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NJ A. CAMPBELL,
being duly sworn testified as follows
l reside in Yankton. 1 have lived
here about five years. / knew O'Brier
and Dickey. L saw him two or three
times a week and sometimes oftener a.
various places. Up to the shooting ]
was tending bar on Second street. ]
have talked with him several times. ]
first saw him with O'Brien on Cap.
itol street, and wanted to buy a saloon
After this he went into business on
Third street. | went in there once, and
he told me about the big rush of bust.
ness, and that he had had no sleep fol-
three days or nights. He has told me OF
what he was going to build in the back
yard He frequently said that he lhad
big fights in his saloon during the night.
He asked me two weeks before
the shooting to come and work
for him. l told him l would see about
1t. He asked me the same thing on the
day of the shooting. L gave him an,
e~yasive answer. He always looked wild
and in his conversation L thought that
he was off his whirl. His eyes were not
natural in their expression. 1 thought
his mind was diseased. l thought he
was insane.
Cross EramSnation-l could not see
any diferene in his appearance at off.
fereDt times. Perhaps that was his
natural way of acting, but it did not act
natural to me. | distinctly remember
once that he called for drinks and did
not pay for them. This was two or
three weeks before shooting. 1 judged
him crazy from his actions and words.
@. n. THOMPSON
sworn: | have lived in Yankton for
come years. | knew Dickey and O'Brien.
l. have talked frequently with him. l
saw HIM on the day of the homicide. |
went by his saloon. He asked me in.
L went in and he said he wanted to see
me, that he was glad to see me. Some
one rang q bell in the back room, but he
paid no attention to it. He told me at
another time that he was an author, that
he wrote Tor the New York Weekly. l
got away from him as quickly as | could,
because | thought the man was not right
i'll his mind. His eyes looked very wild.
| had seen him in saloons under the in.
huence of liquor but his eyes did not
look the same as on this occasion. ( did
not like to talk with him. l don't re-
member of any other statements. /
heard him tell about the fights and
about throwing men over the fence. !
think that Dickey was not in his right
mind.
Gross Erdminati0n-I had formed my
opinion that he was insane all along
from the first conversation. / did not
think he was drunk the last time I had
q talk with him. I saw him when he
went home to supper about Blk O'Clock.
J. B. GRAY,
being duly sworn, testified as follows: l
reside in Yankton, have lived here since
1861. / knew MIR. O'Brien. I knew
Dickey for about a year. / heard bis
yarns about the rows he had with rail-
road men at night. He said he always
threw them over the fence. He always
claimed to have worked all night and
told me frequently Of the big business
that he was doing. l thought he was a
little off. l became better acquainted
with him after the first of July. [
noticed that Dickey, when customers
came In, would start to get the drinks
and would not get them but would go
and do something else. l consider him
insane from his actions.
Gross Eramjnati0B-I usually saw him
IN the morning. I always supposed
from his appearance that be drank
I noticed his forgetting to wait on Gus.
toners two or three times. He had tie
appearance of a man who drank.
CHARLES yEATMAN.
being duly sworn, testified Of follows: ]
am acquainted with Mr.. Dlckey. L know
O'Brien. 1 saw Dickey just before the
shooting. O'Br;en and l went up tc
Dickey's saloon, and a colored mar
came in while We were there. O'Brien
treated to beer, and presented to Dickey
q check for payment. Dickey had nc
change. l did not see Dickey after this
He was slow about getting the drinks
when they were called for. I thought
that he had been drinking. He sale
nothing. 1 saw him frequently,
Cross Examination - That's all ]
noticed queer. I suppose tina
he drank heavily. It was abou'
5;15 p. N. 1 don't think anyone elst
was there. There was q colored mai
came in while we were there. Here D
Whitdon stands up in the audience ant
is identified by the witness.)
W. P. DEWEY,
being duly sworn, testified as follows:
know Dickey. l knew O'Brien. Fl,
married his wife out of my house.
saw more Of Dlckey after July LIST, thai
l had before. He was frequently at m,
office. On the LIST of July Dickey too
charge of the saloon himself. and as th
firm was behind with the rent I tried t
collect rent and therefore 1 saw hir
many times. He seemed to be greatl
excited. He told mt that he would pa
nee $4,000 in one week. He went on