The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-02-03

hams court; hove was not --tpoenA
II HAuiiton. doat kno- If ModAtt was
snhPoensd on this trial; Durkson and
NodAtt we're employed At the same time
b. ne on the llth Of Nay: they both
hauled MANURE all day on the lath; there
zere 4 of rs e; work hauling manure On
that day; re had one cam: Jimmie,
took = horSe from the team 20 60 for the
GUS before 4 o'elCei; AL Of RsI BAs-
s-;;'s story about coming to q house
on the 18th Is = pure fabrication: don't
think r BaSsti was ever on our ranch.
iNany ether questions intended TO AZ
nye 1T knowledge OF witnesses means
Of remembering certain events, we're
asked and answered tat not deemed OF
sufficient importance to 6ni a place here.
Kepo;tsr.) On redirect examination
witness testified: It Vas about a week
after The shooting before ! knew that
members Of our family we're accused of
the shooting; there ~Es nothing Of i'm
portAnee to cause me to remember when
1 came from Deep creek; the eirrum-
stance Of u being accused Of the crime
causes ne TO REMEMBER the Occurrences
{! the II, Il, and 18th Of May: / and
brother Ser gone about 2 ~eekst TO Deep
creek 10 look after or stock: never saw
heeian following me: II Keelan had fol-
lived Inc when lSas invin-stock / should
have seen him at a distance OF no yards:
Brother wore a slate cOlored hat when
-. returned from Deep creek; have new
er heard Of NOHatt slice be left our
house; have tined 10 get him a. q Wit
ne>si tined 20 hni Howe, Nota;t and
DU-ksJu; Father has been dead since
the night Of the 9Th OF sih OF Last June.
Motion TO Introduce in evidence the re-
ceIlt Of z. Daley. heretofore referred TO,
Wa 0veTuled by the Court. A warm
controversy ensued between counsel and
seemed likely to lead 10 angry recnmi-
nation, put E2s promptly SUPPRESSED by
HE court EecrOaeAAIained on minor
points 20 100. After . recess of ) min
aies Alice y Neil was called and testified
substantially - fOLovs.-Ny name is
Alice OSeil; am nearly l9 years Of age
Evalde IN sPnng Valley; have resided
there Is years last November, vas bonn
IL Gold Hill, New; am the daughter Of
Il c, OSrl 81. wao formerly lived i.
Spung Valley; TEs ~ home on the 18th
OF May lSoJ; father vas not home that
day; he started 10 90 TO Silver : :
he returned :He Afternoon Of the l2th
saw him there the afternoon OF the 18th A.;
ne "a 10; at home before noon OF the
l:th' ~Ls at0It the house dunn 2
the day; Ralph l.. Bassett was not at
our house on that day heard Of no diff
Guilty b-tWeen father AMI BasSe,t on that
pay; on fathers return from Silver can
yUE on the 18th he remained at home all
that night; next morning, sunday, the
18th, father was NJ home. He said he
was going 10 Muncie creek; he left home
and then returned about 1 or 8 O'Clock:
know a man named Thomas ShAndlv.
lie was mail carrier from Osceola 10
Aurum on the 18th Of May: saw him on
the l3;h at fItaeT's house about 3 o.
CLOCK In the afternoon; heard Of the al
legged shooting Of Da~ett: first heard OF
the shooting OF Bassett on the 18th
mother was present; Tom Shandly told
me; on that day, the 18th of May. 1883,
my brother Il. c. O'Seil vas on the
-nch; saw him at G or : O'Clock tina,
morning; had breakfast that morning.
myself and mother prepared it: the fam
lily including L. c. O'Neil Jr.
Took breakfast abou. s O'Clock; not
sure Is to the time bctTeen breakfast
and the time Oi the arrival Of the mail
carrier; Richard Vas at home on the
ranch l know he was there because |
saw him; lie was hauling manure to the
garden, from the corral. William Durk-
son, M brother and MOGatt, we're as.
sistiag him; after hearing Of the shoot.
ing Of Bas,ett, / told the men and INV
ANAHAAAAAA ~aan eAA' vi VIZ DIUtH-
ers; from brcakiRs; time until time 10 20
TO dinner I was in the milk house: the
milk house is below the house eastward
the men we're hauling with a
horse and a mule; they passed the door
Of the milk house with the loads; be.
tween breakfast and dinner saw them ri
intervals passing the door; took dinner
about IL o'clock; brother Richard at,
dinner there that day; have been a wit
Dess before in the case. Recess till I
o'clock.
7P. n. Alice OSeil Crossezaminei
Have been living in Spring Valley thir
teen years las. November; father left or
the llth before dinner; he left ate
breakfast; don't know at what time h,
had breakfast; Mother and myself cooket
breakfast: had dinner about IL O'Clock
father left on the 18th 81 0 OF ten o'clocI
he went on horseback; he went to pa,
Pat Daily In Silver canyon; Pat Dali,
went with him; he had been working OF
ranch; do not know how long Pat hat
worked; father said he was going to ge'
the money to pay Pat Daily; on ia,
morning Of the iIth the family and Vim
Howe nte breakfast at onr house; Moffa'
and Dnrkson did not eat breakfast tina,
morning William Richard and Pat Daiiy
ate breakfast; do not know how long A.
ter breakfast before father left; he wa,
not there for dinner; he always eats
when he is nj home unless he Ia sick