I saw there wasn't anybody at home, and I didn't want to get mixed up in the argument, so I turned and went on out.

And I hadn't more than got to my horse when I heard a shot, and Carl came running out with his gun in his hand.
"Well, Johnny was dead, and there wasn't anything I could do about it.
Carl told me to beat it outa the country, just like I'd been planning; he said it would be a whole lot better for him, seeing I wasn't an eye-witness.

He said Johnny started to draw his gun, and he shot in self-defense; and he said I better go while the going was good, or I might get pulled into it some way.
"Well, I thought it over for a minute, and I didn't see where it would get me anything to stay.

I couldn't help Carl any by staying, because I wasn't in the house when it happened.

So I hit the trail for town, and never said anything to anybody." He looked at the two contritely.
"I never knew, till you folks came to Nogales looking for me, that things panned out the way they did.