The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-04


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pany, although he did not al the
time tell her, and that he denied
having telegraphed to Bright's wife
at Everett, Washington.
Upon recross examination Attor.
ney Soule read several questions that
We're asked of Miss Bartonne at the
coroner's inquest and her answers
asking her if she made such an
swers but she stated that she did
not know.
Later in tie forenoon, Miss b.
tonne was recalled to the stand and
questioned as to the trail between
the shack and where the body laid
and where the wagon stood.
In the afternoon, Miss Bartonne
was again recalled and stated that
in the forenoon when she was ques-
toned as to the location Of the trails
and the creek she became confused
She said that she had since made a
map showing the location of the
shack, creek, fence, stone house and
| blowing and where the body laid.
The map was introduced in evidence
Valentine Belts.
Valentine Belts, who was the Mil
Yankee section foreman at Inlay at
the time Of the shooting. was callel
and testified as to the events Of the
day Of the shooting and OF the night
following He said that he spent
the Fourth at Scenic, but returned
70 Inlay on the forenoon train Sun
day. arriving at the latter place at
9:20, and that Miss Bartonne was at
the station when the train arrived.
He said that she left the station
about 1880 and that he saw her no
more until shortly before the arriv-
al of the afternoon passenger train
west when she and Randall were
both at the station. He explained
hat the passenger trains on the Mil
waukee were then running in the
day time instead Of at night. After
sitting around the section house un-
til seven o'clock, he said that he and
Randall walked to the Bright shack,
saddled up one horse for him and
Randall rode bareback and they
went to where the body laid. He
explained the location of the plow-
ing and stated that they did not ride
across the plowed ground but went
around on the sod He said they
staked their horses out and stayed
there from about eight o'clock in the
evening until daylight the following
morning. He told Of having looked
at the body by the light of Ian
tern and Of having seen the prints
| of horses hoofs around on the
ground. He said that the weather
was rainy until late at night and
that they returned In the morning
by the same route they went to the
body. With reference to Randall's
actions that night, he said that Ran
call did not say much and appeared
very uneasy.
The cross examination of the wit
ness did not bring out any other
facts and did not shake his story
already told.
Mr.. Belts was recalled in the az
ternoon and stated that, on both the
trip on Sunday evening from the
pasture to where the body laid, and
the return trip on Monday morning,
he and Randall both let their horses
walk all the way as the ground was
very slippery.
DR.. II. G. g. Rose.
Dr.. Rose told Of going to Inlay
Oh the Saturday preceding the shoot
ing on professional visit and that
his attention was called to the fact,
as Mr.. Bright drove him around the
Bad Lands on little sight seeing
trip before train time, that one horse
had no shoes and the other had one
foot shod and three feet bare. He
said that after Randall and Miss
Bartonne had come to Rapid City he
talked with Randall and that Ran
dali told him that he would start a
store and be assistant post master
at Inlay. He said that to his know
ledge Randall was with Miss Bar
tonne practically all the time after
they arrived in this city until Ran
dali was taken into custody.
With reference to Bright's eye
sight, Dr.. Rose said that he could
mot see any distance and that per-
haps fifteen to twenty feet was all
the farther he could plainly dis
tinguish objects or recognize ac-
quaintances
DIR. f. G. Gilbert.
DR.. Gilbert acted as coroner on
July 9Th, and with the coroners
jury went to Inlay and, after maxi
Ing an investigation, took charge Of
the body. He said that the jury was
composed Of Tom Daily, Charles Fall
Ion and Charles Raben, and that
Deputy Sheriff Hewett, Undertaken
Carl Behrens, II. l.. Candy and Ar
thur Douglas accompanied them to
Inlay. He told OF finding the body
near the corn planter which was
sticking in the ground The plant
er was shown him and he identified
1t as the one that he saw there.
When asked about any tracks that
were around the body, DR.. Gilbert
said that there were not many but
what there were were horse tracks
and that they came from the direc-
ton Of the gate and returned that
way. He told about the wounds,
one being in the left thumb, a slight
abrazure on the back OF the head
and the mortal wound in the chest.
He said the bullet in the chest enter
ed the right arm, high up on the out
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