Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-11-27

OF REMINGTON
AT WOODBURY.
me testimony Shows That Very Bitter
Feeling Existed Between Remington
and Slaughter Small Shot Wounds
Not Accounted For.

slaughter's deposition, which was
: done the first thing this morning,
, was In before . o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon, at the conclusion Of Depu-
ty Sheriff Esch's testimony. and the
state practically rested It's case. Jus
tice of the Peace Hayes at first insist
. ed that the attorneys proceed with
the examination, but the arguments
of the attorneys finally prevailed.
and the case was postponed until 10
O'Clock this morning. The substance
OF the evidence, as brought out In
the examination of the states wit
nesses follows:
DR.. OLeary was the first witness
called. He was the first man on the
scene Of the shooting, with the ex-
ception of Albert Pender, neighbor
of Slaughter, who went to his as
sistance and helped him to reach the
Pomeroy place His testimony was
principally of a professional nature,
in which he described the character,
and condition Of the wound, and the
course taken by the bullet. He also
produced the bullet, which had been
extracted from Saughter's back,
showing that It was what is known
as n soft nose" steel-jacketed SO-SO
calibre ball, and that the ball was
"mushroomed" before Il struck
Slaughter. DR.. O'Leary was OF the
opinion that the ball had passed
through a picket in the fence before
II struck It's intended mark, which
was responsible for the iattened
nose
Did not examine condition OF cloth
ing. as he had them removed In
order to get at the wound as soon
as possible. Says that point OF en-
trance at shoulder was about as
large as an old-fashloned two-eent
piece. which indicated that the ball
had "mushroomed" before striking
Islaughter. Slaughter must have
been STOPPING over, Judging from the
course OF the bullet from the blade
OF the left shoulder 20 the fourth
yertebrae of the spine, and that
Slaughter stood sldewlse to the diree-
tion of the shot. when he arrived at
the Pomeroy house Slaughter was
in cool and collected frame OF
mind. Slaughter said "Well, ]
guess they got me-"
"Who do you mean?" said DR..
oLeary.
"wen, one Of the gang" replied
Slaughter
.oWho do You mean by the gang?"
asked the doctor.
"why. either Remington or Col
dren."
"Who Is Coldren?" The doctor
described a young man whom he had
treated and identified By Slaughter
as the husband OF Mrs. slaughter's
first husband.
He said that Slaughter's mind was
not affected by the injury, and that
the pulse was liO and the tempera-
ture 100 degrees.
II. /. Moores, druggist was next
called
Went 10 Pomeroy place with Dr.
oTeary 10 assist in dressing wounds,
when took hls undershirt on fonna
tba. bullet had entered at point OF
Ieft shoulder blade.
opid they shoot me in the back
asked Slaughter
upon examination . small per'o,''
t,ob size OF a bird shot found 10 'ns
hack Also left eyeball was pierced
Nv something. and sight DESTROYED
when asked who shot him Slaughter
sa,s he supposed Il was some OF the
gang that has been trying TO run
him out OF town"
owbere Is Gene Remington
ia Slaughter. He was told Rem
,ngton was in town when they leiI
then he inquired the Whereabouts
=, charlie Coldren. Did not think
batter had nerve enough TO shoot MN
ma not see person who fred shot
In the main the balance OF bis teS-
,,mopv was oorrobOrative Of that slV'
on nv Or. oLsary. and described the
general lay OF the land surrounding
the shooting. Found hole In pieke.
which indicated that shot was nFed
from behind board fence.
Harry Reeves was the next Wit
ness.
He saw Remington passing aions
the road about I O'Clock Ia q north