Show DE TELLS HIS STORY Hughes Account of UieJ Killing of i Komarne AND THE OCCURRENCES PReCeDING PRE-CEDING IT I He Says the Shooting WA ID eU ncfonf The ArsumpnU or tonomel In tho Hughes trial Hughe trl yesterday afternoon the witnesses following IncC Mr Pmneo were J B Cummock J I GooIwin I JJessup Joseph Arthur EDBurlIngame George n Gushing V V Daniels and B H Reed the two latter tor the de D fense Their statements agreed with those of Mr Pinneo published yeslerdajasdid also th dldn threcfHughe himself In regard t the shooting I This moraine In contnuitinn n n f the Dftse v jA > m si IIUGIIKS the defendant testified I am In my 31th year a a compositor by trade have worked In Iowa Kansas Kan-sas Illinois Tennessee and 1lnoh c other places came t Utah In August 1SSB worked on the ear and frtbunr had been at the latter place mOt of the time I vrrs in town prior t thejihcotlng became acquainted with ncuailte Jtomayno there Sunday Nov 3 I attended a meeting of the Printers Union at that meeting there w as some agita aglt ton about girls being employed at less I wages than men there was an impression that any one cm played I at the Tribune who took part in the work assigned to a committee com-mittee appointed to gee the management man-agement endangered their situa tions several had declined and Itomayne was appointed he also nppinte a declined and at this juncture I jokingly oflercd a resolution that the committee be b provided with masks 5 that the manager would not know them I heard that 1t niayne was offended and I went to him and stated that I had no reference refer-ence t him be said he paid no attention to aby fool but I a man did that to him In wnnM 1 11m down he said he attributed ntr It t my Ignorance I said he was cmito complimentary he sid I could take I a I pleawli I askedMr Daniels to inquire what I had done and Itomayne said ho referred t my resolution I asked if my apolozy had not been sufficient he was abu ive aud said If I wanted want-ed a knife or gun fight he would gn accommodate me a he was an expert with either I told him I wanted nothing t do with him He carried a pistol and a day or two afterward Mr Snider asked him why he did so He said someone might pull a knife on him and he would put a hole through him On Saturday Nov 15 some of LS attended a funcnl when we ts knt the office those of us wh9 had been to tho funeral were short of a kind of wer hor I knd type and the foreman gave us some we took it and Ilomayne asked if it n gone Mr Steuhou said ye Itoniaj ne came to my case and made an uncomplimentary remark mark to me Liter he obstructed me when I went t go In the washroom wash-room I waited a whillt be would not let me in I started away and he tried t run against me neither of us spoke AbOUt T30 Sunday morning we quit work I was the first oue out and went t the press room ailing for a paper The I1pr press was broke b I came out on t VeSt 1enhte hOtleet I went to the corner and turned west acnxs the street then turned north toward the eruHbuildlngnhtchishilfablock I east of where I usa rooming As I left the Tribune corner I heard voices voi-ces behind me I looked back and saw Konuyne following mi I walked n fast as I could he took the cut ofTand walked past t getting ahead of me I fclon cd up and he up did s at the skatinc rink huildimr he stopped when I came up to him I stopjjcd because rc a revolver in his hand he called me a very vile name I told him I did not want bjeth dt l od any trouble behold me to get my gun out I told him I had none he said You will need one before I get through with you he pointed his pistol at me and called me many vilo name I tried to talk him out of the difficulty and told i him I had given him no occasion t act fe s he struck at me with the pinol 1 and I dog < lie said I had no fight In me 1 told him I did not want t fight a man with a gun he said Ij will fight you without one even lu my wok physical condition condi-tion he pretenJed to lay his gun gn down I told him he could not Stan St-an fight out of me he sid he would make me fight and I tried to get aw ay he said he did not like me and accused me of drawing a knife on his fnenJ he drew his pistol which he snapped twice I broke and ran and he N j luitId = called out with an oath If I see iou today Ill get you I pot t my room a fast a 1 could When I wa inside I heard some one lt the window whom I believed to b Romayne but I was not positive I gal a i istol from my roommate a German I told him what had occurred oc-curred 1 did not g t bed for two hours and then I was H > worried I could not sleepthc pistol was loaded ill five chambers I also got five extra cartridges about 1030 extr crrd aout 103 amt t am-t up and later I went down to the river and fired two t shots I dldtht to learn how to handle the gun because I expected gn ed to be attacked I got back exp k1 kJ about 1 p m I called at Dinlels room and woke him up did not get any liquor t drink am not in the habit I of drinking I told Daniels that Romayne hal attacked mcand snapped a revolver at me and haj threatened t get mo when hew he-w me Daniels and I went to the Gaetj restaurant but it was shut Mr Daniels proposed that we go t the Tribune ofllcu and get a paper we started and Just pper got there we ban some of the printers in the hallway we intended to g past I was just going go-ing t speak to Mr Pinneo and tether te-ther when Itomayne stepped out I had not seen him before As Boon n he came I went into the street I I said You 5 1 you had the drop on me this morning but now I am heeled como out and fight like a man I pulled my gun and showed It then put it back in my pocket He said iGo ahead and do your shooting and laughed I walked down the edge of the gutter keeping my eye on him Mr Pinneo came towards me and Mr Koicayue followed I did not understand the proceed log Mr Phones stepped on one side and I saw Itornaj comlogat me with his revolver jointed at me As quick as I saw his revolver I began t back and pulled my pun I fired as rapidly a I could I fired five shots I tve sot emptying the revolver itomayne was still standing up and I got around the corner as quick as I could I threw out three shells and started reload with the shell tr cartridges I had put In my pocket but I had lost Iut tem I pet Itomayne to be ay o on me every in slant I eyer lnt went t the north cirner of the building and looked back and saw the crowd rushing up I knew then that Romayue must be lilt because he b hit bens did not follow me I turned lack and met Policeman Cummock I asked if he wag an officer and ho said ye I told I tl him I was the man he was after Then Franks came up and I toLl tl I him the same I up them to get Romaj Hes gunand they did I a taken t tie room where Itomayne was lying dead When Uomayne said I hal drawn a knife on a friend I knew what he referred t I n an incident intheGaletrrestaumnL Komayneand Lannon came In the latter was half drunk wo were not I very friendly because I had refused t lend him a doll they began t make fun of my new suit of clothes Lanuon was very abusive and threatened t dirty ray clothing I told him I had had enough of their slag m ° In the fac I drew my pocket knife and told him be could start In frto was a pugiltot I PuUed culd the knife to stand him oT They went away and I went home Mr Vaiton conducted the cross T I cr examination Mr Hughes said he did not expect to met Komayno i at tho Thiuiie I nmu ofllce as it J a not his habit to get a there fr early Hughes was great f tug ly agitated at what hatgrc carted thought having Romaj no arrested but decided not t a he believed ble eTtVfl thtboHught would be woul b killed If he kle I did w H ° believed tat Romayne would attack him at the first onportunltr tlt opprunlv TIn nn the varlonec fruits the itceount given in direct Iht dirt examination Wm G Phillips and Chas W Barnes were called t corroborate Imo of the statement of Hughes and the case 8 rested The arguments were made this aqments wer afternoon and the eve went to then Jury at 4 odock 11 seems probable I sm prLblo n lelure that avcHIct of not guilty will b |