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

tracks doaf hov that I erer av the
bOce Billy ON. sAs ndieg. except
vbenI followed hin: hSGked ths bore
3OE 4ndes before I az Billy. followed
him perhaps y nile; did not SPEAK to
I him. beArse~e vene not on god t<rIns;
have nOtsPoken 10 them forJ or 4 yeAn;
vhen i hns au the bore he vas fresh
add nth smooth shoes. the round track
in the canyon vAsnade by q shod hor@;
it seemed not . very old tnek; il Looked
In the canyon like it did when ( followed
Billy; don't uink ! sEore in Hamilton.
that the tat looked like II vas made by
. Son shoe; can rcoleez where I par
ted NTH Mr.. Bassett; rent With him y
= mile or % and be started for home; IN
the canyon, while there. BAsSett went oH
In the direction Of the Indian trail; He
nigh; have been gone = An hour; sat
dO-n- and smoked -hile be Was gone;
he rent 2foot; have no particular En-
NIFTY against the dsfeniAni; If he Is gull
~ 1 would like 10 see him punished;
eO1ld No. be indneed to testify falsely
Defendant s~Ore in July tia; I vas one
Of 5 others who killed his father; IkneE
He suUre = lie. ~(SeHsstion) There Is
ht;le feeling stll against the Defendant on
accom-: Of that testimony. Several un-
inP0rtau; questions closed the testimony
Of NJ Keslaa- The Eek: -itncS vas
Mr.. A c. Cleveland; who testified; i
am = resident O! Spring Valley, W. p.
County; visited the place after the shoot
ing; have snns Of the shells picked up {;
the place. IshsIls exhibited 90 the jury
Do no; know THAT eaIib>F the shells are
but think they are ~; o'Seils house l.
On the yes; side o! the road, eorrsl on
the east sids in plain view OF the road
Gross eIzuinAtiUn-Co1ld not tell zhea
TIE pine boughs OF the shells ere placed
thsr.; 1 only know by BasSst;s state
neut where he vas shot, OF where the
hOrse fell; s2z horse tracks In the can
yon and followed them 100 or 2OJ feet;
the traeks we're made when the ground
Tcs softi eOali 10 tell hOE long tie
tracks bad been made; O'SeIls corral i
probably 200 feet from the house; think
the fence vas mostly 3 pole fence around
Z eo-al; dOut know tn; there Is :
gsrdeni have 10 s0me extent interested
myself IN the prosecution; have aivans-
ed 500 II TIE same; have advanced no
other money eIeep: for incidental eIpen-
Ss; advanced the expense Of a buggy
team; have promised no money sfte-
the conclusion Of this tEL: kava ne,
D7sn b-y With the oSeils for tEo or
three years; noticed 4 peculiar round
track; could not say that j; was different
from any l had ever seen; am in the
habit Of shoeing horses running at large
In the canyon; could tell from the
tracks made by the horse
over the hill tha; he was running. Nr.
y. C. Noe testified: 1 have lived in
Spring Valley about twelve years: am a
miner By occupation; have never been in
Niger canyon; know the OrSeils; know
where Ralph Basset; lives 1t il about 10
miles from my place. On Sunday the
18th OF May last q horsemAn came 70 my
house about l or ? o'clock. The ques-
ton as to the condition OF the horse and
hors=man wa objected to by the defense
and after argument by counsel the OBJ
lection was oTerruled and the question
admitted (Witness) The horse was
very much fatigued and we, with sweat;
old Sr. 0'Seil was hiding the horse aud
stopped there AN hour or two. till after
dinner; had kown O'Seil Is years; vas
intimately acquainted With hin: be
came to my place often sometimes
stayed all night; am acquainted with
his general character and he was very
gentlemAnly in Department.; he always
held his head up an looked you in the
face; saw Mr.. O'Neil on that day before
he came to my house; supposed it was
O'Neil for he soon came up to my house
his horse looked as if it had been rode
hard; never saw him ride a horse in that
condition before. Cross examination
was simply a repetition Of the direct evil
dence and nothing new was developed
except that witness said that he had
used some endeayors for tho conviction
Of the defendant, and Was not friendly
with him. Adjourned till Q A. n.
Court met at o o'clock yesterday
morning pursuant TO adjournment. Mr..
j. Fuller testified
1 reside On Muneey creek. White Pine
county, Nevada; have never been in Mig
ger canyon; know Il. g. O'Seil Sr.; was
at Mr. Noes and Mr. Cameron's on the
18th Of May; saw 0'Seil on hat day
near Cameron's; he stopped there but
did not go in; went to Noes about / 80
o'clock; O'Seil was there, but did not
notice his horse particularly; his horse
seemed to be jaded; O'Ncil came from
the south; lac passed Cameron's about
1890 o'clock; compared my watch with
Mrs. Cameron's clock; had been at
CamerOn's about fifteen minutes when
O'Neil passed. Cross examined
O'Seil lived south Of Cameron's house.
District Attorney Treece testified l am
District Attorney Of White Pine county.
1 conducted the preliminary examination
OF the defendant; have had the bullet
taken from the sock Of Bassett in my
possession ever since. (Bulle. eI-
hibited TO the jury;) have compared the
weight Of this bullet with that Of a ~
calibre rifle ball; this bullet Is n triHe