Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-11-16
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION.
The Testimony all in and the
case % be Argued Today.

txamina,r f Julian Guinan for the
killing Of Chas. A Jones ~ last Tues
dav zane t~f0re Justice Stone.
The court 10 Ia was filed with spec
tHtors who took Is great interest in She
proceedings.
General Clark was inside the bar,
not as a prosecuting attorney, bat act
ing in the interest of the family Of the
deceased
The first witness to take the stand
was Chas. Stone. His testimony was
the same a. in tue COrOner's inquest.
The main Eoint in his examination
was to ascertain if Chas. Jones had
his b ind in his pocket AZ the time OF
the KILN He was uf the 0pinion
that the right hand WsS 10 dee Asrd'5
coat pocket at the time the sh t vas
fired.
DR.. Lee was then called. He de-
scribed the course of the bullet thrnug
the head Of the deceased. The bullet
had penetrated The skull just over ihe
lift eve and came u back or the
IlSAt ear; death was instantan .ous.
The testimony of Jane: Dennis was
then read, which was the same as
heard at the inquest. The statement
shows that Mr.. Dennis was not look
ing directly at Jones at the moment
the hot was fired.
The statement OF Miss Jessie Gui
n a n no rood y,binb rho - ~ 80 hn
FIRE the Coroner's jury.
Mrs. Burlington was in her resi-
deDce when she heard the shot; che
Immediately ran out and found Miss
Guinar leaning over the dead body
and saying. My God, will no one
help me"
George Tyrrell the next witness was
called he testified that he searched
poa.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Sheriff Kinney was the fret witness
called in the afternoon aud his testi-
mony was in regard to the appearance
of the bullet; also as to the powder
burns on the window sill. He stated
that the distance from the house to
where Jones fell was Al yards.
Fred knoblock was then called and
his testimony vas in regard to the
surrender Of Julian Guinan. He had
had a short conversation with Julian
and the boy had merely stated tina he
had killed Chas. A. Jones; he gave no
reason.
Barney Brule was the next witness
called. He had been seut to the Gui-
nan residence by Sheriff Kinney to
get the gun. H was taken up stairs
by Miss Guinan and found the gun
in the from which the shot was
fired. This closed the testimony for
the State,
THE ,t ENCE.
Miss Jessie Guinan was the first
witness She had known Chas. Jones
three years and was acquainted with
his hand writing. An envelope was
handed to her on the stand which she
identified as in the hand writing OF
Charles Jones. She testified that she
had received the letter from the post,
office the day after the tragedy. She
knew that the letter was in the office
for her as Mr.. Jones had told her of il
the day before. After considerable
argument between the ATTORNEYS the
letter was ruled out by Justice Stone
as it Vas not signed or dated, and the
!, contents were not read.
DR.. Guinan was then placed on the
stand. His testimony was materially
the same as given before, He de.
scribed the meeting Of Mr.. Jones anG
his daughter aud his coming upor
them his warning to Jones and his
command to Miss Jessie to 90 to the
house. Jones did no b ave his hanC
in his pocket while he was talking
with him the Doctor had kept his eye
upon him, expect - to see him make
some motion as to shoot AS he
had turned TO answer Miss Jessie, the
shot was fired and he thought Jones
3. had killed himself. There had beeI
many talks home regarding the mat
tel that led 20 the shooting and Miss
jesse had Informed her father tina
Jones w"Hid kali him if he ever offer
ed to interfere the entire family hat
heard the statement.
Guy Guinan was then called. H.
had taken a diagram of the window
showing the powder burns, which wa:
admitted in evidence. He had heart
OF the threat of jones to kill his father
in case they had trouble. A few days
before the tragedy be and Julian haC
a talk and Julian seemed greatly