Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-05
THE STANSEL HEAR NC
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,

and Stansel across the street. | saw
them meet. They came out of III,
FL Moro saloon.
1T was O very short time after
Stansel came out of the FL Moro til
Thompson came out. Thompson
started south When the first sho,
was fired Thompson had his back to
Stansel; Thompson turned and fired
only two shots were fired before ran
away from the street; | ran toward
the fire house, into the alley way
there | could see down on the street
where they were: Thompson was
coming toward Stansel and they he
gan to club each other; was In
front of Snyder's store when | saw
Thompson come out: saw smoke
from Stansel's gun when the first
shot was fred when Stanscl fired the
second shot Thompson was facing
him. ! don't remember telling the
McBrides tnat | was in the store
when the shooting occurred; | did
not talk to the fire boys and ask
what the trouble was; | ran on the
sidewalk to the alley; I ran east TO
the fire house and down the allev
opposite the old shooting gallery; af-
ter they dubbed each other with
guns ! went to Iredale's, where saw
Mrs. Iredale and Mrs. Bertha Sny-
der: | told them about the shooting.
| did not have talk in the tea
store yesterday, have not been iG
there for week; the first one | toll
about The shooting after that was
Charlie Stilwell, ten or fifteen min
utes after the shooting: both were
striking with their guns; | saw Stan
sci have only one gun. Stansel's left
side was toward me and Thompson's
left side was toward me: when
Thompson was going down tne street
he had his right hand in HIS pants
pocket: Stansel had on blue over
coat | don't know if Thompson had
on an overcoat. | never saw them
talking; | saw Thompson come out
OF the saloon and go down the street:
! did not see them talk; | had made
purchase from Snyders butcher:
did not ask the fire boys what the
trouble was; | saw the smoke from
Stansel's gun when Thompsons back
was turned; don't know how far
they We're apart; | saw man in his
shirt sleeves come out of the El
Moro. and one bareheaded before tne
shooting. asked if he had seen sew
eral persons mentioned. at the time,
witness said he did not). Replying
TO Mr. Reese's question witness said
Mr.. Stansel had warned him agIiag.
violation of the ordinances) II did
not see George Goodman there.
When James Asher was requested to
stand up for Identification witness die
not see him there then.
Tom Riddle-We (Taompson and
Riddlel went into the ri Moro sa
Icon to see If they were gambling.
We found some fellows playing card,
aud Thompson asked them il they
We're playing poker; they said hoy
were not, but Thompson told them
he thought they We're. Some fellow
Bert" came back while was there
and told them to go right on, thai
1t would he settled; when we went
back the fellows were gone. Thomp
son said he was getting tired of theii
running gambling over him. Hart
man, the proprietor, said they were
not gambling and Thompson told him
he was - liar. Thompson took the
wheel OFF the roulette table: we then
came out and met Officer Dobbs.
when Thompson asked him If he was
an officer, to which Dobbs replied
, that he was. Thompson then asked
why in h don't you do your duty
Dobbs said he did not know That gam
bling was going on. Thompson then
told him that 1t looked like he stood
in with gambling Thompson ac
cused Mr.. Hood when he met MIN oi
gambling on the first day of the year,
saving that Hood was a business man
and an American citizen, and that he
should tell him of sHch things in.
stead -of playing himself. We took
the wheel and went on down to tlc
Bismarck saloon. Thompson was 60
ing back to tell John Hartman 10 ap
pear in court at 3 p. m. next day
when | said | would go back with
him; he said for me TO go back and
tell him: | Went in TO the Ell Moro,
but the barleeper told me he was not
there: that ne had gone to the tele'
graph office We went on down To
Seventh stl,et and turned out 70
Fourth avenue, Thompson continuing
on toward Fifth avenue. when | went
back to work in the Rio Grandc
yards. Thompson lived on Fifth av-
enue, between Fourth and Fifth
street; he probably went on down
Fifth avenue. home. Thompson ask
ed me TO go to the El Moro SALOON
with him, to see II gambling was be
ing carried on; he had heard it was.
Cross-examined-"I first got with
Thompson about . o'clock and vas
with him till about HAS. We had
two drinks each, or had two: ]
think Thompson had one hot whiskey
and one cigar. Thompson was not
much intoxicated that night; | think
know drunken man when | see
him; did not see Stansel that night
| have told what was said between