Show ON TRIAL the shooting As told by an eye witness DAMAGING TESTIMONY BY THE prosecution sweeney implicated in the tragedy to au alarming extent ahe trial of aseal mulloy 1 or the murder of george J hughes at park on election day august ast 1st commenced on tuesday and is now in full blast the most important evidence adduced by the prosecution is that given by jas Mo flatt an eyewitness eye witness to the whole proceeding he said on the ast 1st of august last I 1 was living near park city it was monday election day I 1 was in cupit brennann Bren nans saloon neal mulloy and george J hughes were in park city on the evening of that day at the saloon a little after U p m I 1 saw mulloy there saw hughea a few minutes afterward they came into the saloon separately mulloy had beba inthe saloon and went out before hughes came in he returned a few minutes later when Hughes and I 1 were standing at the bar mulloy came up and said he had voted but had scratched the ticket he was addressing hughes and I 1 hughes said he voted the ticket whole mulloy said he would not be compelled to do anything he did not want to hughes said he would not either mulloy said lie biad been once hughes said yes I 1 was several years ago I 1 was met on the street by masked men and at the point of the pistol was forced to run an engine down to coalville Co alville mulloy said you knew everyone on the train hughes reputed no I 1 did not mulloy called him a liar hughes said he was not a liar mulloy said he was a liar and a coward or he would fight hughes said he would not fight as mulloy waa too small a man a man named shears came up and said he knew hughes was abot a coward mulloy again challenged hugaas and they went out to the middle of the floor mulloy then wanted to go out and they went shears and I 1 tried to keep hughes back he said there would be no fight as he would talk the matter over with mulloy and settle it they then went out the side door and the crowd following A diagram of the building was introduced and explained to the jury mulloy stairs and to a door that leads to the higher ground at the back of the saloon there were about thirteen steps to the platform and then the door led out mulloy went on the platform first and I 1 passed hughes and followed him shears went outside hughes stood inside of the door and I 1 stood between him and mulloy mulloy said hughes you heel yourself j I 1 am heeled and moved outside into the open air hughes jumped back to the middle of the platform shears and I 1 tried to keep mulloy out but ho turned and came back to the door which was open he raised his right hand in which lo 10 had a pistol he stepped inside and put his left hand on the door jam pointing his right towards hughes the Jatter started to go down stairs I 1 bieard a pistol shot and mallcy aid take that you s of a b mulloy held the pistol in his right hand hughes was going down stairs looking backward hughes staggered against the wall his left breast was exposed to mullous Mu lloys shot he made no threats either by language or movement when hughes staggered mulloy looked at him for a moment and hen went back shears asked what leave you done mulloy mulloy warned him to stop but he did not and mulloy warned him a second time raising his pistol and saying if you come another step I 1 have balleta in this for you too shears then stopped the next 1 saw Hughes of he was lying down in the saloon and they said he was dying the whole transaction took place befogs benset on cross examination moffatt said he and hughes were members of the lodge ofa OU W had not seen mulloy before he camo into court I 1 had an argument with him at that time about election matters about a week apo I 1 looked at a copy of my testimony before commissioner norrell did not read it because I 1 knew what I 1 had testified to when mulloy and I 1 were arguing the barkeeper told mulloy that the language he was using would not be permitted he was talking about D 0 mclaughlin I 1 had drank two or three glasses of beer I 1 was nofa drunk I 1 thought at the time there wera two pistol shots but I 1 think it was the echo and that there was but ono I 1 was considerably excited I 1 went on to the street and shouted to lynch D C mclaughlin stopped me I 1 knew what mulloy meant when he spoke of hughes having been compelled to do something which he did not want to do they did not say anything farther about the lunching lynching lyn ching of murphy I 1 came up from price emery county to vote |