The western sentinel., 1894-03-08
ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE.
DR.. Sopp for the Murder of James
Lamar.
Friday. March End. !

Friday, March End
At 2:30 yesterday afternoon DR..
AshWorth went back on the witness
stand for cross-examination. He said:
I am a practicing physician at Ker-
nersville; was called in to hold post
mortem examination; noticed no
wounds about head Of Lamar.
DR.. L. 1. Bodenhamer: l live at
Kernersvillc; attended Lamar after
he was shot ard up to the time of his
death; was called in by Lamar's faith
er; was rot present when ball was
probed for; think ne died from effects
Of wound; | had d talk with the de-
ceased about five days before his
death; | talked to him about his con-
ditiOn; said he was feeling badly aud
asked my opinion; I told him that all
his doctors thought his condition
serious one and that if he had any
statement he should make it and ad-
here strictly to the truth; | had an
other conyersat tiOn with Lamar about
ten days before this one just mention
ed: he stated that he was going to die;
| did not tell him that his condition
was fatal Counsel for the State ask
ed BOdenhamCr to say what Lamar
said to him about the fight; objection
was made and entered. The Doctor
then continued: There was no at
tempt on the part Of Lamar to make
a dying declaration; he didn't say any
thing directly relative to the diff
Guilty.
Miss Lamar was again called to the
stand. She said: | had a conversation
with my brother aoout his condition
several times; the last conversation
was the Cay before he died; said he
would soon rest: wanted all his people
| TO meet him in heaven; did not want
them to grieve after him; [ did not
ask him about the difficulty; he
| (Lamar) said that Mr.. SaEp had
| treated him badly on Saturday night
| by slipping up behind him and strik-
ing him; that he asked Sapp why he
| treaued him so, and instead Of ex-
| planning he (Sappl drew pistol and
shot him; said he (Lamar) hadn't
| done anything and it was bad to suf-
| fer for nothing; l had another talk
| with my brother about II O'Clock on
| the day he was shot; said he would
never recover; he hoped he would; l
waited upon my brother; two or three
| days before he died he again spoke to
me of his condition.
| Mrs. Mary Jordan: Lamar was my
| husbands nephew;had several differ
ent conversations with him; | had one
talk with him on Saturday morning;
| he said he was shot and that badly
and he thought they ought to have a
magistrate to take his testimony;
Lamar said that he went out to the
railroad and asked DR.. Sapp why he
hit him, and Sapp replied that he
meant just what he did: he told SapI
that ii he meant it just to strip of
and he would give him fair fight
Sapp replied that he would do it; DR.
Sapp pulled off satchel and Lamar
struck Sapp two lickS and then SapI
drew his pistol and shot him Lamar.
CrOSS-eXamined: l was at the sta
BILE when firing occurred; about ter
steps away when the fight occurred
Lamar was right bad boy, but have
seen worse; was in the front yaIC
the morning of the fight; | saw the
fight between Sapp and Lamar;
didn't know that there was going tt
be fight; my husband did not star
to get horse after the shooting an(
ride down town.
The State here rested its evidenc,
and witnesses for the defence wer,
examined.
THE DEFENDANT TESTIFIES.
| After the witnesses for the defend
ant had been sworn, DR.. Sapp wen
upon the stand to testify in his OWL
behalf. AT this time Mrs. Sapp ant
: her mother came into the courtroom
and remained until court adjourne,
for the day.
DR.. Sapp was decidedly calm, spok,
firm and told a straight story of th
/ crime. He said:
1 am the defendant in this case;
: reside at KernerSville; am physician
5 am native of that town; / was mar
| ried last November; on Saturday
Dec. 23rd last / was coming from til
{ | Moravian church in company with m
! wife; it was a moonlight night; W
! ! were coming on near Mr.. Harman'
e and heard some one behind in cart
e the party turned their horse towar
6 the ditch; Cal. Gardner and Jim Lama
! were in the road cart; Lamar leane
< his head over the wheel of the carI
? which was in few feet of my wife, an
$ remarked, 'sHowdy, honey" Lamar
r suppose had known me all his life
] suppose he knew my wife; spoke t
j my wife and said, s'he has insulted M
] wife;" they passed passed on in trol