Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-12-28

@"en w tue eection mouse, or what
ever you call the place where b,
Kept the hand car, and stood Their,
talking. Quinlan came out of tn,
house with a gun and told us to q
on down the track. We started u,
the track and he followed us with
the gun in his hands. After ",
had gone about a quarter of a mile
from the house We tried to &c,
through the wire fence beside the
track, IN order to slip past Quinlar
and go East. He stopped us anG
said, If you go through there | viii
Kill you, Cd d-n you We
! got back on the track and started
on again, Quinlan still following us.
After We had gone on until we were
about half a mile from the section
house, We turned back and waited
until he was nearly out of sight,
when We went back and walked
slowly along, u intention being to
pass his house and go on east.
When We were about 20 yards from
the section house, Quinlan sudden.
ly appeared from somewhere. either
from behind the hand car or from
under it. He said for us to 60 the
way his gun vas pointed, meaning
west. My brother there (Walter)
asked him to let us 60 on east.
lie hardly finished speaking before
Quinlan fired. When the shot was
fired the unknown man and myself
were standing on the left side of the
track and brother on the right. The
unknown and | were standing with
our sides turned toward Quinlan and
the load struck him in the neck.
THEE stray shot struck me, one in
the arm, one in the top of the head
and one in the breast. When the
shot was fired the unknown man
tell like a log toward the opposite
side OF the track, exactly at Walters
feet. He must have died instantly
for he didn't move a muscle or utter
a sound after he fell. | saw that
Qulnlan was reloading the gun so |
turned and ran down the track. |
was excited and felt weak after
having been shot and after I had
gone a short distance fell. Walter
picked me up and took me over to
a colored mans house and asked the
man if he could do anything for my
wounds, but he said be was sick
himself and could do nothing. We
then vert to the next farm house !;
colored people lived there also. The
man said he would like to help me,
but didn't know how. Was not
that the way he said it, Walter?"
Walter then took his turn and
said:
eyes, but he showed us the way
to another farm house and I carried
Frank over there"
eve knocked and a lady came
to the door, took me in and washed
my wounds, fixed me a place to
sleep and sat up with ma until
sto2t2 O'Clock, began Frank again.
"We got up in the morning and
started down the road to where the
shooting occurred. We met a
couple of men in a buggy and they
asked us where we were going. We
said, down to the water tank to see
about the man that got shot. They
said it was no use going as he was
dead. They told me to get in the
buggy and 60 with them to see the
doctor. Walter walked up to the
village q don't know what its name
u.s. and l rode up with the two men.
When l got there the doctor dressed
my wounds and then they took US
over to the hotel. We stayed there
until 1:3O or 2 o'clock, when the
constable or squire took us over to
the preliminary hearing, which was
held in a building near the water
tank. After the hearing we were
brought down here. That is all l
know about the case and think it
covers the whole thing"
Walter Johnson listened to his
brothers. story and when he had
finished he said that it was strictly
the truth.
The Johnson boys will be held as
witnesses until the next session
Of the grand jury, but will be allowed
as many privileges as possible.
FUND FOR PROSECUTION.
Mr.. O. D. Gray, of the Sturgeon
Leader, was in Mexico this week
and informs US that a fund of over
5000 has been raised in Sturgeon
and the west end Of Audrain county
to prosecute Mr.. Quinlan for killing
the tramp, and the impression seems
to prevail up there that it was moi
done in self defense.
Christian Church.
Sunday Ed. W.B. Taylor preach
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