Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-08-16
THE COWBOYS ACQUITTED

many men there; l could not say
whether these prisoners fred a
shot at Claud Wheeler or not.
Mr.. Burch's testimony live
in the town of Marion; was at the
depot on the night Claud Wheeler
was killed; | saw the shooting; 1
could not say who was shot; could
not tell how many were taking part
in the shooting; there were sever
al there who had on white hats; l
did not see Claud Wheeler and did
not see any ticks.
l went down there about twenty
minutes after the show perform
ances were over. Saw a crowd of
six cowboys and one Indian; tall
and had on a white hat; they wal
ked past me; that was about thirty
minutes after the killing; stayed
down there until after the show
train pulled out.
saw cowboys pass back; yes,
l could identify the cowboy that
passed back; they passed me wal
king rapidly, going down the rail.
road; could not say how far they
went; heard a conversation about
the cartridges; he was speaking to
about % persons; / do not remem-
Der to have seen these prisoners in
the crowd. He had on a black
coat and carried a cane; he got out
of the light to issue the ammuni-
cation; l could not identify the
man and do not know whet her he
was connected with the shooting
or not, but suppose he was.
Cross Examined.
No, sir, l could not say these
men (the prisoners) are the ones
who did the shooting; the first
time / saw them they were walk
ing southtoward the show ground
i mean northZthey were going
north towards the show grounds;
it was about thirty minutes before
the shooting occurred. / do not
know when Claud Wheeler left
town.
NJ. NJ. Chambers Testimony
did not see Claud Wheeler, as l
was down at the show ground. |
saw number of fellows, eight or
ten, but could not say whether they
were cowboys or not; they were
going towards the fair grounds and
were walking rapidly, and they
seemed to be talking about some
thing; | do not know what sort of
hats these men had on; | could
hear the rafting of spurs. 1t was
after the show that | saw them
passing the mill.
Jim Wilborn's Testimony
was down at the depot at the time
of Claud Wheeler's death; saw
a number of cowboys; they were
walking fast and my attention was
first called to them by the rafting
of spurs; they were gone a quarter
of an hour; l could not say how
many there were but there were
two Indians and the others were
cowboys; | saw them going back
in a about a quarter of an hour
were going back when l last saw
them; | could not say where they
went, but it was up the railroad; l
saw part of the shooting; l saw
it was cowboys shooting, but l
could not tell who they were shoo-
ting at. There must have been
three or four cowboys at first but
there were more afterwards. 1t
must have been about fifteen feet
from the platform. They were
firing very rapidly but l could not
tell whom they were shooting at;
1 heard striking as with a club;
they ran around the wagon to head
him off; l did not hear any ticks
before the shooting; l don't know
how many ticks were given. l next
saw Claud Wheeler near Mr.. Rob-
inson's. / could not tell who fired
the first shot; the first shot SCUM
ded like the ones fred in the show
but could not tell whether they
were fred from the ground or not;