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Show THE MOSS CASE. ' Ttj Trill Jnry Complete! Ytsltrdij. TIIK IlLMTCTIVi: SlIIKS Nr.l1l'.ll. S;noil of Hie lellmoiiy Odrrnl at VeilmlajN Snlon. The oxarnlnatlon of Juror In the Moil cue wturroiDiiil at Iwoo'cl'X'k yeeterday afternoon. Jauuw Glcndaii nhiitwat ihnllrngnl hy the prunvu-llon, prunvu-llon, on 'lie ground that ho waa on do feiidnnt'a houd. The challeinto waa allowed. .Mr. llurkc, lleher II. Wella and M. It. dimming! irero called to the box. Mr. Well waa aerepted, lait tho other two wcroexctiwloii jirtnip tory eunllciifrre. 1'rc.l Lllllo and Mr. Crane wtru next vallnl to fill Ihn two reiiiilnltiK rnciiuclea on the trial' panel. After examination both Mereexnmd. It. Mclntoeh uud W. C. Htalue were called to tho box. The fofiner waa ox-tiiM-d on account of lit health, and Mr. Crutchcr waa called. Jioth lie nud Mr. Hlalnen were exniiod, A nother Inlcli of uainea werb drawn from the box and a veulnilwiid, nd. lux tho return of which J. C. Johiieon wai arralffuvil on a charge of baring Iwen courerned with four other defend-anla defend-anla In ileallur; n barrel of wbleley from (lie IJ. V. He pleaded not guilty. A wait of half nil hour innied, when thejunira numiuoutd on tho venire lKintoilroiln. W. I., llnljw wj the flrat ono examined. Ho waano itpted, and waa the eleienth. W. J. Coltrell waa called hut claimed exemption from Jury M-rrlce on aiiouutof tieliir; r flretuau. Hewai t'xmicd. C. H. Htorcinoii camo lu nflern while, but waa exciieod becauae ho had exprrnaed an unqualified opinion. A fu-r another wait Kllaa A. Hmllli arrived, waa examined, and a.'rcuiot. orlly cliallenited by tho Uefeuae. It. K. riirjinii next mine In hut he wai eictiaod on account of ilckuoM. An other lonj wait waa ended by tlm up. laaranio of W. W. WUconih, who wru examined nud awom, ami the trial anel waa complete, Tho Indhtiiicut which charjea mur. der In the tint dourco, waa rend when Mr.riuyderoutllneil the cum for the pn lo.tiilou. He Uumi lijr aajInglUatthoproaccii. tlon did notexiocl a verdict of murder In the ilritdrgno, but It did expect to how the defendant ifiillty of murder In thaaxoiid define. The proaeciitlon iro.Bl tu a-ove Umt miuirrel txMnl belneeii l.innloii, Uio man who waa killed, and u man immial Thoinia Kenrma; that Miax waa un Inllinalo filend of KearnoA' nnd took I he lain r 'a fight on hi own ahoiilderai and that drfvndint, aonitt time prior to lira hootlnz, luil undo threata agaliut Idincton. 1'olLwluj la the venlnli of tho rhout. Ing in given li Mr. Huyderl Onlhe iivenlinsiifrieplemher 10, Hie deceaawl, thedefeiidant, a linn nameilCii'ilrea mid rlherlir Weler were all In lira (apltol niIooii drUiklnr;, the proprietor, Moaby, Mmtbelilud Ihutuir, I.ai. ton i-MOio lu and aald to dvfvtidauli Vou'ro a llckipllile for Tom Kearnee." Diifeudantreplleil: "Ycu'ro allir; I'm a llrkepltlle for no ruin,"al thotametlmo drawing hla plabd and firing the fitil ahot. iusten'a dflug atateinent dtuiieft that be atruck do feiidant. It waa no rate of nelf. defviiie. Theaherlll waa preeent nnd defendant ha I n tight to call on lilm for protection. There had lcn bad blood un tho part of difeudant toward Langton for a lain; time, and the former wan the aggrcMur, Judge rowira Mill thudefeiidaiit ili-alrv.1 ili-alrv.1 to inako a btnteiiiriit now 1, anil he pron-oded tu do ao, Herald In Biibalani-et Defendant lr fifty yenraol uge, luduilrloiia and iui ,! "lr: had lived lu 1'ark City alnco ISSS, and had Wen nu I'liglmer at tho Ontario mliie. Ho la a email man phjalrally, hut 1 utugtou waa a poH-e rful man. A ipiarrel row brtween