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

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don't know uhether there was = clock In
tie house then OF not We cook vhen
ne set hungry. Witness here beeam,
faint and vas conducted from the room
fo- fresh Air.) Returning witness con.
timed Brother Jimmie will be Il
years old next March; sono Of our horse.
are named; father said before he went
away that he would rde Bishop: be is q
hight gray hors; ~Ss at the milk house
when father came home; don't know
how long it wAs after father came home
tl supper. Brothers William and
Dick were at home on the 18th day Of
Nay. Ny usual work l. 70 take care of
milk and ehurn; ehurn every day in the
forenoon. Dgrkson and NUfatt came
there on the evening Of the llth: Howe
was there but vas not working: he left
our house on the 18th or aOth; my broth
er's were hauling manure on the 18th:
Moa4tt and Durkeson were helping
them gave both William and Dick but
termilk on the 18th; an positive o. this
the men quit work in the afternoon in
time to milk and do the chores. about
an hour consumed in repeating questions
as 10 the Work Of the men &c, which led
to nothing in the case.)
Father left on the morning o! the 18th
abOut 5 or 10 o'clock; don't Know e1-
sctly iEe time; he came from the corral
ON his hone AMI came in; stayed a htt!e
while and then weni north. said he was
going to Muncie crreE; came back In the
afternoon about 4 or . O'Clock; don't
know Sho took the horSe. think it was
Jimmie. About Il week after the shoot
n father came home f-on Silver can
yon AID said that he had heard that he
and my two brothers vere accused of
shooting Bassett; MoHait and Durrson
we're both gone at that time. 3 O'Clock
and Court adjourned 10 9 o'clock 4. n.
tomorrow the 3Ist.
January, 3lst, Court convened a, Q
- NANa fAAAAA.AtNltu eI Alice
O'Seil continued Do not; Know II
father was home on the lCth of Nav
1858; defendant is my brother; have Ia
ken no special interest il the defense:
am anxious that he should be acquitted;
never SPOKE 10 ShAalsy about beiny a
witness in this case; did not, about the
inst Of June, ask Shandley To testify
that he saS the defendant in the corral
on the 18th day Of May; never heard
any conversation between Shandiey and
my mother about thA; time, as TO
whether be saw my brothers in the cor
raj on that day.
WIN Nickel called Have lived in
Silver canyoni years, am a miner: have
been mining there all that time; have
known L. c. O'Ssil intimately for four
years; saw Il. c. O'Seil in Silver CANYON
on the 18th Of May las; about 4 20 p. II.
lie was ut my house Of and on until
10 O'Clock next morning; had a general
conversation with him; shortly before
that time, about the 9Th or 10th Mr..
O'Neil Was at my place With beef; it was
50 late on the evening Of the 9th that Ia.
did not unload the beef; my wife ays
- him, Il have a bill of goods coming
from Salt Lake" Ny wife keeps the
boarding house, Il may no: have none
enough to pay Fly freight and to paw
your till this payday. Can you wait
till the coming payday" He said.
Mrs. MicEle, I ain in need Of money to
get some things To take home with me
and II you will let me have those thing.
| think can get along till the coming
pay day The-e articles she let him
have on the morning that the beet
was weighed and O'Neil then wen; home
Rs suppo1c. On the evening Of the
llih Mr.. O'Neil came back alone ON
horseback, between 1 and > O'Clock; be
said good evening, I am very much in
need Of money; my hired man hiss oui,
aud have to pay him" This CONVEX.
sahon leads to fixing the exact date o.
the transactions. lie added. II hay.
come up here to get money" I said,
''go mp to the house, my wife has the
money iii the Office" Did not sec him
again tall returned home in the even.
ing, Just after dark; found O'Scil AZ Inv
honse waiting for me to figure up tho
accounts 10 see what WAS due him and
her. lie drew S53.75, and my vile ;ooE
a receipt for the amount; saw the r.,
ceipt signed and have it. (Reoeipt pro.
duccd') This is X. G. O'Neil's signature
my wife wrote the receipt: Krow the r..
ceiPi Is correctly dated May Ii. 1888
saw O'Seil between 10 and IL O'Clock an
the night Of the llth, he was a, my hons,
at that time hrs, saw him on the morn
ing OF the 18th, perhaps at 100 o'cloc,
In the morning; saw him at the board
lug house: he ate breakfast at about
O'Clock that morning: last SAW O'Seil OF
the day Of the 18th of May at SilycI
canyon at $50 or n little later; I ther
went down to the town of Auum abou,
IL miles down the canyon; left o'Nei
at the mines; II he came down the road
he must have come down the canyon
left An um at 900; o'Neil had mo-
passed me up 10 that time; Is about q
miles from O'Seils ranch 10 the mill IA,
boarding house is ~ miles further ur
the canyon; went to Cherry creek on
the 18th on business for the company
Is "bou, 80 miles TO Cherry Greek from
Silver canyon; returned on the 18th