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John Meyers took the stand after
this witness was done.
He said he was with Harry Duffield
on the night in question; saw Harry
Pierce when he struck Tyler knocking
him over; saw Pierce strike and kick
Tyler and when Tyler got up he threw
the stone at Pierce right away.
Pierce made a sweep at him with the
whip, he said, but did not hit
him; he ran and Duffield ran out in
the road Dare also ran; Tyler was
nearestlthe place when Pierce struck
Duftield, Jesse Dare was next and wit
ness was farthest away; he struck
Dnffield with the butt end of the whip.
Duffield got up after he was hit and
ran across to me.
He said he saw buggy on the op-
posite side of the road when they ar
rived there; he heard some one say we
were not acting very manly; he said
he would come over there and lash u.s.
On cross examination he said the OBJ
ject of their going out to the reservoir,
was for the purpose of watching Frank
Scull and Walter Cummings with a
couple of girls.
He said he was one who made pecu-
liar noises with his mouth, and Dare
was the other.
He said when Pierce came across the
road he came close to Tyler then to
him and Dare. Pierce adressed them as
Adams and 'Venable" and then
Pierce began to hit with. his whip.
Tyler began to push the whip away;
he did not see. him strike Pierce; Pierce
without any cause struck him with his
left hand and kicked him. He COM
menced hitting him easy with his
whip.
Jesse Dare was called, and said he
remembered the night of the occur
renee and was with James Tyler,
Henry H. Duffisld, and John Meyers;
went with them to the woods at the
reservoir; saw some girls there; we
didn't want them to see us SO we went
back of some trees, on the North side
of the pike beyond the chapel. He
said he saw the horse and buggy but
heard nobody talking until Pierce hal
load over and said that was not a very
manly way of doing; one of us boys
said that was none of his business; he
said he would come across with whip;
some of us invited him across, I was
sitting on the ground beside Tyler,
when Pierce came across, he said
"Adams" and "Venable;" pretty soon
he took the whip and began to strike
us across the back, and when Tyler got
up he struck Tyler and knocked him
down. He pushed the whip away be-
fore this.
DIR. Thompson was then called and
testified that heIwas sent for to go to
Shord's saloon to see Duffield, who was
hurt. He asked Duffield where he was
hurt, and he told him on the head and
hands. He examined him and found a
small cut on the head perhaps a half
inch long; he examined it and could
not detect any fracture; he examined
his eyes and pulse but could detect
nothing abnormal. He dressed it and
ordered him to be taken home
DR.. I. g. Davis was called, and tes-
tilted as he had done before the coron-
er's jury as to his attendance upon
Duffield. With a human skull he illus-
trated the result of the postmortem ex-
animation.
Mrs. Dufield was called and said
Henry would be 1S years old on the 9TH
OF next November. She told how
Henry acted after he was brought
home and his subsequent death. With
this evidence the State rested.
Col Potter had two witnesses from
Salem county for the defense whom he
wished to call so they could go home.
George Dare, was the first witness. He
was pump dealer and organ dealer.
When asked as to the reputation of
Harry Pierce he said he had known
him for IL years'and knew his reputa-
ton to be good.
David P. Hitchner also from Salem
county, testified as to Harry's charac-
tor. He was farmer and had known
Harry ever since he was small boy,
lived right opposite him, knew his re-
putation, knew it to be good, never
heard anything bad of him.
These witnesses were the last.
THURSDAY MORNING..
Court opened this morning at the
usual hour, Law Judge Hoagland pre-
siding.
4 Col. Potter at once made his open
ing for the defence. His was listened
to with profound attention by the
court, the jury and the audience in the
cou,t room EsS