lianglon nnd Inomaj Kearnea. The former alindereil the latler,uudMoaa, who waiawnrni friend of Kearnei, hoanl of It, nnd a otialit t9 act aa a ja-aifmxker. Uiiaieilahioi'cAaloiiMoaaandKear-nea Uiiaieilahioi'cAaloiiMoaaandKear-nea went Into a reataurniit and ant at ntable, when langtoii camo In. Duly thore threii were preaent. Ijington poketnlvtarneA nlajut n litter. Moan rliowed I,.itigton a Idler and iiekid If lie wrote It. I.angtou nild "no." Moei then nald to Kcnrnet: "I told youthore limit he tiiuiu mlilakii alwut It." On n Utr ocitulon Mow a iw Kenr. ma nnd l.augton llghtlngoiilheitrtet, and Intoifriod toH'paratelheni. There H great bltluriiMW idler Ihle. on the part of l.inglon agiilmt .Mow, Kiarnoa, and Iald Keith. Inugton waa heard tolhreatun tho life of Moil, and carrlmt a platol with the nvowed purio-eof "guilugovcii"wltli him, ilwia on Iho afternoon of tho ahonU log, iult work uud dropiaU Into a Mlooii aud took ono drink. Juat U foin lupjir he dtopiwdlnto Moibv'a aaloon nnd took another, nnd engaged In voiiveiaatlon wllh ."lojhy and H'lulrca. Men atobl with hla right nrm on tho tar when l.nngton came lido Ihoaaloon, aud lavllcl un men pri-eentto drink. Mux tupid away from tho bar and .wan about to walk out when langtvii mild to him: "1 wantto aa'Aktuyou." loa eald, "What I It?" Langton a-ked,'Wiiero la that letter?" liienullig the one dle.'ii.iud In the rentaurant. Mod eald Kcaruca had II. I.ingtou aaid: "Vou ule n lick anUtle for Tom KnriHw." Mom replied: "Vou'ro n liar." ldugtou Iheii cillial Moeina of ii li , airuik liliu In tho mouth with hla Hit, and then undo a movement ni to draw n llatul. Mom ilaggereil, hut behoving ilmt Lnngton aa about to hnot,nnd that It waa maiely a qneallon cf which could thoot llr.l, drew nnd fired, After Ulng ahot l.anglon nlowly walUedntitof thuanlooii. Moe could have ahot him tcveral tlmca If ho had been ruinated hy unlive, but find only ono ahot, Tliouvo wltnrtaen pnaeut will nil leatlfy that Langton atruck Mom. Uu.Etoii dropiied hit platol Ju.t iva ho emerged from the Mbon door, iliowliiii that he had drawn It atthuluitaiitMui fired. IfMoMlmd not llnd tint. In all probability Lung, loll tmtend of Mcu would le on trial bore today, Tho Introduction of tiuillmony waa liegun by the railing of S. W. Moal.y, who lillled for Hie proaeciitlon. Iti. alio In Paik City; knew duenaed and defendant; kept tho Capitol uliu L JMlJ'gSe'lliaiT "" ' ' ilWlKrWfcr (there In Her temWrlaat) on the llijlit of September 10th, Mom and ntl.era nine Into the raioou, nnd he ami Hiulrwi talkeitntioulcuriiiKii her bo and Mom had Rlvia me; l.angton cam In an 1 Invited Conceri, Kilon rluri.1 and myrelf bi drink) we drank when JjAiigton turiinl to Mm ami aid: "Here, Mew, I wnnl to aak til you." 'IheV bilkeil eoine time nud Hmilrva nakrxl Hherltf Wiber for a ilolur bi treat tho crowd with. Welier gave II to lilm. While Ihey went ililnnlin; I lie,ir.l I ringtail toll Mm: "Vnu're n llrk-aplul for Tom Kearr.t-a." Moiee replied, when IjinStoti struck him, Men itaggered kirk iitiilertliehlowniiddiewniiii tired. Did not hear Maall kiiigtoiiallar. ltlllgtoll allllck Mueu with hla light hand. After helm; ahot, l.inilun walkeilontortheailooli. Atthetlme the nh'.t waa fired. Mom, Lai glon, Welier, ("iiulrea and luyaelf were all thermnaii that room, in tho rear laauollier run In which were Mivcrnl twreoiia. Tho riwii.e are connected hy an archway. Allhetimo t.angtiiii uilhil Mom a llckaplttle, I waiallrrlUK n toildy for Mom. Moaa and IjaliKtoli talked to- Sillier aome mlRiilea after Imigton ritamkr; Kington eneniaVI tu lei tie. HiAtidllijr n letter, and