Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-12
he TELLS HIS STORY.
Hughes Account of the killing of
Romsyne,
AND THE OCCURRENCES PRE-
cEDING 1T.
He Says the Shooting Yves In Self
Dcfense.-The Arguments of
Counsel.

II. Gushing, V. V. Daniels, and r
X. Reed; the two latter for the de,
tense. Their statements agreed
with those Of Mr.. Pinneo, published
yesterday, asdid also those Of Hughes
himself, in regard 10 the shooting
ms morning, in continuation OF
the case,
iANDY N. HUGHES,
the defendant, testified-I am in
my S4th year; am a compositor by
trade; have worked in Iowa, Kan
sas, Illinois, Tennessee and other
places; came to utah in August,
lsSe; worked on the Herald and
tribune; had been at the latter
place most of the time ] YVES IN
town, prior to the shooting, became
acquainted with Romayne there;
on Sunday, Nov. 3, l attended a
meeting Of the Printers' Union: at
that meeting there was some agita-
I ton about girls being employed at
less wages than men, there was an
impression that any one en-
| ployed at the Tribune who took
part IN the work assigned to a COM
mittee, appointed to see the man
agement, endangered their situa-
lions; several had declined, and
Romayne was appointed; he also
declined, and mt this iuncture /
y "a
the committee be provided with
masks, so that the manager would |
not know them l heard that Ro-
mayne was offended, and | went 10 1
him and stated that had no refer |
ence to him; be said he paid no 4
attention TO any fool, but if a man 1
did that to him he would call him |
down; he said he attributed |
II to my ignorance; said
he was quite complimentary;
he said | could take it as 1 pleaseri [ |
asked Mr.. Daniels to Inquire what |
had done, and Romayne said he
referred to my resolution; l asked If
my apology had not been sufficient;
be was abusive, and said if l want
ed knife or gun fight ne would
accommodate me, as he was an
expert with either. / told
him wanted nothing to do
with him. He carried a pistol, and
a day or two afterward Mr.. Snider
asked him why he did so. He said
some one might pull knife on him
and he would put a hole through
him. On Saturday, Nov. Is, some
of las attended funeral; when we
got back to the office those of US |
WHO had been to the funeral ,
were short of a kind of type,
and the foreman gave us
some; we took it, and Romayne
asked If II was gone; Mr.. Stenhouse
said yes; ROmayne came to my case
and made an uncOmplimentary re- !
mark to me; later he INSTRUCTED ME .
when | went TO go in the wash
-oom; | waited while, but he would I
not let me in; started away, and \
Re tried TO run against me; neither ,
Jf us spoke. y bout $3.50 Sunday }
morning We quit work; l was the \
inst one out, and went TO the press /,
DOM, waiting for a paper. The +
lress was broke, so came out on to I
Vest Temple Street; | went to the 4
'orner and turned west across the r
treet; then turned north toward the !,
feTuld building, W hich is halfa block g,
asst OF where l was rOOming. AS | II
1T the Tribune corner / heard vol !,
Is behind me; 1 looked back and
lw ROmayne following me; | N
ralked as fast as | could; he took :,
nc cut of and walked past, getting N
head of me; slowed up, and he /,
id so; at the skating rink building
{ stopped; when ! came up TO him
stopped, because | saw 4 revolver
4 his hand; he called me a very
lie name; told him / did not want n
ny trouble; he told me to get my "
IN out; | told him | had none; n
c said "YOu will need one before ~
get through with yOu;" he y
Dinted his pistol at me and called a
lie many vile names; tried to talk 81
i'm out OF the difficulty, and told ot
i'm had given him no occasion to y
Z 50; he struck at me with the n;
Istol, and l lodged; he said | had "a
0 fight in me; l told him 1 did not Tn
ant to fight a man with a gun; he "a
id Il will fight you without one, en-
zen in my weak physical condi- CT
on" he pretended 10 lay his gun IN
)wn; told him he could not get ia
~ fight out OF me; he said he y.
ould make me fight, and l tried to ki
It away; he said he did not like WI
e, aud accused me Of drawing VI
knife on his friend; he. by
'ew his pistol, which he snapped pr
vice; / broke and ran, and he sci
lied out with an oath, ''If l see sal
" today I'll get you" ] got TO tn
y room as fast as | could. When an
was inside heard some one at the sw
but was not positive; l en-
L 4 pistol from my room mate, n at
arman; L told him what had &C.
rred; l did not go to bed for two jul
.urs and then / was so worried tn'
uld not sleep;the pistol was loaded
all five chambers; also got five
ira cartridges; about 1890 am.
got up, and later l went down
the river, and fired two
OTIS; | did this to learn how
handle the gun, because / expect
TO be attacked; got back to town
out l pm: 1 called at Daniels
pm, and woke him up; did not get
Y liquor to drink; am not in the
bit of drinking; told Daniels "a
II Romayne had attacked me, land
ipped a revolver at me, and 7
i threatened 10 get me when he -
v me; Daniels and went to the "io
iety restaurant, but it was shut; wh
:. Daniels proposed that we 20 to Of
) Tribune office and get n paper; me
started, and just before we a.
there We saw some OF the 'ho
nters in the hallway; we latt
ended to go past. was just GO he
to speak to Mr.. Pinneo and the tar.
ers, when ROmayne stepped out. a..
ad not seen him before. As soon 'ne
ne came l went into the street. so,
nd, "Nou s. b, you had Me-
drop on me this morning; but CON
' ] am heeled; come out and -
It like a man." l pulled my -, - !
/ and showed it, then put it back wa,
ny pocket. He said, "Go ahead
DO your shooting," and S t..s
yhed. l walked down the edge S
he gutter, keeping my eye on ~ IL,
/. Mr.. Pinneo came towards C an
and Mr.. RoIcayue followed. l va
not understand the proceed ~ ~ :
Mr.. Pinneo stepped on one n n,i
;,ritS h;s .',.a a ,a az ~ ~ " the
quick as l saw his revolver ] -
an to back, and pulled my gun. tenr
red as rapidly rs / could. / fired a. q,
shots, emptying the revolver. 80
nayne was still standing up. and t tnnde
Il around the corner as quick as t SJiu
uld. l threw out three shells, MS
started to reload with the three mar, Il
ridges | had put In my pocket, NAY