El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-02

RuDiQOuX was aSkou ny JusGlC0
Bridgers if he saw Snyder as he came
out of the alley by the Hammett build
ing. 81 did not. L heard Snyder say:
He's got me in the leg; but did not
see him any more until he came down
town.
A recess of few minutes was then
taken and Rubidoux and Snyder began
talking about the rock in evidence say
ing it must have been made to order.
John McKeogh was recalled and
said: "When 1 went around the cor
ner of the mission l am not sure wheth-
err Rubidoux was there or not. L was
standing about three or four feet past
the corner. | was just turning around
to the left and was facing the Times
office when shot. The ball struck me
just under my left arm. ranged up
| ward, struck a memorandum book In
nv vest pocket and came out near tie
| left nipple. L ran down through the
vacant lot to the alley and came out OF
the alley in front of the newspaper Of
| fee Snyder was with me. L talked to
Snyder as we went along. Talked
about being shot. l am not positive
whether the conversation occurred In
the alley or after we got out on the
street. Snyder said: 81 am shot, but
let's not say anything about it and get
away from here.' We then walked up
the street to the Western Union Office.
! | left Snyder there and walked down
Oregon street to Overland street and
west on Overland street to Smiths
saloon on Ell PasO street L did not
| then say anything about being shot.
| but l afterwards looked around for q
| friend of mine to see a doctor for me
and find out how bad l was shot did
not see an officer until the chief came
up to me on the sidewalk ard ask me if
my name was McKeogh. L do not
know where Rubidoux went after the
shooting. The chief turned me over
| to Deputy Sheriff TenEyck.
Attorney Wilcox then asked Nc
| Keogh if re told TenEyck, on his way
to jail, that when he came up to where
| the row was going on that the China
man was getting the wors. of it or had
| the worst of it..
McKeogh:-.'No,I did not say that.
l So d: From all l know he Chinaman
was getting the worst of it,
Question-''Did you not then state to
Mr.. TenEyck that Il staid there Civ
| ing good advice and by that got into it
| myself?'
Answer-''I think 7 stat ed that"
On Gro discrimination McKeegh stat
ed that the Cinnamon were talking
very loud when he came up, but he did
not understand them as they were
| talking in Chinese, but were talking
loud.
Lon Laytield was called and testified:
| was in the Morning Telegraph office
| when the shooting occurred. When l
heard the shots 1 came out and walked
up to the Times Office corner and then
| walked across the street to the Ham
| nett building. 1 met Snyder and an-
other man. One of them asked the
| other whether he was hit. The other
said: Eyes. I'm hit in the leg. Let's
e dor
and the other man then walked
diagonally across the street from the
Hammett building to the Lindell
Hotel. | then followed and asked him
| if he was hurt. He asked me if | was
| a newspaperman. l said: ~ es." He
then said: Don't say anything about
| this" and asked for doctor. Officer
Franco then rode up and arrested
Snyder.
Will TenEyck said: I took McKeogh
| to jail, 1 asked him how long he had
been with the boys and if he came up
| the street with them. He said he came
| up while the boys were talking to the
Chinaman. He said: About the time
I came up the Chinaman was getting
| the worst of it or had the worst of it..
examined Lee Mul's leg Sunday
| morning, it was bruised.
Cross-examiued: Lea Nun is not an
officer under the sheriff. He has boon
cook at the Jail lO1g time. l never
heard of Nun being disagreeable or
quarrelsome. Never heard of Sim
mons having to take h s pistol to make
Lee let the prisoners alone.
Lee Nun recalled: l brought that
| rock into court. l first saw the rock
| when the man held 1t in his hand. He
hit me in the head with it. After the
shooting l saw the rock at the China
boys house where L stayed that might.
| [ think Policeman Bendy picked it up
and handed it to me.
A squabble then arose about admit
ting testimony of newspapers but moth
ing vas developed that had any bear
ing on the case.
Court adjourned at noon until two
O'Clock this afternoon when another
string of Witnesses will be. called for
rebutal.
The court heard two witnesses after
o'clock, but their evidence did not
bear on the case. The case was then
continued until Monday morning when
The attorneys will argue it.