The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-08-15

III. II. Kinne's testimony WAS almost q
duplicate of that Of Mr.. Dickerson save
the following clauses: We came over az
fast as We could, and on the way down
We passed buggy; some one in the
buggy said something like, go help
Charley McGonigle;" didn't Just catch
it, but | think it must have been: eco
catch Charley McGonigle;" there were
three persons in the buggy, Mir. Eaves
and his family; Dickerson and Woolsey
carried McGonigle in and put him on 8
bed; he died in few minutes; said he
was shot; no one was there but Mrs. Nc
Gonigle, Ida and two children.
DIR. Frank-Am practicing physician
and surgeon and live in North Yakima
q was called to make an examination of the
deceased on Sunday night; got here at
ten O'Clock; found a bullet hole five
inches below the havel and one inch to
the left. where the bullet entered and
passed through the body, coming out on
the upper third of the right bullock; ball
was 1910 calibre, think; the iutestines
were punctured, and gas escaped from
the wound; it was necessarily a fatal
wound; deceased died from effect Of that
bullet.
J. +. Minner--I was at church last
night Sunday about two miles from
here when first learned of the shooting;
| met Miss Chambers, who told me about
it and that Eaves was wounded, aud
went TO Eaves' house; came down to
McGonigle' about 10 o'clock and sat in
the road and talked to the men until the
doctor came up; the way happened to
be with Eaves was, he is a neighbor OF
mine; when / went in he was lying on
the bed, wounded; found pistol in his
buggy and took possession of it; have
it vet; it is a 3S-calibre pistol, and had
one chamber discharged; McGonigle
said nothing to me.
s. III. Woolsey corroborated w. W.
Dickerson's testimony. However, he
stated, relative to a conversation he had
with Eaves that evening, as follows: He
said McGonigle wanted to Islander him
and he wanted to see him; 1 told him
not to do anything that he would regret !;
he said, 81 do not mean to do anything
out of the way, only want to have a
talk with him." he said that there had
got to be stop put to this slandering
business; he wanted Frank to 90 down
and tell Charley that he wanted to see
him. Frank went down and came back
and said Charley said he had gone to
bed, and il Eaves wanted to see him he
could come there to see him, or some
thing of that kind; after Frank started
Eaves goes to the fence, and his daughter
says, let's go; they got in the buggy and
started off. The rest OF Mr.. Woolsey's
testimony follows that Of Messrs. Dicker.
son and Kline.
Ida May AUTOMATICALLY name is Ida
May McGonigle; l am II years old; am
an adopted daughter; have been in the
family since l was a baby; the name OF
the deceased was Byron McGonigle; he
would have been 81 on the 18th of next
month he has lived here since June Is,
a year ago, coming from Champagne,
Ills.;. don't know how long we lived
there; he came from Ohio; I was here
last evening; was in the house; Frank
Woolsey came up and asked for Charley,
who had gone to bed; he said Eaves was
over to the Woolsey place and wanted to
see Charley MeGonigle; Charley said he
had gone to bed, and wasn't looking for
caves, and il Eaves wanted to see him
he could come up and see him; my
brother got up after Frank Woolsey had
gone, and went out OF doors this was
between and o'clock; then Eaves
came up to the house and said he had
come to settle this Islander business, or
something of the kind-I don't remem-
Der; ma asked Eaves to come into the
house; he wouldn't come; he said he
wanted to see Charley; and then my
mother threw her arms about him and
said. "Come in, Mr.. caves, we want to
settle this in peace" or something of the
kind just then heard shot and heard
pa boiler, "Mr. Eaves has killed me
Mr.. Eaves has killed mel" three times
he said it; ran up to pa; saw some
one shoot from the door outside; do not
know who-it was dark, and l was 30
scared and excited; don't remember if
| heard anything else; everyone was
hollering and screaming and was run
ming all around the yard; / did not see
my brother shoot; don't know where he
was after he went out OF the house; when
Eaves WAS coming in the yard didn't
see where Charley went to; saw Eaves
when ran out of the door he ran in
and bowed the lamp out; it was the
front door; | saw revolver in Eaves'
hand; did not hear the men talk of shoot.
ing; | don't know if there were more
than two shots; couldn't tell l was SC
scared after l saw pa laying there
couldn't tell; l was leaning down by ps
when the shot was fired; it was dark
when the shot was fred and couldn'i
see Eaves; he ran in the house and
bowed the lamp out and then somebody
fired in the door; couldn't see who il
was; can't say which way the gun was
pointed; l couldn't tell; l didn't go in
J after the first stlat was fired.
Mrs. DOrcas McGonigle-The first oil