White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-02-18

had told her she did not have to re-
member that. Mrs. Buster had re-
piled that she had used that sentence
in her testimony at the inquest, that
she would have to stand by it be-
cause it was in the newspaper IN
black and white. She could not go
back on it after its being in the news
paper, much as she would like to
favor Mrs. Williams.
Upon the matter OF Mrs. Williams
conduct and the killing Mrs. Buster
testified further that at one time
Mrs. Williams had said to her, I'll
kill the dirty ..... --.... .....- .--....-.-
some of these days. | will not suffer
longer and will not put up with it.
She told of Mrs. Williams saying
she had wakened in the night and
looked at Coverly. her direct stare
seeming to awaken him, that she had
not been nerved then to kill him.
When the witness asked why she
wished to kill Coverly she replied that
she was tired of the way he was doing,
that he was not working but that
she was working every day and he
was drinking and staying out at night.
Mrs. Buster replied to a question that
Mrs. Williams could not be jealous
of her and was not hat she knew
of as she had no occasion for 1t.
She had witnessed previous quarrels
of the Coverlys, the woman being the
aggressor. She was always mad and
started every quarrel, the contention
being that Coverly was drinking and
not working. Christmas night Mrs.
Williams was intoxicated and she put
her and Coverly in the back room so
that they (the Busters) could have
dinner without listening to them quar-
rel. On another occasion she said
she would kill him.
Mr.. Vargas got the witness to ad-
nit that she had fallen down and
gotten her coat muddy while in a
more or less intoxicated condition.
Upon the point of suggesting that she
need not remember to testify to the
words, Il loved him and I've killed
him." she had not been offered a
bribe. Then came another fusilade.
Mr.. Vargas challenged the truth of
this statement of not having to re-
member as many as twenty or thirty
times and each time up to and includ-
ing the last Mrs. Buster came back
with the words, you told me | did
not have to remember that, Mr.. Var
gas" several times adding, land you
know you did"
Il told you to tell the truth, did !
not" asked Mr.. Vargas.
Yes" she replied.
She said she told Mr.. Vargas she
had said it at the inquest, but having
done so she would stick 10 the state
ment, also because IL was the truth.
She also said 1t was in the newspaper.
He sought to gain an admission that
she was so drunk she was not sure.
You certainly told me | did not
have TO remember those words" said
Mrs. Buster again, getting in the last
word on that argument.
Mrs. Buster, replying to other ques-
tions. said she never saw Coverly
strike the Williams IN She had
come TO the Buster home with a
black eye, but had said she had fallen
against a chair.
The night before the shooting Mrs.
Buster had gone up ION the line but
al Z o'clock had come back to the
Coverly home for Mrs. Williams 10
accompany her on a return to the
restricted district. They had quite
la few drinks there. Asked If she
was drunk when she returned Mrs.
Buster replied, Il was feeling pretty
good. . That night she stayed at
the CoYerly home and the next morn
ing the three had arisen late. Mrs.
Buster sent Coverly down TO her
house to feed her cat and get a steak
she had left on a shelf on the outer
wall. Also for some beer and whis-
key.
"Were you in love with Coverly,
too?" inquired Mr.. Vargas.
Him? No, not that | know Of" she
spoke with certain infections OF scorn.
Il certainly would have known it."
Mr.. Vargas asked what newspaper
IL appeared in that she had used the
c~oontroyerted words. She thought II
was the Times. Gould it have been
the White Pine News" asked the
attorney. He read a paragraph from
a News clipping. She said that was
not the one.
George w. Jackson. city marshal
of Ely. was the next witness. He had
arrived at the house Immediately af-
ter the shooting. He asked Mrs.
Williams how the shooting happened
and she had replied, HE would not
be a good true pal" She also said,
81 caught him kissing her" then said
to Mrs. Buster. II did not kill him.
and Mrs. Buster replied, You killed
| him and YOU know YOU did, Mrs.