Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-09-15
THE LONG CASE CONTINUED
Testimony Of the Defense Ali In, and
Argument Begun.

/ From Thursdays daily
After lunch, yesterday case for
the defense was opened W. H.
Blevins testified as follows: My
age is %: residence, Mt. Idaho. l
was in Larrabee's saloon at Con-
cord on evening Of August I'D,
about 8 O'Clock. Long was before
the bar asking for his account.
Larrabee was figuring it out; they
could not agree; other parties told
them to wait until they were sober.
They agreed to this, and Larrabee
said. Let's take a walk; want to
talk with yon'. As they were
leaving Long said. i am no fight
ing man and don't want to Fight
you. Larrabee replied, No? /
could lick a 40-acre field like you. ,
Cross examined by Scales.
cannot remember the exact words
that were said. When Long asked
for his account Larrabee was be-
hind the bar. Longs manner
seemed to me as though he wanted
to square the thing with the inten-
ton Of quitting the house. LARA
bee seemed that he did not want to
take the money; l suppose Long
had been good customer. Alva
Fields told them to wait until
morning when they would both be
sober. Long said, The boy il
right. Larrabee seemed to agree.
am sure that Larrabee called
Long out, and not the contrary.
Larrabee's manner was peacable;
thought they both were and would
settle things in the same way they
patched up their former difficulty,
and were going out to have a
friendly chat about it. though,
Objection by Ailshie and sharp
passage between the attorneys,
Court sustaining the county attor-
ney.-They were not on what
would call friendly terms, but mel.
Their was aggressive or defiant.
Larrabee told Long that he wanted
his trade. l do not think they
went out to fight; / suppose that il
they were on the scrap one was al
much on it as the other. They
could not agree as to the amount
of the account. They did not seem
to be angry. This was two min.
utes before Larrabee was cut
AFTERNOON HEARING.
| Cross-examination by Scales.
They were playing half an hour
before Larrabee struck Long. They
had not been quarreling before
that. Larrabee said he wanted a
show for his money and Long
wanted to leave it to any man in
the house. Larrabee said, before
he struck him, that he thought he
was playing with gentleman, and
now he guessed he was an old -.
Long claimed he was right and
wanted to leave it 10 others. He
used no names. 1t was an hour
after Long left before he returned;
he asked how much he owed, and
was not angry, neither was LARA
bee. They decided to leave it till
morning. Long asked Larrabee il
he was good for the drinks and
Larrabee said he was good for any
thing he wanted. / think l heard
him tell Long that he wanted his
and his friends trade, but am not
positive as to this. They seemed
on good terms as they went out,
and Long said several times: 4
am no fighting man. and to the
best Of my recollection Larrabee
said: Il could lick you and more
like you.' 1t was said in friend
ly way; this was as they we're GO
ing out. A minute or two after
ward l heard q scnffle and some
one said, What are you trying to
do to me-? did not see either of
them with a weapon Of any kind
w. NJ. Thompson was the second
witness for the defense. He testi-
fed: II saw Larrabee in front of
his tent August 22d, Immediately
after he was wounded. was the
first person to take hold of him.
He had his left hand on his stom-
ach and his right hand on his
right hip. l tried to get him into
the tent; he was trying to get away
from me and wanted to shoot Long.
/ asked him il he hit Long before
Long cut him and he said he did.
Characterization by Scales
Il did not see them 60 out Of the
tent before the cutting. (Objec-
ton by Ailshie overruled. Sc
ries of questions and objections. }
] could not say how long they were
outside before / went out. lob
lection by Ailshie over-ruled. It
was two or three minutes. They
were 40 feet apart. Larrabee was
IS or 100 feet from the tent door.
{ Long discussion by attorneys,
the Court ruling the questions per-
tinent.) Long was facing LARA
bee and Laraabee was stepping
backwards. Larrabee had his
right hand on his hip pocket. He
had ample time to shoot Long and
if he had not been hurt he would
have Ha novor 1ro,r his <vnr -