Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-03-19
man lying on the ground till Scott came
he was about twelve feet off.


he was about twelve feet off.
Cross examination-Am q sister o.
; Ed. Mopahan: didn't see Borham strike
any; be kept backing off toward our sa
! loon; Borham fell underneath, and turn
ed when they fell; saw no one start t.
pull his coat. When 1 went to separate
} them. Mr.. He'll said to let them alone
no one had hold of them but me-they
were separated after that held tC
them till Scott came; didn't see Joseph
Mcmahon at all, never saw him until
came to st. Clairsviile; saw no knife
On the morning after, l may have said
TO Days brothers that l did not know
anything about the matter, as did not
want to be a witness.
John Campbell testified that he was
asleep in his saloon, and was awakened
by the cry of "murderT heard it three
or four times; went out the front door,
and saw three men, one was on top of
another. kind of on his knees; when l
went out, walked right past the fighting
ones, to where Day was lying.
Thomas Welsh-Am 20 years OF age,
and maehinist ia Bellaire steel works !;
was at Borham's slaughter house helps
| ing Scott BOrham; we had couple of
torches for light; saw horse in the
yard; came right behind the parties
from the saloon to the slaughter house;
Scott Borham went with me to slaughter
house; could hear 40 talk between the
parties; heard them talk about turkeys
in slaughter house yard; this talk was
between Borham and Day; they were
friendly; Bub Borham did not go into
the clolnhfor hnnon of fhof Co
Day get on the horse. Next heard some
nothing else; did not hear the name
"Scott" called; when 1 went over saw
Archer and Day and Scott, but did not
see Bub; the fight was over when L got
there.
Cross examination-Scott and l went
in slaughter house as soon as Day was
put on the horse; Bab came into the
slaughter house, and said TO Scott, 81
want old Billy to run race for $50" and
Scott said, you can't have him. Bud
said, you're a d-n fool, we can make
$50"
Scott Borham-Am brother of the
defendant, 15 years younger; first saw
MIR. Day come in with brother with some
cattle, and put them in a pen; that was
about O'Clock; Oliver took no whip
with him In the morning, as he had
rheumatism in the shoulder; he usually
took a whip with him; Oliver had the
rheumatism ever since be came home
from the west-was pretty bad with it;
could do no lifting, and l always did it ;;
Days horse was hitched in the upper
end of the yard; next saw them at the
saloon, just at dark. as | was going to
supper; they were playing cards; came
back after supper and passed them, and
Archer had whip in his hand, and he
struck at me; Archer was on the right
band side of the horse, setting down, and
Bub was on the left side, and held the
stirrup for Day to get ON the horse: they
started off together. Bub little ahead
heard Day ask Bub to 60 along with
them, over to Campbell's to get another
drink; next l heard the cry of murder,
and "Come. Scott, come quickP drop
ped everything and RUM be-Was crying
out all the time till got there; when l
got there, he and Archer were at it, and
parted them; some other man was
there, don't know who; Bub and l start
ed for home, and l started back after
Bulbs cap; 1 sent it to him, and L went
back; Archer wanted to follow Bub, and
told him to go home with his wife; he
wanted to lick him, suppose.
Cross examination-Had ne coat on
when got over there; Bub didn't say,
you're a d-n fool, we can beat him
out of $50" Tommy Welsh was there;
did not see Bub have knife, did not see
it that night; he had the belt on after
the fight, put it on afterwards. did not
go up to the bridge and pick up some
thing; saw Day there, saw no blood on
him; didn't know he was cut at that
time or Archer either.
And at $40 o'clock, court adjourned to
$50 o'clock Thursday morning.
Third Day-Thursday.
THE PRISONER ON THE WITNESS STAND.
The morning hours were taken up
with the examination of several Wit
nesses for defense. Defendant Borham
was called at IL 80 and testified as fol>
lows:
Was 33 years of age 2Sth of Feb; came
from Colorado 2 years ago last NoV;was
in Colorado and New Mexico about
years; was butchering there corralling
cattle, mining, sc. The belt and pistol
spoken of in testimony got in Wagon
Wheel Gap, Col, about year before
came home; since my return it has been
kept in home: never carry it. There
was knife in the belt in scab0ard with
blade about inches long, sharp only on
one side; at time of trouble with Day,
the belt and pistol and knife were at
home in the cupboard; had no weapon
at time of trouble on my person except
white handled pen knife, which l af>
terward gave to Marshal Burke, and
have not seen it since. After trouble at
bridge l went straight home IN bare
head, and remained there or minutes.
| got the belt, knife and revolver and
buck!ed them around me, and started to
Lookup to give myself up; on my way
met policeman Feeley; told him had got
into trouble and wanted to give myself
up; when got to lookup took off belt and
gave it to officers. "a pen knife was
here shown to defendant, which he at
that time could not positively identify |
as one given to Burke, through the bars |
of the lockup.) l Invent to Days house
about ten o'clock that morning, and |
bought the cattle. and Day came with
me to drive them home; had been bad
several weeks with rheumatism-so 50
much so that l could not carry my cattle
whip to drive cattle-my right arm be-
ing disabled; have had frequent rhsu-
matte attacks for past two years, some
times laying me up for week OF two;
my kidneys were also considerably af+
fected and sore; | had plasters on my
person for my complaints, and was doc
toring; had sometimes to lay in bed
with it; often in morning could not get
out of bed without assistance; couldn't
get on horse without going up by some4
thing; that morning went to Days had
to get on off gangway that comes out Of
stable. When l was out on Days farm,
he observed my sickness, and told him
of my disabilities; we arrived with cattle
about half hour before dark. Day tied
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