Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-19
TnoNrsoS,s cosrkssIos.
Carhn,
Court convened at 0 A.

sides OF the testimony might go to the
grand jury. The Court, however,
stated positively that he would no;
render a decision in the ease until the
evidence i'll the present case is all il.
Thompson was again placed OH the
stand. The question over which So
much argument was made yesterday
wa admitted by the Commissioner.
He said: II am asked to decide il
tho disabling OF these engines is pari
Of the conspiracy. l am forced to
believe that all the acts committed
were part and parcel of a conspiracy.
To enable me to decide, / shall admit
the testimony"
The question asked was: -To whom
do the engines belong that were dis
abledf' The answer was: ITO the s.
P. CO.
4Begin ut yonr first knowledge or
the disabling of those engines and tell
all you know concerning it."
aOn the morning OF the 4th some
where about l o'clock Cumming
CANA to me and asked me to go with
him to the round house. Said they
were going to disable some engines
and wanted me to watch. Said all he
wanted me to do was to watch on the
outside. I asked him who was going
to help him. He said Jake Sattler
was to help him do the wofk inside.
and that /, with others, was to watch
ON the outside. We went to the
round. house together. Cummings
went inside. / went to the east eide
OF the round-house andstood ut n door
on the outside and, while watching
there, Tom Cleary and Lou Barrel;
kept walking around the round house.
Istood there half or three. quarters OF
an hour. 1 could hear them working
on the engines. then, after they quit
working, 1 asked Cleary il they had
got through. He said, yes so we
started away from the house. Cleary
and Dwyer left together. While
watching there Asher and Denton
came along where ! was and spoke to
me and said, good evening" When
we left the round house together we
started over towards town. / don't
know where Cleary and Dwyer did
go. As l came across the track, ] met
Lemon and stopped and talked with
him. a little while after that | went
home.r
aHow many watchmen or guards
were there at the round house?"
swell, l know there were two be-
sides myself. There were three when
Dryer came, but whether Dryer was
watching Or not, I can't say
1What led you to believe or say
that Cleary and Barrett were watch,
ing in company with yourself?'
Because l thought they both were
Watching"
GWhRt were your duties rs watch
man outside'thnt morning?7
ITO SEQ that no one came in while
they were working on the engines"
do you know who burned or set fire
to the bridges east of Carlin OH tho C.
p. r. r. on tho evening OF the 11th?"
aYes, sir; 1 do"
AYou may atate all that you saw
relative to tho burning OF the bridges
on that night
aOn the night before the bridges
we're burned. Sam Howard came TO
me about 10 o'clock, and asked me If
l would go with him to burn the
bridges. After talking it over a few
minutes, l told him l would go, and
asked him who else was going. He
said he would get Pat Martin. Went
into Hills saloon and called Martin
out. We talked it over aud decided
we would put on other clothes. Mar
tin went home after his. Sam went
away and came back with something
done up in a sack, and handed it to
me / asked him what it was aud he
Baid 1t was giant powder We might
want to use it.. Hc then said for Pat
and | to meet him Mt Jones' house.
When Martin came back, wo went to
Jones house and there met Howard.
From there we went toIIoward's house
and there Howard got two bottles of
90 iloil and we started up to tho
bridges, I'VE walked up about a
mile and a half above the cut. Went
about half ii mile above the first
bridge that was fired, cast, and there
we put tho powder ON the rail and
then came down and fired three
bridges. We fired one bridge about
a mile cast OF the city. Came down
to the next bridge and fred tint. we
then came'to the next one this way
and fired that. From tlorc we came
home.
T'or what purpose did you fire
those bridges?'
$50 the trains could not get over
them
"For what purpose did you put the
powder on the trackY-
1For nothing more than TO scare
who over went over it,
4Why did you wish TO scare any one
going v itf'
Il don't know exactly what the ob.
ject was.'
Cross examined by Wren:
-Where were you when Howard
came and called you ont md prepared
10 burn tho bridpeaY-