Barney Kerr and Peter Mungall, the par-…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

g the murderous wound in- flicted. Barney Kerr and Peter Mungall, the par- ties accused, were brought into town by the officers and lodged in jail. Their preliminary trial was held before Judge Givens on Tuesday and Wednesday. H. E. Muse, the arresting officer, stated ( 22 ) that he reached the scene of the tragedy about 10 o’clock Friday night, and found Barney Kerr. I remarked that this was a sad occasion for us to meet, and asked him who knocked his brother in the head ; he said he did not know anything about it; there was no malice in him. I took him in and showed him his brother and asked him who could have hit his brother such a ter- rible blow. I asked him if Scotty hadn’t hit his brother; he said that Scotty didn’t have a d d thing to do with it. I asked him if there