The Clifton clarion., 1888-06-27
sPEyCER's EXAMINATION.
A Different Story From That Re
 ported Last Week.

Julio Martinez, held at Moreno
 last Thursday, large number O
 persons were examined and a yer
 dict rendered holding Wm. Harri
 son, W. V. ODaly, and H. Long
 more responsible for the killing
 Harrison and O'Daly were arrest
 ed, but Longmore has not ye
 been found.
 The story as told by Spencer tC
 the CLARION reporter, according tc the evidence adduced at the exam.
 ination, while in the minor par
 ticulars being true, is fatly con
 tradicted by the story of wit
 nesses. In other words there is
 no evidence to show that Spence
 fired the fatal shot, but on the
 contrary plenty to show that il
 was fired by some other and un-
 known party. The evidence given
 by the first witness last Saturday
 and which we give below, is really,
 in substantial particulars, the evi- dence of all.
 Ed. Molloy, being called, testi- fled as follows: 1 was present at the shooting on the night of the 2Oth inst. l was standing at the bar and Spence and the Mexican (Martinez)were talking in Spanish. l do not understand that language and do not know what was said, but thought Pete was asking him to take a drink. Was standing with my back partly toward the parties. I heard a shot fired and turned and saw Spence and the Mexican struggling for pistol. Saw Spence trip the Mexican up and both fell to the floor together. Then Henry Longmore ran to them and took the pistol away. Both Spence and the Mexican got upon their feet and Spence threw up hls hands and said "I am dis armed" The Mexican then drew his pistol and fired at Spence. Spence fell to the floor. The Mexican kept on shooting. He fired three or four shots at Spence, who was trying to get up. Long more then jumped on top of the bar and called out Stop! Stopm The Mexican turned and fired a shot at Longmore. I stayed till the shooting was nearly over, but not long enough to see if anybody was hurt besides Spence. I thought Spence was killed from the way ne fell. Think that alto gether seven or eight shots were fired. I afterward found Spence at a cabin 40 or 50 yards away from the scene of the shooting. The shooting occurred at Henry Longmore's saloon about ? o'clock in the morning. After I found Spence at the cabin I helped him down to Clifton. Spence told me he thought he had killed the Mex ican. There were seven or eight people at the bar; probably twen- ty or twenty-five in the room. There were only seven or e1ght white people in the barroom. Saw parties quarreling the night be- fore, but did not understand what it was about. It was a matter of report that the Mexican had threatened to kill Spence. I did not see Spence shoot at all. Did not see who fired the first shot. Saw four or five bullet holes behind the bar the next day. Also saw three or four on the floor in the nighborhood of where Spence was lying after he fell. Saw at least four Mexicans with pistols in their hands at the time Spence was shot. Saw a Mexican throw a rock at Spence. There were shots came through the front of the building from the direction of Pablo Salcido's saloon. Mar tinez, I think, fired four shots. After the Mexican was shot he ran toward Salcido's saloon.
 Wm. Harrison and W. V. O'Daly were next examined, but their evidence was, Tn all essential par ticulars, corroborative and ill the same strain as the above. Harri- son, however, testified that some little time before the shooting the Mexican came into Longmore's saloon and took his pistol out of pawn and held it up to the light and examined it closely to see that 1t was loaded and also to see if the pistol would revolve. Harri- son, who talks Spanish, also testi- fled that he heard Martinez invite Spence out to fight, but that Spence refused to do so, saying that he did not want any trouble.