The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-11-08
SECTION FOREMAN
ACCUSES MEXICAN
Is Held to Answer, However, In
Spite of Statement in Self
Defense Accusing Mexican
of. Colconda Killing

At the close of the preliminary
hearing of Pat Mullen, Golconda
section foreman charged with the
murder of Jose Sefare, a Mexican,
Mullen surprised Justice of the
Peace James Ritchie, before whom
the hearing was conducted, and
other listeners in the court room,
by volunteering statement in
which he vividly portrayed his ver-
sion of the murder and laid the
blame to Francisco Gallardo, an
other Mexican section hand at Col
conda, who had previously been a
damaging witness against Mullen.
Because of the testimony of the
Mexican Gallardo, and also that of
Sheriff Brady and Mrs. B. Hanson,
the latter being employed in the
Ydiando store at Golconda, and who
testified that Mullen had admitted
to her that he had committed the
murder, Judge Ritchie held Mullen
to answer to the murder charge and
released Gallardo. Mullen's dra-
matte statement of the case follows
came in at $3.50 off the section,
my car wasn't working right, weak
batteries, guess. | received four
new men from Salt Lake and had
no clothing, feed or supplies on
hand. l went up to the store, Ydian-
dos store, to get some stores and
blankets, me and all my men to-
gether they went home with the
stores and this Joe went over to the
saloon, we had supper over there.
After supper we was playing the
phonograph. He wanted me to go
down visiting with him. l refused
to go; he abused me and wanted me
to come outside and | refused to go
outside, stayed in the saloon for
three quarters of an hour before
going out. / went out and started
home. l got below the hotel, the
Golconda Hot Springs Hotel, about
an eighth of a mile, and this man
came running behind me hollering
Hold on l want to see you, STOP"
He got up with me, and pulled a
quart bottle out of his hip pocket
and he says, "Drink, damn you,
or l will kill you." says, 81 don't
want to drink, l am sick and am
going home" At that he pulled
out his knife and was going to stab
me. He had the knife in his hand
when this little Mexican, that sat
there, came up from the section
house mad walked between me and
him. l left them talking, then to
themselves, and went home, went to
bed in this Mexican's bed because
there was a family in the section
house, a woman mad child, and l
did not want to stay there. might
have been on the bed an hour or so
sleeping, and this man came in and
woke me up, this Mexican man. l
says, "What is the matter?" And
he says II had to shoot Joe, because
he was going to kill me-" l says,
For Christ's sake, man, give me
that gum" l got up and grabbed
the gun from his hand, went to
the door, opened the door, and
threw it across the railroad track
by the ladies' toilet. l says, "For
Christ's sake, man, let's go to bed
and quit this fighting" He sat
down on his bed and talked to him
for two hours and probably more
about giving himself up in the morn
ing to the sheriff. He promised
me he would. l laid and talked
with him, l guess, two hours before
| went to sleep. | slept on the back
side of the bed and he slept in
front. He woke me up and told me
breakfast was ready in the morning
The first time had spoken to him
After my breakfast | went over to
the depot, talked to the agent, asked
him if the roadmaster was coming
to town, and he said he was, so
went off up town. l met the sheriff
and this gentleman here in their au-
tomobile, and they said they were
going down to arrest all of my men
l told him all right. He asked me il
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