The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-17
SECOND DAYS TRIAL
State Has Rested Its Side of
the Shea Case.
DEFENSE CALLS WITNESSES
Will Probably Reach the Jury
by Saturday.

Z The second trial granted by the supreme
court of the state versus Paddy Shea was
begun in earnest yesterday. The twelve
jurors who will decide the fate Of the
prisoner and who were selected the day
before. were sworn and the state opened
by detailing the line of their prosecution
In the case, followed by the attorneys for
Shea outlining the defense which they VIII
make County Attorney Amidon and his
assistant James Comfy then introduced evil
dence for the state.
The evidence was in many details similar
to that offered in the first trial, with the
exception of the deposition of Dawson,
which was obtained just before his death.
Many other interesting features were in
troduced by the states attorneys, and
after all the evidence was in the state
rested and the witnesses for the defense
were called. Attorneys Adams < Adams,
assisted by r. r. Vermilion, are the de-
PENDANTS attorneys and they are making
every effort to defend Shea, on the Slea
OF self-defense.
Evidence was introduced showing the
character of Dawson and his career as a
desperate m an previous TO his visit TO this
city, when he was shot by Shea one night
in Shea's place. near the Wichita stock
yards The defense have a number Of wit
nesses VINO will tell the story that Daw-
son had said in their hearing that he was
going TO kill Shea, and one witness, Nc
Collister, stated on the witness stand that
ne went to Shea's place after Dawson had
said he would XIII Shea, to warn him of
the threat The evidence introduced a. the
previous trial and that which will be
brought out prominently in the second, is
the visit of Dawson TO Shea's place later
in the night after he had made the threats
down town, going in a hack, alone, and
walking into the pace. and stating that he
had lost a leather (meaning his pocket
book during a scufie at the saloon during
the afternoon. Shea claims that Dawson
placed his hand to his hip-pocket as if to
draw his gun. and thinking his life was
endangered. grabbed his revolver and shot
Dawson first.
Several witnesses were examined yester-
day and many facts brought out favor
able to the defendant. but the case has
not progressed far enough along vet to
form an opinion Of what may be sprung
by the prosecuting attorneys. Dawson's
clothing which he wore the night he was
shot was brought into court and intro
duced into the case by asking the wit
nesses if they identified them and none
seemed to remember how the man was
dressed.
DR.. Cave, who is one Of the most impor-
tsnt witnesses the prosecution has so far
introduced, was county physician at the
time of the shooting and gave his testi-
mony, telling how he found Dawson
wounded and where the ball struck Daw-
son.
Court was adjourned until this morning
at o'clock, when It is thought most of
the important testimony viii be in and the
case will probably be argued the next day.
The court room is thronged each day
with crowds of curiosity-seekers, who sit
throughout the day paying the closest at
tention to every detail in the case.