The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-11-01

to strike me With the spade; At the time
Dean aid, II will ave you the trouble
of packing them" Al he struck =: me
the SPADE hew out Of his hand Acr0S
the creek; then he picked up an cd
Ratchet and said. damn you. IN cut
you into pieces then I ian. and he af-
ter me. Here a description of the
course on the diagram followed.l As I
&c, through the brush I said, Keep
back, keep back. or I'll shoot" he was
Immediately behind. and on my right
hand. and when l reached here (point
Is on the diagram) ! did FIRE on to the
right side; I then ran to the corral and
turned aud looked back; at point
fred again. neither Of which shots /
ean to hit him; then I ran on and he
still after me-; he was probably seven
feet behind me; / fired again with the
intention to hit him; when / just got
across the creek, at point 4. and Dean
vas in the brush, / fired at him again;
then at point . fired again. also at
point 6; after the last shot l ran proba-
bly, 800 feet TO point 7, where. looking
back, I found he had run only about
eight feet toward me. moving as if he
was trying to get up; l saw him until
he got about half way to his camp; he
made u remark something like ~ will
fix you" and l thought he was going to
get his horse and run me down; / went
back to my camp. and took a sack with
some cartridges in it and went back Of
the corral. At the time l fired the diff
ferent shots at Dean / believed my life
was in danger, or that l was in great
danger of bodily injury Mt the hands
of Dean; / believed that the only es-
cape for Inc was to hoo Dean.
Espenozei testified as follows: Dean
asked Jenkins if he owned those sheep;
Jenkins said, yes Dean said who
told you to bring your sheep here?"
Jenkins said, '~'nobody." Dean said,
Don't you know this is my range where
my cattle and horses RUM" Jenkins
said, mo sir; who are your" Dean
told him who he was; jenkins said,
"Hour name is Joe Dean Dean said,
.'Ies sir" jenkins said, ''If this is
your land that you bought and paid for,
l will get of as quickly as possible; /
suppose You have n map and title to
shc% me that the land is yours Dean
said, Il have bought out two sheep
men aud this range is where my horses
and cattle run, and want you TO get
ont OF here-yOu and your sheep"
jenkins said, "Show Inc your title
that this land is yours Dean said,
Come down TO the ranch if you want to
see it," jenkins said, IL shan't go To
the ranch TO see it; Dean then said,
'iou are no man at all; you are a id
dirty. $ Of n b." jenkins said,
Now that you have called me a dirty
= Of u b. will stay here longer"
Jenkins said, you've called me u dirty
$ Of a b; now l will make you take
it back Dean said, Il call you q dirty
f. Of IL b., you dare not call Inc n s.
of Il b.: l can tie my right hand be-
hind me- and lick Il dozen men like you"
jenkins said, That's nil night; l have
heard you are a bully; that You run
everyone off your range Dean said,
"Now, ! notify you to leave here inside
OF three days; if you don't leave here in
that time ] will put both you and your
sheep ont :" Jenkins said, "Ill be here
in three days; / will be here in three
weeks, and ! will be here in IA month; /
will be here until il rains or SHOWS; |
am going east and must have water
for my sheep; you can take the sheep
now with you; l shan't interfere; /
shnn't stop you; you are ri,h enough
and have money enough To stand good
for my sheep; or else turn your gun
loose pretty quick when jenkins
said to Dean. Turn your gun loose"
he (JenKins) made no move; he stood
there with his hands hanging at his
side; this first conversation was along
about the 9th, 18th, or GOTH OF August.
Dean mounted his horse and said:
Joseph, let us 30 home"
Several parts who assisted in pTepar-
ing the body Of Dean for burial testified
that one side Of the face and neck WAS
powder burned and bled while being
shaver.