Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-31

saturday night. There had been
'-,,or disturbances on nights be-
There was a woman in the
Ia who had been brought to At
"a nv Emerson for immoral pur-
noses, and with whom the constable
was living. II
rho woman, Phyllis Mckay, had
,.oo in these nocturnal reyelries on
.,ovious occasions and, as she testi-
s.d all hands we're vieing with one
snother to see who could sing or yell
80 ,oudest. She vas arrested that
,lgbt with the rest Of the bunch, and
laced in the room at the back of
he saloon where all the arrests We're
made. She had not been arrested
an the previous occasions; nobody
,sd But on this occasion she and
no constable had had a row, and
vbather this was the reason for EN-
.rson swearing in two deputies to
ouell the rioters who were making
nisht hideous with song, did not ma
t%erialize; but the woman testified
vith laugh and jeer that after the
arrest Emerson was in the room
alone. 'hugging and kissing her"
The woman, while oil the stand,
acted as if she were at a circus, and
ne murder was a good joke. Judge
Brssell brought her up with a round
turn, and instilled 1t into her mind
hat she was in a court of justice.
She was more decent after that.
Judge Brissell took the occasion
Of Joe Urquhart's appearance on the
stand to reprimand him for derelic-
ton in duty, U%rquhart is justice of
the peace and coroner of the little
mining camp where the murder oc-
Cured. He was present at the time
Of the shooting and declared in an
swer to a question that he did not
see any knife in the hands of La
aeur. But he went for a doctor, and
upon his return he was handed a
knife, which he was told had been
used By Lafeur. The man was dead
before he got out OF the door in his
quest for a doctor,
Judge Brissell reminded the cor
oner that his duty was to have re
NAMED at the side OF the dead man
and to have then and there gathered
all the evidence possible. Attorne!
Murphy, at this juncture, wanted L
Introduce the knife alleged to hav,
been picked up on the floor near tn,
body, as evidence.
Assistant District Attorney Cleve
land Baker objected to this on tn
ground that sufficient foundation ha'
not been laid connecting the weapon
with the deceased. Judge BrisseI
sustained the objection Of the Stat
officer and the motion OF Mr.. Murph
was denied.
Tom Clark, who had been Gale
in by Emerson TO serve as a deputy
testified that Laileur had refused I
hold out his hands when told to d
so by Emerson, so that the latte
might handcuff him; that Emerso
mad told the deceased that he did NJ
want to hurt him, but that he had I
submit to arrest. On Lafleur remoi
arating that he had done nothin
lot which he should be arrested, En-
eEson hit him over the head with
policeman's billy. The deceased san
70 his knees, and as he half aroi
Emerson hit him again. and still
tnird time, when Lafeur scufhC
win him, in an endeavor to sa'
himself from further punishment.
When Emerson threw La1eur fro
MN, the latter fell against the wa
oark put a gun against his brea
anu Latleur weakly threw up b
aands and said: Don't shoot, Tom
EMERSON was then eight feet fro
MN and he shot Laheur while 4
auer was making an effort to dr.
himself toward him.
The Mckay woman then took t
s@nd and told of her arrest outsi
ue saloon. She said that Laneur h
uOt been with the party Of roystere
ahu that at the time of her ART
emerson said to her that it would
ai right. Then he took her into
0sSA room and Rugged her and XII
ner and called her darling"
st her In charge of Wieland a
'uOf'iy afterwards Laheur came il
we saloon and went to the roo
emerson came In and ordered Late
wv and Lafleur obeyed, but retu.
~ away, and then broke Lafeu
sOuu' He said that he heard n
y mat Wieland had punched h
'ne jaw, but had no recollect
~ Tor as quickly as he could
way he ran out of the saloon 3
vent to his home in Paradise.
attorney Murphy moved that
~ De dismissed, and that his eli
discharged, but Assistant Dist