Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-09-15

when Larrabee and Long we're
playing cards Iarrabee went
blind and Long straddled: LARA
bee passed and Long took the
chips Larrabee reached over and
took some of Longs chips and
struck him on the face. Long said,
That will do, Charlie; / am no
fighting man, and showed all the
chips over to him, and got up and
left the salooon. In my Judgment
Long was entitled to the chips
About 6 O'Clock Long came in and
asked for his account. They had
some words and Fields said they
were both full and had better wait
till morning. Long said, 1 guess
that's right, and backed away as
If to leave. Larrabee came from
behind the bar and talked min
ute and said, Let's go ont OF
doors, and they went out.
INT heDAf PROCEEDINGS
The first witness called on be-
half Of the defense this morning
was Thos- McAvoy who testified as
follows: ''At the time of the
trouble was sitting on log in
front of Child's saloon and saw
Larrabee and Long standing to-
gether near Larrabee's saloon.
Larrabee struck Long or struck at
him. l don't know whether he
hit him or not but Long staggered
sideways and struck back at Lar
rabee; they exchanged four. FIVE or
six blows aud then separated: Lar
rabee backed away and Long
started towards me-
Cross-examination BY Scales.
s'Long staggered to the right side
when Larrabee struck him: was
sitting IL or IA feet from Child 4
saloon and could ~see the entrance
to Larrabee's. l saw them there
at that time; they might have been
there an hour, they were IL or Is
feet from the entrance to Larrabees;
Long was standing with his back
to me and Larrabee was facing me
and Long was nearly directly be-
tween me and Larrabee. 1t was
one and half or two hours before
dark; it was not cold, it had snow.
ed that day and was wet under.
foot. / was sitting there before
saw them Is or 20 minutes; was
getting little airing; had not been
drinking; have not taken a drink
since last December; my attention
was first attracted to them by look.
ing that way. l heard no CONVEX.
sation between them; could not
have heard if they were talking in
ordinary tones. l am positive tina,
Larrabee struck Long first. There
is no obstruction to the view be.
tween the two saloons. Larrabee's
first blow was vicious, hard blow
at Longs face and if it landed hi
must have hit him either in the
neck or jaw. Long staggered
and when he recovered, struck
back at Larrabee; don't know
where he hit him. After
Larrabee hit Long and before
Long returned the blow Larrabee
did not follow it up with another
blow. : After this occurrence Lar.
rabee jumped back few feet and
ran at Long and struck at him
again and Long returned the blow.
Long was not moving as much as
Larrabee. 1t did not seem to be a
hard fight. / was not sure they
were fighting at that time; l be-
came sure when / first met Long
after it was all over. During this
fight Larrabee had no weapon that
could see. l did not notice him
draw or attempt to draw any;
don't know whether he did or not;
his face was towards me. l saw
the boys come out of the tent and
go to Larrabee. II Laarabee had
had gun and intended or desired
to use it he had ample time to do
so before the boys or any of them
got to him. Larrabee struck at
Long four or five or six times.
Long struck at Larrabee an equal
number of times. When it was all
over l started towards them.
don't know how to describe the
separation fully. It seems to me
that they both stood still few
seconds and Long turned and
walked towards me, and l think
that Larrabee went in an opposite
direction. Thompson caught Lar
rabee first, l believe. l am pretty
sure it was not Fairburn; it was
some other man with Thompson.
and did not know Fairburn then.
l think that Thompson had him
and they had walked four steps be-
fore the other man had come up.
When | met Long 1 said, What s
the matter, JIM and he said,
sLarrabee struck me, took nv
checks and wanted to lick me-
Then told him he was drunk and
to 60 and sleep, that was all the
conversation. He did not saw
then that he had cut Larrabee nor
did he say what he had done to