Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-11
The YouNe-sHAFsER TRIAL.

ne tTlal oil the case OIL the People
IS Wm. R. Young. VIM. Schaffer,
1fas. Casad and VIM. Haight came up
,1in today before Judge Pike and
Jury.
Geo. B. Meyers complaining wit
less. testified. that he is a cook EN-.
Dyed at the Edelman hotel and is
Iso private detective employed by
ae Webster Detective Agency of Des
MoiLes, la.
He testified that on the 29th day of
May he left the Edelman hotel at 2:lh
M, and went to the Famous store;
'lme back Immediately to the barber
h9p to get shaved; while there Mr..
if'ei came in and invited him to go
- a-.i have cigar. They went to
| the Bank saloon where they found Mr..
Casad, Jack Adams, a stranger, and
| two carpenters at work. While he
was talking with Adams Haignt went
out of the front door, returning few
minutes later accompanied by Young
and Schaffer Mr.. Young invited him
to take drink which he declined.
| He was then assaulted.
Mr.. Haight struck him first. He
MADE no defense, but tried to escape
| by running behind the bar. but was
| stopped by Mr.. Casad who pushed him
back and then struck him Then Mr..
| Young struck him and as he was try
ing TO escape by way of the back door
| Mr.. Schaffer struck him. He got out
finally but was followed by Mr..
Haight who struck him twice. Young
came to the door and advised Haignt
to give him some more"
| During the trouble he heard Jack
Adams say, rs that the man yous
have been looking for?"
| On redirect examination the com
planning witness testified that he had
never mad any previous trouble with
the defendants or any of them; that
he was witness in the Oswald Link
gambling case, and that Mr.. Young
had made threats against him before
this trouble.
Richard Sorg, barber. remember
ed Mr.. Meyer coming in to be shaved
and being Joined by Mr.. Haight.
Geo. Dick saw Mr.. Meyer and Mr..
Haight go into the Bank saloon Saw
Mr. Young and Mr.. Schaffer go in
about five minutes later and saw Mr..
Haight come out alone and Mr.. Young
and Schaffer come out together aft
erward.
Lem Price who has been working
with the complaining witness at the
hotel for about six weeks, testified to
hearing Mr.. Young, make threats
against Mr.. Meyer May 9TH in front
of the Antlers saloon.
Chas. Wyatt, carpenter, worked
for Adams on day of assault, was in
the building at the time of assault,
but was not in the room and heard
and saw nothing.
Ira Houcnin, bartender at FL Moro
saloon, testified that he was in the
Bank saloon, saw complaining witness
he defendants, and Jack Adams
Did not stay until trouble started. but
saw the complaining witness after it
was over come into back door of Anti
lers saloon and wash up. Advised
him to go home and say nothing
more about it.
Jack Adams, who runs the restaur-
|
that he first noticed the disturbance
when Mr.. Meyer and Mr. Haight were
scufIling and going toward the back
door Thinks the other defendants
we're in the room, but did not see
them mix up in it. Denied asking
the defendants if that was the man
they mad been looking for. Denied
talking to or seeing Meyers before
the trouble started.
]. b. Philips, a bartender at the
Antlers saloon, testified mat he first
saw Meyer running, followed by
Aaight, who in turn was followed by
Schaffer, He saw Haight strike Mey-
ers and knock him down. Schaffer
then overlook Haight and induced
him to stop. Did not see Mr.. Young
At all. Told Meyer to go in to the
Antlers, wash up and go on he might
be arrested. :
VIM. Haight testified that he knew
complaining witness at Silverton
while he, Mr.. Haight, was tending
bar Met MIN again in Durango.
saw him on the streets after late at
| night after saloon was closed. Saw '
him on day of May 29th in barber
shop and invited him to go out and
take drink with him. Went to Bank.
saloon and took our drink and were
there when Mr.. Young and Schaffer
came in Schaffer invited them to
take drink but complaining witness
said he would not drink with the
- - and struck Haight
| They fought out of back door where
they We're separated by Schaffer. Did
not go out of Bank saloon and come
back later with Young and Schaffer
as testified to by Mr.. Meyers. Mr..
| Casad pushed them toward the back
door Mr.. Young corroborated the
| testimony of Mr. Haight as to coming
| in with Mr. Schafer and inviting
Haight and his friend to drink, but
| says he did not know what started
the trpuh1a and tool, -. Lnul T.. L..