Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-03-30

MIN. lie was bleeding pretty badly
from q cutiin the face. When l got
up to where he was l spoke to the
men that had hold Of him. told them
to take their hands Off that man, and
asked if they wanted to kill him.
Some of the men who seemed to know
him intertcrcd, and went toward the
hotel with this man Haines. That's
the last l saw of him then. l also
saw part of the same crowd take n
man named johnson out and seemed
to abuse him pretty badly in front
of the hotel. There was no blood
drawn on him that l could see; two
men had hold of kim, pushing him
and wanting him to go on in front,
some place. Soon lost sight of him
and saw him no more that day.
don't know that recognize any par.
ties that were after Hanes, only Mr.
Foley. After that the crowd all
seemed to get together again on the
Main street, and to try to go to the
Queen mine again. There was line
there, across the street, and thought
if any Of them went across that they
might get hurt. l stopped on that
side, between the miners and the
mine. to try to prevent, if possible,
the men from crossing that line.
told them not to cross that line, or
they would regret it. One man
rushed up to me, took hold of me, or
gave me q shove, when was right on
the line. told him not to put hands
on me, and with that another man in
the crowd-Ned O'Bricn-took hold
of this man and showed him
back, and asked him if he knew
what he was doing. About that
time (the crowd was almost up to the
line), Mr.. McDevitt spoke to me
something about the men that were
at work in the mine. / asked him
what he wanted with these men? He
said he wanted to see them and have
talk with them. l told him didn't
think the men wanted to see or talk
with that kind Of q crowd in their
present condition; but said if they
would select a committee from that
body ofmen that would talk to them
reasonably, that thought the men
would see them; but before doing
anything would try and see the
Sherih-to get where he wae. / got
to where the Sheriff was, after a
while, and while talking to him about
this, McDevitt got there also. and
the Sheriff. myself, and two men
went to the mine. One man was
keegan; l don't know whether he is
here, or not. The men came out af-
ter Il while, onto the Queen dump,
and committee consisting of MIR.
Med, witt, Charles O'Brier, James
Gum, and w. II. Atkinson, met the
men there and talked with them for
some time. All the nen heard speak
agreed to quit work until the present
trouble had ended. After that | saw
some men going toward the Minnie
Moore mine, amt understood it was
for the same purpose. Mr.. O'Brien
was one OF the parties. l recognized
N that crowd pointing out the men,
as he does not know their names |.
Well, believe | saw the most of the
during the trouble. l saw Mr.. Still,
Mr.. Mcdonald and Herman, (the two
latter not positive enough to swear toy
| saw MIR. McPhail; | didn't notice
whether or not he was there at the
time of the trouble; saw Still standing
close to where the speaking was going
on; saw Mr.. O'Donnell in the crowd,
at the time of the trouble; | also saw
these two gentlemen here Mr.. Cum
minis and Dan Harrington--the last, l
wouldn't swear that he was there at
the time of the trouble; Mr.. McGill
was the,e, also; Mike Rourke was
there, also; SO was Mr.. O'Brien, Mr..
Fred. Rossiter; Mr.. Doherty was there
also; Mr.. Foley; Mr.. McDevitt, and
Mr.. Heunessy; Robertson, (the shoe
maker); ] saw him through the crowd,
rushing back and forth, and seemed
to be somewhat excited; saw Mr..
O'Neal on the street at the time the
speaking was going on; saw Mr..
Wrlghtson on the street before the
trouble commenced; ] don't remem-
Der seeing him in the crowd. Mr..
John Rourke saw, think; and Mr..
Burt saw before the trouble COM
menced, but don't remember seeing
him later that day. | believe those
are the only ones l recognizes that are
in Court.
Cross-examined: Saw Mr.. Still
several times that day, before the
trouble; after the trouble commenced,
don't remember that | saw him at all.
| saw Mr.. O'Donncll before and dur
ing the trouble; Mr.. Herman | saw
during the day; Mr.. Commins | saw
IN the crowd during the trouble-in
the main crowd, while and after thew
were speaking. There were $50 or
800 persons in the crowd, and Com.
minis was standing around like the
balance of the crowd-or, rather, the
crowd didn't -lo much standing; it
moved all the time. saw Mr.. Har-
rington while the speaking was going