Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1913-07-11
Testimony in Covers
Manslaughter Case
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{ Continued from last week.
Q. What were you doing. when
you saw him coming up the plat
forma A. was walking ahead of
Jim Covers.
O. And had been arresteda A.
He told US to walk ahead of his light.
Q. He had placed you under ar
re.ta A. Yes sir.
Q. And you were walking ahead
of Mr.. Covers were you nota A. Yes
Q. What did Blumsun say when he
came up to youa A. He says what
is the trouble, or something to that
effect.
Q. What did you saye A. l said
we are arrested.
Q. Then what did he saya A.
What for.
Q. Did you tell him what you had
been arrested fora A. | did not.
Q. Why didn't you tell hime A.
Because had asked few minutes be-
fore myself and hadn't been told.
Q. Didn't you know what you had
been arrested for2 A. did not.
Q. And still you walked along
peacefully and didn't know what you
were arrested forl A. did inquire
and there was no answer.
Q. What did Blumsun say to you
then after you told him you had been
arrested2 A. He said what for and
told him | didn't know.
Q. Then what did he do or saya
A. He stepped around the bunch
as we were walking by and said words
to this effect, Mabel, you don't have
to go to Jail, l think can get you out
of this.
Q. What else did he saya A..
That was all that was said at that time.
Q. What happened nexta A.
turned to Jim and said. why can't you
do this.
Q. What did Jim say to youa A.
He replied with his club or Aash-light.
Q. What kind of looking instru-
ment was it, "A. 1t was something
like billy. 1t was kind of dark and
couldn't see exactly.
Q. What kind of an instrument is
biilya
Objected to by the counsel for the
state as incompetent, irrelevant and
immaterial. Objection over-ruled by
the court.
A. Its an object about that long
(vitness measures about ! 2 inches and
looks like about that big around (wit-
ness measures about 2 inches in dia-
meter.)
Q. Where did he hit youa A.
Right about here. fright side of head)
O. Did he knock you DOWN. A.
Q. You didn't see the thing he hi'
you with at all, just felt ita A.
seen it.
Q. Where did you see ita A.
glanced over my shoulder.
A. And you say it was about thai
longa A. About foot long ane
about that big around.
Q. What made you think it was 9
search light or billya A. Because il
looked like it from the way seen il
over my shoulder.
Q. Does searchlight and billy
look very much alikea A. They ar.
both long and both round.
Q. Did you ever see any othe,
kind of search light. except on.
about that long and about that biz
around1 A. Yes sir.
Q. What makes you think it was {
search lighta A. Because Jim Cow
ers threw the light on US and told US t.
march ahead of the light.
Q. He knocked you DOWN. A
He knocked me down.
Q. What did you do after h,
knocked you DOWN. A. What time
Q. After he knocked you down
"A. must have laid there.
Q. Was you unconscious2 A.
Q. And what was the next thin,
you remember after he knocked yo,
DOWN. A. Fred Blumsun pulling M
across the depot platform, towards tn
other side or toward the freight plat
form.
Q. How old are youa A. Nine
teen years old.
Q. Where is your homea A. An
adarko, Oklahoma.
Q. When did you leave Anadarko
A. About a year and two month
Q. Been in North Dakota eve
sincea A. No sir.
Q. Where have you beena A.
have been in Kansas.
Q. Where did you go to from Kan
sase A. Colorado.
Q. Where did you go from there
A. To Wyoming.
Q. Where did you 60 from Wyom
- ing1 A. Nebraska.
Q. Where did you go from Neb
raskaa A. Up to Montana.
Q. Where did you go from Mon
tanaa A. Squaw Gap.
Q. Where did you go from Squa,
Gap1 A. To Beach.
Q. You have rambled around quit
a good deal in the last year, A. Ye
sir.
Q. You have been in Beach quit
considerable length Of time. Yo
must like the town A. lido.
Q. Where was you lying with rel
erence to the depot platform the
night. after you was knocked down
A. was lying on the edge of til
depot platform.
Q. But you don't remember an,
thing after he hit you until Mr.. Blum
sun came around1 A. No sir.