Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-21
AMHERST SHOOTING.
THE TRIAL OF LANDIN PARR COM
MENCED YESTERDAY.
SANDIDGE APPEARS In COURT.
All of the Testimony In, and ArSu-
mept I'm the Case Commemorative
ment Of the Prisoner.

AMHERST. VA. October 20.-(Speclal)-
The trial Of Landon Parr for shooting
Howard Sandidge was commenced in the
County Court here to-day. Sandidge was
shot on the I'D of July. and for days his
life was despaired Of but after lying at
deaths door for several weeks he began
to improve, and was well enough to APP
pear i'm court to-day.
Grove Cash was the first witness ex-
amined, and testified that on the eve
ming of the shooting. as he was going in
the direction of townsville from Central
church. i'm company with Hugh n. COT
fey. Landon Parr passed them, and nd
ing up behind Il buggy In which We're
seated Howard Sandidge and Miss carrie
Bowles, commenced firing on young san
didge. At the first shot Miss Bowles
leaped from the buggy. and the morse
driven by Sandidge commenced TO rum
Parr pursuing and continuing TO fire an
til he had fred four shots.
COffey the next witness. corropora''a
Cash. they both testifying that Parr COM
nenced firing without a word that they
heard
THE LADYS TESTIMONY.
Miss Carrie Bowles the lady in the case,
was the next witness examined. She tes-
titled that she was at Central church,
near townsville. on Sunday, the I'D OF
July. at an all-day meeting I'm progress
there. In recess Mr.. Sandidge proposed
that she and he drive down TO Loves
vile. They were on their way thlther
when they were overtaken by Land0n
Parr. As Parr came up to the buggy she
said TO him: II thought you were up at
the church with your girl He replied,
you have broken my heart and COM
menced firing on Sandldge pursuing him
and shooting as his horse ran. Miss
Bowles further testified that she, her
sister. and Mr.. Sanddge had spent the
night previous to the shooting at the
house of PARIS parents by invitation. and
that the next morning she went 20 church
in a wagon in company with PARIS sis
tiers, young Sandidse. Landon Parr, and
other gentlemen going on horseback.
on crOss-eXaminatiOn. Miss BOwles
stated that she had known LandOn Parr
about a year. and had been engaged 10
him since last January: that Parr was Of
an unusually jealous disposition, and that,
finding this out, she had done things
calculated to aggravate his Jealousy.
THE PHYSICIANS.
j. i. Powell also testified to the shoot
ing, and Drs. Tucker and Ware testified
TO the serious character of Sandidge's
wounds. Or. Ware testified that he was
struck by two. possibly three, balls that
one ball passed through the left lung and
between one-eighth and one-siXteenth Of
an inch of the heart.
Melville Wood testified that about six
weeks before the shooting Landon Parr
told him that If Sandidge continued his
- r1..l H.. In
shoot him. and continued: you mark
what / say, he will be shot down from
her side some day" Howard Sanddse,
the wounded mpn. stated that he had no
idea that Parr had anything against him
until he shot him. RE had spent the
night before at PARIS house, and staid IN
the room with him that night He ala
not notice anything unusual in his man.
ner that night, "a he was not expecting
anything. but looking back now ne re-
members certain things which indicate
that his presence there was not agree
able to Parr He was not aware Of the
engagement Of Miss Bowles 10 Mr.. Parr
He said the first shot inflicted his most
serious wound. and that he was not GER
tain Of what happened afterwards, but
his horse ran off and carried him on 10
Lowesville where ne was taken out Of
the buggy by friends He stated that he
still suffered greatly from his wound.
lie is about % years old
THE DEFENDANT.
Sandidge was the last witness exam /
lned for the prosecution. and the defend
ant was then examined I'm his own behalf.
He stated that he was p years old, a car
penter by trade, and had been born and
reared in this county; that he had no
idea Of shooting Sandidge when he left
the church. but when Miss Bowles twit-
ted him with waiting on some other girl
he lost control Of himself and shot San
didge This closed the testimony, and
the argument of the case was begun, and
will be concluded tomorrow.
Mr.. O. l.. Evans Commemorative At
tOrney, is conducting the prosecution,
and Mr. John l.. Lee. Of Lynchburg the
defence. Judge Campbell being a con-
nection Of the prisoners, Judge Stephen
Adams is presiding at the trial.