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

gun or how Stansel held his gun.
Thompson hid my view of Siansel
Stanse fired all his shots low but
one. did not see Accord. | saw many
around, among them George Shields;
| saw no smoke"
A ball was exhibited by Attorney
Pulliam. who asked Mr. Gilbert If he
thought il came ont OF the exhibit
gun. The attorney said II was the
ban that came out of Acord's arm.
Witness said he did not know that
he knew nothing aobnt guns. Olbert
/ continued: 81 gues there were eight
or ten shots fired: | don't know how
many either fred. some man ran in
the FL Moro when the shooting was
roing on. don't know If | could tell
the difference between the guns; mJ
hest Judgment is that some OF the re-
I ports were heavier than the others,
| the only gun saw was that OF
/ Thompson; stansel was shooting
south and southeast; Thompson
| would have shot north and northwest
! If he shot once or more times
Bert Conway-'I am 10 years old.
! am a fireman; | knew Thompson and
Stanse about ten months: l know
Candy. saw him about the time of
| the shooting. coming down from Sec
I ond avenue TO the fire house abonl
three minutes after the shooting; he
| came and asked what was going on
down there. / heard the shots; he
went on away soon after the shoot
ing
Cross-examined-"Ab three min.
utes after the shooting Delaney came
DOWN: he did not say he saw the
shooting he asked what was the mat
ter: did not sec him go by before:
he might have seen the shooting. 50
far as know
Walter Camphell-'I examined the
sidewalk in front of the El Moro and
dug this bullet out there Cproducina
the bulleD; it was in the ground be
low the sidewalk the sidewalk is
Two inches thick: the size is As cal
iber"
Cross,examined-'I was at the tol
Of the telephone building when tho
shooting begun; got down there
about Ia minutes afterward; | dui
the bullet out yesterday to satisfy
my own curiosity; several peoplt
were present; | don't know when thu
bullet went in the sidewalk ! didn'
see the shooting; the bullet did no
come out of the gun in evidence;
have worked on surveys and at vari
ous things"
Counsel for the defense asked thn
the court accept the ball as an eXhihi
to he preserved and when Mr Camp
bell sealed 1t in an envelope m,
wrote his name on it the court tool
it into custody.
Sam Ethridge-"T was in front o
shooting; | ran mp TO the corner o
the bank and then went mp on th'
street car track; saw no part o
the difficutN; | stopped a minute o
two in front of the Durango bakery
saw Candy go down in front o
the fire house after | got there; h
asked What is all that noise?' Crok,
said: They are having lively time
Candy went on down town"
Frank Wilkerson recalled by th
idefense-''I was in front of tne +,
Moro; | did not tell Monte Pickel tina
Thompson had pearl handled gui
an da smaller gun; | did not tell hin
that Thompson's gun was in his lef
hand when he pulled it out
w, 7. Darlington knew Thomr
son and Stansel; I saw the difficulty
had started to walk across from
and Thompson were talking; Thomp
son said C. d. YOU and Stanse
said Don't you G. d. me. for
won't stand for it, Thompson walk
ed down and turned and commenced
shooting; then Stansel began II
shoot then they dubbed each other
Thompson staggered and went to tn,
barber shop; Stansel went into tn,
El Moro saloon and came out in on
Dr two minutes with a gun In eacl
hand; | would say they were ten o
fifteen feet apart when the first sho
was fired: ! don't know who fire,
the second shot; the second and thir,
shots were close together; | thinl
there were eight or ten shots fired
Stansel faced to the west: Thomp
son started down and whirled TO tn,
left; they switched about in tn,
shooting; Thompson moved but
don't know if Stansel did: they ken
working together; they Kept gettini
closer Thompson pulled his gun witt
his right hand; don't think 1t wa.
bright. think at one time it was
blued gun; It didn't seem brigh
enough for nickel plate; my stor,
Is the distance of the width of III,
street to the III Moro: went to tn,
car track; the first heard was from
Thompson that could understand:
did not go TO see Thompson: wher
the shooting was over went back,
the last | knew of Thompson's gm
was when he was clubbing with IT.
Cross-examined - Thompson hat
one gun. | was about 90 feet ava,
from Thompson; | don't think thai
texhibit) is the gun; didn't think ii
A nickel plate gun; | don't know how
! many times Thppuvnu f,,1. ,,,iu