Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-05-27
The X eth Trial.

The trial of T. F. Keith, for the
murder of Martin Kane, alias NJ. Muir
ply, on the first of January, began on
Friday morning. 1t toek all day to
get the jury. which is composed as
follows:
Sohn A. Iuglis, Paul Lawson, Bart
Collins. Thomae Corlett, George Gun.
uine ham, J. H, Ferguson, A. NJ. Green,
j. H. Mcbride H, NJ. Montgomery,
J. B. Sellers, Samuel T. Buett, Henry
Hampton,
The following is the substance of
the evidence for the prosecution:
z. B. Ravenelle testified to the cir.
cumstance of defendant getting the
pistol and afterwards denying it; also
of defendants saying To HIM That he
did not like Murphy and to his wish,
ing to borrow money with which to
leave the country,
S. r. Avery testified to the nature of
the wound and to taking the dying
declaration of deceased.
John Irwin testified to remarks of
Eek indicating FL feeling, Tex said
interest in the mine and he shan't do
1t. l will cut his CUTS oat." Murphy
told him also that Tex did the shoot.
ing.
Thomas Murphy told me
that ex shot him. There were Two
others standing near that he could ~
recognize, but he could swear to Tex.
John McKeough testified that he
was awakened by Murphy calling.
Found Murphy lying ON his door step
Murphy told HIM that Tex shot him.
William Hoops-I was in a saloon
some DAYS after the shooting and heard
Tex tell Donohue to keep quiet aad
say nothing about it. his testimony
also corroborated McKeough's relative
to Tex dong the shooting.
Mrs. Schulz testified that the
defendant, her husband and Ravenellc
came to the house the night of the
shooting. Her husband was intoxi-
Gated and asked for the pistol. She
procured it for him, when he returned
it. Defendant then asked for it, and
being refused, took it from her and
went out.
Charles Schultz testified that he was
intoxicated the night before the shoot,
ing and did not know much that oc.
Cured. His wife told him next morn
ing that Tex had his pistol. Saw Tex
in saloon and asked for 1t; Tex said
he never had the pistol, but if the pis-
tol was lost he would give him $50.
THE OFFENCE.
c. w. Conoyer testified that at the
tine deceased made dying declaration
accusing Tex of murder he was in a
drunken stupor. Also that afterwards,
when sober, he told him that he did
not know who shot him.
John Brown testified that he knew
of no i'll feeling existing between
defendant and deceased; that he went
with him to Tom Donobue's cabin,
and that Tex went to bed about two
O'Clock and remained there until
morning, but, upon cross examination,
said Tex might have got out of back
door and returned without discovery.
Tarlton r. Keith, IN his own behalf,
says he never saw deceased that night,
acknowledged borrowing pistol of
Schultz to fire "A signal 10 parties about
to make locations, but did not account
for remaining shot in pistol or for pis-
tol itself. Denied everything else that
States Witnesses testified to.
Hank Jewett testified that he made
the arrest of Tex in Aurora, that he
never put HIM in Jail chad no place 40
pnt HIM in), allowed him to go about
without any other restraint than sur.
veiiaace,
d. J. Lewis testified that gun.shol
wounds of the lungs, if properly treat.
ed, are not necessarily fatal. and that
gurging sounds might he evident
with, nj the ball entering The lung, and
that such wounds often superinduce
pneumonia,
The arguments were finished and
the case went TO the jury last night.
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