The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1883-11-20
Testimony Taken Yesterday Before
the 0oroner's Jury.
The Preliminary Examination to he Con-
eluded To-Day.

| The ewes were open, the lower part of the
face and neck We're covered with gouts
of blood that had Oozed from a Jagged
wound in the center of his throat. and on
| the left side of his neck was Il hole where
| the shot had passed out. Yesterday
morning coroner's jury was impan-
neled. Following Is the testimony:
4 M. TWoNBLY's TESTIMONY.
L. 3. NJ. Twombiy, being frs; duly
sworn, do depose and say that my name
/ is A. NJ. Twombly. and that / am the
sheriff of Clatsop county: when 1 went
to make the arrest of John and James
Leahy, John Leahy told me that be had
| shot John Leonard and that be would do
il again.
wN. J. HAaoLD's TESTIMONY.
/. Vim. j. Harold, 90 depose and saw
| that on Saturday morning. about .
O'Clock. We started from Mr. COrno's
| house, four of us, with the intention of
| building a house; We went up across a
| trail and down into clearing; We saw
no one about before we got about ten
PAGES from the shed, and three men came
| out. two armed with shot guns and the
third with a revolver, and said. Go. go;''
| Immediately afterward Il shot from John
Leahy's gun brought Mr. Leonard ia the
| ground; We saw by the actions of the
man he was going 10 fire again, and We
/ turned and tine three of us ran; none of
we four had any arms; all We had was, l
/ had q lunch basket, one of US had a
| square, auger and teapot, Mr. Kinney had
a small hatchet and three oil skin coats,
Mr.. Leonard had bag with some nails
in il; that was all: when first we saw
| them IL was Just as we came mp to the
shed. being all about abreast: they at
| first sight had their arms drawn ready TO
( shoot. and no one had time TO speak be-
fore they fired. and Leonard fell to the
| ground; after we had started to run and
| had got some ten or fifteen PAGES
away. a shot struck me on the back of
the head. and there were six shots fred
in succession; / and mr. Mack got
together in the brush and made our way
down to MIR. Corno's; l stopped there and
Mr.. Mack went to see some men; / do not
know their names; and when the men
came up We went up and saw the body.
which was laying IN the same place where
il fell: we covered il over with a sack.
HENRY MAcK's TESTIMONY.
l. Henry Mack, being first duly sworn
do depose and say ON Friday morning
went up TO work on the place with Mr..
| Leonard and these other two witnesses
while We were 10 work We took down part
| of a house that was standing there on
the place where the shooting occurred
after We got that done We cut part of q
road at the far end of trail; on Satur-
day morning we started up, the four of Us,
to work; when We got within six PAGES OF
the place, mean the part of the build
ing that was left standing, the three OF
them We're concealed in there and came
| out, / mean the three Leahys, two with
shot guns and one with a six shooter: one
| of the Leahy's said, go, go, and by the
| description / got: he told Ine his name
was John Leahy: when he said 20. 90, hG
| fired, and the first shot that was fired
killed Mr.. Leonard, and az that they al
fired at the same time; six shots IN all
| and one grazed my jacket. and at this
the other two men started TO run, anC
the one that had the bucket was shO
with a small shot from shot gun, IN th'
back of the head; and and one of thi
young men got together and came dow
through the brush to Corno's place on tn,
Klaskinine; when got down / changed
NV clothes and went down and saw Mr
Peterson at Mr.. Grays place, and askeC
him whether he would be kind enough
to come up with me TO the place wher
the shooting had taken place. and thel
he told me that We had better wait ant
see whether the sheriff came up. if not
we would see some more of the neigh
bors and We would go mp then; We say
| Mr.. Norman and his son-in-laW. Charlie
Williams, and MIR. Dempsey, and thi
other man, Mr.. Harold. and We starteu
up about four o'clock: We went up ther
and found the body lying in the sam
place that he fell, and we took and GOV
cred him up and came away; rs we 60
very near the road We heard cooinc, an
we stopped TO answer them; 1t was III
Franklin and the party that came wit
him: We waited for them TO come up an
We spoke With Mr.. Franklin and he aske
, | If there was any one of us that was will
|, ing to stop by the body. and l told hin
that | would, and Mr.. VIM. Painter.
{ JOHN KNSEY's TESTIMONY. d.
! /, John Kinney. being duly sworn, d
5epose and say:
} went with Mr.. Leonard and Henr
/ Mack on Friday morning and We too
2 down a part of the building that wa
r there and meant for house; after tha
on Friday we went out 10 the far end Q
the tract and commenced to cut a road
that was ali we done on Friday; Will
we was there on Friday, the 10th day G
, November, 1888, We saw no one eXceI
the persons of our party who was theI
on the place at work; was up there wit
Mr.. Leonard about i've weeks, and a
the time L was there, never heard ths
We would be molested in any way by bt
! ing there at work; on Friday night, th
10th. we went back to Mr.. COTno's plac
where We was stopping, and Saturda,
the 18th. we started back to the placu
MIR. Leonard, MIR. Mack. Mr.. Harold an
myself, to put the house up for Nj
y Leonard; when We got down close to Ii
= house i saw some men on the inside {
!! = the house; saw them through the crac
i'll the boards; he, / mean Mr.. LeonarI
saw them the same time i did and /
said good morning, gentlemen; three {
them stepped out then and told us TO q
e they did not wait for an answer or f
us TO turn round to 90. but fired at I
and Leonard fell; we three started to III
and they fired some shots after Us;
don't know how many; could not tel
l run up along the woods towards I'll
!: trail; / never saw either of the men tn;
V fired the shots before; / started up Il
trail and fell over log and dropped Il
three oil-skin coats that had with N
and my hat; when i got up to the eds
of the timber fell again; when got I
V looked back and saw the man with Il
red whiskers, they say that his name
James DednE, IOuONlnB me Win II
gun, and l started TO run again and tur7
ed into the woods: was in the wooi
k for while and made my way down |
Mr.. Corno's place; l got hat there al
started for town to report the murde
on the way down met Mr.. Painter;
came down with me in his skiff to q
4 Granger's hall, where We met the steaI
y er Daisy and came down in her; PeiI
II er went up for the sheriff and went
Mr.. Fox; 1 should think that the muzz
of the gun that killed Leonard "
about eighteen inches from LeonarS
N body when the gun was fired; from {
description the man that fred the sh
that killed Mr.. Leonard was nam
y. John Leahy; / went back with the CT
~ ~ oner and the sheriff and saw the sher
~ arrest the men James and John Leah
/ heard the man named John Beahy S
when the arrest was made that he y
:se not sorry for it.
m VERDICT OF THE ooRoSKR's JURY.
Is STATE OF OREooN, 90
at County OF CLATsoP,
In the matter of the inquisition upon {