The western sentinel., 1894-03-08

Lamar from boyhood; | saw him the
night of the difficulty; he came up to
me and said: John, d. man struck
me tonight and L am going to kill
! him and | want your big pistol to do
/ it with; l replied that l did not have
j it with me and if l did he could not
j have 1T for that purpose: l asked him
who struck him; he replied, Luther
Sdpp"; l asked him il he was hurt
mach; he replied, ''Heli, no.; L told
him l would not do such a thing in
that case; he replied that he did not
propose to be S upon; Lamar said
that if l would let him have the pis-
| of whiskey for the use of it and woald
go home with me after it; l told him
L would not let him have it under any
circumstances.
}. q. A. Harrington: [ went to see
| James Lamar several times after he
was shot: the last time / saw him was
yu the evening that he died: Lamar
! said he was bound to die; he apologize
| ed 1or previous attack upon me, and
! said that he did not blame anyone for
| his present condition but himself
| l.. w. Fulton: | have known James
! Lamar for six years; his character for
! drinking and lighting was bad. DR..
| SaDp'S character is good.
! Cross-eXamined Lamar's charac-
| ter was bad for fighting; came into my
store drunk with pistol in his hand
in either 1881 or 1892; never saw him
with j pistol before or since: | heard
| Mr. Crews say that Lamar came to
his death little sooner than he ex-
| peCted; he was honest and truthful so
| far as know: the characters OF Miss
| Lamar and Mrs. Jordan are good so
| far aS l know.
| Re-cxamined by counsel for defend
] i ..,.,
| four times after be went out of store;
the characters of Pleasant, Core
and other witnesses are good.
II. A. BlalOck for State: Live about
| four miles from Kernersville; charac-
ter OF j. A. Baker is not good.
| Miss Lamar for State: | was with
my brother when he died; died at
night; was with him when Earring
| ton came to see him; Harrington was
drinking and the statements he swore
| on the stand were untrue; was in
| brothers room every day; never left
| his bed more than minute or two at
| Il time from the day he was shot until
| he died: L was there when brother
made his dying declaration; have one
sister l3 years old; my mothers condi-
| tiOn is bad physically.
Mrs. Jordan: Miss Lamar was with
me when Lamar was shot by Sapp;
She aud | both pointed out the place
/ where we stood; Harrington came to
see Lamar twice that | know of.
j. +. Bodenhamer: The general
| characters of Mrs. Jordan, Miss La
mar, W. w. Gardner and Robt. Flynt
are good; [ worked for Bob Jordan. up
TO about two months ago; traded
| horses for him.
Cal. Gardner: / saw James Lamar
late on the evening of December 23rd;
1 + l,,. H.
some boys followed to him. "Howdy
Santa Claus; Lamar followed back
the same -"howdy Santa Claus; some
I one, | think a small boy, hCllowcd,
"hoWdy honey: Lamar followed
back ''howdy honey" too; we drove on
| some fifteen or twenty yards when
| Sapp halted US and asked, "What did
you mean by insulting my wife";
Lamar said: Il didn't; Sapp struck
Lamar three or four times, after
which he called Lamar a dirty or d.
S of b: we then went on to Jur-
| dams livery stable, unhitched, went
in and told Jordan what had happen
ed: then got On my hose and went
home; L came back next morning to
get on the train; Lamar had been
shot when [ came back.
CroSS-eXamined: l was not so much
shocked at Sapp's language as | was
!
whiskey in cart: suppose I had taken
two Or three drinks that evening; L
think we rode three miles after taking
last drink that evening; l live near
Oak Ridge.
Prof. J. Allen Holt: live at Oak
Ridge; general character of Gardner
not SO good; never heard his honesty
questioned but have for truthfulnesS,
fighting and. drinking.
Mr. Statfnr6. 7 rnat Dr ap6 Nrc
Sapp the night of Dec. 23rd: knew
them both: never saw or heard any
| body following 'howdy Santa Claus"
Chas. Sapp gave same testimony as
Mr.. Stafford.
Mr.. II. A. Blalock: J. A. Bakers
character for truth and honesty
never heard questioned; he is trickey
about paying debts; stills and sells
whiskey
Here the attorneys for State and de-
fendant announced that no more
witnesses would be introduced. 1T
is a case for the DEFENDANT said Mr.
Manly who examined the witnesses
for DR.. Sapp. ''it is a case for the
State" cried Mr.. Jones, who had per
formed the same duty for the State
Court then adjourned until 10 O'Clock
this morning when the attorneys ad
dressed the jury for State and defend
ant.
Solicitor Barber made the opening
speech foI the State. He was follow
ed by Messrs. Manly, Buxton ant
Glenn for the defendant. e. b. Jones
made the concluding address for The
State. Judge Whitaker remarked
this afternoon that it would require
two hours for him to charge TIL.
: jury, the evidence in the case being sC
lengthy. He will hold the jury unit
they render verdict, notwiLhstand
ing this is the last day for court
The general belief is that verdic
will be reached in a very shor
time.