The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-01-15
CORONER'S INQUEST
Testimony Of Four Witnesses.
AUTOPSY BY DR.. RICHARDSON
TrayIor and oaskeII Out on Bail at Elko,

When Traylor got there we stopped
him, and saw Mr.. Traylor taking Q
gun out OF his right hip pants pocket,
cooked 1t and put IL In his right coat
pocket. He said to US boys: 81 am
not going to stay here long and do any
dealings with you" He said, ~ want
committee to come up to my Office
to see what am going to do, !" and the
boys said, "All right; lot him go, -
and he drove off to his Office at the
Keystone. In about one half hour af-
ter, the committee was appointed
at Lane City to go up and SEQ him,
whore he told US to come. There must
have been seven or eight of our men Of
the Union, with the president. A few
more men that did not belong to the
Union followed the committee up. just
for pastime, and this man, James
Stages, said. 81 don't belong to the
Union, but | am going up any how. I
got two and half coming for my la
Dor and am going to try and get 1t, "
We all got into three rigs-two dou-
bic and one single-and when we got to
the Keystone three OF us went over to
his office to talk to him, To talk busi-
ness on the Union proposition. He re-
fused ito como out. He asked us to get
the committee there and he would come
with US | spoke myself: 81 am on the
committee and also these boys here
that are with mo. He would not come
out on the proposition that told him.
Two OF the boys left me in tho office.
and they went out for the rest OF the
committee to come In. When the CON-
mittee was all in and Mr.. LLOYD, the
president OF the Union, he spoke to
Traylor; 81 would like to have you
come out and settle the trouble nicely -
And there was not any more talk In
there until j. I Smith tapped Tray
lor on the shoulder, and as soon as he
did that, Traylor reached for a gun,
and Mr.. Smith said; "Please dom {
shoot; VIE did not come here to look for
trouble, and Smith tried to grab the
gun to save himself. - He then shot
Smith first. Then he shot James
Stages and the other men that were
shot--that is, Mr.. johnson, Max Lam.
bert and Jack Perry--so | don't know
which one OF those three was shot FIRST
or last. Il saw the bullets dropping all
through the house, just close enough TO
strike me, but didn't do 1t, and the last
part OF the shooting they were both do
ing hooting-Traylor and his clerk.
The three men that were shot last,
don't know whether they we're shot by
the clerk or Mr.. Traylor. When the
shooting was over, Traylor and his
clerk went out the back door Mr..
Lloyd and | and this johnson, who is
badly wounded now, came out the front
door Before we came out, Traylor
and his clerk got on the buggy and left.
We did not know where they went to.
helped to pick up the men that were
shot, put them on the rigs, and that
was the last OF 1t and | walked down
myself. All this happened on the 7th
day OF January, 1903, at a place called
the Keystone, In White Pine county,
State OF Nevada.
VIM. LLOYD,
Being irst duly sworn deposes and
says: |, as the President by the au-
thority of this Union. appointed three
men TO put before Mr.. ]. A. Traylor a
schedule OF wages adopted by the union
placed before him by the committee
appointed for his approval In regard to
this trouble. The committee saw Mr..
Traylor and gave him the schedule In
Mr. Graham's store which was giving
him twelve hours to look the schedule
over. He looked at It and handed 1t
back saying, that he did not need IL
hours or twelve minutes, as he had al
ready set schedule of wages" The
committee reported back to me that he
had refused to grant that schedule be-
fore number OF men. l says to the
men that we go and see Mr.. Traylor II
we could come to some peaceable settle
ment. The men all went up the can.
yon to meet Mr.. Traylor. followed
them within one-half hour and when
| arrived at Lane City found some %
or 80 men. Immediately went to the
keystone TO consult with Mr.. Traylor
In regard to our trouble. When ar
rived there found Mr.. Traylor and
his clerk, / asked him II he would con-
slider schedule OF wages presented to
him by the committee. appointed. He
said he would not. I says that is all l
have to say. furthermore asked him
II no would meet the boys in Lane City
to settle this trouble. He said, no that
he would not. Then stepped out of
the Office aud the shooting commenced.
[ did not sec a1y guns drawn or any ono
shot. The first that knew that any
one had boen shot was when Max Lam
bert fell out OF the door and says, my
God am shot,. helped him to his
feet and into the buggy, which | was
univing when the shooting commenced
and brought him TO Lano City to sec u
doctor, which / sent for when we ar
rived there This all happened on the
7th day Of January, 1903, at the Key
stone office In w hite Pine county, State
of Nevada. This happened in the neigh
burhood of betw en half past nine and
ten O'Clock A M. on tho morning OF
the 7th day OF January 1903. About
from To half past A. NJ. the schedule
was given to Mr.. rraylor In Graham's q
store.
WILLIAM ASHMAN,
Being first duly sworn deposes and says;
We left Ely about half past I or
O'Clock in the morning and went to
Lane City; stopped on the hill opposite
p. Zunino's house and waited there fol
Mr.. Traylur. We had been there
should Judge about ten minutes wher
Mr.. Traylor and his book eeper came
up and we stopped them and asked hin
-Traylor-what he was going TO de-
about the schedule OF wages that th'
committee presented him this morning
aud he said that he had II hours Il
consider it in, and II they wanted Il
meet him they could come to his office
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