St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-23

out or he would De SnOb, ana Deing lrlgnt-
ened and the man looking very ugly, he
took the advice and ran out of the back door
and through side saloon out
on to Jackson street; didn't
know whether prisoner had time 10 shoot
twice before he was grabbed; heard nothing
at all about watches; saw Porter next at c::;0
p. m. as he was behind the bar, which he
tended nights; Porter came in the saloon,
Dutchy also being there; witness told him at
once to ''get out, as he did not want him or
his gang in there and witness further
grappled into Porter from behind and rushed
him out doors; at p. IN. witness was stand
ing at the corner of the first pool table play
ing, when Porter jumped into the place and
saying ~ have got you now" fired at him,
but did not hit him witness Oh this ran out
the front door and came through a neighbor
ing saloon to the back door and
looking in saw Porter on the
floor with Jimmy Shannon hold
ing him down. Here he met his brother
John coming towards the door to the second
story wounded, holding on to his side with
his hands aud asked ''what they had shot
him for" John WAS from twenty to twenty
one years old and worked as a tnsmith,
having been at work that day: he died the
Sunday following the Tuesday he was shot.
Cross-Tended bar nights to let his
brother off; just as he was going to mend
the pool table heard Porter tell Frank he
would work things,'' and started for him,
but didn't know what had been going on.
When he asked Porter what he said he did
not repeat the words, but drew his coat back
over his shoulders and drew his revolver; he
was walking towards Porter when he drew
the weapon and was caught by Dudley
~ hor
whether the lights were going or not; his
father, Joe Storm and Dutchy were present;
there was no revolver or weapon back of the
bar and nothing but mallets and knives, but
be did not pick up either when he told Porter
to get out of the saloon; he ordered him to
leave because he had seen enough of him
early in the afternoon, but did not start to
20 outside the bar when he did so; didn't
remember about Porter's laying a watch
down on the bar or table at this time or
whether anything was said about a watch;
could not rememb Der he had ever sworn to
anything about watch at the coroner's jury;
When his father grabbed Porter he put him
out the saloon and shut the door;
after the election witness staid behind the
counter and waited on customers, and his
father walked around the saloon but did not
play pool. Eugene Lutsell came in after
Porter had been put out and asked who that
ugly fellow was outside the door, and witness
played pool with him; he and Jim Shannon
were al the table when Porter jumped into
the saloon and shot at him saying You son
of -, have got you now.'' Never saw
the witness before or had any trouble with
him; don't remember about watch being
laid on table or corner of the pool table the
last time Porter came in or before. When
witness went into the saloon, after running
out the last time, he saw Shannon and Lut-
sell holding prisoner on the floor and his
father give the revolver to policeman. Ad-
iourned to 2 p. IN.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Eugene Rettell-Am 4 carpenter; was in
the saloon on April 1; prisoner was there at
O'Clock; James Neary, James Shannon and
were playing pool; Porter came in and
said, gun in hand, ''Ive got you now, you
-----"; he seemed to aim at James
Neary; old man Ncary grabbed Porter soon
after he fired; tried to help; he shot again
just at that moment; John Neary was just
then coming in and was hit; Shannon
knocked the prisoner down; ne said he
didn't want to shoot me and Shannon, he
wanted to shoot the other fellow.
Cross-eXamined-Whe | went TO the
saloon the prisoner was standing just out
side, facing the street; he was looking down
at sidewalk: didn t see anything in his hands;
don know how the saloon was lighted
don't know whether he had watch; didn't
see any watch in the saloon; there were sew
eral in the saloon; didn't see a man named
''Dutchy'' there; old man Neary stood near
the stove, several left the saloon that / did
not know; James Neary was at further end
of bar: said to him and Shannon | would
play them game of pool; we played at the
fist table; when first shot faced diaron-
ally to the door; no one was tending Lar;
there was large man with a light nous
tache present; have seen him often, but
don't know him; l didn't notice the lookou
Porter's face; he was dressed in dark clothes:
nothing peculiar about him he spoke in a
harsh tone of voice; had a gun in his hand;
he was about eighteen feet from James
Neary; he partially passed old man Neary;
passed along side of bar; the gun was large
hard-lookiug one; seemed to be aiming at
Neary's breast; couldn't say that he was aim
ing at Neary; might have been aiming at
Shannon; when he fired tried to grab him !;
in the mean time old man Neary had taken
hold OF him; John Neary came running into
the room, saying Don't" or words TO that
Shannon then hit Porter with billiard cue
and l also struck him with my cue; didn't
see James Neary when Porter fired the sec
ond shot; Porter was scufiling with the old
man when he shot John Neary; the old man
had had him by the wrist, but | couldn't say
whether he had released himself or not;
don't know whether he was trying to kill the
boy or the old man: hadn't seen John Neary
before, and don I know that he had any
thing to do with the previous quarrel; the
billiard cue blows didn't knock Porter down ::
we then clinched him and threw him down /:
he tried to bite me; / caught him in the
breast; | never noticed his face; | hit him
once with my fist; held him down perhaps
two minutes; officer took charge of him and
took him to the station; | went along; in
taking him along Jackson street he put his
hand in bis pocket AID said he was dry; he
didn't try TO escape.
Luther I. Wheeler Saw the prisoner at
the saloon at tea time on April |: couldn't
tell his appearance; saw the prisoner take his
revolver from his pocket cock it and 90 in
side; heard two shots fired.
Cross-examined-Ha his revolver in his
right hand aud opened the door with his left ::
didn't say anything that / heard; the first
thing that | noticed was his cooking his re-
volver; WAS twenty or thirty feet away; the
saloon was well lit; be had gone in when l
passed the door; was about ten feet beyond
the building when the first shot was fired; l
went in with the officer.
DR.. Horst am physician and surgeon 1;
made the pcstmOrtem examination: the
wound was in the left abdomen: the bullet
passed backward through the intcstines and
was Embedded in the spine; the wound caused
death.
Cross-examin ed-Don't know what day of
the month l made the post-mortem; made
the Dosf-mortem on Sunday. Drs Ouinn and