Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-10-10


Asked if he could recognize any oil
the men he pointed out Jackson and
Maxwell as two of the men who were
in the house.
Charley Chung, sworn, stated he
had lived in Nevada thirty-two years;
in Tonopah three years. On Sep
TENDER 10th he was living at Chong
Bing Longs wash house; saw Chong
Biug Long that day alive; saw him
again two days later, he was dead;
recognized the photo in evidence as
the picture of the diseased. Went
to the house from the restaurant
about II o'clock and found blood on
the clothes and blankets; no one was
in the house at that time; recognized
bed clothing and slippers, marked as
exhibits B and c, as belonging to the
dead Cinnamon; when he left the
house he went up town. Earlier in
the evening fifteen or twenty men
came up to him when he was IN the
restaurant; two men put guns under
his face and told him to get out of
town in twenty four hours; recognized
Arandall as one of the men; knew
him as the man who drove the laundry
wagon.
On Tuesday morning the first wit
ness examined was All Fong He
stated that he had lived in Tonopah
six months. On the night of Septem-
Der 18th he was in Dr. Chong's cellar.
Heard racket and came out When
near the doctors house three white
men grabbed him and one of them
choked him. Pointed out defendant
Lang as the man. They ordered
him to leave town and gave him
twenty-four hours to go.
Yee 10y. Chinese laundryman,
was the next witness. He was in his
laundry Oh the night of September
18th between 10 and 1870 when a
crowd of men came in. They ordered
him to leave town He recognized
the driver of the white laundry wagon
as the man who talked to him.
H. C. Hartshorn testified that on
the night of September 18th he was
tending bar at the Adobe saloon; on
that night defendants Breusing, Jack
son, Lang, Bradshaw and Weiss were
in the saloon Breusing asked wit
ness If he would change hats with
him, which he did, and then Breusing
went out of the saloon with man
known to the witness as Ed. "
John p. Court was next sworn and
stated that he was the proprietor Of
the Courthouse saloon; kthat on the
night of September 18th he saw de
PENDANTS Breusing, Lang, Bradshaw,
Jackson and Weiss in the saloon
between the hours of 730 and TO-
Saw Breusing change hats witt
Hartshorn; asked if he knew mar
with scar on his nose, known by the
name of ED, he stated yes; thai
Ed tried to borrow a pistol of him
saying something was a doing.
James Gavin, being sworn, testified
that on the night OF September l5tt
about 10 o'clock he saw a crowd o.
eighteen or twenty men in China town
heard one of them order the China
men, saying that if they were there
in the morning they would be hung
Recognized one of them as Arandall
Theodore Winniker testified that
he slept in the same house as Zum
stein. On the night of September
18th he went home at II o'clock with
Charlie Briggs; Zumstein was in bed
Heard talk between Briggs anC
Gums TEN, in which latter said Chinese
should be driven from town.
James Giles, the next witness, ties
titled to seeing the crowd of forty OF
fifty men in Chinatown on the night
of September 10Th. Heard then
threaten the Cinnamon but did moi
recognize any of them it was toe
dark.
M. ?. Booth, special nightwatch.
man, testified that he had lived in
Tonopah twinty six months; on the