The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-06

What did you do then?'
'T went to the hotel and got In to a
1 hack"
What did you do when you got up to
| Paddy's?"
II went around to the back door and
knocked. Paddy asked who's there 1
said. Ed. He said come around to the
] front door,"
Did you see any one there?"
"As was coming around the house /
toward Petzhold''
did you open the door,"
mo. Paddy did,
Where was he standing when you went
! in?"
! He was standing by the ice chest
! What did you say?"
| 81 said Paddy, hae lost my leather 3"
What do you mean by leather?'
| my pocket book
| What did Paddy say?'
| You're damned liar, you - and
| then he shot me in the side I turned TO
| go out and he shot me in the back which
| knocked me down.
| The wounds were then shown to the
4 ~@-N~ -
| this time to be in great pain
when you got shot in the back were
you going towards him or leaving?"
II was trying to get out"
TELL what you did then"
81 asked for some water, which the SER
want girl brought to me. I said, Paddy.
my God, Paddy, what did you do this
| for?' He didn't answer"
'I asked him for drink of water and
he poured it out and gave it TO me.
then said, Lord Jesus, Paddy. why did
you do this?' He said. I'm sorry, Ed.
but it had to be DONE"
Ibid he kick you after shooting your
''Yes, he came over and kicked me two
or three times in the ribs
How soon after you had fell?'
fright away"
Ibid you have gun with you?"
mo, sir
+ "Didkyou have a nicklue plated gum"
mo. 1 never liked nickle plated gum"
The garments which were worn by
Dawson on the ninght of the shooting
were then introduced in evidence.
when you went there did you have an
overcoat on?"
Eyes, SIR
What kind of a gun did Paddy shoot
you with?"
''It looked like a blue barreled one"
ct asked Paddy If 1 had any legs down
there and he told me 1 had"
How much did you weigh?"
: about 1913 pounds?''
Mr.. Adams then cross examined Daw-
son.
"What is your height?"
''Five feet nine inches"
''What is your manner"
James Dawson"
"Your real name?"
"Yes"
"You have gone by the name Of Nc
Nalty in Colorado?"
'Yes for about two weeks"
"Ill ask you If you served a term for
murder in the Colorado penitentiary un-
der the name Of McNalty?'
mo SIR"
Did you ever serve term?"
'Only in the chain gang for being
drunk"
Ever serve term in the New Mexico
penitentiary?"
mo SIR"
"were not you and your brother sent
to the Colorado penitentiary together"
mo SIR
Haven't you a brother in the pen
there now?"
''No sir. I haven't brother this side
of Pennsylvania
did you draw a revolver on Mrs.
Shea?"
81 don't know. I might have done So
We were all sinking drunk. Ever one
in the house was drunk. We drank all
the beer and champagne in the place"
Did you try to shoot Paddy?'
'I don't know, but don't believe 1 |
did"
Didn't he try to get the gun away
when officer Gamble came imp
Didn't the gun go off and shoot you
in the arm?'
"I don't know, but I believe It did,
Didn't Paddy have his thumb under
the hammer
'I don't know"
Didn't you tell Harry Sutton after the
afternoon fracus when he told you that
you were shot in the arm that it was
only from the nose bleed?'
''I believe 1 did"
did you stagger when you went to get |
on the carp
'I guess not. can drink a whole lot |
of stuff without going UNDER
You know that Harry Sutton Is an |
officer of the law?''
Yes sir"
Didn't Harry tell you to stay away |
from Paddy's?'
Didn't Bedford Wood tell you that
night not to so up there?"
YES"
"Ill ask you when you lived on East |
Douglas, 416. think 1t was, that you were |
looking for Paddy to come up there, and |
would, when any one knocked. get be- |
hind the door with a revolver in your
pocket, and when Bedford Wood raped |
and you saw it was him you said: It's
not Paddy, it's all right" &"
mo sir"
Mr.. AmidCn then asked Dawson some
questions. He wanted to introduce a
loaded revolver. but Judge Dale would
not permit Of it being offered in evidence
until the loads were extracted Mr.
Amidon then held the revolver up so that
Dawson could see il and asked: "Is this
the gun he shot you WITH"
That's IT. It was taken from me IN
the afternoon. II is not the one that
gave him. It's mate, only little short
eF barrel"
state all Of the conversation between
you and Bedford Wood"