The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-12-22

OF me.
@ Before he got out in the aisle
ri A. don't know, he grabbed hol
. Of me and then got right around
!, front of me at the same time.
-. @. Take Mr.. Lamm, and plac
him, and show how he had hold ,
you, put his hands on Mr.. Barnett?
!, A. Witness takes Mr.. Lamm an
7 illustrates, showing how he had hol
OF him, with his right hand on eide q
, neck and the other one hold of hi
/ coat collar). He had me just abou
. that way.
Q. Now want you to show us hov
low down your head was forced b,
Mr.. Price?
A. If Mr.. Lamm would throw al
his weight on him and crowd hin
right down on to the seat, he woulc
get it about right, (and witness take,
MIR. Barnett and shows. that his head
was down touching the bottom Of the
seat. or where he was sitting.)
| q. How many times. according tc
the best of your recollection did he
jam you up and down that way?
A. | would not cay, but it was some
three or four times suppose.
Z Now then show US about the
position you had gotten in when you
fired the shot?
A. He had sorter crowded me down
in the seat and 1 got my hand into
my pocket and grabbed my pistol, in
sorter that position, Showing by his
pocket and ] got my hand in here,
(behind him. behind me, and got my
hand in my pocket, my coat was hang
ing down here, and ] could not raise
up. There was something that kept
me from raising up, be had me there
and could not raise my arm up
after l got it in my pocket.
q. Did you try to draw your hand
out of your pocket before you fired?
A. Yes sir, some two or three times,
l was trying all the time to get my
hand out, and he c:owded me down
so could not, and l sorter twisted
my body as much as l could to shoot
right out here, behind him in be-
tween him and the seat
Q. Which way did you shoot?
A. Right square out this way right |
out over the arm of the seat in that
way, (witness shows that he shot out |
behind him and between him and the
seat, over the arm of the seat.)
@. Which way did the shot go?
A. Right over the arm of the seat.
l reached through and caught hold of
the barrel of the pistol with my left
hand and pulled it around as far as /
could and fired it with both hands
hold of it, and after the shot was fired
Mr.. Price released me with his left
hand, and caught hold of my right
arm right there on the wrist.
Question-Mr. Higgins. what kind
If a pistol was that you had in your
,vercoat pocket? |,
Answer-It was a Smith and Wes-
on SO calibre self cooking pistol. L
After I shot he seized my hands and {
aid "give up your pistol"
81 will not" replied. i
Price said Z
"4ou have shot me and will quit. /,
He then went out of the car.
Question-Why did you shoot, I
Judge Higgins ? What was your in
emit.
Objected to by the state.
Overruled. n
Answer-to get him of of me. v
new he was powerful man and one "
was unable to cope with P
physically. o.
The effect upon my neck was that
made it stiff and it gave me much
ain and trouble. DR.. Smith treated
e for this trouble. o
Question-When did you commence h
FRYING the pistol h
Objected to by the state. to
Sustained. til
Answer did not keep my hand al
my overcoat pocket when l sat
wn in the car, but put it in my ca
cket after Price assaulted me
Cross examined did meet Demp.
: Brown about 8 p. NJ, Nov. s,
80, in the hall of the court house, ..
t did not have on my hat or over a. ;u
1t with or on me. ~
Court took recess until 7:30 p. 49,
EVENING SESSION. att
At I:3O p. m, Judge Ryland was All
his seat as also was the attorneys. ~
The court raped order and said ars
of the jurors was quite sick and a arg
1sician had been sent for to deter. ioi
lie upon his illness. DIR. j. w. me-