner" Would know this man il
/ saw him. Saw him in jail and rec
ognized him. The remark was made
to q man called Red. and had reference
to Russell, the painter. Dawson wal
not present at the time.
p. Nolan, constable. sworn: At the
request Of officer Ingalls, I went to CAM
Carlin early on Sunday morning to looi
for the men who beat Dawson. Ar
rested Crawford and Merritt. Craw-
ford said that he had gone from Chase'l
theater to the lot between Latsch'i
paint shop and the Chinese laundry
and pulled of his coat TO fight Latsch,
Latsch hit him and knocked him in the
gutter, and when he got up he (Craw'
ford) ran as far as the court house
Two men followed him q far as Charl
toms stable. Crawford said be ther
went direct TO Camp Carlin.
Merritt claimed that he started fol-
home at the time the crowd left thu
corner. The FIRST fuss was between
Reddy and Russell.
Iarrested Barnes on Sunday even
ing at eight O'Clock. He admitted hay
lug been in the fight. Said he wen
around to the laundry lot and as he got
on the sidewalk Latsch hit him and
knocked him down. Barnes said ht
got up and. seeing several coats lying
about, picked them up and held them
awhile. lie then a along the lot
when Officer Talbot arrested him. Tai
bot released him, Barnes said, when 9
man gave Talbot some money as secu-
rity for Barnes appearance when want
ed. Barnes wanted me to release him
on the same ground but 1 refused.
George Tarbell, sworn: Was in
Chase's theater on Saturday night.
Barnes had some trouble with a man.
Saw Frank Barnes and Red start
down towards Fifteenth street. Barnes
wore my white SLOUGH hat. Two or
three other men started after the two
first. Saw no arms In the crowd.
James Talbot, policeman, sworn,
Saw a crowd of men at Chase's theatel
on Sunday morning, and noticed two
men 60 towards the alley between Fiji
tsenth and Sixteenth street. Don't
know who they were. Went down to
where row was going on. Saw Officer
Ingalls, arrest two men. Saw no fight
ing. Net Frank Barnes running away.
Some one said there was a man hurt un-
der the Chinese laundry. Helped to
take him out.
Barnes told me he went down with
Reddy, but took no part in the fight,
and that he was struck twice by
Latsch. Barnes said he went down to
see fair play. After being struck by
Latsch he reached for a stone, but only
got a piece Of paper IN the excitement.
In the excitement, Barnes thinks.
Latsch made a mistake and threw some
thing and struck Dawson, thinking he
was some one else.
E. II. Ingalls, policeman. sworn: On
Sunday morning between n and two
O'Clock there was q jangle at Chase's
theater between Russell and Landreth,
the latter being known as Reddy. Saw
three OF four men leave the theater and
60 down Eddy street to the alley and
then through to the vacant lot east Of
Braun's brewery. 1 followed and found
two men clinched in a fight, they were
Russell and Reddy. / arrested both Of
them. Saw no firearms.
VIM. Russell, sworn: Went to
Chase's theater Saturday night in COM
pany with Mr.. Boyer. Latsch and Daw-
son were there. Saw q man take wine-
glasses from a step near the head of the
stairs, and told him he should not do
SO. He and his crowd went down
stairs and 70 did l. The waiter called
down stairs and told Mr.. Chase that some
one had taken some glasses. Chase
looked at me al If l had done
1t and 1. told him that one of
the boys In front had taken them.
I went back up stairs and in a few
minutes these boys came up and called
me down, and asked me about charg-
ing them with taking the glasses, par
ticularly n called Reddy. / denied
having said that Reddy was guilty, be-
cause I didn't know him. They were
not satisfied, and wanted me to put up
$40 and 60 and fight 1t out. 1 refused,
because / didn't wish to have q fuss.
I went up stairs and found Latsch and
Dawson.
Soon after they came up with a crowd
and challenged me to fight. In o few
minutes Mr.. Latsch suggested that we