Tanana leader., 1909-12-23
Action of Coroner'S Jury

loon, saying something was wrong. JOHN J. O'BRIEN-Wasi in Smith s saloon between and o'clock, when Barney, Buck Taylor and some sol diers were drinking at the bar. Smith on taking pay passed 50 cents change back to Barney. Barney threw it I against the mirror. Smith said, You'd better not do that" Barney was abu- sive to Smith, saying the latter had told a woman friend of Barney's that he was dope fiend, and that he would get even with Smith, the -. - - -. Smith told Barney to get sober and he would prove he had not talked | to the woman. Witness went home at 10 o'clock and did no. come out again that night.
 ALBERT NOBBS-Was at Smiths bar when Barney said that Smith had told that he was dope fiend. Left and heard no more of the talk between them. Returned and was in the sa- loon from II to near o'clock, when a man came in and said there was trou- ble at Smiths home. Witness and others went to Smiths residence. Was In the saloon shortly before 1 o'clock when Barney came in and asked where Smith was and went out. Twenty minutes or half an hour later Brown came and told of the trouble at the house.
 DANIEL BUCKLEY-Hea Smith and Barney arguing in the saloon in the afternoon. Barney said he would
 fix him, would put him out of business, out of commission. It was about or o'clock in the evening. Witness never lent Barney gun, Barney never asked him for gun, and he never owned a gun himself. Never heard Barney make threats while working in res taurants.
 TOM O'LEARY-Knew Smith & Barney. Had trouble with Barney in the evening. Witness and his wife had gone up town and he had gone in- side and left her on the side walk. After they went home his wife told witness that Barney had approached her and addressed insulting language to her on the street. Witness hunted up Barney and blacked his eye. In Cavanaugh's Ed Holden searched Bar ney; he had no gun. Later witness wife told him that Barney had been to their house and repeated his insults, saying he would get Mrs. O'Leary that night or burn the house down. Wit ness took his wife to Mrs. Gilmore's s and again hur ted up Barney, who said positively that he had not been to Mrs. O'Leary's-that she must have mis- taken some one else for himself. Wit ness returned and took Mrs. O'Leary home from Gilmore's. Was in Smith s saloon when word came that there was trouble at Smiths house. After witness and Stark started from Cava- naugh's to Smiths saloon, between 12 and o'clock, he did not remember seeing Barney coming out of Campbell avenue. Stark and witness stopped in the Tower house a minute or so and Barney was iu there. Asked to try to remember, witness said he had no recollection of Stark warning him or of seeing Barney come out of Campbell avenue onto Front street; had no re- membrance of himself, Stark and Bar ney meeting and engaging in converse tion there. Witness was not drunk. Witness was in the saloon eating fish with others when word came that there was trouble at Smiths houee; did not see Barney enter just prior to that time, inquire for Smith and go out.
 JOHN J. DONOVAN (deputy mar shal)-Went to bed at F o'clock. Had just dropped asleep when Brown came and said he believed there was an h. dian in a dying condition in front of Smiths house. Then J. R. McGovern [ a lodger in the Grand hotel came and said Chanquist was shot. Went and found Chanquist in bed. Then went to Smiths. Came back looking for this man Barney; finally found him in bed at Blacks hotel. Black said he had been in 20 minutes. Barney did not act like 8 man who had been asleep. Searched the room; found no gun or ammunition. Found no masks or other suspicious articles. Such had been found seven days ago by another party. Barney had black eye, as Chanquist had described his assailant.
 PETE .COLOUMBE (barkeeper at