Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-05


the guns looked alike In color"
| Allen Thompson--"I am a brothe,
of Norman Thompson and son ol
Commissioner Thompson ca smnl
lad); l knew Sheriff Thompson when
| saw him and knew who Mr.. Stanse
was. ] saw the difficulty on the 9th
about noon; was In front of the
Bismarck when heard Stansel say
| Don't You c. d. me, won't stand
| for It, Thompson walked OF few
steps and stopped. then turned and
fired. saying 'yon G. d. g. o.
b. Thompson used sixshooier
that looked dark to me: that gun
uhe exhibit gum looks brighter! |
| saw Stansel go after his gun and both
fired. then they kept on shooting
Thompson struck at Stansel. don't
know If he hit Stansel. then they
vent To clubbing each other: don't
know whether Thompson hit Stan
sci; Stansel hit Thompson: Thomp-
son then walked away toward the
barber shop"
| Cross-examined-"I was about 20
feet away when Thompson fired; my
brother was with me: | saw Thomp
son leave Stansel. ] was about seven
or eight feet away from Thompson.
Thompson was between me and Stan.
sell saw lot Of people hut | did
not know them: ! remained there till
after the shooting was over; | hardly
knew what was going on till II was
all over; | was scared little bit;
Thompson had his gun In his right
hand; when he went away he had his
gun in his hand by his side; II look
ed like blue gun; | don't know. that
gun there might he the one he had
after the first shot II was few sec
onds TIL the second was fred and
then the third was fred quickly; II
the second and third had been closer
together they might have sounded
like one shot; I noticed no difference
between the reports of the guns:
saw Thompson fire three shots: he
held his gun In front OF him. Thomp-
son was facing Stansei and Stansei
was facing Thompson all through;
Stansel's shots would hit Thompson
In front; don't know what became of
Thompson's gun: saw nobody pick
up gun"
Re-direct-'It don't look like TT"
mo"
Re-cross-"It might look like TT"
"Yes."
George Go0dman-"I knew Thomp-
son and Stansel; met them talk
ing. Stansel said: I am not interfer
Ing with anybody's business, | am
trying to attend to my own business
and protect myself Then they ap.
peared TO cool down; l passed on.
thinking there would be no trouble.
and went into the Bismarck. where
| told George Gilbert Stansel and
Thompson were having some words
out there; ! got lunch and we both
went out; we looked up and saw
Thompson with grin; he reached
his hand slowly to his pocket and
pulled up quick. whirled to face Stan
sci; I could not see Stansel
when Thompson turned around the
shooting commenced; II sounded like
forty shots to me; when | thought
the shooting was over stepped ont
but there was one more shot fired.
Thompson was about midway between
me and Stansel: Stansel appeared to
be relonding his gun when Thompson
walked toward him and raised mis-
hand TO strike him; Stansel then
went to beating Thompson on the
head; called upon him, saying:
Jesse, don't hit him any more. you
have given him enough and he
stopped: Thompson turned and walk
ed to the barber shop and fell; the
last saw OF Thompson's gun In his
hand was when he tried to strike
Stansel; | did not notice his gun as
10 length. ! saw Stansel after a few
minutes In the door OF the FL Moro;
Or. Lackey and some one else went
him; Thompson and Stansel had but
one gun each when shooting. each
having a gun In his right hand;
George Gilbert came out OF the Bis
marck with me. but | don't know
where he went after that; | can not
tell who fired the first shot; Stansel
faced south and Thompson faced
north: Thompson was between me
and Stansel."
Cross-examined-'I passed within
three feet OF them when came up
to them first: they were talking when
! left; the only person knew there
that remember was W. T. Darling
ton: came along about 1880 to get
lunch, as I was In "A hurry and
hadn't time to go home; | passed
them coming from Sam Wallis cor
ner; both looked at me; they were
six or seven feet apart: ! don't know
who fired the first shot: there was
no one between me and Thompson I;
was about twenty feet south Of
them; Darlington was In the middle
OF the street when I came out OF the
Bismarck: I saw grin on Thomp-
sons face as II to say rats or oh,
pshaw;' what Stansel said about at.
tending to his own business made
me think they had had trouble; I told
Gilbert Stansel and Thompson were
having words out there; | don't know