The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-06-03

anything to me till he got ready 10
turn his gun over TO me.
Q. What did he say to you then?
A. Well, he told me to take care
Of the gun. after l asked him TO let
me have il, and said Don't let any
one have IT,"
@. When was that?
A. That wa after Carver had
agreed not TO bother him any more,
after he had given up his gun.
q. Which Carver, Arthur Carver?
A. Yes, sir.
q. Now, what did Arthur Carver
then say about not ~bothering Traylor
any more?
A. Well, I tried to get his gun
first, and he said he was not going TO
give IL up while the other fellow had
his.
@. Who said this?
A. Arthur Carver.
@. How far was Arthur Carver
from Traylor at this time?
A. All right close together at this
time.
Q. You said a while q that Ar
thur Carver was about fifty yards
south of Traylor?
A. When I first saw him.
@. Was Traylor lying on the
ground at this time?
A. Yes, he was propped up on his
elbow.
@. Did Traylor ever get up until
you assisted him?
A. ] believe he was up a time or
two and sit down again, and he NOV
ed some, and | don't remember wheth-
er he was up on his feet or not.
Q. Then did Arthur Carver come
up that distance of fifty yards to the
place where Traylor was, or near
where he was?
A. Well, ] never noticed whether
he was coming before we stopped Dr.
not.
Q. At the time Arthur Carver re-
fused to give up his gun to you, how
far was he from Traylor7
A. Well, I believe he got up on
the opposite side of the wagon, and
| walked around the wagon.
@. How many feet was he from
Traylor at that time, when he refused
to give up the gun?
A. II must have been something
like twenty steps. Twenty yards on
the opposite side of the wagon.
@. Now, at the time Arthur Car
yer was coming up 20 where Traylor
was lying on the ground, did he then
have his gun in his hand??
A. They both had their guns in
their hands at that time.
@. Then, what did you do with
Traylor Mt that time, after he had
turned his gun over to you.
A. Well, l made arrangements to
get him to some assistance soon as |
could. / first put him in Mr.. Wilson's
wagon and take him to Jordan.
@. What, il anything, did Traylor
say to you when on the road down to
your house?
A. Well, there was nothing said
except about getting a doctor, that
was all the conversation had.
@. Where did you take Traylor
from your house?
A. Decided not to delay any long
err than possible and came on in Mr..
Wilson's wagon.
@. Come where?
A. To Jordan.
@. What happened TO Traylor on
the road, if anything, from your house
to Jordan?
A. Well, | stayed by him and cared
for him as best | could, bathed his
face with wet rags and gave him all
the water he wanted.
@. Did Traylor die on the road
from your house TO Jordan?
A.. Yes, sir.
q. From the time you left your
house until Traylor died, what, II any
thing, did Traylor say to you?
A. Well, | asked him what he
wanted done when we got over here
and he wanted to phone in town fol
someone to come out after him quick
as possible. That was all the conve
%sation-in getting someone to care
for him and get him to town. Those
were the last words he said.
Q. Did he say anything about any
other matter?
A. No, sir.
Q. Now, you have detailed to u
all that Traylor said to you from thu
time you saw him lying on the grount
where this alteration occurred unit
the time he died, have you not?
A. l told he agreed to give up tn,
gun and for me to care for it.
@. Now, have you told US every
thing that Traylor said from the tim
YOU came to him when he Wal lyin,