Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-07-01
THE BE0WAWE HOMICIDE.
THE SECOND DAY OF THE TRIAL
IN THE DISTRICT COUNT.

nesses-rhe veracity OF One al
the Witnesses Impeached-Ths
Case Now Being Argued by the
Counsel.
The courtroom was again crowded with
spectators yesterday morning, the occasion
being the further hearing OF the case o,
the State of Nevada Va. j. K. Boyes. The
widow and sons Of the deceased were
seated within the railing. just as on the day
previous, while the wife and two little ones
Of the defendant were with him.
J. L. Wines, Of the firm of Baker &
Wines, counsel for the defendant, made q
statement to the jury, inasmuch as the
testimony in behalf Of the state was all in,
in which he mentioned the case as he knew
1t, and in which he pointed out to the Jury
certain facts which we're about to be testi-
fed to. The statement was %straightfor-
ward and fair. and evidently showed that
the attorney was confident Of winning the
cause he had espoused.
Oliver Benson. being duly sworn, said:
/ reside at Beowawe; / knew Adam Alien
burg; saw him eight or ten days prior to
his death; he called upon me about q pis-
toll; be wanted one unlike any l had; he
said the one he had the caps snapped on it.
Cross examined-He wanted to buy OF
me q pistol, but l had none to suit him.
JEFF Beck, being duly sworn, said: /
was acquainted with Adam Altenburg; /
became acquainted with him about
Christmas; had no business relations with
him for myself; have conversed with him
about the defendant; it was about the 9Th
| Of April last; it was at Boyes' house; we
talked about money matters; l had asked
Mr.. Boyes, my brother-in-law, for some
money; be told me to ask Mr.. A~ltenburg
for some. as he (Altenburg) was owing
him; Altenburg said he had some money,
but that he would not pay him. the de-
PENDANT; II w him." said he, but il
l ever settle with him 1t will be either
with 9 shotgun or pistol" he said Your
sister MRS. Boyes) has more sand than he
(Boyesl has," l told my brother-in-law
what had passed between us, and warned
him 20 look out for himself; he (the de-
ceased) talked a good deal Of making set
Element of the board.bill owing my
brother-in-law with arms.
Cross-exsmined-I am a brosher-in-law
Of Mr.. Boyes; / first went to Beowawe
October s last, with Boyes and his family;
Boyes and / first met in Colorado, and
We were on our way back to DALI
fornia; I first saw deceased in Battle
Mountain; was on Boyes' ranch q good
part OF the Winter; l worked for Mr.. Ben
son; I conversed with deceased at Battle
Mountain; il was merely q passing CONVEX
/ IN tnn. n hrnthar.in Ia u haUfad ANNA hav
for Altenburg; 1t was at that time Alien
burg and his boys boarded with Boyes; it
was about the first part OF April when !
asked defendant for money; il was on q
Sunday; Billy Evarts and his wife went
with me on that day to Boyes' ranch; Billy
Evarts and his wife live al Beowawe;
when / asked Altenburg for money he was
|, in Roses house fixing around; no one was
present with us; / afterwards told John
(Boyes) that / believed IL was q ground
hog case; that / did not believe he would
: ever get his money from Altenburg; / went
back to Boyes' ranch again from Benson
: ranch the next day, Monday; l have
taken mp Q ranch near by Boyes'; on the af-
q ternoon Of the shooting | went to Beowawe
with the defendant; he asked me to 60 TO
, Beowawe with him.
! Joe Mcconnell, being duly sworn, said;
o l reside at Beowswe; have resided there
off and on since 1868; am q rancheri
: / knew Adam Altenburg; have known him
: o number Of years; have known defend
ant since last Fall; have had no intimate
!. acquaintance with him; knew Altenbure
a quite we'll; had O lawsuit in Battle Noun
tain and l went down to appeal 1t; stopped
st Mr.. Altenburg's hotel there; we talked
about the ranch; he said there was q g. Of
Q b. up there; I asked him who he meant
he said this man Boyes; he spoke OF board
ing with Boyes, and Of Boyes' exorbitsnt
charges, as he claimed; he said. "Boyes
Is Q bigger man than / am, but l pack
8 something that will fix the s. OF q b.
Mrs. Altenburg also spoke OF the matter
and asked me what / would do in a like
8 case; I told them to pay Boyes and have
nothing more to do with him; Mrs. Alten
y burg asked, "whst do you thinl
of q man Of that kind l sale
n l did not know; he (Boyes) had appeared
to me to be very quiet; Mrs. Altenbure
said she was willing TO pay the man ane
h have nothing more to do with him; iatel
in the day l got Mr.. Altenburg on my
bonds in the suit ! had Ct Battle Mount
= ain; Mr.. Altenburg then had a pistol IL
: his hand, and also had two boxes OF caps
ne snoveu sne piston unuoi 30 IT.,
: walked down with me to Jonn McWii
. liams'; on the way down he took the pisto
out from his breast and said to me, "Thi
will fix the s. Of 9 b-;" when be wen
into McWilliams' / stayed out doors;
said to him on the way back, adam, yo'
9 can get along without THE" meaning thu
Q revolver; afterwards, in front OF his owl
| door, no said, "Joe, there Is no law OF
Q Justice in this country but a double
bsrreled shotgun" l said 1T wa
Q q very poor law; at Beowswe
also had A conversation with him; my con
versstion in Battle Mountain with the de
ceased was between the 1st and 9th o
April last; IL was on the Sunday before b.
a was killed that I next converted with him
among other things we talked Of Boyes; b
. said, aI will settle with the g. of a b. ii
a dsy or two;" that was the last converse
lion I ever had wish the deceased. Her
o followed some testimony as regards tn
! Mace where the deceased fell when shot
r The witness claimed the spot as shown hin
was at least twenty feet nearer the nous
: of Jacob Rose than represented on tn
0 chart. Other relative distances, somewha
}, contradictory from the testimony OF pre-
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