Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-14
STR ONG Gil AR GES
Albert Mckinney Says Rev.
Lomack Ruined His Home.
TRIAL Has EEGuN IN DIES MONIES
Rev. Lomack Was on the Stand Sew
eral Hours Yesterday and Became
Highly Excited When Cross-Exam
ined by Attorney S. Joe Brown.

Sensational charges and sensational
evidence are the order OF the day at
the trial of Albert Mckinney. the col
ored man who is charged with the at
tempted murder of Rev. F. c. Lomack,
the colored preacher who was formerly
pastor of the African Methodist church
in this city, but is now resident OF
Des Moines, where. a few weeks ago,
trouble out of which the trial grows
took place. The defendant, who is
represented by Attorney S. Joe Brown,
formerly of Ottumwa, alleges that he
was married to the woman in the case,
who is called by the state Mrs. Julia
Tyler and that Lomack disrupted a
once happy home. The outline OF the
defense was made in open court at Des
Moines yesterday by Attorney Brown.
Briefly, it is that Lomack had inter-
fered between Mckinney and his wife
and had made trouble in the family;
that he drew his gun on Mckinney the
night of the trouble and that Mckinney
shot to save himself. Rev. Lomack
was on the witness stand several hours
yesterday and controverted the theory
of the defense, in an excited and en-
phatic manner
Affections Alienated.
In making the opening statement
for the defense in the Lomack shoot
ing case yesterday, Attorney Brown
stated that lie you'd show by his wit
nesses that Mckinney was married to
the woman whom the state calls Mrs.
in, 1,rJ,N To-.
mack was the night he was shot, Nc
Kinney and his wife Cor Mrs. Tyler
lived happily together until Rev. Lo--
mack induced her to accept a position
in his restaurant (run by the African
Methodist church on B and School
streets, of which he is pastor), at
West Second and Walnut; and imme--
diatoiy thereafter GOODNESS sprung
up between the defendant Mckinney
and his wife {Julia Tyler which was
noticed by Mckinney and commented
upon by him. Thus matters ran along,
becoming gradually worse, until the
Saturday evening before the shooting,
when Mckinney encountered Rev.
Lomack and Mrs. Mckinney, or Mrs.
Tyler going home together. He join
ed them and walked home with them,
when Rev. Lomack took Mrs. McKin--
ney's part in some dispute, siding with
her against her husband, and drawing
a revolver on Mckinney drove him
4 from his own house. ordering Mrs.
I Mckinney and the children to throw
! McKinney's things out of the house.
Brown continued by stating that Nc
| Kinney and he had accompanied the
/ pair to the house to get some of his
/ belongings whereupon Lomack drew
his gun, and brandishing it in McKin-.
Iney's face, cried: yes, give him his
things. throw his trunk and everything
out" and continued until Mckinney
was forced to leave the house and his
goods were thrown out.
Bought a Revolver.
The defendants attorney continued
by saying that Mckinney then decided
that he could not live any longer in
the same city with Rev. Lomack and
his own wife, and decided to pull UP
and leave but not having money
enough to purchase ticket he decid--
ed to beat his way and purchased a
revolver, not knowing in what COM.
pany he might fall
The Shooting
On Monday night Mckinney is sale
to have set off again for his house, cal
rying his revolver with him, but when
| he had nearly reached the house he
| thought he might again meet his wife
/ and the preacher there, SO he turned
1 about and was going back down town
I when he met the pair, arm in arm
! walking toward the house. Brown
/ claims Lomack cried out: There he
is now!" and with that he pulled his
revolver and began firing at McKin
ney, who shot in self defense and
then fled with Lomack in hot pursuit
Mrs. TyIer's Denial.
The prosecution denies throughout
4 that Mrs. Tyler is the wife of McKin-
ney and she herself was in high dud
] geon when it was suggested to hel
on the witness stand The state
| claims that Rev. Lomack was escortine
her home from the restaurant that
night when Mckinney ran up behint
them, shot Lomack twice. tried tc
shoot Mrs. Tyler and then fed, beins
arrested in the western part of the
! city
After Dr.. Rood and DR.. Ely had tes-
| titled to the wounds made upon Rev
Lomackthe preacher was put upon the
stand. His testimony was so vehem-
ent that Judge Holmes, County Attor-
ney McLennan and Attorney Brown
were repeatedly cautioning the preach
er and trying to keep him quiet.
Rev. Lomack testified that he was q
minister of the gospel, with especia
caressing emphasis on the gospel, and
had resided in Des Moines for severa
| years. He stated that Mrs. Tyler was
employed in the restaurant which his
church conducted at Second and Wal
nut streets and that he was taking hel
home on the night in question. He
| admitted that he had a revolver will
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