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as to how the shooting had taken
place."
A juror: Did you know that Garnett
had shot McClung when the former
called at your rooms and you accompa-
MED him back to Mrs. Colts rooms!
Mrs. Whitney: 1T was my impress
sion that Garnett had shot McClung' L
do not remember If Garnett said l nave
shot Major McClung' or Major NC
Chung is shot My impression was that
Garnett shot him from his excited con-
dition when he called at my rooms.
DR.. George II. Martin was the next
witness. He testified that he resided
at the Palace Hotel and that he was
called to go to Mrs. Colts rooms last
Wednesday afternoon by maid OF the
hotel, to see a man who had been
shot.
II told the girl" said DR.. Martin,
that 1 did not attend surgical cases,
but that 1 would go to the rooms ana
see the man. 1 went to Mrs. Colt s
rooms and met her at the door. she
took me into the room and l saw
man lying on the lounge. Mrs. Colt
said That is the man; it was purely
accidental, it was purely accidental.
I did not know the identity at that
time of Mrs. Colt or Major McClung.
SAW LARGE REVOLVER.
THE wounded man asked me to
help him and after making cursory
examination of his wound l saw that
another physician was needed and l
so informed McClung and Mrs. Colt"
DR.. Martin then testified to seeing
a large caliber revolver lying on the
table in the room and of Mrs. Colt
leaving him alone with McClung. This
was at the time that Mrs. Colt went
out to seek another physician.
when DR.. Shiels came in," con-
tinued Dr. Martin in his evidence, "he
introduced himself to me and 1 did
the same to him. After DR.. Shiels
had examined McClung he left the
room to telephone for an ambulance
in order to remove the. patient to the
hospital. While DR.. Shiels was. away
the pulse of the wounded man fell
rapidly and he commenced to sink. 1
could not leave the wounded man and
when DR.. Shiels returned 1 told him
of the condition of McClung. We got
a mattress and made McClung as
comfortable as possible"
DIR. Martin then testified that DR..
Shiels had informed McClung that he
was fatally wounded and that he
would die and of Meetings. version of
the shooting as given above.
DYING MAN SPEAKS.
'Dr. Shiels said to McClung," con-
tinued DR.. Martin: Did .Garnett try
to shoot you?' McClung replied. oh,
no. DIR. Shiels then asked the wound
ed man if Garnett had intended to kill
Mrs. Colt and McClung replied Yes"
The witness then told of. the arriv-
al in Mrs. Colts rooms of Mrs. Nc
Clung, who had been telephoned for
by DR.. Shiels, and the removal Of the
wounded man to the ambulance that
had been summoned.
District Attorney Byington: "Was
anything said while you were in the
rooms Of Mrs. Colt as to notifying. the
police Of the shooting?"
The witness: mo, we were busy
in attending to the wounded man."
DR.. George F. Shiels was then
sworn and he testified that he was
called by Mrs. whitney to go to Mrs.
Colts rooms last Wednesday evening,
as Major McClung had been shot
while visiting Mrs. Colts apartments
Mrs. Whitney came to me-" testified
DR.. Shiels,< "and asked me o'go quickly
with her to Mrs. Colts rooms. My
room is on the. same floor and / went
at once with Mrs. Whitney Mrs. Colt
met. US in. the hallway leading to her
apartments. We went into the sitting
room and found DE-. Martin there and
Major McClung, who was lying on the
lounge. 1 examined McClung and saw
at once that he was fatally wounded
McClung was an old friend and he
asked me to take care of him.
WANTED HIS WIFE NEAR.
81 at once went out to telephone for
an ambulance and to notify the man
agement of the hotel of the shooting
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