Show BARNEY IS CONVICTED jury returns verdict of assault V details of saloon brawl at elsinore arc are told by witnesses at the trial the th district court coni convened ened monday and the jurors were pressed into service for the first time during the term the case calling for a jury was that of the state vs elias barney barnev of brooklyn brooklin who wa charled with ith lip sault with a deadly weapon it will he be remembered that the and the barneys barneis enia encased raged in 4 bit fight zt at a saloon in elsinore last of july thery there were sore heads and schine limbs after the fiedt in the melee jim aunley was struck oer the head with nith a billiard cue in the hands bands of elias barney and nunley nent down for the full co count prior to that time nunley and another of the barneys barneis were ere engaged in a gentle centle argument ar a ament and barney got the worst of the encounter rhe case was ab ini estiza estimated ted by count attorney jergenson genson and out of it grew crew two in the district court against amos nunley kunle y and elias barney district attorney erick enck lon appeared for the state and E E hiffmann for the defense it took all the forenoon and a good part of the afternoon to ito secure a jury jim nunley was vas the ithe first witness against barney he told of the scraps that at the saloon in n elsinore on the of july last he q even thing ng up until the inov neit J ho was as dealt a crushing blow on the neld ned from behind and he krew no more u antil he found himself on the side sidewalk alk where he befeld elias barney with a rock in his hand which witness told him to put down E E hoffmann for the defense put the witness through a thorough cross examination but the Nit witness ness hung bung to his story ralph smith testified that he was present in the saloon at elsinore on july last year when the trouble wason between the and aill the barnes Bar ile he saw the defendant step up behind jim nunley and hit him with the butt end of a billiard cue the blow cut a gash eash across the top of the head a little to the right nunley dropped on the floor and witness helped to pick him uit and carry him out the front door barney then went nent out the back door no words were ere spoken when the blow was struck the witness demonstrated with a cane us as to how the blow was truck struck mr hoffmann put the witness through a severe cross examination but his noy as aa riot not shaken leon nielsen was present at the saloon in elsinore during the trouble between the and barneys barneis Bar he saw Baw bafelia el Elia haq barney come in f from born the pool hall and strike james nunley over the head with the heavy end of a billard cue hear gear any words pats pabs between them saw some men help jim nunley out of the saloon and a few minutes later witness went out of the saloon and saw baw ellas elias barney standing close to nunlee with a rock in his hand and heard the latter tell barney barnev to drop the rock witness then belbel barney to bib home here ho he procured warm water washed the wound made by the billt billard ird cue and poured turn turpentine entine into it he was bleeding freely from the head and hand dr arntzen came and nd examined the wound another searching cross examina tion follo followed ed with nith this witness but he did rot virl van in his storn ston at this thin point court adjourned until |