Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-08-09

sideways by the wagon. | went
] down the street behind the wagon.
| saw the men, They looked like
cowboys. | could hear the ticks.
One of the men said xiii the
d-n S b" He was a cowboy.
| could not identify him. | left
after the shooting took place. One
fellow took me by the arm and
said: What are you doing here?
You get back up town" | started
up street and found him lying by |
sidewalk, | asked, "Who is this?"
he said 1T is Claud Wheeler"
John Byford-Was at the depot;
heard shooting. Did not see
Wheeler until he was found on
pavement near Robinson's. Some
body said "Who is there?" He,
answered, 1T is Claud Wheeler.
Hice, the man who claimed to
have been discharged by the show
ut Morganheld. made the following
statement: | was ON the platform
at the depot asleep. Did not know
anything about the shooting.
have been going with the show but
have quit. Quit because | did not
want to get hurt. | do not know
how many were in the crowd, per-
haps twelve or fifteen. Some use
81 or 10 pistols and some colts.
Sam Jones. colored, who lives at
Salem, testified in substance as
follows: | was down there and
saw Claud Wheeler, saw him first
at show grounds. | went down the
road with him. He said he was
going to fight the cowboys. He
said, you have got to stay with
me-" | heard the first shot; it
came from the wagon. There were
about three dozen cow boys. | do
not know whether Claud was un-
der the wagon or not. 1t was a
cowboy who fired the shot. They
came SO fast | could not count
them, The men were all around
the wagons. | heard them beat ,
ing him, and my business was to !
get away from there. | saw them :
Claud Wheeler from un- !
der the wagon when the shooting =
started | am positive | was down
there when' the shooting ,oul. :
place. [ drink every day. | do
not know what time it was {
1t was stated that Jones was not :
at the depot when the shooting y
occurred, and the following testi- i
mony was given on that point. +
Frank Phillips and Paul Walk fl
er both testified to seeing Wheeler t.
about IL o'clock and stated that o
Jones was not with him. @
Frank Doss saw Jones at 10 or il
lO:3O in Taylor's saloon. 1t was h
after the show that he came in a
Taylor's, and he (Jones) stayed in G
there until after the shooting. h
A. ). Hard testified to seeing Il
Jones by the saloon after the -
shooting. He said: / was going
along and stumbled over his legs. IL
went some distance, came back a
md stumbled over him a second n
line. told him | did not want
% arrest him and he had better go
nome. This was after the shoot q,
ng. When | first saw him he d
vas lying down asleep. n
The Cowboys" were, according b
o the statement of all parties, o,
hat contingent of the show that p
lid the shooting, and when a dis A
charged employee was found who HI
could give the names Of the cow OF
boys, warrants were issued for sew al
N of them, The warrants were II
AIKEN to the sheriff of Caldwell w
county and he arrested four of
hem. Three of them were lodged
n Jail. Sunday. The fourth, jim
ME Terrell, mere boy in short VI
,reeches, was kept at the hotel in
harge of a special bailiff. q,
Sunday some of the citizens I'll
bought that there was some little W
LANCER of mob violence and advis- kl
ID and urged the county Judge to "
end the three men to Princeton Ell
all The three men-M. Heffen-
II, Eli McGregor, and Claud Mo-
ON, were sent to Princeton, where ,
hey will be kept until Thursday, az
When they will be brought back al
or the examining trial. One of 10
he managers of the show was
lere Monday and employed James
James and A. c. Moore to de-
end the the men. We understand W
hat the men arrested claim that "
hey will have no trouble in prov ID
ng that they were not engaged in a.
he shooting. They claim that
he two wounded men did the
hooting, and these two stopped in
'rinceton Just long enough to get in
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