The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-10-30
McCLAME DISCHARGED,


Brooks MtCiane, one OF the participants
in the Olinghouse shooting scrape, came
up before Judge Hummel "Wednesday
morning, Dist. Atty. 7. Y. Julien and
T.. 4. Dodge for plaintiff and Judge Cur
Ter for defendant.
W. c.. Williams, complainant, testl-
fled. IN the main, as follows: Il know
Brooks McClane and saw him in Will
ans Canyon, near Olinghouse Canyon,
on the Dist day of October 1897. | saw
him near the cedar tree or the north
east side OF the road that runs to the
Wood Chopper claim. The tree Is about
100 feet from the.road. | was putting a
pack saddle on my horse. When first
saw McClane he was about 500 or 600
feet from me. He was on the road lead
ing to the Wood Chopper claim. When
he came opposite to the tree where |
was he left the road and came straight
toward the tree with a pick on his
shoulder. The horse was facing west and
McClane came right up in front of him
and took him by the bride. l said:
'What are you going to do with the
horse?' He said: L want to get him
out of the way so | don't hurt the
horse He asked me then what I had
to do with those claims. l told him l
had as much to do with them rs he did.
He said Have you paid for recording
any of these claimsT | said: Yes,
some of Them He had the pick over
his shoulder holding it with his right
hand and held the horse with his left
hand. AT that time l was sinching the
saddle. / asked him what he meant.
He said: IN dispossess you of all your
claims On earth, I'll leave you a corpse
here today, threw the pick towards me.
He let 90 OF the horses head and drew
his gun. The horse threw me into the
bush-kind of stepped on me and threw
me into the bush. He fired his gun at
my face and the bullet passed by the
left side OF my face. drew my gun as
quick as | could and fired. He fired sew
eral shots and 1 fired two shots. My
gun would not r~evolve, the cap caught,
and l tried to catch him then as that
was the only show for my life. He
jumped sideways out of my way. He
then went to the place where the horse
was tied and ! could See lie vas reload
ing his gun against the tree. ! thought
| would try to get that cap as l was try
ing to make my pistol revolve again.
was standing sideways TO him when IL
bullet from his gun struck me in the
back. | was about % feet from McClane
when the bullet struck me. | jumped
aside further north when another shot
was fired which did not hit me. When
he saw me going north he moved further
> south and on the east side of the tree
and then | went further south myself on
tile other side of the tree SO as to get
the tree between US. Then he hollered +:
what are you doing?' and started and
run down the canyon and that was all
that was done. McClane had a six
! shooter and / had a fve-shooter."
Williams, the complainant, and w. J.
Gill were called as witnesses by the
State, ellis testimony being nearly all
favorable to the defendant.
Judge Curler, for the defendant, call
ed for Il. w. Avery, E. II. Proctor, J. C.
Babcock, T. M. Groten, G. G. Sheppard
j. D. Poole, W. j. Gill, I. o. Berry and
Fred Wamsley, and with their testi-
mony riddled that OF Williams.
The testimony was all in Thursday
evening and McClane was Immediately
discharged.