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

anu SlaHsels | was in front of the
Oftce saloon, in the same block with
the El Moro. when the shooting at
tracted my attention.. did not see
the first shot fired: there We're three
or four shots before | saw the par
ties; after that | was looking aroun
q column at tine Office saloon: I saw
Thompson with his back to me and
Stansel had his face toward me: have
no idea how many shots were fired /:
both men were shooting; | could not
tell If Thompsoc had bright or a
blue gun; when jne shooting ceased
they began clubbing each other.
Thompson, think, started to club
and Stansel followed 1t up: saw the
end of the difficulty; Thompson fell
into the doorway of Helms barber
shop. backward; | then went outside; :;
had my head out all the time; |
| saw Thompson when Hood was work.
ing with him.
| Cross-examined by Pulliam-"I had
come from the corner at the First
National bank. and was going north
when heard the first shot: had
heard of no difficulty; had noticed
| them before the shooting; any shot
of Stansel's would have come down
my way; the Office saloon is about
100 or l25 feet from the El Moro;
| the shots were all pretty close toegth.
| er; | can not approximate tne num-
| ber of shots fired; at the first sounJ
| OF a shot | was impressed to get out
OF the way; | saw they were fighting;
Thompson had his back to me all the
time | saw them; 1t looked as If they
4 had hold of each other, | couldn't
tell; after the shooting went up and
Hood was there; crowd gathered
around: | looked on the pavement
| but saw no gun: each one had a
gun in his right hand when the shoot.
ing occurred; | don't know how many
| shots were fired; couldn't distinguish
| difference between reports of the
guns; | saw several people when 1t
started; they were getting away: |
paid no attention to the lei Moro dur
ing the shooting"
James Asher-'I was In the Horse
, shoe Club about II o'clock on the
morning of the 9th. where | saw Cur
ly Mcbride. Charlie Casad, Frank
Dodson. S. S. Merry, C. b. Hutch.
inss, Sheriff Thompson and China
| man called Farmer" | was talking
| TO Hntchings; | was In there about a
half an hour; Mcbride. Thompson
| and Dodson were at the bar drinking:
they drank and went back to the mu-
| sic box Thompson said to Casad he
| must take out his slot machine, to
which Casad replied he had no place
TO put 1t, when Thompson said he
had a place; they all went to the
bar and took drink and then went
to the Bank saloon; went out about
| ten minutes after they left: | went
TO the FL Moro and went ont; saw
| Stansel In front of the FL Moro;
Thompson came out OF the Bank sa-
loon and went into the El Moro; he
came out and asked Stansel If he
| did not know gambling was running,
] and when Stansel said maybe 1t was
Thompson said: C. d. you, why
don't you help to stop it?' Stansel
| said: Don't you G. d me, for
won't stand for IT; you treat me like
a gentleman and | will treat you that
way; ] take my orders from Wick
| line and the city council. Thompson
said: You police have made cracks
around here that you are running the
town. Stansel said he had made no
cracks. Thompson stood and looked
at Stansel a few seconds, then pulled
his gun and saying, You c. d s.
o. b." shot: don't know how
many shots were fired; there was
| one shot. then a pause and two shots
| together. Jesse ran In to Thompson
and knocked his hand up and shot
| with the other hand; | got behind a
light pole: | saw Jesse shoot him in
the side with right hand against
Thompson's left side Jesse showed
Thompson back: Jesse was trying to
reload; think Thompson struck
Stansel on the shoulder once; Thomp-
son made a swipe at Jesse and, miss
Ing him, turned clear around. and
then went to the barber shop; never
heard any one say stop while the
fight went on: neither retreated; they
fought like mad bulls: 1t was a fight
10 a finish; saw Thompson in the
barber shop door: Thompson mad one
gun and Stansel had one thought
Thompson had a blue gun; the ex
hibit gun does not look like the gun
saw no gun near Thompson wher
he went up to the shop: the exhibit
gun does not look like the gun; | saw
no gun near Thompson when / saw
him at the shop: heard witnesses
say that Stansel came out with two
guns from the El Moro but saw
only one; ] asked Jesse II he wanted
a doctor and he replied ne wanted
. Lackey; | saw Lackey working will
Thompson and told him that as sooI
as he got through Stansei wante,
him; Lackey got another doctor t,
look after Thompson and went t,
Stansel; saw Stansel no more unit
he was taken to the hospital; hear
3 Weeden testify yesterday; when tn