Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-28

said: Have known the defendant since
| 1874; knew him at the Dunderberg mine;
| nv acquaintance with him covered several
| years; never heard his character for peace
and quiet questioned.
Cross.examined: Never heard any one
discuss the reputation of the defendant.
Richard Sleep, being duly sworn. said:
Am acquainted with the defendant; have
| known him since 1876; il was on Ruby
| Hill; never knew anything but good OF
| him, so far as his general character is coz
cerned.
Cross. examined: Know nothing OF his
| character since be left here; saw him once
or twice since; heard his character dis
cussed.
Richard Ryland was recalled: Had a
| conversation with Mr.. Dean just a short
| time prior to his dea.h;i is Was on a Central
| Pacific passenger train; Mr.. Dean spoke
OF sheep; he said he would rather have
TO- 900 head of cattle on his range than
1000 sheep; be said there were sheep
| on his range, but he was going TO clear
| them off; he was talking quite a good deal
| of sheep; be claimed they were OF no bene-
fit to q country, and cattle were valuable;
| he said he was going TO clean the sheep off
| his range; / did not know who he meant as
having sheep on his range.
Cross-examined: II / owned 9 range /
certainly would drive another mans sheep
off, especially il I owned cattle and wanted
my range for thems
G.. r. Jenkins, the defendant 10 the case,
being duly sworn. said: l don't under
stand the diagram here. A blackboard
aud Q piece of chalk were procured, and
the defendant proceeded to draw 9 diagram
OF the scene Of the shooting and certain
points mentioned during the trial. which
he explained. On the 2sth Cf August
last Joe Dean and one OF his men came to
my camp; Dean asked me, Whose sheep
are those }" 1 told him they were mine;
You g. OF a b., who told you you could
keep your sheep on my range" ssid Dean;
l ss ked him his name; he said il was Dean;
l said l thought / was on Government
land; that other parties had told me l WAS
on Government land; Dean said, 81 don't
care what you or any other s. of . B.
says; you can't come on my ranges" !
asked him how far his ranges extended
down o certain direction; he said, Il
claim all the ranges down this way for 80
miles, or wherever my cattle co." | said,
CAS- / am on Government land l want
10 remain here until the first
snow, so that l can get water
for my sheep while moving them on;
Dean said: "God d-n you, l will put
you out right now said. call right, /
shan't assis: you;' Then he got mad and
stepped toward me and said, God d-n
you, I have q big mind to finish you right
here now" / said, Dean, / did not come
here to have any trouble" Yes, you did,
you id s. OF g b.; l can tear q dozen
like you to pieces with my hands behind
my back; you are no part OF d man; you
are q cowardly s. of a b.; | dare you to
call me q s. of q b-;" he went on; l
said, mo, I don't call people such
names;" he got on his horse and said, 81
will give you three days to leave in, or l
| will fix you;" that was the first time ever
saw Joe Dean; next morning went down
10 see if there was any water in what is
known as Mud Spring in Cortez Valley; l
then went down 20 Beowawe after some
mail and provisions; l came back to camp
that night: next day / moved my camp
about three miles, and stopped there sew.
ersl days until l got 9 shower OF rain;
| after the shower / moved down Dobe or
Sodhouse Canyon TO its mouth, to 60
across Cortez Valley; as We were going
down Broyles' shoes gave out. and next day
/ went to Battle Mountain to get O new
pair for him; l stayed in Battle Mountain
all the next day, and came back to my
camp on the night of the 10th or 18th OF
September; next Monday / went 10 get my
horses TO move camp; that was on the 1lih
or 12th of September; up q canyon ! found
a mule alone, and could not catch him or
drive him down TO camp; I looked all day
for my mare and colt and could not find
them; the next day Broyles went to look
for the horses and l took the sheep up;
about 5 or 6o'elock in the evening Broyles
came to me; | was on the side OF the mount
ain with the sheep; he took the sheep down
and ! cooked some supper; Broyles
didn't find the team; when coming
down to my camp I saw Dean and
one of his men near there; did
did not speak TO them nor they to me; we
were probably so feet distant from one
another; Dean followed me down to my
| camp, and he asked me, "Are you gcing to
stop here ?" 1 said. +" No, I would have
gone away yesterday If l had found my
horses Dean said. ." / would like to have
you say you were going to stop here;"
that is about all we said then; he stood
around there for probably half an hour; l
kept at 9 distance from him. for I was
afraid he would make q grab at me; he
would every now and then come towards
me; he did not make any threats against
| me; / said something about sheep and
ranges. and that since ! had bought my
sheep / had travelled about $50 miles, and
in that $50 miles some cattlemen would
order me to move on every time I settled;
Dean asked me why l did not stop on the
Slavsn range; l said Mr.. Crum claimed
that range aud threatened to bring 9 bill
Of damages for 50. 900 il I did not leave
there; Dean then made some remark about
the God d. sheep ought TO be driven ont
Of the country, or something to that effect;
afterwards he spoke of - Of q b. that
fenced in 80 miles of his range over in
Cortez; I asked him II he was q sheep
man; mo-" he said; he asked me about a
board missing from a gate on bis corral; IL
/ knew where il was; l said l did not, but
that would ask Broyles il he knew any
thing OF il; Dean was there when Broyles
came over; / asked Droyles il he had de-
stroyed the board; he said. ''Yes, / made
some kindlings of a board I found near
the corral; l told Dean / would pay him
for the board. and he said then that he
would bring a $1,000 bill against me for
coming on his range; Dean went up to his
camp; next morning we moved the sheep
further down so that they would not an.