:20:03
Shot or killed?
:20:05
Let's restrict it to killed,
a more manageable figure!
:20:09
Well, twelve to fifteen, stopping men
in flight and defending myself.
:20:13
Twelve to fifteen? So many
you can't keep a specific count.
:20:18
I have examined the records.
:20:20
A more accurate figure is available.
Come now, how many?
:20:25
Counting them two Whartons,
twenty-three.
:20:28
I felt you'd come to it
with a little effort.
:20:31
Twenty-three dead men in four years.
That makes about six men a year!
:20:36
- It's a dangerous business.
- How much more for those you arrest!
:20:41
Is it not true that
you sprang upon the Whartons
:20:46
with a deadly six-shot revolver?
:20:48
- I always try to be ready.
- Was this revolver loaded and cocked?
:20:53
A gun that's unloaded
ain't good for nothing!
:20:56
Just answer, if you please.
:20:58
- The question don't make sense!
- Don't bandy words with counsel.
:21:03
Yes, sir.
:21:05
You testified you backed away
from old man Wharton.
:21:08
- Yes, sir.
- Which direction?
:21:11
Backward! I always go backward
when I'm backing away!
:21:15
I appreciate the humour of that remark.
:21:17
Aaron Wharton was standing by a pot
when you arrived?
:21:20
More like squatting.
He was stirring the fire under the pot.
:21:25
- How far did you back away?
- Six, eight steps.
:21:30
Meaning Wharton advanced the same
distance? Six or eight steps?
:21:34
- Sixteen feet?
- Something like that.
:21:37
Then explain why the body was found
by the wash pot,
:21:41
one arm in the flames,
the sleeve and hand smouldering.
:21:45
Them hogs!
They may have moved the body.
:21:52
Hogs, indeed!
:21:54
Mr Goudy, do you have
any more questions?
:21:57
None that I'll get a straight answer to.
I'm finished with him.