Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1899-06-09
VOLUME XVH.-No. sos
THE LEE AND GILL
land TRIAL.

Fountain. testifi d 10 joining a
partv 10 search for the Fountains
Re ssw the dismaniled hnckhoard,
tra;lad the tracks Of the mysterious
borssmen who had surrounded II
and one OF them, riding large.
footed horse. lead towards Wi'dy's
Wells. With smother man he
took the horses belonging to his
sssrch party to Lees Wells 10
vater them and also to secure a
couple of casks for drinking pur
poses for his party whom he ter
IN camp. "Whan va approached
ths ranch within about l5O feet.
aa,d the witness, there were
approximately FIVE or six men out
side. They hadn't observed cur
coming. The moment they saw US
they commenced running and ran
towards the honse; in fact they
were in such n hurry that the sec
ond rear man fell and the last man
ran over him. We rode past the
adobe build,ng TO 60 to the corral,
and u ,on going into the corral
there wasn't sign OF human
being on the placs. went t. the
adobe house, did not eee ANY body.
and went around where | had seen
th,se men. There was nobody
there. waited and The first pat y
that came out ia about five min
utes was d culorpd man. ne
stepued sideways, not waking i,ke
another man would. and III fIlt
hand be carried ak -sho' ter. tie
made a dssh bel ind the tank. An
other man stepped out 9! the do' r,
came forward in a ,uilv 10 inner,
had a six. shooter belted 90. !
suoka 10 h,m and lie did not
cnsver. ha wen, into An ca, bal'd =
lug. Another man came out, Also
armed pow hnow that sh's man
was Oliver Lee. bn' hl1 not know
3, at that time. ] spoke to Mr.
Lee and asked him If we con'd nj
cnr water casks He consented,
sskod ne WHO ] wac, ! told him l
wasa stranqer there ! askcd him
mhy he did not, with hia men, q"
ont aud senrch for Col. Fountain
aud son, becenee n that tim" there
raa a great reward offered by 10"
Maaope and the Territory. HIS
replv was. "What in h i are those
a--s Of b----s to u" ! asked
him If he WAS thu owner OF the
Mace. He said no Witness
aaid lee then rode Of on hls horse
taking wltne-se's back track. On
filing his casks witness weptfo iap
house to oay water charges. Inc
room Was almost dark. Three men
arose with their hsods on tnn's
hips. They were all armed. One
nj the men, whom he now knows
WAS McNaw, told him there were
no charges for water. On leaving
witness went the way be came
and the way Lee had gone. The
i,acks made nv Lees horse were
NJ the came dimensions As thos'
made by the big horse on tbt
Fountain trail.
Following is the rest OF th'
eyidepce for prosecution as report
ed by representatives OF The DAILY
papers who are present:
In the Fountain mulder tra
Can't. Thos. BrsnuiRap, an olt
scout, told that there were evi
depces OF party having carried
. heavy object aud deposited It OF
a blanket at night. This wa glve'
foundation yesterday by the evi
deucA OF the trail Of blood.
blanket The tracks Of child
shos We're light and only OF on
foot and two to four feet apart. Al
il they had been made with sLo
on the hand. 81 measured tn
tracks of three men about tn
camp and at other camps along IN
trail Of saven horses from thI
point" said the witness, and tn
next day feand trncks on Lees dir
roof exactly like ths one having
heel run over that / found IN IN
camps | pressrvei the mrasnre
manss. When McNew, Who VA
originally chargei with conp'icit'
came to Las Cruces 81 ort tim
l.ter. waited for a chance Al
measured hs treek- These eas
the same measurements as IN
n,hars about me camp. The trac
~ Lees horse also eorres ponde
with those II the largest horse
the trail from the camp. -Ainu
auerqpe Democrat.
Ap,icinat,pc the aisenpf "f II
defense [, show that Colonel Fnu'
,sis u yet ahve, the prosecos'o