at the time of this affair i was at a station farther west and reached this station just as wild bill was getting ready to go to beatrice for his trial. he wanted me to go with him and as we started on our way, imagine my surprise and uncomfortable feeling when he announced his intention of stopping at the mccanles home. i would have rather been somewhere else, but bill stopped. he told mrs. mccanles he was sorry he had to kill her man then took out $35 [$ in dollars] and gave it to her saying: 'this is all i have, sorry i do not have more to give you.' we drove on to beatrice and at the trial, his plea was self-defense, no one appeared against him and he was cleared. the trial did not last more than fifteen minutes.