Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-09-08
THE LONG TRIAL CONTINUES
Long Wanted A Gun, But Did Not Get
II, So He Used the Knife.
From Wednesday daily.

Afternoon session, Tuesday.
"When Larrabee made the state
ment that he did not strike Long
after he went out of the saloon,
Fields and Thompson were present.
He stated this because l asked him
at the time that l got his mothers
address from him. l would ask
him every little while how he was
feeling, and if he wanted some
thing. Larabee asked the doctor
if he could not give him something
to quiet his pain, as he would like
to die in ease instead of suffering,
and he would say, Il am suffering
Il thousand deaths, and later,
boys, ] am an awful sick man
He suffered terribly. He lived two
and a quarter hours after that. |
was with him until his death. !
talked no more with him; he said
no more, and those words which
have quoted were his last. l had
been with Larrabee Immediately
preceding his making the above
statement, one hour; did not on
the day | came out to make this
complaint telt IA deputy sheriff in
the presence Of one more deputy,
Byron and Mclean, that LARA
bee, just prior to his death, gave
me his six-shooter; am as positive
of this as of my other statements;
did not at the same time and place
state to them that Larrabee, before
his death, gave Washburn dia-
mond, but on the night of August
22d he told Washburn that Will
lam Childs had his diamonds and
for him to get them. l left Buffa-
10 Hump to come to Grangeville to
make complaint against Long about
5:45 p. m, on the 23d; saw Long
in the camp short time before
left, about noon. Objection to
line of Of examination by Scales,
and objection sustained. ''It was
cloudy at the time of this difficulty
but it was not getting dark; did
not see Tom McEvoy when l went
out of the tent; would have seen
him ii he had been there; cannot
swear that l.. P. Virgins was not
out there at that time; he says he
was.'
Redirect examination by Scales.
"Larrabee was 36 years old, l
think. There was only one door
to Larrabee's tent" This closed
Fairburn's testimony.
The material facts disclosed by
Mr.. Ailshie's cross-examination
were that Long was drunk at the
time of the trouble and prior to it,
as "a matter of fact, so drunk that
he could hardly stand, and further
that there was drunken talk which
he, witness, had paid no attention
to. On other matters his testimony
remained mistaken.
Witness recalled by Ailshie and
Intercepted on immaterial mat
ter's, particularly relative to the
cigarette paper, which figures as an
exhibit, spending considerable time
with the evident intent of i'm
parchment.
The fourth witness for the pros
ecution was w. +. Childs, a bust
ness man of Buffalo Hump, who
testified substantially:
MY age is SO; residence.
Buffalo; occupation, saloon bust
ness. | was there ON August Odd
and 23d. | know James Long and
had talk with him the afternoon
OF August 22d. Long came into
my saloon and said to me, Billie
Childs, Larrabee struck me and
took my checks away from me-. 1
said, what were you playing?'
He said, poker. l said, Jim, YOU
are drunk. He said, l know T
am drunk. bat he wronged me-
l told him to go to bed. Then he
asked II had a gun. l said, mo,
Jim, | have none. He said Il be-
lleve you have, Billie Childs', and
! said, no, | hive not; and i'll
did | would not give it to YOU.
lie said, i am going to get your
gun, and said, no, You are not.
lie then looked into my bedroom,
and there found Il Winchester rifle
under my pillow. Just then some
customers came in and / waited nm