Show T < n < < THE EXAMINATIONS II I The Ileiirlnir of the else Aunlimt Louis I I Sterne Wllllnm McClosky Snmiu I Wools nuil James haley All lour Arraigned Upon Complaints Charging Them Midi the Murder or Homer Jay Static AH Ilcnd Not JulllDr Halls Icsll moil and the Storj of Wllllnm II KCPVCS till Irluclpnl Witness TIle rhlril District Court Chambers I wero well tIlled with witnesses and spectators spec-tators tins morin at the opening of the I oxiinlnatlon of Louis Steeno inil his nc complices Win V MrCIoskey Samuel II Vooloj anti lames I Haley charged with the murder of Homer I 1 Stone TIle prisoners were brought in from the Ten hand cuffed together ami were MS oil seats near the door HTI INI Till Mllllll KHI Is I more liov but eighteen years of iyo lie hns toW hair green eyes and small features the most noticeable characteristic character-istic of the f jco being an tmusimllj large upper lip uiulU markedly receding chin lucre nothing striking coarse about tile man and ho looks an > thing but danguous in fact he 1 might l rcadilj bo I tOken t for a tame Sunday school boy MLCloskoj Wooloy and Hale are all L about thirty years of age all wear mous Inches and are of medium height and well made The four defendants swore arraigned upon complaints charging them with tIle il murder 1 I of Homer er Stone on tile i 21st daj of January of tho present jour Wooloy McCloskey and Haley each an swered not guilt in turn and when it cutno to Steeno hu shook his he id and tears camo into Ins eyes AH btceno had no counsel Judge Sutherland i dli consented to represent him mid retired with i him to talk the caso over Tho other three were represented by Judge rmcrson and David vans I Hq 111 OWN IIAII Was the first witness called Ho said I knew Homer J Stono in his lifetimes IBO I-BO his dead hody it bkevves undertaking undertak-ing establishment in this city on Jannarj 25th i I made a postmortem examination of the body Iho Doctor then explained the nature of the wound and stated that it was necessarily fatal and would necessarily neces-sarily cause almost instant death Excused Ex-cused W1ILIVM I 111 lMa Was next called and said I am a freighter Jl years of age I knew Homer J Stone in his lifetime I know Louis btceno by sight I saw him in Alfred Smiths saloon on tho evening of January 21st Haley and Smith wore there Stone went in with mo and feteono cimoin shortl afterward j when btceno camo in ho said something to Stono about I settlement set-tlement Stone said this was no place for a settlement but btceno find lie would hnve one ntnl I iitlllnil nil IIIM innt ftH drew ills pistol and I Itoii tho boy to keop that follow away Steene then went out and StOl ind I then went down to my tent about thirty yards from the tent j limes Winn and Mr McCloske were there I did not BOO Haley after I left the saloon and before the shooting j Inul Mejers came to the tent when wo were there but ho had no conversation with Stone j I saw a person whom I took to be Steene as we went from the saloon to tho tent j after st i mg at tho tent about twenty minutes wo left to go to Air Blanks Mr Fields c unn to I the tent just as vo were Icivmg and said that Mr Yougg wanted to BOO me I ex eused myself to Stone and he started out Ito I-to the left of us when lie hud gone a I short distaneo I called to him to como and take a cigar with me ho said he would alld lie cuno with mo as we passed Air Guards tent Guard called out and asked Stone i ho was go ing up to the circus i Stone answeied I 14No just then I SW 1 man iS5 In tho light af GuirdH tent j we had passed I on a few steps when I heard the shot fired Stone turned and said I eoMi ov noi IM SHOT Ho then fell on his face and I rushed tom to-m tent to get mr gun when I got back Stone was still alive j just as tho shot was lircil I saw a man standing a few feet from him ho stoo 1 still for a moment then took a few steps to the right stopped again and then ran I thought it was Steeno I did not see Steone again until nnt after he was arrested Iliad then been deputued by tho constable to act as an olhcer I heard him make a statement at tho depot the evening ho was caught there was I large crowd of men there and no one gay him any inducement to speak Pteeno said I might is well tell yoi first as last that IM TIU MVS Hiio KilLED HTONJ Ho then went on to tell how ho had walked all that night and tile next day and then lame back He went to tho tent and us the door was locked ho crawled under tho canvas all found Ale Closko there dead drunk k he laid the I pistol on tho l foot of f tile I bed and told lo McCloske togitoit i to Woolej 1 saying I I that ho was going to cue himself up Mc Closke told him to give up to him and ho tried to take Steeno to the constables but he broke away and walked up to the constables Metric also said at first that ho didnt want to implicate nny one else but afterwards ho said There are other parties who told mo that they would kill Stono i they were me I went to Mr Wooloy and asked him to let me take his pistol as I wanted to make Stone pay Woolov lot him take his pistol to defeiibo When Stone camo out of the saloon ho took his pistol out of his hip pocket and put it in Ins coat pocket and said I that fellows going to I shoot 1 mo hell have to shoot when Im I not lookIm lvnnsod I I Several other witnesses gave lestimoii in a great part corroborate with no startling developments and late this afternoon loris T bTCI M Was called as i uitmss against tint tho other defend ints Ho mid I I will bo 19 ous old on the 2151 of the present month I wont 11 Wooles house on III tuning of I hi 21st and cal ee him out I a kcd bun fur the pistol and told bun what I wanted it 1IIIIee for Ho told mo where It w IB anil said Make use of i Steene and MO it to tho son of a bh guoi I Mc loskoy said thnt if ho had tho inone coming to him ho d take I chIll and beat his brains uut or burn him up Hulo said nothnidi II rectly about thin matter when I vvint jack that night I went to Mi 1 31oskH tOIL tint nil III I found ho door locked and 1 toro the I can is and crawled m through tho hole WcCloskev asked what in hell I was do hog them I asked him how Stono was mil ho told mo ho was dead McCloskc then said Youd littler I 011 boter skip out of hero ovorLJJys Ifel > oii Youll bet ter skip out or else give up 1 told him I fuef Id I I glo up When 1 Scot IrHt went in looked iroimd for it intteh all hid tho pistol under tin mittnss Me Closko wont with mo to tho const iblo H ho took 1 3tor my arm and r w JtII h ul i me but f broke away und walled alono |