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them, and told my man, Murphy,
that Long was there; please see
that he does not get that gun.
Long sat down on my bed and
picked up the gun and looked at it
and said, Il wish you would let me
have it; l want to go hunting. l
said, you can't have it; you had
better 90 to bed. And then he
went out of the tent. That is all.
/ had no other conversation with
him in regard to getting a gun
from me. We talked about this
difficulty. About 6 O'Clock he
came back and said,J Billie Childs,
Larrabee struck me again, and
/ fixed him. l said, You
WHAT He repeated, Il fixed
him. ! do not remember the
balance of the conversation. l
took no stock in what he said, and
paid no attention to it further, as
l did not know what he meant.
1t was about half an hour before l
first knew that Larrabee was cut.
Long told me that he had used his
pocket knife. 1 said to Long,
What did you do it WITH and he
said; with this, putting his hand
in his pocket and pulling out a
knife. Mr.. Childs identified a
small pearl-handled knife as the
one Long had shown him. He
said some more but l fail to recol-
1ect what. This was late, / do
not remember the exact hour, but
l think that it was about $3.50 D.
M, just before supper. He had
no marks ON him as if he had been
struck or wounded, but l cannot
say positively as to this for l paid
no particular attention. Later /
had conversation with him, but
cannot recollect what it was, and
again the next day but do not re.
member what it all was. 1 could
swear the knife Ca buck horn hand
led knife shown) you show me, l
do not know the owner of. l do
not know whether Long was a fire.
quent visitor at Larrabee's saloon.
Characterization by Ailshie
witness said: "Long was drunk
when he came to my place. He
acted as if he might be, at least.
l have known Long four months,
saw him frequently, have seen him
drunk before. At the time of the
conversation mentioned Murphy
and some others were in the sa-
loon. Besides Murphy and my
self when Long went out there
were others in the saloon. No one
went out with him. 1 do not know
in what direction he went; did not
notice. 1t was about 4:3O when
he asked for the gun, l think. No
one but he and myself were in the
saloon when he showed me the
knife, except few people who
have forgotten the names of. MUIR
ply was there. Murphy may have
examined the knife, 1 do not know.
When he spoke about the gun he
directed his conversation to me
and not Murphy; did not hear any
conversation between him and
Murphy; was not in o position to
near the conversation all the time.
The gun was under my pillow, at
the head of my bed when Long
left. He took the gun up and put
1t back of his own accord. What
was said when he laid the gun
down I don't remember; he went
out soon after. Long is quite a
laxative man when drinking; could
not say if he is in the habit when
drinking of doing most of his tain
ing about one subject. | took no
stock in what he said; simply
thought it was a drunken talk.
lie was talking drunken man
style. first saw Larrabee about
6:l5 p. M"
This closed the testimony of the
witness.
John and Ted Long the accuse rs
brothers, have been constant in
lhelr attentions to their brother
through the entire hearing.
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The fifth witness for the ST tie
appeared in the person of Algie
Fields, who figures as the pc ce
maker between Long and Lara.
pee on the fatal day. He said:
MY occupation is that of mi, or.
! am 80 years Of age, residence
Buffalo Hump. / was acquainted
with Chas. NJ. Larrabee, now de-
ceased. On August %, 1889. / |