The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-24
He is Held without Bond by
Judge Sanders,
Mount Did Not Testify and offered
no Evidence In His
Behalf.
A HARD FIGHT IN PROSPECT.

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Willis Edward Nutty, . jockey. Sun.
day night over the Stag saloon, was
given an examining trial yesterday
afternoon before Police Judge ID. L.
Sanders and held without bail, being
remanded to Jail.
The testimony was against Mount,
who did not testify or offer any evil
denne. Mount took the decision with
apparent indifference and calmly
smoked Gig ar NJ the court rendered
Its opinion.
The evidence of Will Bishop was
practically the same rs in the coroner's
inquest. He admitted on close exam
ination that the fuss which lead to
the shooting was going on between
Nutty ana Phelps and that IL was Of
so little significance that he did not
take any particular notice of it; but
when Mount arose of the bed and in
terfered he did get mp and separate the
two. saying to go down stairs If they
wanted to fight and that the reason
he, Bishop, left the room was to Sc
cure = drink Of whiskey. He further
admitted that Mount had no cause to
interfere In the trouble.
AL Phelps testified that he and
Nutty were quarreling over a trivial
matter when Mount interposed and
that he left the room when Mount
pulled his pistol and had it in Nutty's
face. Phelps said that Nutty had put
his hand in his pocket while talking
to him and had not taken il out when
Mount took mp the fuss.
The defense introduced no evidence
and at the conclusion of the examina.
tion Major Moss spoke about five
minutes asking for bail on the grounds
that no one had actually seen Mount
shoot.
Judge Sanders in rendering his
opinion stated that he could see moth
ing to do but hold Mount over without
bail. Judge Sanders further laid
/ particular stress on the fact that
Nutty had his hand in his pocket ever
since be got into the dispute with
Phelps and that If any intention of US
ing a gun, il he had one, existed, it
was when he quarrelled with Phelps.
There was a large crowd present
throughout the trial ana the decision
of the court seemed to meet with gen.
eral approval
One feature of the speeches was the
reply of County Attorney Graves to
Major Moss's announcement that the
defense bad not yet shown its hand.
Neither has the prosecution shown
its hand" Mr., Graves replied, land
when it does things will assume even
a grnver aspect than at present.
W. whitnell was not heard in the
trial and neither was Sam Miles, two
men who are known to have been in
the room and who have testified be.
fore County Attorney Graves who has
their testimony sworn to in black and
white. 1t is rumored that the defense
will attempt to prove that Withheld
was drunk end in no condition to re-
member what he saw. Whitnell was
not drunk. however, when Fireman
Ike Hollowell entered the room few
minutes after the shots were fired,
nor when County Attorney Graves
took his statement Q short time after
wards.
One remarkable thing about tht
affair 1. how few remained In th'
room when the trouble started. accord
ing to their evidence. Bishop says
that he got betw the men to keep
them from fighting, and yet he i'm
medistely left the room so they couln
aght "a muoh % they desired. IL also
seems strange how every body managed
to get out Of the rom before tn
shooting took place. although it oil
happened in few seconds, and accord
| ing to them all there was no quarrel
except between Phelps and Nutty, ano
this was very brief. Yet when Moant
interfered in Phelps behalf, Phelps,
along with the man running the room
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