Mo-a nald he did lint bavii II, and that If Langtou would goto Kenrnea Hie litter wool I glvolt tohlm. To Mr Dlcknnn Moja drank only micol'efore lngtonnkeuildm. AI the lime Langtun ttrudi Moaa the fjrruor waa nenrer the door than I bo latter, and Ihey fc-dif,cli other. Altar Move waiatruili 1 an blood on elita whlekcra. Mr. Haydrr-lii teilllylng Ivfnro the coroner, did you not aay that ou heanl Mmn rail lniigtnn a liar? Mr. Dlclaon We'll admit that Moaa did call him Hilar. He'll leatlfy to It lilmielf. On account of the Hlii(MorJodr: ..mo he did not lake tho benih .thin morning, and n wall occurred while J udgeAbdernoll completed ajme hti-l ncnnliuliAmbera, lfore ninumlng Hie placo of tho abaent Jtidgu. a Hhortly beforeeleveii o'clci-k Judge Anderson apared nad took tho tench. Ho atatvd Hint there waa n l neat to n of the regularity of changing thupnaldiugjudgelna cae of thin kind, but that If the ilelenw would walvo any Irregularity, ntid Irt it appear ap-pear on record Ih-il It would not Iw taken advar.taceof, the trial would go Mr. DlcUon Mkl that ho did u.t Ihluk It waa an Irregularity, hut the defeneo wot willing to let It aprrof rocotd that they dralrtd tho cliango tu be made, and the no lo Le proceeded wltii wltlioutttiiy delay. JuJgo Andernou remnikeiltliatwltli out tuili a atlpulatlon he abould olject to pliat-edlng, but Willi II ho would no on. Ho ordered thejury to bo brought In, end when they ware In the box lie ordered tho only wltneM examined ye.lenlny, H. IV. Moeliy, lo Uko tho wllnvM aland, aud the reporter to read Ida tc Fthuuiiy. Inauevrcrto the comt, the wllncaa anid la waa n correct report of hla Intl-luony. Intl-luony. Ilinnawcr to Mr. Hnyder, tho wit-neaa wit-neaa nald only a eccond or two Inter vtmd btt een the blow atruik Mim by lixngton, and the thot flietl by Mom. r-hcilir John 1,. Welr wae placnl onthentatid hy the pruncvldloii. He laid: Had known ilefnudAut well for neveraryean; on the night of Hep. In, wai In Moabj' naloon; when 1 went In, IiAngtonnudMoiot wereitanillngat lira ejet end of thu bar, and Moeby nnd Hpiliea Mere near the billiard table; I a.ked for Holon Hurel and w ai told he had luit gone out; I aUrtcd out when Suliea naked mo for a dollar lo treat Iho crowd: 1 gave It to him and took a cigar; rVpilrea Invited Molt nnd Itaiigtontodrlnk;! (jaafcelarotiudMoif and Ijnigtou, bigitamalch; Ihey were landing rloot.i the tar and facing each other; 1 w aa nearer Iiington thnn Mow,llghllng tuy cigar, when 1 heanl l.ngton call Moil n llckaplttle for'l'cjni Kearna; Moi mllnl l.angton ii liar, aud atruck bhn lu Hie inoulh Willi lili right hand; MiaeaataggirHl Imck under Hie blow and drew and fired hla platol; at thu tlm the allot waa fired 1 waa nleut four feet from Kington; l.efuro the ahot 1 tried to get around Kaiigtuu but waa t"o late; altout twoeeconda t-laieeil U-tweell thu Mow and the ahot; Mora drew the platol quickly, thruat It forward and llrod without taking aim at all; after the ahot 1 ar rented Mora, and Iiaiigloii walknl out of Hie ailooii rapidly. When I entered tho ailooii 1 enw no one excejl lhoo 1 have mentioned Tho revolver with which Hie killing waa done wai hero Introduced lu evidence, evi-dence, and Ideiillliodby tho witiiian. Ttiepriaoner took tlie wojioii and removed re-moved the cartridge! from ll.ea neither Iho wllii'-ni not tlm preaecutlng attor-nor attor-nor underiitood Hi iiiechaniaui. lllcluird H'lUlna next tenlim-j Know IangtoiilwoeAtai)inuillyand Moan nine yi-ara, lullmately. He gavu an account of what took placo In thu aidoim lit tliu lime of the nhootliig, which corroborated Hie telmoiiy of Monby and