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

3 man, telling how an incisiol
: was made in his abdomel
and the course and effect of the bu!-
let, and what organs had been iniur
ed by the bullet. The bullet was ex.
tracted from the back about an inch
or an inch and one half above a
straight line from where it entered
DR.. E. C. EVANS.
Have been a practicing physician
and surgeon forty-one years. Saw T.
b. Pfice at HoustOnia ON the night of
the 9th OF November, 1890. Foun
MIR. Price seriously wounded. Took
him on the train and brought him to
Sedalia. The witness gave the de.
tails Of the operation performed upon
the deceased, which was quite SINH ar
to that given by the preceding wit.
ness. He considered, in gun shot
wounds in the abdomen. it was good
surgery 10 open the abdomen. He
considered the wound nc necessarily
fatal.
Cross examined-Dr. Smith, of
Houstonia, had charge of the case
when frs; saw dece, sed after the
ARRAY. We all thought it best to
bring Linn to Sedalia and treat him
here.
GEO. W. GREGG
Resided three miles west of Hughes.
vile ten years. Knew the deceased
also knew the def, ndant. saw both
OF these men on that day and was ON
the Lexington Branch train that day.
Saw both on the train. They both
were in the combination Car. Saw
+. c. Gibson, Joe Longan, Joe Scott
and Others iu the car. 1 was called
out of the car while it was standing at
the depot and did not see Prics or
Higgins come into the car. l Sat in
the front seat of the car on the same
seat with Joe Longan. first noticed
higgins and Price after the tickets
were taken up. They sat behind me.
heard Piice ask Higgins "Did
you write letter to Pope ?" saying
something could not understand. Il
Higgins replied : IF ,u say so you
ERE liar Price raised up and pu. !
MS left hand on Higgins head and
:lapped him with ms right h md.
Demonstrated by u.ing Judge S lirk {
.s a subject to represent Higgins I
The next thing was tn, firing |
u the shot. saw the flash of the |
Dis oil. Did not see the pistol or !
Judge Higgins hand. The shot fol. t
owed the slap almost immediately-l(
bout two or three seconds. went v
o the baggage car after the shot. LIP
'taid there four or five seconds when I
returned. When 1 came back, 81
Higgins IVES lying or partially SO, '
nth his back to the window and
rice was standing over him with {
9th hands holding both of Higgins e
ands. went to Price and took hold Il
I him and Joe Scott took hold of v
liggins. Price said something about b.
Iggins letting 90, supposed to refer "
the pistol. Higgins replied: 81 Al
i'll never let go. IT
The court charged the jury to do Al
D talking among themselves about il
70 case or allow any one else to talk
them, and then took q recess until
30, p. m. s.:
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Cross examlnatiDn-G. w. Gregg ar
the stand-witness gave q detailed
of the combination car, ~
ID told who the parties were that in
re on the train with him. A J.. 40
regg sat opposite Judge Higgins
d in front OF Gregg sat a stranger
th dog in his lap. There was ne
lored man in the car, but don't W
Ow where be sat-bu think he was Pc
the back end of the car driving q Va
de with the peanut boy. ShiPley
in the rear Of A. j. Gregg. The do
ficulty commenced when the train Po
d left the main track about one the
lrteenth of mile and the shooting wa
cured, according to my recollection, P's
en- the train was going into the cut 'ne
lth Of the Major Gentry station. =
: attention was called to the diff ers
ty between Price and Higgins by loo
, Scott. I looked around when mo
attention was so called. jur
i'd not look around sll the time; arc
er Joe Scott had spoken to me, the
not stare the gentleman in the Th'
e. l do not remember whether set
zone was in the seat vi b Judge yer
ygins or not at that time"
Here the witness detailed the acts
he two men during which time the
Iol was fired, which was substanli
: the same IS told in the examina-
, in the main.