The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-08-16
QUEST.
Investigating for the Man Who Killed
George Dawson.
Full Details of the Evidence Given
So Far.

sanlted at an early hour on that norm
ing. The man died at $50 O'Clock the
same morning. He was unconscious
from the time Of receiving the wound
until his death.
Coroner Lee was duly notified, and at
so'elock, ON Sunday, he empannelled a
jury as follows: John 7. Chaein, Hugo
Donzelman, II. w. Moore, NJ. r.
Kurtz. W. 5. Wilson and W. p. Car
roll. The jury examined the body and
adjourned until Monday to take testi-
mony. Accordingly the jury met in
the district court DON yesterday morn
ing.
The first witness examined was
George Loucks. He testified that be
deceased and others in Chase's
theater on Saturday night. There APP
pearsd to be . quarrel going on, but he
could not say that the deceased was a
participant. Doesn't know the names
but thinks he could identify them. Saw
the men who had been arrested, but
could not recognize them.
v. D. Greene testified that while
Dyer's hotel after taking a
lnHch al about 1:30 O'Clock, he
saw three or four men run
across street. Oficer ingalls, started
after them, going around Eddy street
to Fifteenth. Onicer Talbot started
around Sixteenth and Ferguson. Wit
ness went with Officer Talbot to the
rear Of the Chinese w~ashhouse, and
saw a man In his shirt sleeves, whom
Talbot told to 60 home. He left. We
went over to the sidewalk where q
crowd wal gathered. Officer Ingalls,
had two men under arrest. Having
that a man was hurt in a hole
the washhouse, witness started
for DR.. Gray. While standing on the
Doctors steps on Eddy street, witness
saw a man walk up Eddy street very
Witness asked him If he was
going for a physician, but the man
made no reply until the question was
repeated, when he said ''yes.n The
was about s feet 7 or 8 inches in
height, and wore a light mustache.
thin in build and had on a white
felt hat. Witness thinks him the same
man he saw In the crowd after the fight.
Cannot identify any of the prisoners.
VIM. H. Wilson testified to having
been In Chase's theater on Saturday
night. Mr.. Barnes came up and was
followed by a man who evidently
wanted to create trouble. Barnes ex-
planned that the trouble was occasioned
by the charge OF the barkeeper that the
man following Barnes had stolen some
glasses. The man blamed
else. A man called Red was
standing near and, in answer to the re-
mark Of Barnes that the man was 60
ing to get u crowd, Red said 'there is
pretty good crowd here" A crowd
gathered about and Red said he could
whip the man who followed Barnes, If
he would put up $40 and go outside the
city limits. Another man stepped up
to Red and said, '.you can't whip this
man; let me do it."
Somebody quieted the affair by sug-
that all hands 90 down and take
beer. While there, witness saw three
men come out Of the theater and go
down towards Fifteenth street. Wit
ness thought they were George Daw-
son, the deceased, Mr.. Latsch, and the
man who had followed Barnes. Saw
two men start out Of the crowd and fol-
low the three men named. Can't recog-
nize them. One was o very tall man
o white hat. Just then a third
man left the crowd and followed on the
opposite side Of the street. Don't know
The man.
We saw some men running shortly
and, hearing there was a
ight going on, we followed and went to
the Chinese laundry. We found George
Dawson under the laundry, and carried
him into Latsch's paint shop. Can
the man who followed Barnes.
Think saw deceased In the theater,
walking about quietly.
J.-B. Latsch: Was in the theater on
Saturday night with George Dawson.
A nan named Russell came up to US,
Ind soon other parties followed and a
quarrel began, about a wine glass. One
II the parties spoke as If Russell had
accused him of stealing the glass. The
soon ended. and l said to the
Dawson and Russelll i've will 60
We went out of the theater
ind down on the west side Of Eddy
Itreet to Fifteenth. We did that to
crowd that was on the corner.
When we got to the Chinese laundry,
,hree men stepped out from the vacant
in front Of us. They said to Rus
ell "You are the man we are looking
Mr.. Russell endeavored to argue
he IA with them, saying that he did
lot charge them with stealing the
ylass, and wished to have no fuss.
Then q second man stepped up and
aid "H you are not going to hit him,
WILL" Witness walked over to his
,aint shop near by in order to open the
loor and get the boys inside, but not
ahle tn Oet tham In he want ovar