The record-union., 1896-01-29

When he stepped from behind the bar
he intended to put the man out, but the
man struck him. He had not had time
TO wash his face after the last man
was put out before he heard the shots.
Klass was not in the saloon when the
row occurred, having gone out at 5
O'Clock, and witness never saw him
after that
Gottlieb Hunzicker, a barkeeper at the
hotel. only knew that Steiner had some
words at the other end Of the bar, and
went out from behind the bar. He saw
ten or twenty men trying to put out the
three or four men who were making the
disturbance and some one opened the
door, He heard the shots Steiner had
put out one man before that-about
midnight
Peter Fontane boarded at the hotel
and was in the ballroom when the band
stopped playing, and he, with the dan
GERS, passed out into the barroom. He
saw Steiner hit on the counter and ask
who was going to pay for the drinks,
Some one offered TO pay. but another
one told him not to pay the ---.
Steiner went out and the row COM
menced. When the last one was strug-
Cling, Steiner called out not to hit him
any more, but throw him out Witness
/ got the man by the neck and helped
throw him out. He went nearly across
the sidewalk, and then turned around
and shot, the bullet passing through
witness. When witness started to put
the men out ten or twelve men helped
him. The last man put out was the
one who fired the shots. He paid the
most attention to him, because the big
gest row was around him. He was on
the floor, but witness could not tell
whether he was struck or kicked while
there, as there were SO many around
him. When he was thrown out the
crowd did not follow him. The doors
were open.
| When the man was thrown out he went
nearly across the sidewalk, almost fall
ing on his hands, and immediately
turned and shot low. Witness took a
hand in the row because Steiner told the
crowd to throw the man out, and not
hit him any more He did not think the
man was intoxicated
The crowd struck the man at first,
but finally threw him out of the door.
When he was down four or five men
We're on top of him. He heard some one
/ say Strike him" The mans friends
were not there at the time. There was
blood on his face when he turned
around to shoot. Witness squeezed his
neck pretty hard when putting him out
and three or four other men also had
hold Of him A young man named
Schuler threw the man down and fell
on him and then the crowd jumped in on
him. He could not see whether they
kicked him or not,
n. Boxler was staying ait the hotel
He saw a man thrown out of the door
and he turned around and shot toward
the door, holding his pistol low and
heard somebody squeal.
Bernard Kirchoff heard the dispute
over the beer and advised one of the
crowd to pay for the beer. The man
answered that the d fool knew they
| had money, but that that Coolot had or
dered the beer. Steiner said he would
put them out and came out from be-
hind the bar. One of the men struck
him and the crowd jumped on the man.
There was a lively fight and the man,
when thrown out, turned and shot Wit
ness ran to the door and saw Klass
lying on the sidewalk He ran to him
and Klass said, ''Oh, I am shot in the
stomach I viii have to die. My poor
bride" Witness asked him how it hap
pened and he answered that he was
trying TO take the pistol away from the
man, for fear that he would shoot some
one.
Steiner was not called any names. ex-
cept when one of the men told witness
that ''the d fool knew they had
money and ought to know better. .
Steiner said he would not be insulted
aud would put them out Then he came
out from behind the bar and the man
struck him. One of his friends caught
Steiner's arm and the man struck him
again. Then some one struck the man
and the crowd got him down on the
floor.
A. Coolot, Jr., testified that he met
Hurley, Ripley and Mcnamara be-
tween 2 and o'clock and invited them
to go with him to the masquerade. They
went and danced. They had perhaps
three or four drinks altogether. Dur
ing the evening he had exchanged hats
with a young man named Quitter, and
invited the boys up to drink He was
getting his hat back when the row
about the drinks started. After asking
them to drink he did not go to the bar
with them, but was exchanging hats
with GUTTER. The others went to the
bar and ordered their drinks. They
/ had been behaving themselves well and
had had no trouble. Hurley danced each
/ dance. He did not see the row and
only heard the shots. The young men
went on his invitation and the door
keeper passed them in at his request.
/ officer Logue said he heard the shots
and ran across the street. He could get
10 information, but some one told
/ him that some men had gone over to-
ward K street. He found them in the
! Peerless Saloon and found Ripley sit
/ ting down and Hurley lying on the
! floor. He thought he was shot and
asked him if he was hurt. Hurley said
/ he was pretty badly hurt and that
| if anything had happened he was the
one who had done the shooting. Hurley
was unable to get up and witness helped
/ him to get into the patrol wagon when
/ it came He asked Hurley for his pis-
tol and he said Hilbert had it and Hill
/ bert gave ii up. The Peerless Saloon is
/ a little over a block from the hotel
Hurley complained of his back and leg,
and his face was all swollen and bloody
and his eyes discolored. Ripley was
/ also badly beaten and his head seemed
/ to be cut in different places and his
| clothes torn. Neither of them had a
hat. The others did not seem to be
! hurt
J. Fitzgerald, night driver of the pa
/ troll wagon, testified to being called to
the William Tell House and then to the
+ Peerless at the call OF Officer Logue.
! Officer Higgins went into the Peerless
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