The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-12-22
NOT GUILTY.
lContinued from fifth page. !


right to believe but what it was ju
claim, but l didn't know anythir
about that. that l would have to con
suit Mr.. Pope Higgins, who was II
partner of Mr.. Buckner at the time tn,
this suit had been brought, and
would see him or send up the claim
and if it was just one, had no dout
but what it would be allowed, that
would send it in with some othe
claims had
He says, "if you wrote letter, yo1
did everything in the world to kee
it from being allowed"
Says /, "thst part sir, is a lie,
whereupon he struck me.
@ Tell how he struck you Judge
or give us an idea about how b,
struck you?
A. Mr.. Price was sitting immed
mediately behind me, and l had got
ten up on the seat, with this leg
Cleft Leg up on the seat under the
other one, with my right leg up over
it, and believe with one hand up on
the back of the seat, or back part OF
the seat. and Mr.. Price was leaning
over on the Feat with his hands on
the back of my seat. or the seat in
which l had been sitting, but rather
to the front of my seat. l turned
more towards him, to my left, and as
he struck me went over, and before
l could recover he had jumped up
and grabbed hold of me with both
hands-grabbed my neck with one
hand, by the back of the neck, and
on the other side of the neck with the
other, and crowded me right down on
the seat and commenced TO churning
me there in the seat where l went
over, and when l went over this man
that had been sitting where he first
was-if he had been there, l think l
would have touched him.
Q. Was that man in that seat at
that time?
A. No sir, he was not there at
that time, but when he got out ] do
not know anything about it.
@. When did these other parties
get out of the car?
A. do not know.
@. How low down we're you, or
how low down did Mr.. Price press
you in the seat?
A. He threw my head right down |
on the seat in which l was sitting.
Q. State to the jury whether your
forehead touched the car seat ?
A. He caught me by the neck and
showed me right down in the seat, and
chucked me down in the seat. and 1
rather got up in the corner as far as /
could, and when he caught hold of
me l grabbed for my pistol to protect
myself, and in the struggle / could
not get my hand out far enough to
shoot, or far enough around to shoot,
and l got turned around next to the
seat and fred right back this way
illustrated behind him). He was SO
or behind me l could not see him at
he time, so l fred in the direction
rom which supposed he was.
Q. Where was Mr.. Price
A. Right Immediately behind me
t the time the shot was fired. :
O. Could you see what Mr.. Price
1as doing at any time after the fret
low?
A. No SIR, because he had nv 1
cad crushed down there on the seat. T
q. How many times did your =
cad or face, whatever it was, touch +
le seat, yOu were sitting on? :,
A. l could not tell. 1t seemed to =
e like he had me down there a terri. + +
e long time. might have only been
few moments he had me there, but .,
seemed terrible long time to me.
@ Now Mr.. Higgins, l want you
take Mr.. Barnett here and place
m just as you were setting at the in
ne of the conversation, while you a.
re talking with Mr.. Price and be- y,
e he assaulted you? -
A. Witness takes Mr.. Barnett ~
d places him with one leg across the IS
Ter, and setting sideways on the seat br
b his head turned partly to the 90
* of the chair "
}. Where was Mr.. Price now -
A. Right behind me, l was talk
to him back of me until | turned
und on the seat, and when he
bbed me he stepped out into the in
e with one foot, and was standing
ut about the corner Of my seat. on
MIR. Price was behind you? nh
l. Yes sir. | was talking to him, mi
my left arm was UP on the back Tr,
ny seat, and l was turned partially r
ind in my seat. ssa
}. What was Mr.. Prices position ? {
!. Prices position was sitting down 8.