Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-29
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81 didn't see ANYTHING in it."

II didn't see anything in it."
You fired as quick as you could fire."
Yes, SIR
How close were you when you tred?"
=. ~ wa was six or seven feet from him. ,,,
After he was shot the first time he still
Kept advancing toward you?'
Yes. My impression was that he wasn't
DIR. Goddard was excused from the stand
at $40 o'clock and the defense announced
that it had rested. A recess of twenty min
utes was taken.
| AT the expiration of the twenty minutes
the jury was recalled, but had just COM
f9rtaby settled back into their seats when
them into the juryroom Attorney Beebe
after the jury had retired arose and adj
dressed the court on motion to INTRODUCE
the testimony of Witness Vinton before the
coroners jury, for the purpose of impeach-
irg his testimony that he had heard Or.
Goddard tell Mrs. Jackson that If she
would stand by him he would be all right.
The motion was overruled and the jury
was recalled.
Albert Wrightman was called wi3rsas tG the
said he was a druggist. Major W9odson
told the court that the witness had been
called to show that Jackson's eycslght was
bad but the court ruled that evidence could
not he admitted and the witness was ex-
Carl Won Ritter was called by the state
and testified that he had seen jackson try
to ride bicycle once. but that he ran into
a curbStone.
Charles e. Smith testified to seeing Marie
Jackson in DIR. Hetherington's room on the
night of the tragedy.
State to the jury whether this little girl
rushed up to DIR. Goddard in the room.
threw her arms around him and said,
Don't cry, doctor; it's all right"
IF l understand the question l can say
that l only saw part of that. saw the
girl go in there and the doctor told her to
go away from him. Marie said: Don't cry;
We'll say he drew a pistol on you,,,
DIR. Ellery HetherinSton was recalled he
testified that Marie Jackson was in his Of
| flee while DIR. Goddard was there. after the
Chn l,o wit
| climbed into the doctors lap and put her
arms around his neck and told him mot to
cry. that she would say her father drew
a gun first"
Officer Harry Higllnote testified that Ma
| rie Jackson met him in the hotel the night
around his waist told him not to hurt the
doctor.
L. L. Shpherd an undertaken, was called
| to show that the testimony that Jackson
| wore a white shirt on the night of the
| shooting was false. He identified a soft
coored shirt the one that had been
worn by the deceased.
At Ais o'clock the state announced that
| it had closed its rebuttal: the defense said
| it had no testimony to offer in surrebuttal
and the judge gave the jury long verba!
! instruction regarding its actions. He told
| the jurors they must not read the news
papers. talk with anyone about the case.
| or discuss the case among themselves. that
| they must not try to decide upon the law
time would tell them just what the law
governing the case was. and they must
| abide by it, He told the jurors that they
| would be untrue to their trust, untrue to
violate their oaths il they even hinted at
| discussing the case. He said he believed
| the jurors were honorable men and would
| return verdict on the law and the cyl
| charge of the marshal and court was adj
| journed until o'clock this morning.