| Show THE AT SALIM lit some time since we copied an account of the killing of one A J Jo joanson bilson a at t leasburg by P mc from the salmon mining 0 aima yews afterwards me mannus had a li hearing carin t before justice habersham and was discharged V cd tto the following cort appears i in n the same paper or of july after t the ho e examination Ls DunG july 22 1867 editor hining news dear dea sir the signed deem it il a duty ditty they owe to the living aud and thu dead to cor act the leports published in ill the last two issues of your ybur paper concerning the fatal affray which saddened tile the hearts of a whole community and resulted in ill the death ofarell of a well known and anc and respected citizen A J johns John ton stoll the particulars as detailed before ther the coroners inquest and committing magi mag istra istrati tc arc as ful follows lowe abo about u L beven P ai x P manu aud deceased bad badomi home words about the pu purchase ofa of a lot of liquors which resulted in ill both parties dri drawing pistols deceased fust drawing of and using some very harsh epithets such as you are arc a damned irish son of a bitch the night nigh t watchman vatell mal tile the ju justice tice of tile the peace and friends interfered when me maew went home deceased left his hia place aud and went around town to tile the saloons aud and several at neatly every one of which lie uttered language and a against ainest mcmanus which 8 should hould not bl be repeated except in a cc court urt of justice he repeatedly declared that he would kill tho the red mouthed son of a bitch ou sight before lie would go to bed b before f or lie he slept ac that hf was prepared and intended to do it Decease ds friends did all in thair iligir power to pacify him to gut get him to go home to defer tile the difficulty till morning but deceased seemed so determined that his fricia friends 18 left him ile he then st started artell in ill the direction ejection of his hia salo baloon which almost adjoins mcmanus place of business deceased took his position about thirty feet from the fiant of mcmanus place being directly in tho the position to intercept I 1 CN iallus us as lie ho might go to his sleeping room deceased remained there some half or three quarters of an ho hour ur when MeM antip carac came out ou on tile the sidewalk in front of his hia door doer deceased advanced three or four steps when mcmanus also adva advanced they clenched a pilot was waa fired they fought down by mcmanus nus place when they became separated deceased decease d ran down the street twelve or fourteen falling upon some projecting rocks leaving blood upon them mcmanus 1161 anus afir aiice and running over liim hini and a little beyond ahot missing hin him aud tile then nm away deceased did not not hrcak after fulling falling died instantly the coroners boners ti jury found that deceased came to his hia death from a blow or blows of a club or sonic some weapon in thu the of P the ille following it ia taken from the justices docket J 31 thurmond Thur moud und and L 0 reyburn Rcy buru ou on the part of P mcmanus to lo tile court flint tile mcmanus has beun been informed fori tied that the verdict of the lot jury charges liim with the killing of A J Jol iuston 11 and that liu hu de dc livedis himself to lo tile the proper and claims ill an impartial whereupon tile court proc proceeded ceded to tile the examination appointing A 0 isaacs on oil thu the part or of tile tho prosecution upon application twenty two were called for tile the prosecution and fiete fifteen c a for the defense the examination lusted lasted two days dayta the prisoner was waa dis chal chalked ged the amouta mouta montana na and all impels which have published the alluded to will publish this communication A 0 ISAACS atty ally L C cleyburn J M attys at tys for defenso |
