The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-02-11

way t. Carroll's nooe, and said 10 xeuld
night him on top or On the other side d
the station. I and my partner were
working ct the time, not knowing that
| II would come to anything woGse, and
the next thing We knew they were fuss
Ing. There was no light there. In the
flushing the light went out. Then we
| went toward the two men-Boeanch0
and Carroll 1t was . distance Of twenty
i've or twentX-six feet. As l was ap-
preaching them there was light ut the
end Of the drift. Some Of the other
shit was out eight or ten seconds Uefore
me: But when got out probably eight
Or ten feet from where Bosancho was J
saw him In the act Of falling. He got
around the poet to get ct Carroll but fell
forward again, and then we took him on
top In the cage. Did not see Carroll
strike him. Did not see any weapon or
any tool Of iron in his hands. Did not
Gee any weapon in Bosancho's hands.
don't know any difficulty they had
prior to this. I never knew this man
until the lot Of January, when I
went to work. know Carroll for six
years. MY partner was James Hughes.
In the dark I couldn't see what they
zee what they wss doing. didn't hear
any following. This was down 40 feet
deep from the surface,-that is what it
Is calculated to be. / didn't hear Car
roll say anything when we took away
Bosancho. He told US to take him
away, and we took him on top.
didn't see any blood on Carroll. I
didn't see that Carroll was hurt. Ino-
ticed iron or drill tools lying around on
the floor. They are lying around there
all the while. There was nothing like
crow-bar. There was bagging aud
blocks, ETC., and swap sticks and other
things. Three Of Us took him up and
put him in the changing room and went
back to work, and didn't see anything
Of him until saw him here.
DIR. johnson called and sworn and
testified as follows: recognize this as
the body Of William BOsanchO. l saw
him first on the 9Th day Of February
the day he was hurt. I saw him suffer
ing from y wound on the left frontal
side of his head. l asked him If his
head panied him, and he said it did.
After / saw him here made q diagnosis
Of q fracture Of the base Of the skull.
There was serous fluid escaping through
his left ear.
Did you examine the wound close
enough to form an opinion ~ to how it
was produced:
1t was . blow from some hard instru-
ment. The wound is about three inches
long, cutting clear to the bone. Iput
my finger in the wound and felt the
skull. 1 couldn't detect any fracture
where the blow was struck. A fracture
from the base Of the brain comes from
blow from above. can't tell whether
there was more than one blow. From
this long incisiOn there was another
confusion that looked like the end of an
instrument. 1t all looked like one
stroke. There were no other wounds
on the body. There was chronic ulcer
on the --. He complained Of his
shoulder and side being sore, but that
must have been from falling. There
was no other fracture or bruises.
NV opinion Is that his death was culls-
I'd from that blow on his head. can't
say whether or not he was under the in
fiuence of liquor when first say him.
I didn't detect any O(lOr Of liquor. But
the man who came with him said he
had l,een drinking. lie was NATIONAL,
however, and told me his name and
where he was working. Day before
yesterd: Y afternoon was when he com
menced to get wild, fever ensuetland he
died Lust night ut O'Clock l was told.
\ John Harrington called and sworn and
testified Us follows:
recognize the body in the hall as
that of Billy BOsancllO's. He came
drunk to the mine and went down in
acOnd0 mine and him and his partner
...>~~> - Tim .l>.,ff No VU1rra nlNfDn,f -
rs feet away from him. In about twenty
minutes, Mike, the foreman, came down
and Looked where he was working and
went hack to the shaft and told them to
cover sssplatfOrn over the shaft.
don't know what he said to him but l
heard Mike tell him to 20 on top that he
was drunk but he (I3t~anchO) said he
was q d-n liar, ~ he wanted to fight
on top or in the station, but Mike said
he Didn't want any fight; he hsancllO)
SAWS YOU are u son OF b-h aud MOTH
ing else. That's what / think he said
and Mike walked away from him and
he c,lle1l him second time dirty son
of a b-h and asked him if he would
fight him there or on top; then heard
showing and pnshing in the station but
there was no light there. was the last
man that came towards him; saw BO-
sancho fall; l was about ten feet away
from them and AZ came towards him
lie was getting up like this he caught
hold Of my candle stick and said some
thing to Carroll and he made motion
with his candle stick like this. had
light enough to see him. | did
not sex. thing in Mikes hands.
/ did not ss,e Mike strike him. didn't |
know what made him fall. l didn't |
hear any blows. There was no light
there except what had myself. Car
roll did uot shy anything ut the time
came up. From the time heard this
talk--this son IT l,-h. and that-fronl
that time to when I came up with the
candle in NY hands had Nrn ut work
and the fuss was over when l got out.
! went out when saw all the rest go
out, the rest were ahead Of me, | was !
the last man; I came out because the
rest did; didn't hear anything. l
didn't hear any words spoken between
them. l heard the first words from
where was; hut didn't hear any fur
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