Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-06-18

Yonns's sinrr or the stairway iea.ilna up TO bis
olce Than 10 the outsi,Ie VI the payetirnti he
nearly In trout Of iaitrsson's store, ihs words
were spoken Ispldly ana ,hs Airing n, ss r1p,a'y as
sirnutaneoas with the laird sspression i'ouiI..
looked the Ia0fnent heard the excite.i voices
lnatinctively walked NJ to where Groves was
Csoss-ESssissS.MMy brother -in-isw and
stood In the middle OF the sidewalk. when my
siea.icn wa. si.asssd Mt Srpys s b. s.st s.%a. %.
appeared to be In his pockctsj judged SO frnn
tie position OF his arInst I could not see his
hand.. think had moved from ave to ten si.ps
parties at the time OF the first shot, Turner move
back and towards the wall two or three steps
think he advanced towards Groves during the
dring; believed then and now the hrst sh0t was
the fatal onei the nrst shot was fred at the time
each other; saw pi,ioi lying on the. pavement
by the side Of the deceased, near his right hand;
by the person ciaiTnina to own il l aw that il
was loaded, handel The plstGi to Jen. Bedford,
within i've or ten minutes Of the kilIingI 1t was
ng,n handed TO me In minute and = half or
two minutes, and then delivered it to the depu-
~ sheriff, John TGubIuanj bedford uncotkcd
the pistol; did not know u was cockedi he let
down the trigger before he handed u hack to me;
when he gave IL to T.e II was not as IL was when
hsnde'i IL To him; the trigger was MP out of the
.eeaicd when he gave Il back to me; examined
his body and found no other wounds ihln that In
s l, nrs M III ns.s sha' az ~. a
iic could sc;irceiy have fallen so suddenly amer
The second shot; he fell almost simultaneously
with the second shot; take this to be the pistol.
IL, Iaubin1n states In court that he received the
pistol in II, siion from John Taubnan, and John
kaufman states he received lhe pietol from Dr
Atkiisnp.l
The witness, John Taubnan, Is the person to
whom DELIVERED the pistol; have known Iur-
pe Of hahn OF h n M u .
red; only lived square from him; found the
pisto! about six inches from Groves hand; did
f nS, %t M. my 9"nn r S @ mi
not Know whether 1t was cooked or not; don't
know but that some one else may have dropped
H.; was the first one who arrived at the body (;
Others arrived inside OF half a minute; his head
WAS leaning over the edge of the pavement; he
was breathing; spoke to him, but he DID not no,
gutter said, Mr.. Groves 20 he made no reply;
as moved him his hand moved, and uncovered
the piStol raised his head out Of the gutter be-
pocket; did not sec the pistol until had moved
him; remember that Bayliss came up TO the
body among the first.
FRANK NICHOLSON.
have resided in Lexington for twenty six
years; l was acquainted with Groves for about u
year; knee-dcfcndant for Ten or fifteen years;
my attention called by the firing of the pis-
tol; was standing in front of Johns tobacco
store, talking with nIountjoy and Ken Ryland /;
Groves came down from up stairs; Kramer $
tailor shop was up stairs; Groves stopped min
ute or two with Us, then ieft and walked up
street, west; noticsd u bundle under his arm;
did not notice him particularly; about three
parently just after he iefr US; soon Us the nrs,
shot was Aired we ran up that way; both shots
were close together; afler the second shot Turner
went into SOung's or up the stairs; he must have
been eight ten feet from the steps; Groves wai
twenty r s feet from f did % not see Grove
until i,nr ne w WIS sh1t; i,,; when saw NV Groves ns n
i can't sa! where his hands were.
| W. II. CuILEs.
have lived in Lexington since ISIS, having
| been absent about three years; have known
| both Groves and defendant since 1883; came W
Laurel street, the east side. on the evening Oi
\ November .; when 1 arrived nearly TO the cor
ner crossed over to my Office, over Morrison
| bank; stood there u minute Or twoj talking to
| Mr.. Alexander, and went across Laurel street
| towards IiIiteTSon's corner, thence up Main
| street east; | WAS walking rapidly, AMI nothing
| nearly opposite the west door of ioung's con-
itciioneiN; WAS pretty well towards tile outel
| edge of the payc,ncpt: 1 heard MIR. Turner sny
your haI,,,s ous OF vour pockcis;;' This last cx.
| preston was repeated; know he SAID II twice;
| ne might have said il three times; looked bach
| over my shoulder just the first sentence wa.
| finished; Turner was standing on the pavement
little east OF the east door-post of fatrerson's
| stoie: he was nearer the house than the en- ID.
stone; lie had u pistol in his hand, poiRting a
tIruvcs; Groves body was fronting the west
| anl lie was looking hack over his left shoul
( der, and WAS turning around When Groves
| was about three-torIths turned Turner fired tn
first shot; Groves shrugged his shoulders an,
turned full front; in about the time pistol coul'
be cooked and quick aim taken, he ilred again
Groves commenced falling Immediately; com
menced falling backward and TO his lett, faliin
about the curO-stone. Turner ran into Young
confectionery, going back towards the back p:,I
Of tine store. Hooked around for an officer u
| policeman, and when 1 looked back to Mr.
| Groves several gentlemen had gathered aroun
him. / went up near the body; Dr. Atkinso
WAS examining his breast. lie was gasping an
dying. then left and went on up street abou
my business. Groves, when first saw hun, wa
| on pavement, nearer the curbstone than the lin
: of houses, and within couple of steps of Ia
edge of the pavement, on Laurel street. lie ha
! his hands III his pockets; Mt trst his body wa
facing west; could only tell where his hand
were from the position of his arms, until h
turned so that could see his wrists, then say
that his hands We're in his pockets, and RENAME
there until he fell. As he fell his body leane
, backwards ami drew his hands from his pocket
turner stood facing the west, with his pistt
drawn. The +, marks have given you We're
quick succession, and the first shot followed in
I nediately. 1 suppose WAS about ten teet froi
Turner and twenty-five or thirty feet frUI
Groves. There Were no persons between me IN
, Turner or Groves; could see them distinctly.
The prosecution ut this point, after IA brief cor
sutaIiun between counsel, determined TO rest In
case.