Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-17

you," exclaimed witness, pointing to a
man at G.. W. Bakers elbow. He called
Williams out and said: George, Scott
wants to see YOU" The Osceola butcher is
named Scott. UR. M. Beatty said: Eyes,
there was no ZACH OF butchers therel" Mr..
Baker said: "We suppose these remarks
are allowable. "~-REPoRTER. Williams
came bach into the house and Bassett soon
vent away After Richardson left us 1
proposed to go back tc the Justice Office
again, but Dunton and Williams said no.
FOR SLEEP.
They began to talk about bedding. They
said: "We'll go get a blanket and you
stop here" One of them, Dunton l be-
lieve, slipped off for this purpose. VIII
liams guarded us. We, prisoners, were
talking about going back to Justices Office,
when Dunton came back with blankets. /
said: ave want to go back to the Judges
Office, and 1 am going" They told me to
be careful how / talked about going back.
They finally consented and went back with
US. In going back to the Justices Office l
told them there was no use in taking a
blanket as there was plenty OF room for
five to sleep in the cabin. Judge asked us
what we came back to his Office for. Said
L: Judge, if we are going to be locked in
that house / would like to get four or five
men to guard IT," He said: ono, nobody
can guard the house but those two men.
They are officers Of mine" l told him il
he would allow Dutton and Williams to go
with me l would 60 and get four or fvo
men to guard the house, and l would pay
the expenses. The Judge said: 1T is
about time to take them away and lock
them up" I said: Judge, take us into
any business house of the place and tie us
down if you wish" He said: ''No," and he
started to go. I told him that was no place,
and we would be mobbed before morn
ing. We went with Dunton and Williams
down to the cabin. l unlocked the door.
After a candle was lighted Dunton said:
'Give me that key" and he took it out Of
the door. All hands commenced then to
make the beds. They had o half blanket
and spread it on the floor. They spread
their blanket between our bed and the
door. l told them twas a very hard bed
and one could get in bed with my father
and me and the other with my brother.
They said they were tired and would lie
down there. About the time we, the
prisoners, had got fully undressed Dunton
and Williams started to lie down with their
clothes and boots on, and locked the door.
Ugh STILL BURNING.
The light was still burning in the cabin.
Williams and my father were talking as
they lay in bed. Williams lay down and
Dunton picked up the gun that was stand
ing close by him against the wall, and he
said to Williams: George, I'll go and
stand guard" He unlocked the door and
went out, taking the key out with him and
locked the door from the outside. Dun
ton halloed in from the outside, after he
had been out a while: sis there anybody
living in these cabins close by here. II
there is l would like to know it. There
will be somebody along tonight, and l
don't want to hold up the parties living in
those cabins" / replied from the inside
that l did not think anybody lived in the
cabins. Then l dozed off and was awakened
by Williams saying: "a son of q bitch
that would assassinate his neighbor ought
to be hung; and any man that would do
that, will be hung" He was apparently
talking to the three Of us. l fell off to
sleep again between II and ~ o'clock. l
was awakened about an hour or an hour
and d half afterwards by a noise out
side like somebody coming up the steps Of
the cabin. / looked and saw the end Of
the key coming through and turn in the
lock. A bright key. The light was still
burning.
THE AsSAsSINS ENTER.
The door knob was turned and the door
opened. Then l saw Dunton unmasked
and with a gun in his hand. He was
holding the gun towards the bed where we
we're. l saw then about IS inches Of
double barrsled shotgun poked into the
door. The man holding it seemed to have
a mask on. Then a crowd Of IL or II
men anne into the room. One rushed
ahead with a pistol in his hand and began
shooting. This was Pat. Flanagan.
That man over there with the plaid shirt
on"-pointing him out He shot my
father who had started to get up. / think
he commenced to wake up when the key
was turned in the door. l should judge
he was shot in the left side. He was lying
on his right side. I saw him fire one shot
at father and one, I think, at me. / could
see Flanagan. He was not masked. The
crowd, after Flanagan had fred. vent
after my father with their guns; dubbed
and beat him over the head. I recognized
in the crowd M. E. Basset, Jake Cameron,
Dan. Simonson, John Odgers, W. @.
Fletcher, Pat. Keelan, Dunton and Will
liams kicking, clubbing, shooting and
jostling father towards the door. The last
two men were our guards. THE pointing
out OF these persons 80 charged by wit
ness caused commotion In audience.-RE-
PoRTER.l Shooting was done with shot
guns, rifles and pistols. Father, after be-
ing shot. was dragged out Of the house by
the crowd. I saw Dan. Simonson, John
Odgers and Jake Cameron have hold Of
him, driving him gu with blows. There
was q general scrimmage between the
O'Neils and the mob. After they got
father out on the ground they kept up
clubbing and shooting him. He died out
side. My father was about 30 years old.
I think Dunton had my fathers gun then.
II so he was using my fathers own rife
and the one taken from him by the magis-
trate to club him with. During all this
my brother William lay On q bunk in the
back room. Don't know Of any back door
by which he could get out. I saw William
as I was going out in the scutie. ! was
shot In the back Of the head on the out
side by Flanagan. I saw him start after
me and heard the shot. As I was trying
to escape George Williams either kicked
me or struck me in the small Of the back
with q gun. just as I got outside. My
back was hurt by these blows SO that I
was not able to walk for nearly q month.
FLEEING FOR LIFE.
ran down below the grade into the
willows. As I fed the mob shot at me q
or q dozen times. Fletcher had
the shotgun in his hand. I saw him aud
knew him. l saw him give Keelan the
shotgun and take q rifle out Of Keelan's
hands. He was masked then. I heard
him speak and recognized him by his
voice and general ection. He said: Damn
you p and other words. Running away. I
went across the creek and to the graveyard.
While at the graveyard l saw a crowd pass
ing by on horseback, about rs or 100 yards
off. / recognized several of them by hear
ing them talk. They were too far off for
me to know them by sight. ! have known
some of the defendants a long time. In
the crowd on horseback I recognized Jake
Cameron and Fletcher. Cameron said:
1--WE got away with all three OF them"
Fletcher said: 'sThat was q pretty slick