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the trouble. | bought three
cattle from a man named Lee
Dale about Christmas. Wal
ter Brockman and Oh cstle,
George were present. sold
the other COW to butte her al
GrangeviIlc. | paid s. o for
all three. | never saw the. Il
after they were turned O yer tc
Patterson.
Cross examinations: The
deal was consummated 20
yards from the house. Brock.
man heard all that TRANSFERRED.
George was in the house some
of the time. ! paid Dale for
the cattle in two payments,
S2S cash, and SIS a few days
later; do not remember where
| got the money. 1t " as not
all | had at the time. Dale de-
livered the cattle to ne.
never told Patterson where
got the cattle. Dale is a COW
boy; do not know where he is
at present and do not know
that he is in the pcnite ntiary.
! knew him tolerably " Ell.
Redirect examination j: Wit.
ness corrected one or two err
rors in his examination in
chief. | recollect joshin g with
Davidson about the case and
his king me about the money
| owed him. | was in the
custody Of the sheriff at the
time.
George Yates testified for
the defense: | lived between
Snake and Salmon rivers;
knew Lee Dale and def ndant;
met them both at the time in
question in Denver; Rookie
asked me for change for a $40
bill. He said he wanted it to
pay Dale for some Cd tile. |
made the change and remem-
Der the instance.
Cross. yOinatiOp. I 1Op't
know how much Rookie paid
Dale for the cattle. He gave
him some notes and some sill
yer. | have not talked to him
since about it, except that he
asked me on July a, if re.
membered it; | told hi n | did.
Rookie and are good friends.
Do not know where Fred Yam
dell is now. ] telepho ned Jim
Rookie: "Look out for him;
they are after him now" but |
was not referring to missing
witness, Fred Yandell; | was
not referring to any witness in
this case.
Walter Brockman testified:
Live at Nez Perez; have
known Rookie IS yea rs, and
Lee Dale since April or May,
1903. | remember the deal
between Chestley George,
Rookie and Lee Dale last Ian.
uary. Rookie bought the ami.
mails in my presence and that
OF George, Witness describ.
ed the cattle bought. George
was present all the time dur.
ing the trade.
Cross-eXaminations | did
not hear all the con versation.
{ Witness is ston I deaf. J
Rookie and | are intimate
friends. Here a sparring match
of words occurred between
witness and County ATTORNEY
about witness and Rookie having
paid some Indians $500 for II head
of cattle, and Brockman finally ac-
knOwledged that this had been
done, but stated that the money
was paid by other people for him,
until it could be foun d out in a
criminal action to whom the cattle
belonged. All l just stated to Mr..
Reid is hercsay.
Chestley George testified: Live
four miles south of Cottonwood:
know Patterson and Rookie; Pat.
terson came to my butcher shop
and claimed head belonging to a
COW that had been stolen from him.
l would not let him take it. He
said he was going to g ut that head
at some time. Patterson told me
he would settle the case for $40
and we would hear nothing more
of it.
Characterization: | was not
present all the time during the cat
tie trade; don't know where Dale
got the cattle. Hide shown to
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