The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-22
A MURDER CASE.
Trial Of John Lyons for Completely in the
Killing of Richard Mccoy.

Killing of Richard Mccoy.
Progressing is the trial of John Lyons in the
District Court on a charge of completely in the
killing of Dick Mccoy i'm I.aSalc county. Dol
| ly Durand testified for the state as follows:
when we got to Attic pasture a fellow
came up on dun horse and jim Wright said
! he was Il spy. He said he wanted to buy cat
tie: lie was told he had no time to buy cattle,
and we arrested him and took his gun. He had
laid down and we put IL guard over him. Some
| cattle men were in the pen, when others came
up. The man in front went to take down the
bars we had laid up. AS the man went TO lean
forward, james Wright and brother shot him,
and then defendant fired. ran, and saw Pc
the river and saddlcd up and came on home.
About thirty shots were fired. Had been en-
plOyed to drive cattle out of the pasture. !
| took no part in the lighting. Jim Wright said
| to stick together or all would get killed.
| went up from the river because james Wright
| told me to, and was afraid to refuse. The
| man shot was just across the pen about twenty
yards. James Wright seemed to be the leader
of a party
VIM, Dunn asseveated II am sheriff OF
knew kichard Mccoy. He was my deputy in
ISL bunch Of cattle was stolen and placed
him on trail. The owner had given me a power
| of attorney. | furnished it to Mccoy
| Wiley Moore stated: ION the 18th of May.
| 1881 | went to Jim Wrights cattle pen to buy
| cattle. found fourteen or fifteen men there.
| | rode up to the pen, and when in about ten
| steps of it ten or twelve men presented guns
| ut me. ! told them was all right. They said
| if was all right to ride arOund--that might
belong to the other party. | rode around and
got down. They took my gun out of the
| scabbard and then took Inc into the pen, when
| ! told them what had come for. told them
| | wanted to go. They said no, and made Inc lay
told him to guard me. and if made any brake
| to shoot me. While there a man rode up and
they shot him. He went backwards off his
| horse. laid there, and while the shooting was
| n Ia Sil.ln threw down
| his pistol and ran Off with two Others. after
| wards told them again L wanted to go, and
they said if didn't dry up they would pitch
me and they let me go. ! left without my
horse. They said to say nothing of the killing.
| l do not know them.
mony: 1--WE went to Mr.. Wright's ranch to
| look at some cattle we heard were there. We
were thirteen in all. We had been informed at
| u meeting of our association that there were
four or five hundred head of cattle in the Alti-
| to pasture which belonged to the association.
We found two three hundred head and
| thought we would drive them into the ranch,
Some of them belonged to our association.
| "When near the pen we saw the gap was up,
and Dick Mccoy rode off through the cattle to
the pen. All Talk and myself rode around TO- t"
pen heard three or four shots, and then per-
| feet vOlley something like II hundred shots.
| I did not see Mccoy ut the time of the shoot
ing. | saw him next morning. He was dead.
| ! saw several cattle belonging to our party
one belonging to my brother. The brands on
these animals had been disfgurcd by burning
| out or adding to-.
| Lee Floyd testified: 'In April | knew Jas.
| Wright had thirty head of my cattle in Attic
pasture and others belonging to neighbOrs. In
| May we started for the pasture. first noti-
tied the sheriff who was sick; also the district
attorney. | got a search warrant To search Al
| tito pasture. learned of Judge Peasants of
the range. met with Richard Mccoy at Pleas
anton. met Walker Tally and Sergt. McNal-
| ly too. We started to Attic pasture where we
| believed the cattle were. We did not search
| the pasture for two reasons One was that the
| sheriff was not there and the other that the
| cattle had been moved down the river. | ar
| rested two or three men in order to make sure
| sure of the arrest Ol James Wright, but could
not make Il case against them for handling and
| miles towards james Wright apd saw some of
| my cattle with the brands on them blOtched.
| We soon heard gun shot. We took it to be
signal. We went up to Mrs. AndersOn's camp
and struck camp for the night. The next
morning we gathered our cattle. That day we
rounded up and drove the cattle toward the
| pen. Mccoy was ahead of the cattle on the
righ, point. John Bell, All Tumlinson. John
| DoudclStadt and others were there. Mccoy
| rode mp to open the gate. Then the firing was
| commenced. found INN dead the next morn
ing
"in May, $751;" testified John McNally, 81 was
| Il ranger and in LiSalle county. | went with
if we could find them. We had papers for J.
! y. Wright. A warrant was handed me i'm
| plr,ls,,ntOn; it was from Gonzales county.
| Trying to execute the c;lpas went to James
| Wrights rancho, but did not then find him.
| We cfJnped there that night. The next day
we gathered Il bunch of cattle About sun.
| down we drove the cattle OF to pen, and
was OF some distance and heard the shoot
ing. The clpas was directed to the
| officers of AtascOS;l county or to amy
| member of the frontier troops. On the 18th OF
May went 10 the house of Wright. | saw
| there two or three ladies and children had
| no papers but arrested several persons and
| to keep them from carrying news | think
| there were Is in our crowd
| Walker folly said he went with McNally from
| AtascOsa county. A warrant for james Il.
| Wright was given to me by officers Of AtascOsa
| county. turned it over to McNally. We were
| " i'r in the shade at the river when we heard IL
| Gun or pistol fired. "A lady came down to the
| the opposite side. Mccoy and went down the
| river and met two boys who were in flat. One
| of the boys made Il peculiar noise when he saw
| us. We followed the trail of the lady and came
| to some boys herGing sheep, where we saw her
again She spoke to us and we to her. told
Me. to ask her who she had been speaking to
and she said Watkins a horse was tied near
went to the house. | was not present when
the shooting was done. 1t was understood that
Nc. was going along To hunt cattle supposed to
have been stOen.a
Unimp0rtant testimony was given by Stoves
Tuljis and Chris. Mccoy for the state, and
Henry Boone for the defence. witness for the
defence is now being examined.
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