The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-07-20
TINE FoNTAuSE MURDER.
Particulars Of the KILLING as Given at
the Preliminary Examinations OF
stuart.

NJ. ". stuart, alias wyatt, VINO killed
Louis Fontaine at Spring City last
Thursday, was examined before Justice
Case at Paradise, and held to answer
before the Grand Jury. Following is
the evidence given at the preliminary
| examination:
OWEN MARcoTr's TESTIMONY.
On the 18th of this month went up
to Fontaine's saloon, and he asked me
to stay over night and tend bar for
him. | told him | would stay until
midnight. About that time told him
! would like to see him close up, and
he said could close at any time |
wanted to. | told him he had better
come out in the room and close up him.
self IN case of trouble He asked the
boys 30 90 out, as he wanted to close
the house, and they all went out. One
OF them named Mealy came back and
said, will you open the door, /
want to treat the crowd" Fontaine
told him be had better go home and go
to bed, as he had had drink enough.
He said: Louis Fontaine, am good
for the drinks; | have no money, but |
will pay for them" We told him we
knew he was good, and if he would
take only one drink we would let him
in. He said Eyes, and we opened the
door, and Mealy called the crowd to
the bar TO take a drink. stood be-
hind the bar aud waited on them, and
then they all went out. About five
minutes after that a man named NJ. d.
Stuart came back to Fontaine's house
and knocked at the front door. and
said, "Marcott, open this door. |
told him ] could not do it, as Fontane
had the key, and he would not let any
one in. Fontaine at that time was
playing cards in the club.room with
Mr.. George. asked Fontaine for the
key. and told him Stuart was at the
front door aud wanted to come in. He
said he did not want him IN the house.
| told Stuart | could not get the key
aud he could not come IN. Stuart
stood there about ten minutes and then
went away, and came back in about
FIVE minutes He had shotgun or
rifle in his hand. was standing be-
hind the bar at the time. He said:
'slarcott, open this door" told him
to see Louis Fontaine, the boss. He
said he did not give damn
about the boss, but want you to
open this door, or else it will be
damn funny business. l took a
lamp that was burning of the
counter and went to see Fontaine and
told him Stuart was at the door with
gun and wanted to come in Louis
told me to sit down in the room where
he was, and not show any light 10 the
saloon, and did so. A few minutes
after that heard two reports OF gun,
and Immediately afterwards Stuart
came up to the north side OF the house
and broke the window with his gun,
putting his gun about two feet inside
the room by the window. Stuart said;
''You open this house. or |
will kill every one OF you, or words to
that effect. | rushed to the front door,
but it was locked; | could not open 1t.
| went to the back door, which was
also locked, Then laid myself under
Fontaiue's bed, aud Fonsaine came in
aud laid himself on the bed. About a
minute or two after that | heard a
couple of shots, and about two minutes
aftor heard another report Of a gun,
and at the same time something warm
struck any face; il felt like warm blood.
| asked Fontaine If he was hurt, and he
said Eyes, am shot through the legs. "
I told him he had better move away II
he could, as it was bad place for him
to stay. He got up right away aud
went to the store-room. adjoining ais
bed room. Then he asked il / would
70 with him, and in case Stuart should
come in to take his six.shooter and do
the best | could to protect ourselves
with il. He said he was too weak TO
use it himself. l went into his room.
and he gave me his six-shooter; from
there went into the saloon. hunting
for the key Of the front door. told
Fontaine that If could find the key
would open the door and have a talk
with Stuart. looked for the key but
could not find it; went back to Fon.
taine's room, and heard a man call for
Louis fontaine. l asked HIM what be
wanted, aud got up and he WAS looking
by the window He told me Stuart
was drunk aud raising hell with rifle,
and that he wanted 10 shoot Fontaine.
4 AnII HIM Ennfnina Mas shot and