The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-12

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went around to the jail last
Saturday evening after the shooting
Well. / went around there and walk
ed In. and Mr.. Lamar was standing in
his room door. and Captain Cloud was
standing in the Jail door. saw the
negro lying on the floor / walked
in and asked them what was the mat
ter, and they said George had shot a
negro. / got there about two minutes
| after he was shot. was at the hotel.
when the shot was heard That is all
| know about 1t. The boy was not
| dead when I got there. He lived pos
| sibly ten or fifteen minutes after 1 got
| there.
"on Cross examination Mr. Outright
said:
Yes. 1 saw George Lamar around
| there. AS to his physical condition
his right arm was in a sling, and his
head was bandaged up. 1 could not
see any of the wounds. they were all
bandaged up.
ON redirect examination of H. H.
Cartwright:
The boy (Johnny Bowen) was not
conscious when ! got around there. He
did not speak at ALL
%. Did you see Mr.. Lamar's arm
bleeding after that?
"A. Yes sir. under the bandage was
blood.
oliver, Mccoy being called by the
State. testified as follows:
No sir, do not know anything
about the shooting. Mr.. Lamar was at
Chehaw last Saturday evening. I was
out there with him. This boy, John
n.y. was arrested for giving a gun to
the boy that shot Mr.. Lamar.
didn't hear anybody say anything about
that in Mr. Lamar's presence. i was
down at the lower end of the car, about
as far as from here to the middle of
the road from Mr.. Lamar when he was
shot. They say Johnny was arrested
for giving this man pistol.
%. Who was with Mr.. Lamar at
the time the arrest was made?
"A. ! don't know sir.
There was no trouble between Mr.
Lamar and this boy-the arrest was
made quietly.
"'Dr. F.. NJ Johnston being recalled
by the defendant testified as follows:
ct know Mr.. George Lamar. was
called Saturday to dress wounds of his.
They were gunshot wounds. He was
shot In the head. a superficial wound
that didn't amount to very much; and
| then he was shot in the arm, that bull
let coming out under the exilla under
the right arm. He was also shot in
the shoulder. the bullet went under the
scapular, under the shoulder bone. /
assisted in dressing his wounds. DIR.
| l.. w. Johnston and myself dressed
| them. We probed his right arm to
| sec where the bullet entered and came
out. and to find out where the other
bullet went We, dressed his right
arm with cause and bandaged 1t up
very tight to keep off danger of capil-
larry hemorrhage.
1 H. rfsrH
daged very tightly. and his shoulder
was bandaged very tightly also. His
right arm was so he could not use 1t
| at all.
"'will Bowen being recalled testi-
fed:
1T was right at Mr.. Lamar when
| the shooting occurred, / was right by
| the side of him. was a kind of trusty
around the jail Yes sir, the boy was
a small man. didn't weight as much as
I, 1 hardly think he did. At the time
the boy was rushing on Mr.. Lamar,
| Mr.. Lamar moved back, just on the in
side of the door and then stopped. This
negro was very tall. was near six feet.
He weighed about 140 pounds-was
very slender. His arms were not
bandaged down. There was nothing
the matter with him physically. Mr..
Lamar's left arm and hand were free,
and the right was bandaged.'
| George Lamar. the defendant, TAX
| ing the stand, testified:
| Johnny Bowen was the same negro
arrested Saturday afternoon.
never. saw him before then. 1 went
around to the Jail Saturday afternoon.
1 was anxious to find out the name of
| the negro who shot me- 1 told the
boy (Will Bowen) to turn him (John-
| ny Bowen) out, l wanted to talk to him.
| When the boy got out of the cell. he
came in rush, and grabbed the rifle
which I had in my left hand by my
side. I gave a quick gerk and got 1t
away from him. He then ran by me.
running nearly to the wall. and turned
and started back. At that time when
he started back to me. 1 threw the
rife up and fired. He was in four or
five feet of me when l fired.
II never had my pistol with me.
got the rifle out of my room: ! keep
two around there in a closet That
rife belongs to the sheriff. 1 hold the
position of deputy sheriff and jailor
AS such I had charge of the Jail My
physical condition at that time was
very weak 1 had received three
wounds. I was shot at Chehaw in the
elbow. shoulder and head. When 1 got
shot 1t was about ten minutes to 5
o'clock, and l guess 1t was about 5:45
got any attention. 1t was at least
an hour. 1 was bleeding in the mean
time. I was shot in the right arm
Drs. l.. w. and Frank Johnston dress
ed my wounds. They bathed off the
wounds. and probed and dressed them,
and bandadged up my arm very tight
ly and put 1t In sling. My right arm
was in the condition in which the doc
tors left 1t when was in the Jail, ex-
cept 1t had bled. T could not use my
right arm at all, could not move 1t from
my side. Cannot now very we'll
Il was inside of the prison when 1
fired the shot. The door leading to the
street was locked. There is a center
door leading out in the hallway that
is always locked. is never used.
Il arrested this boy at Chehaw after
was shot. right on the spot where
was shot, within twenty feet. I saw
him before l was shot. In regard to
the man who shot me, they were stand
ing side by side. never searched him
after I arrested him-did not touch
him. I carried him at the point of a
gun up to Chehaw, and turned him
over to Leon Stevens. After that they
were in charge of Pete Conner. Sand
ford Hearn and Leon Stevens. l never
saw the negroes any more after l turn
ed them over to those gentlemen. until
saw him in the jail. No sir nobody
had searched him so far as I knew.
Il never spoke to the darkey after
] got in the Jail. l never had time be-
fore he assaulted me. He was coming
toward me when I fired the shot. The
gun was in my left hand when 1 fred.
am right-handed man. I am ac-