The daily sentinel., 1902-10-15

place and would ride over and get
them. While on the way he would
stop and see Seiber and Jim Jones,
the foreman, and talk over the differ
ences between them and see if they
could not be adjusted and also about
the cattle which belonged to him and
bore recent brand of the Seiber cat.
tie company.
When he got near the ranch he met
meaning Seiber. He was told and
then rode ON and met Seiber at about
mile from the place where the camp
was where the cattle were being
rounded up.
They rode together and Harris COM
planned to Seiber of the encroach-
ments of Seiber and his men. when
passing from the summer to the win
ter range, how the Seiber men drove
across his ranch tearing down fences
etc. He also told him of having
found two head of cattle with the
Seiber brand that belonged to him.
When they were quarelling some
what Mr.. Seiber said to Harris you
have gun and have not Harris
said ''you don't need a-gun." Sci
ber complained to Harris that he did
not want to be neighborly, referring
to Harris The latter answered back
81 don't want to be neighborly with
an outfit like yours. - They passed
Pace on the way on their road to
where they thought they would find
Jim Jones. who was to be ap arbitra-
tor in the quarrel or differences be-
| tween them.
Mr.. Goudy then gave in detail the
history of the meeting at the round
up 1t was practically the same as
has been published several times. only
and secured the Winchester he started
in direct line toward Harris with
gun pointed toward him. That he
did not go round circle. That the
gun was held in a menacing position
and that it was loaded, as he saw Sci
ridge into position. When he came
| toward him he believed that Sieber
meant to kill him and that he called
to him to drop the gun three differ
ent times and then shot him, when
| he found he must, three times.
In describing the manner in which
Harris came in possession of the gun
Mr.. Goudy stated that when at Sleep
er's, about to start to Knowles for
his cattle, he said to Sleeper seeing a
gun in his chapps, ''let me pack your
gum This Sleeper consented to do,
as Hrrias had said he did not want to
carry Winchester as he had W lid
horse and could handle the revolver
better.
1t would be proved that Harris shot
in self defense. That he was a man
of character in his neighborhood at
Westwater and that he attended to
his own business and had worked
hard to accumulate money to care
for his small bunch of cattle and
that he was we'll liked in the section
of country in which he lived.
| Toward the last Mr.. Goudy became
somewhat 0ramaUlC ana spoke very
loud and clear.
From the above it will be seen that
the defense will attempt to prove
that Harris only acted in self defense
The prosecution will attempt to show
that Harris wanted quarrel and that
he went there purposely to get one,
that there was q cabal of several per-
sons, among them Harris. who pro-
posed to get rid Of Seiber and that it
was accomplished in the shooting and
that same had none of the features of
an act of self defense and that it was
nothing else than deliberate cold
blooded murder.
The statement of the District At
torney in presenting the cause of the
prosecution was very strongly made
and was in line with the testimony
that had been elected at the prelimi-
nary trial.
DR.. Bull, E. H. Kerns and Roy
Dunning, were on the stand this af-
ternoon as witnesses for the prosecu-
tion.