Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-06-03

held it about SIX inches from his face. I
continued this some time Until | thought
uncOnsci0uness. OF rather iilsenSibilty to
pain, had been reached then took up the
ca.iIetcr nnd proceeded to insert It. Mr..
Prciler made a peculiar noise, winc.ng rs il
he felt pain. came to the conclusion that
| had not administered sufficient amount
of chloroform,''
ut vas evident h ne That Mr.. Preller
Tas still conscious of pain and l poured
ent a g'smme or a gramme and One-half
more OF the ch!orOfOrm upon the lint, 1hich
l again placed before i.ic ACE Almost De-
fore l knew il Sir. Preller's breathing be-
camo Very laborei and l at once suspended
the administration Of chioro:orm for
knew that his condition was serious.
seized pair of my surgeons scissors and
at once cut hs shirt and undcrslift from
his body and tried all means Of reshscita.
zion with which Mas Sar.ilsf. l slapped
him with wet tIt,fcis on the chest and neck,
dashed cold water on lis chest and at
tempted to restore respiration by moving
his arm up and down."
The witness srcteUded, with a voice
i'npresSiyely husky: IL continued those
efforts 10 revive my friend for over half an
hour, but it was useless-entirely useless.
Shortly after my friend ceased to breathe
and his heart stopped beating, There WIS
no breath on mtrnf when held it to his
lips. Even after l was satisfied lie Was
dead / continued nv efforts with him.
did not leave and call assistance. All my
efforts were to restore him because when
chloroform takes he'd Of a man and he
sinks in & few seconds the man is dead.
The time, thought, had better be occupied
In efforts TO restore HIM.
Il was convinced lie vas dead. but con-
tinued to dash cold water on his chest. /
finally decided he WAS dead and past all
hops. f'hen hardly knew what to do.
Ny frs: impulse was TO notify the author
tiles. Imagine my feelings ! did not
know what TO do. | was in a strange land,
stranger. did not know man could
could make 4 statement in his own behalf.
| thought the same rule obtained here as in
England, and that would not be allowed
TO make my statement and | thought I
would get away. ] had that large trunk,
the only one | had up 10 this time. l
emp:ied 1t ont. 1t would he impossible,
gentlemen, to describe to you my feelings,
my horror when l knew my friend was
dead
The prisoner paused and brushed away
tie tears from his eyes and proceeded: 81
took the empty trunk up to the side of the
bed, and after drawing my drawers, tho
first tina; came to my hand, upon tho body
for common decency's sake, put Mr.. PrclIrr
in it, There was some difficulty in forcing
the body into The trunk, but succeeded,
and after covering ii up, went down to the
bar. l was in dreadful state of mind and
tired to drown The thought by drinking. |
wandered about the streets of the city I'M
til about nine or ten O'Clock. | visited some
shooting gallery, and came back 10 the
hotel. l went mp TO the dining room. l
can't very well give an account of what
took place in the dining room. l then went
mp 10 the r0Om-my roOnl--and stayed there
all night.
81 can't be sure Of any thing that hap.
pcned after the sad occurrence of Mr..
Prefers death. l stayed in my room. To
say that slept would be untrue. / waited
for morning. l then thought the only
thing 10 be done was to get away. | took
Mr.. Prellers pants and looked through
them. l found quantity of money in
bills. | can't say how much. There was
probably 500 or 5000. 1 took it and went
TO the ticket office and bought ticket for
San Francisco. On the same morning |
made several other purchascs-a flute and
diamond ring at pawnbrukers, pan
of field glasses and spectaclcs at Aces, the
ortician, two trunks and a valise. The
trunks | ordered carried to my room and
placed in one of them the clothing and
loose things lying around the room which
had been removed from the trunk in which
had placed my friends dead body
"What do you know about the piece of
paper so perish al! traitors to the great
cauSe""
81 wrote it. NY idea was that the All.
thoritcs would find it out and that it wou.:
puzzle them until all autopsy should be
held"
"Was it your idea to delay them while
You were getting away"
Yes"
Did you do any thing else with the same
object in view?'
Yes, l shaved off tie mOustache."
Can you tell how that cut came upon hi,
brcas:?''
Yes; did il with a scalpel, but can as
sign no reason for it."
you did this all on Monday mOrningT'
Yes, on Monday morning"
The rest of his testimony was taken up
with his trip to San Francisco, and some of
the events which occurred there and his
explanation of some of the big stories
which he told about himself on his trip to
that city.
The court then adjourned until to day,
when the direct examination will be con.
timed