The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-04-03
THE INQUEST.
How Gillespie Was Killed.
this place

Soioner MallneWs Jury, elnpaneIeu lo ascertain the cause of the death of John Gillespie, met at il :25 this morning.
 A. LEWIS
 testified as follows, Il reside at Chandeliers ranch; am d trader by occupation; was at the ranch on the morning of March 29; they call it nine miles from Tombstone, in an easterly direction. After waking up l heard the boys tell soine one that they would not have breakfast for some time and to go to the other house. l asked who was out there, the answer was Jack Allen; some one in the house asked me if knew who it was, I told them did not. At that time some one outside called me by name; asked who 1t was and they replied Come out, want to see you" got up and went to the east door and found man there with a gun in his hand asked him who he was and who was calling me; he said, who are you, what's your name 2" told him, and he said, Well, you go around thcre," motloning around the cor ner As I passed round, Breckenridge said, "You know me now ," 1 said l did. At that time the firing commenced al the east door. where had gone out step ped behind one of the trees, Breckenridge was behind another. Some one opened the west door and shot out of there; Break enridge fired into the door and heard something fall; Tn the meantime man, who 1 found was Allen, ran from the house and fell down in the arroyo, some two rods above the trees; some one fired close at me and took down the arroyo. am not acquainted with Gillispie, but 1 think it was he who stood at the door when I went out. We all got in the lower house and they wanted some one to come that night were Billy Grounds, Hunt, Eli ott Caldwell and myself; Grounds and Hunt were not in the habit of staying there never saw them there before; have been there off and on since last fall. l know nothing personally of the killing of Gillespie; did not see it; do not know who commenced the shooting; did not sec him until after came from town. When Grounds and Hunt came to the ranch they told me that they had some business with Mir. Elliott; he was not there and they concluded to go to Soldiers Holes. After eating they started out and returned early Tuesday morning, remaining the remain der of the day and the following night i; they were watchrul while they were there {; went out a couple of times with field glass {; from the conversation I suppose they thought the officers might ride OR them at any time; heard them talk about writs being out for them. Hunt said he would 'just as soon see his grave as the inside of Yuma prison" They said for certain charges they would surrender themselves, but for others they would not, as they were not guilty. They had come up the San Pedro few days previous, did not men tion having been at Charleston on their way up. could not see the men Grounds and Hunt al the time the shooting commenced, as ii was dark, but they were up. As went out one of them, I think it was Billy Grounds, said, If they ask you tell them we are not Tn here" l think Grounds took the west door and Hunt the east Grounds was shot at the west door, and Hunt must have been at the other where Gillespie was killed; suppose it was Hunt who killed him.
 A recess was taken for half an hour.
 JOHN II. ELLIOTT
 as sworn and said: 1 live at Chandler's ranch; dairyman by occupation. 1 was in the house at the time of the Shooting started to follow Lewis out of the east door, but as man was standing one side of the dCor with a gun which covered me, backed from him and went out the west door and got behind a tree, and at that time the shooting commenced. The firing lasted about four minutes; they fired on my side of the house and I fell flat on the ground. Grounds and Hunt ceme to the ranch Tuesday morning when saw them first; Hunt when he came asked nae to take message to town for him; he sent a note which delivered to Chandler; Hunt seemed anxious that Chandler should come out. Grounds and Hunt were watchiul and excited, as though they apprehcnded something, but heard them say nothing. Grounds afte. being shot was found in the west door on his back Hunt was found some five hundred yards from the house. It was nearly an hour before we found the body of Gillespie. Hunt was close to the east door when 1 left the house.
 The case was then laid over until to- morrow at o'clock
 Mir. Geo. l.. Withers, from St. Louis, has taken rooms at the Cosmopolitan.