The Anaconda standard., 1899-12-28

Dublin gulch. where the murder was
| committed. He saw Gilman after sup
| per on Christmas day. and Gilman
! said he had had some words with Sui
| livan, who had addressed some very in
| decent language to him. He was not
| present at the shooting, but later saw
| Gilman come out of the dry and
| heard him say he had killed Sullivan.
| Witness and Gilman were in the dry
when Gilman remarked about Sullivan
using bad language to him. While they
| were there Sullivan, who was drunk,
| came to the door and called to Gilman,
| saying. You - --- -, come out
| of there" Gilman only replied: Dan,
Dan. Dan" as though shocked at the
| language Sullivan used. Sullivan went
| mained in the dry, and they had a
wrestle. Before taking hold, Gilman
took gun out of his pocket and laid
| 1t on q shelf. Witness left the dry
shortly afterward and, not long after,
the shooting occurred. Witness knew
of no trouble between Gilman and Sui
Ivan prior to this.
Asked if Gilman told him why sulii-
van abused him. the witness replied
that Gilman had said Sullivan found
fault with the meal at supper time and
that he (Gillman) tried to pacify him,
Whereupon Sullivan turned and abused
him.
Replying 10 questions Dy MT. CON
molly, the witness said he never Eaw
Gilman have a gun before last Sunday
The first conversation witness had with
Gilman about Sulliyan's abusing him
was about I O'Clock, the time Sullivan
came to the door of the dry and re-
peated his abuse being 20 minutes later,
or thereabouts. Witness had once had
trouble with Sullivan but harbored on
ill-feeing toward him. Witness ad-
mitted that he had been drinking that
night. Gilman was sober.
]. A. McQuarrie. who lives at the
Duggan house, testified that he was in
the dry of the boarding house when
Gilman came in and sat down. Sulli-
van was in the room. Some One said
something about buying beer. Not q
words passed between the two when
Gilman pulled his gun and shot SGlli-
van. Explaining the circumstances in
detail, the witness said Sullivan sat on
TIE stairs when Gilman came in and
sat down by him. a m ment later Gill
man changed his position and went over
and sat on g, bench facing Sullivan.
Sullivan got up and started toward
Gilman. Witness thought he was go
ing to wash. AS he arose Gilman
pulled his gun and fred, sullivan threw
his hands to his breast and staggered
out. Gilman left without saying a
word. Witness was positive no words
passed between Gilman and Sullivan.
Witness made no effort to stop Gilman
because l was paralyzed," he said
Asked II he knew of any trouble be
tween Gilman and Sullivan, the wit
ness ssid he heard they had few
words at table Sunday evening. Reply
ing to Mr.. Conrolly's questions, the
witness said it was about five minutes
from the time Gilman changed his posi-
tion and sat down on the bench till
Sullivan got up and went toward Gill
man and the shot was fired. Sullivan's
hands hung by his sides, and he was
not in an angry or belligerent mood OF
attitude. 1t was about nine feet from
where Sullivan sat on the stairs tc
where Gilman asst on the bench. Wit
ness had known Sullivan about year
and a half and Gilman since las
March, never had any difficulty with
either; sat at table the same time as
Sullivan, Christmas evening. and did
not hear bin make any complaint
about the food, nor any words between
him and Sullivan. Reverting, to the
shooting. the witness, with much feel
Ing, said: "It was deliberate and
cold-blcoded murder, and Gilman came
there to murder
The witness Murphy here corrected
his testimony to say that Gl'ln7an's ref
erence to the trouble with Sullivan at
table had reference to Sunday instead
of Monday.
Neil McMininon was the next witness
He was in the dry at the DUsgan board
Ing house when Sullivan was shot H
saw Gilman come in ard sit on the
stairs, and later go an1 sit on bench
Sullivan sat by the stairs. The mer
faced one another after Gilman chang
ed his position. and were about eight o
nine feet apart. He heard no remarks
passed between the two men, but John
Nealey asked Gilran fer a quartz
-
he had been down town and spent
then gave Heaiey tie money
get the beer Nothing was said by Sui
livan about people bringing beer into
the house and giving the place a bad
reputation A few minutes after Sui
livan gave Healey the money to get
beer, Gilman got up from his position
near the stairs and went over to the
bench. Some time later Sullivan get
up and took off his coat and hat and
hung them up. He then took a step or
two-did not go more than three or four
feet-and stopped in front IF the stove.
Just then the shot was fired. Not
word was spoken by either man that
witness heard. Sullivan staggered and
fell, and Gilman got up from the
bench on which he sat when he fired
the shot and went out. He said moth
ing and no one tried to stop him.
F.. P. Driscoll was also in the dry at
the time&o the tragedy and witnessed
all that took place. Sullivan, he said,
was in the room, sitting by the stairs
Gilman came in and sat down by the
wash stand. John Healey asked him
for money to buy beer. He replied
that he spent the only dollar he had
down town in the afternoon. Sullivan
gave Healey the money and he went
out. Presently Gilman got up and
went to another part of the room and
sat on bench. Sullivan got up and
took off his coat and hat. He then
started toward Gilman and the shot
was fired. The witness did not hear a
word passed between the two men, and
did not hear either man make a re-
mark of any Kind to any one. When
the shot was fired Sullivan staggered
into the hall and fell. Gilman got up
and walked out without saying a word.
Asked as to the trouble between Gill
man and Sullivan, the witness said II
vas either Saturday or Sunday night
that he was at supper with Sullivan
and Gilman. Sullivan asked second