The border vidette., 1904-02-13
THE INQUEST
Story of the Killing of Il. W.
Harrison, Told by Eight
Witnesses - Evidence
Taken in Shorthand by
NJ. b. Morrisey.

In ac accordance with the order o
Justice of Peace Childers of Wash
ing Camp-the seven men. citizens O
Santa Cruz County of the Territory o
Arizona, selected by the aforesaid
justice to act as coroners jury to in
vestIgate the death of r. w. Harrison
of Lochiel, Arizona, which occurred
on January 18th, 1904, appeared at
Lochiel on the 10Th day of January
nineteen hundred and four.
Mr. Henry Harmon of Washing
ton Camp, was selected to act as for.
man of the jury and NJ. Il. Morrisey OF
Lochiel, as clerk.
The coroner read to the members of
| the jury, such clauses in the statutes
as pertained to a coroners inquest, and
proceeded as follows:
The first witness called was MIR.
Frank l.. Proctor, who, being first
duly sworn, deposed and testified as
below:
Q-Mr. Proctor, where do you re-
side!
Alt present my residence is at
San Rafael Ranch, l. ochiel, Santa
Cruz County, Arizona.
Q-Where were you on the 18th
day of January, 1904, between the
hours of l l o'clock in the morning and
? o'clock in the afternoonl
Al was attending a round-uH in
the San Rafael Valley, in the neigh
borhood of what is called the China
mans dam; probably 3O0-yards east
of the dan-irside of the fence, be
tween this dam and what is known as
he
Q-Were you there continually
from l l A NJ. until p. M
Al was
you observed during the hours of ii a
m. and 2 p m, on this 18th day of
January, 1904.
Al was attending this roundup
the greater part of the day. l should
say it was about half after one in the
afternoon, when L first heard some
talk which was quite loud. L natural
ly turned to see who was doing this
lound talking. ard observed three men
standing together, one was MIR. Jerry
Sheehy, another was Dick Harrison,
and the third was man by the name
of Will koath. Sheehy and Harrison
ere facing each other--Roath being
sort of in between the two,-all three
weie on horseback. This loud talking
was hetwee Dick Harrison and Jerry
Sheehy / continued watching them
Both men we're handling their brides
with their left hand; then l saw Dick
Harrison make a blow at Jerry
but Jerry ducked the blow;
Dick aimed another blow at him, with |
fist, which [ think hit him. Then |
they scuffied around for few seconds,
and Immediately after this they sepa-
rated and l saw Jerry Shrehy draw
his pistol and shoot at Dick Harrison.
Both men were still on horseback. |
Then Jerry Sheehy went Ola little |
further and fired gain. The way the
man was tiring,-it was bringing me
in direct line with the fire, and |
all the time, as he was the man who |
was doing the shooting. After the
second shot l heard something or some
saw Dick Harrison on the ground,
and his horse came running past me.
Who struck the first blow?
l think it was Dick Harrison struck
the first blow, but after this, with all
the scutfiing, it was hard to tell who
was doing the striking.
When the first shot was fired, what
was the ralative positions of the men?
Jerry Sheehy was to the left of
Dick Harrison and little to his rear
How far part was Sheehy and
Harrison when the first shot was fred
Twenty or thirty feet.
How much time intervened between
he first and second shotsl
Probably two or three seconds.
Did you see Dick Harrison draw or
attempt to draw a pistol, or did you
notice whether Or no he had Il pistol
III his person!
| did Lot see MIR. Harrison draw or
attempt to draw a pistol, and L did
rot notice whether or no he had
pistol at all.
How long were these two men
cuffling together before the shooting
ook place!