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

( ioas-eNaHiHeu thompson 60
away six or seven feet; was fron
four to six feet from Stansel;
| stepped out of range of the bullets
| | said nothing to Stansel; | had tail,
ed to him before; Thompson pulle,
/ and shot; I saw no smoke from tn,
shot; saw the barrel of Thompson
gun and thought 1t was blue. but an
not sure; | never saw the gun since
| saw all the difficulty; | saw a gu,
In Thompson's hand when he swine,
at Jesse and went on to the barber
SHOP; he had II In his hand: thaI
might be the gun Thompson had IRE
ferring to the gun on exhiblD;
know thompson fired three shots.
heard Stansel's gun too: was moi
excited; | was backing up and watch
ing till | saw the old man shot. he
was in the street when he was shot
the old man wens to the Bank saloon
| wore marshnls star one night
after the shooting hut not since that
time; that gun may be the gun
Thompson had but 1t does not look
like II did thea; am satisfied
Thompson fired three shots. | don't
kno@ how many, shots were fired OF
how many Stansel fired: | saw when
Thompson punched at Jesse's shoul
der, one shot went into the sidewalk
think then; II looked like Jesse was
trying to reload Thompson was try,
ing to pound Stansel over the head
but he was awkward, he couldn't
strike. he was about all in; they were
trying to fight each other; I did not
notice who others around were;
saw no one take gun away: Stansel
had a long-barreled, good looking gun.
it looked Ike a blue gun; | don't
know where the gun is now: II he
had two guns when he came out from
the FL Moro I might not have seen
one Of them: don't know II one OF
the guns he had In the door was the
same he shot with; Thompson's gun
did not look as big as the one Jesse
had; the handle was covered in
Thompson's hand; the first | saw of
Thompson he was talking to Stnnsel: /:
Thompson came ont OF the Bank sa.
loon; | did not talk to Stansel about
Thompson, or know about the trouble
the night before: Stansel was calm
till Thompson came out and said to
stansel. You know gambling is run
ming, G. d. you, why don't you stop
it, when Stansel replied as testi.
ned before: Thompson said 1t had to
he stopped; you police have made
cracks that yo,. are running the
town Stansel denied the cracks and
told him he must not damn him !;
Thompson started OF then and turn
ed and said 'Yo G. d. = o. b.
and shot. thought there would be
trouble. especially when he called
Stansel s. o. b; Thompson
fired.
George McGregor-'I knew Thomp-
son and Stansel saw them after
in the Vendome hall taking some
measurements: | came out OF Berndt's $
when | went TO the hall, where | re
mained about three minutes: while
there | heard the snots; | couldn't
see either in the fight: when I went
over I saw Wickline and Stansel
talking near pole; when came
back II was all over; when | heard
The shots | thought they were blasts .
| saw Thompson five minutes after
II was over In the barber shop: they
were carrying him out; did not see
any guns around there"
John w. Barnes-"I work at Helm q
barber sEop: | knew Thompson and
Stansel; saw Thompson come ont
of the El Moro; ] think they were
seven or eight feet apart; Thompson
and Stansel were behind me; Stansel
said: Don't you G. d me, | won't
stand for II; you treat me like a gen
tleman: | am working under orders.
Thompson stood there like he was
mad: he put his hand In his pocket
You 3 O. b. ! think Stansel's
first shot hit Thompson In the breast /;
Thompson tried to shoot again but
Jesse warded his hand of; Thompson
fired three shots; ! supposed they
had emptied their guns; Jesse went
back a few feet and appeared to be
reloa6ing; | don't know II Thompson
hit Stansel, but he would have got
in one good lick II Jesse had not
knocked his hand OF: Thompson
turned after being hit and went to
the barber shop; Thompson got in
the door and gave out, grabbing the
door iamb; his feet slipped and he
fell; saw only one gun in Stansel's
hand, his right; and only one in
Thompson's hand. his right: Tnomp
sons gun appeared to have a gutta
percha handle and a blue barrel
that does not look like the gun he
had treferring to the gun on exhibit;
] saw a gun near Thompson after he
fell. a gun like that one there; II
was on the inside OF his coat on the
| floor; | saw Stansel after the shoot
| Ing, in the El Moro saloon; when he
went In and came out he mad two
guns: Stansel said to stand back, no
to crowd him; Lackey said: Jesse
| 1t is all over Jesse said all right
he would surrender; | had not seer
Stansel that morning: I saw Thomp
son in the Horseshoe Club abou
11.45. ThOmDsOu was considerable