The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-07

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| / PleaSe state the COnFeTSdllcn yOu he'
with Dawson TO the jury"
when we met on the corner Dawson
said to me, Hello, old man. 1 stepped
around behind him and we walked dowr
Emporia avenue. 1 was coming from
home and was on my way TO my daugh
ter's who lives in the opera house. Ht
said that he had been up to PADDY
Shea's. said L guessed you had good
time Dawson remarked, Yes, We had
a hell of a time He said I'm going to
| kill that tonight / said
lou wouldn't kill Paddy. Yes I would,
showing me the end of revolver ]
did not go to my daughters but went to
| the corner of Topeka and Douglas and
got on a car and went up to Shea's. !
met him between the two houses and
asked Shea If he had any trouble in the
afternoon with Dawson. Shea said, a
little / then told him that Dawson had
told me that he was going 70 kill him to-
night. Shea said All right
| Mr. Amidon asked him what his busi-
ness was and Mr.. McAllister said that
| he bought cattle.
"How long have you lived here?"
about twenty years"
Cant you tell of single person whom
you saw that night with the exception Of
| Dawson and Shea?"
.I don't remember meeting any one I
| knew"
Where did you first meet Dawson?"
'In the Carey hotel joint"
"Have any drinks?"
"I supposed 1 did, maybe a glass Of
beer"
"Who served them?"
ct don't know
"You say that you have lived here
for about twenty years. You remember
what Dawson said and what Shea said,
but do you mean to tell me that you can
not remember who waited on you at the
Carey nor any of the conversation you
had there?"
mo, L don't remember"
did you ever meet Shea and Dawson
any other place?'
"Yes possibly at Schnitzler's."
what was said there?"
81 don't remember"
did you meet any one going up on the
car when you went to tell Shear
Not that I remember"
''Nhy did you not tell policeman
what Dawson said if you feared he would
do Shea harm?"
81 don't know"
eff you knew about this why did you
not tell some one SO that you could have
been at the preliminary trial?"
'T never told no one"
''Yes, but why?'
Mr.. Amidon worked hard and asked
any number of questions but Mr.. Nc
Allister failed to give him any great
amount of satisfaction.
Mr.. George T. Cubban, Mr.. B. F. Nc
Lean, Mr.. C. W. Carey and several 9TH
ers were put on the witness stand to
testify as to the general character Of
Mr.. Shea His reputation as to peace
and quietude. They all answered good.
This took up the balance of the forenoon
session, after which time court stood ad-
journed until o'clock
MR.. REEDER IN THE AFTERNOON.
The fines Of the morning had saluta-
tory effect on the punctuality of all con-
at o'clock the afternoon session began
promptly.
Policeman H. C. Reeder was called by
the defense to testify as to Mr.. Shea's
character. Mr.. Adams asked him:
where is your beat?'
81 am policeman around the packing
house district"
Are you acquainted with Paddy
Shea?"
Eyes"
How long have you known him?"
every since he has been up there"
How long has he been there?"
"About three years"
what is his general reputation for |
peace and Quietude?"
His is the Quietest place I'D there"
did you ever hear his reputation for |
peace and quietude questioned?"
mo, it has never been questioned be-
fore me-"
Mr.. Amidon cross examined the wit
ness.
Mr.. Reader, what do you mean by
peace and quietude?"
Man that is quiet around his business
and home. He never made me any
trouble"
Mr.. Lew Dean and Mr.. Henry Schnitz-
Ter testified similar to the others regard
ing his reputation for peace and ouietude
Mr.. Amidon brought up the question as
to some of the prize fights said to have
been participated in by Mr. Shea. Mr..
SchnitZler was the onlv one who bs6
seen him in the ring. He did not think
that had any bearing on the peace and
luietude of any one.
MR.. HERRIG HURTS DAWSON.
Mr.. Adams next called Mr.. John Her
rig and propounded the following oue.-
tons for him to answer:
Mr.. Herrig, how long have you lived
lere?"
About twenty years"
Are you acquainted with Mr.. Paddy
Shea?T
YES. sir"
How long have you known him?"
About seven or eight years"
DO you know James Dawson. aliss
ed Dawson, Edwards or McNulty?"
Yes. Some"
did you see him on Sunday. Novem-
Der Il. at any timer
Yes
state when and where and the cir
connected with your meeting 4.
lime"
i had Just came in from a turkey shoot
md had come up from my home in the
irst block on South Emporia avenue. 7