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Show COURT PROCEEDINGS. I liOiiATK (JUL KT, FAI.T LAK 11 C-Ol NT Y, f.I.I S P.M1T1T, J., PlIllTJlSi;. Fritl.iy, St.t! Clin ni-jL ai '.t o U" k a.m. E Tlio ronplf, etc, r., Stloinnn Ice. j inlu'tl fur the niunU-r of ( i;il'r:t'l . 1 Culltiii, ;nnl his miiis, Ci;ilrit.-1 ;iiul (iil-I (iil-I boit, 'i'lio ir(8(vniin'xnunnn!y a-kiTl I iXn' a roniinu:tnoc nl thu Past until he luikiI it Thompson, nil iuiporUtut wiujc, who Uliii'.il in the prciiniin-u;y prciiniin-u;y ux.uniiuti.'ii, Imt wlm cuuld not nu'.v lo l'uiunl. Tue jiitonu-y mkuIo i:ic stittoiiu'iit tlint lie expected to iX've ly Thoinp.in the killing of the ut.voii.ix!, lliu liiiuiro of the wouiula, tli;vt liu uinl his sou wi-re aka in tlan-or tlan-or of loinj,r kilktl, tlmt tiro was in-tcro.-ttt.l in the killing, ;ml that fice, Jiuu-iicr anil Taylor were tlie parties who did the kiiliusr. In order that the attorney could tile an allidavit for a t'oiitinnance, ton it twk a reeess till ! 1 o'clock p. m. 1 p. m. On the re-nscniblin of Court the. proseenting attonuy tiled an atlidn-vit atlidn-vit lor the continuance of the ca.se, which was argued by the counsel on both side-i, anil overruled by the Court. The following jurors were sworn to try the ea.se: W. M. l'res-celt, l'res-celt, S:iimiel lirinluirst, Milieu At-wood, At-wood, U'Uliant Thorne, Jolm Keesc, Luther Tuiteiieil, Charles Kinj;, La-. La-. i .,.,1. w.rJi . Churleri Cri.nion, jr., G. C. Jiiser nnd Juhn W'ayman. Jiulye tjnow prccntetl the case to the jury on the part of the people, and Jude !? tout on the part of the prisoner. Dr. llickniiiu sworn for the prosecution. prose-cution. Jli? tcstimoni: was that on the -Uji of July he wan calkd to visit tue younger Cotton wiio wan wounded. wound-ed. 'There he saw the Wlies of Cotton Cot-ton ;iud his ol-.est sou lying dead. At ttie Coroner'ri in-juest lie examined the wounds of the parties. " The witness wit-ness told tue loe:uiun of the diflerent 1 wuunds Jbund 011 the bodied, lie, remained with Gabriel, Jr., for ome time that evening, nnd the nest morning, when he rcUirnul, Iho patient pa-tient v;:s dead. Gabriel, Jr., was uneonscioiH from the time witness tiit saw him after tho shooting. Witness thought all three of the men died from the etlecbi of the Mounds, Thonnvs Mum ford sworn for the proseeution. lie tcstiiietl that Cotton lived alxnil one mile nbovo him, and Uu teher alKuto:ie-half mile above ami between his (wilnetw) and Cotton's house. On the ith of Juiy, ijl.vut 2 o'clock p.m., Cotton eame to witness' house, alone. While Cotton was there his oldest son enmc nnd asked i Cotton to go with him up to link'ii-1 link'ii-1 ex's, saying that his brother was -in crouble. The young man said he I believed Butcher hud killed his broth er. Cotton mid his son went away, and witness has not sL'i-n them since. After the Cottons left witnts eaw people at Butcher's house, and heard jbout half a, dozen shots lured, but ouuld not see who fired them; At toe time Cotton was at witness' house Air. Kirk was also there and had aome conversation with Cotton. Kirk said he went to Butcher's house in itie morning, and the latter accused nim of steniing poles. Kirk struck Butcher, aud the latter was about to atrike back, when some of his folks pulled him away. Butcher then told tLirk to get old Cotton and his gang, 13 he, ( Butcher) wanted to clean tneni out. Kirk then started home and on his way called in at Cotton's house and told him what Butcher had said. The two then went down thu road, and when they got opposite Butcher's house Butcher went to uicm, and they got into a ilillteulty .ibout the trouble iu the morning. Cotton, said nothing about Gee, but said he wanted Butcher to keep off uis track. Martin Donovan sworn Jor rheprosr ecu lion. He testified that on the 2Iili of Julv, about 3 o'clock, p.m., he was going up the road past Butcher's But-cher's house, lie saw Cotton going towards Mum ford's and Butcher, Uee, Taylor nnd a boy following him. Gee and Taylor had pistols in their hands. Taylor got down ' on his 1 haunches and pointed his pistol at Cotton, Gee stood by and patted Taylor on the head. Cotton turned around and said to Butcher, " I don't want to have anything to do with you." Witness then drove on up the road and stopped at Cotton's house, and told Tasker that Cotton was in trouble. The two young men each mounted a horse and rode towards the corral, as witness supposed,, to get a horse. The testimony of all of the above witnesses was very full, and was a repetition of that given by them at the preliminary examinatiufi and published in the IIekald at the time. At G p.m. the court adjourned till 9 a.m., Saturday. POLICE COt'RT, CLINTON, J., rREs'IDIXO. John King, the man who was nourishing a loaded pistol on East Temple elrcet, Friday evening, aud threatening to shoot any one who in-! terfered with him, was trial and lined j xb I Tho row which arose among the 1 gamblers, mi Thursday, was a serious atiair for all concerned. Two charges wero made against James Bogers, one for assaulting L. Dohlmau, and the other Ibr assaulting with intent to do bodily injury to the same gentleman. Tho charges were sustained, and liogcrs was fined $100. L. Doldman, Julius Levi and Chris. Randall were then arraigned, on complaint of Rogers, for gambling. Thu parties tried to compromise the matter, but finally plead guilty to the charges as follows : Dohlman, to keeping a gambling house and to three separate charges of gambling, four ollcnces, was fined $100; Levi, to keeping a gambling house and to , two charges of gambling, fined :00 ; 'Randall, to one charge of gambling, lined $100. Harry Levi, who was arrested on compiaintot tiicinanwnom ne narrcu out of his game, was lined 100. All of the fines were paid. Last night, there was more trouble brewing among some of the parties, which will probably terminate in a shooting allivir. One- ''drunk'' paid 10 into the city treasury, another paid -5, while a third will work live days on the Ftrects. Altogether, Friday was a lively day in the Folice Court, and was, financially, one of the best days on reord at that institution, UHio, currency, being taken iu on lines. |