Hlicrlir Weber, and Mo Krilntl the blow atruck by linugtou and the aliot. Mr. Ciltclilow nilml the wltneaa to HIiiKtinto thu rapidity ullli which tho aliot followed tho blow. "Who'll I practice on?" Innocently tuked HiowllneM, creating a buret of laughter from thu ipectatora. ThuwItiiiM Dually made Ituudcr-atooil Ituudcr-atooil that only a eccond or two eloi-u'd bctwientlio blow uud Hie ahot, aud uImi allowed the nlillvo iioattlona of hhiuelf, Mora and Idiugloii at tho In-bUnt In-bUnt the ahot wai llrod. They weru nlinoat wlUiln nrni'a length of each-other. each-other. Thowltneea continued: After being lliot, l.migloil ntepl-eil out of Hie aIooii quickly, mid rJherlir Webiriiald to Moaa: "Alow, whut havn you dnne7" Mom repllwli "Do you no nhat he haa done to mc7" Thla wltuiM nald tho wound wai Hiren InchcaalioTo aud to the left of the naval. Jonn O'Xell wai next neorn ntul tcallfledi l.lvo nt I'atk City; know l.angton; remeiular hla lielng ahot; wai Willi lilm nil the time after he wax ahot till hu died; ho lielluved he wiu going to die. Mr, CrltMilow wa trying to aliow by thla wltiiiaa Hut Laugfon madoa dy. Ingatatiuientln i'iwlaltouof dying ooii, when Mr. Dickniii aald the do-Kiiio do-Kiiio would udmlt that I.nrjgtou made a dying aiatemont In exrieilatlon of an ImiuetilHio death. Mr. C'rllililoiv examined tho wllueea In regard to Hiv ititnnunt, which, tho latter ailj, wai wrltiennt IhoillcUlIoii ofLaugtouaiidaWoriitahy hliu. Tho atatement wti lutro'Juced In evldeniiiaud In folio tru TitmiTOiiv oe ft u, 1 Niinniid ri.nitii, J All A. I.1ltgt.lll iMtlprr dlllv nn'orn aa., Oil III.. tUiHl or .1 illy, IW I vviij "oe" w by Mom ,v liearual of wriliiig a I, Iter YlWl,',l!"J, n,".",'"."',"' '"" ,'l" ' did not writ.., sal,t li Itirbolngona written from liero cuimrulug au alleged murder l'iliajjgeajnilj III Nebraakn, and . o.iiftr-liei- Tli'imae K. un.-a "lib It. Iibnlrd ll. A fight followed. I p O.e ... t of II. K.-( iiighMXcp' li". poill int Moa. I i-kl Intel nljoul II, . Intler. Ibi "aid be did not l.ie It. I I..I.I hltil hn hn.t 1 .n irrv olllei.liia hi the maUar all I ih l I Venule.! iho loiter, that I had a nueplrlon ule. wrote 11. die jumped lm-fc, dre.i out lit plei-d end ti.'t in.'. 1 did not ral a hand Co irlko hit", .rv,(outt to at 1 1..' l.ltii. re.lgn.Ml) A. m. I.AMinix. Mubaerllnil nud awTii to Wfin. Im. Hi la llilidiyi.rnpiiii'r, lil. Wh.nos t. MivnKit, r-oinry Put.lte, -jiiininll County, Huh. Tho wltuiM (I'Nell. uhder iro-e examination hy Mr. Diekaou, aaid he wai one of thu men who1cktd l.ang ton up whero he fell, and Hint the lltler walked, after Mug ahot, about UK) yinle, luihumxtarictt. (hi.rgu Waunlug next teatlfled: I kept a rcataiiranl In Park City lait ailmmer, Moaa and Kiarrien cimeln and eat at n table for tupi-rr; kmi Iiaiiglcii i nino lu and ant ut another Inllr; Mom ehowid lnglon a Idler and naked If hewrutolt, liinibiimild, un; Kinruea eald. "Kiugbm you've ilenliilwiu many thing)." Other talk allowed whlrh i,.ii't niiiriulHT. Tn Mr. III. kain-Tho plltlea ueiil no angry nor:,; I did u.t him more than n pill of wlo.t liny aiUI: heanl Moea aiy that Koarncf w n tha only true fileudhe Jind, nnd lie w ul.l die tot him. Joarph Metlcotu t Iratlfleili Hialdo at I'aik ll.v; urn i i.'lbi'iiiiiu; knew l.angti.ii,Keaiuea d Voi.;iwa light In June Ulwoun l.iari.ciAtid lAiigton and arrteltil theiu, Mil- waa jment but took bo tail lu lh ll r.lt. Mr. Kd.iI Iru next ' III led, 1,1 v. I . Halt Mki I vat In r rk uy lait mim mer, In June ". ll ;tl ltii.u Kentnea aud I if i :' .. Wilmaa i'v KtlUM the light, . 1 1 be arrrat of Hie rlhliiute. lUcciitlll lli.m. |
