The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-12-20


fix a place for him to sleep, and to let
him stay all night, but Earl conclu-
ded to make him leave and drew the
gun on him and ordered him off, and
at the.sa time he made Michael
Anderson leave. Anderson undoubt-
edly was pretty drunk. Fraley left
and is now a fugitive, the perpetrator
of -blooded, premeditated assas-
sination.
TESTIMONY TAKEN IN THE INQUEST
ON THE BODY OF RUFUS YATES.
Daniel Workman, first being duly
sworn, deposes and says:
| am 27 years old. I follow coal
mining principally. Have lived in
Jackson County, Ohio, since the 18th
of September, 1888. I WIS acquaint-
ed with Rufus Yates, deceased. He
came to his death by shot I do
not know who by. I saw the shape
Of man that done the shooting. The
man that was shot was standing in
the door of the shanty that belongs
to myself and partner. The man that
done the shooting was outside of the
the shanty, at the corner of it, about
four feet from the door, Rufus Yates,
the deceased, says "who are you?" as
he was going out of the door. The
man at the corner of the shanty, with
out answering, Immediately shot Ru-
fus Yates, who then said, "Dan, am
shot, and repeated it over again, and
the next words he spoke was, dan, [
am gone" Yates then staggered
about six steps and fell. as suppose,
as when | went out he was lying on
the ground. I went to him and put
his vest out It was on fire on the
left side I then went to Mr.. Fields
and aroused him, and from that went
to Bob Rice's, and Fields and Rice,
brother William and myself came
back to the shanty together. I then
left the shanty and went up on the
hill and staid about half an hour and
returned to Mr.. Fields house. My
brother William was with me On the
hill, and returned with me. The rea-
son went on the hill, took my
brother William Workman up there
for fear Mr.. Frily would injure him,
as they were at outs. [ saw no other
person on the hill but my brother, un-
til I returned to Mr.. Fields. I saw
no person at Fields but the family
and two neighbor women. Rufus
Yates and Samuel R. Friley had a
quarrel on that day - commenced
about twelve o'clock-noon, and quar-
relied about one and half hours. I
never heard Friley make any threats
on Yates life. Yates said to Friley
if he did not settle up with him and
pay him like man, he would beat
him in manner to death. This was
on yesterday, and the same evening
he, Yates, was shot and killed. [ don't
think that he lived more than one
minute, to the best of my knowledge.
After their quarrel, the last [ saw
them together they were laughing and
talking. and appeared to have settled
all Of their trouble. Yates lad told
Friley that he would give him
chance to pay 1.-THE money he owed
him. They appeared to be drinking
right smart that day. I suppose that
it was about an hour after they made
friends until the shooting took place.
I was acquainted with Yates since
June, 1881. It is about three years
since my first acquaintance with Sam
uel Friley. was sitting in the shan
ty when the shooting took place, and
am confident ] saw some person with
a gun, and my opinion is that it was
Samuel Friley, but I can give no
grounds for my opinion except hear
say, and further deponent saith not.
DANIEL P. WORKMAN.
William Workman first being duly
sworn, deposes and says:
! am 10 years old. Have lived in
Jackson County, Ohio, since the 18th
day of September, 1883. [ was pres
ent when Rufus Yates was shot. He
was going out of the door, and was
right against him, going out too. I
heard man coming around the CHM
ney, and that is what made me go out
Of the shanty. just as Yates got to
the door he says, "Who are you?" to
Samuel Friley, and then the gun fired
and Yates said, 20 Lordy, I am shot"
He repeated it two or three times, or
something like that. l know that it
was a gun that fired, as I saw it, and
I knew the man that fired the gun;
his name is Samuel Friley. Have been
acquainted with Samuel Friley about
two years. The time Of the shooting
I think was between or 9 o'clock in
the evening. 1t was light enough to
tell man then. The moon was shin
ing clear and bright. I was not over
four feet from him. l recognized
by his face. [ told him not to shoot
any more, and he says: Il will shoot
you, Bill" and he turned around and
run upon the bank. | saw him after
that at distance, and he called me to