The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-22

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,lfbedside the morning of the shooting
tile report of the gun awakened her,
i She jumped out and screamed to
i the McAfee's but could not make
them hear and she ran over to their
house. When DIR. Cummings came
sheEa asked by him about it. She
replied she heard noise in the
house, and becoming frightened,
/ jumped out and ran to McAfee's and
half way across the bottom she heard
the shot fred.
Cross-examined the witness said
Mrs. Goodwin remarked during
these conversations that she was so
frightened she really did not know
Just what all did happen. Wit
ness stated she did not hear Mrs.
Goodwin say anything about hear
ing a noise like horses hoof strik-
ing pipe.
Mrs. McAfee being recalled said
1 gown presented by the defendant
IN court looked like the same one the
prisoner wore the morning of the
murder, except more unused. She
Identified another gowneas the one
GUY Merritt l1ad her identify June
81, when he Ter home for
the purpose! knew not
how many night gowns Mrs. Good
win had. The second gown looked
like the same gown. Mrs. McAfee
and Gertrude Samples took it out of.
the tub.
The state rested at this iuncture-
DEFENSE BEGINS.
W. Guy Merritt was the first wit
ness for the defense. Mr.. Merritt
stated that he went to thu Goodwin
home June 81 and got. two night
gowns. Found one on a bed. He
took them to McAfee's and they
wanted to know about the gowns.
She replied she did not care to talk
about the case, but, when told he
merely wanted her to identify them.
she did so.
She identified one as the one Mrs.
Goodwin had on that right. The.
other gown he got from the wash
tub among the dirty clothes. She
stated to him that she and Miss
Samples were examining clothes and
ran across the gown. 1t had lit
tie blood on it and they thought
they should throw it in with the
rest Of the soiled clothes. The water
in the tub from which he took the
gown June % was quite bloody.
Mrs. NIcAfee told him she thought
Mrs. Goodwin had only two gowns
Gone gown had no blood on it and
the other very little.) He stated he
had made no change in the gowns
since he got them. When he went
to the house the first time he got
KEY from a neighbor and unlocked
the Kitchen door. The second time
he picked up a Ratchet and opened
the door easily by springing it, and
the latch gave clear ring like that
of striking something. Opened the
door that way several times and IT
made no impression, as a lead pencil
could be run between the door and
easement.
Cross-examined he stated Mr..
Samples, brother of the defendant,
asked him to go out. He never
heard Mrs. McAfee's name mention
ed until he got out there. Samples
pointed out the Goodwin and Nc
Afee houses and Merritt suggested
that they step the distance between
the two houses, and at the sugges-
ton of Samples they went to Nc
Afee's TO have her tell them whether
they were the right gowns. He
said he was not connected with Lum
Law in the case.
Willie Hickman, mail carrier, was
called. He said he was a surveyor
and made a drawing of the Good
win building. Being handed plan
he identified it as the one he made.
The bedroom is IL feet 2 inches by
Is feet one inch. The bed. said to
be there then was four feet five bv
six feet five. The scale of the plan
is two feet to the inch. The foot
of the he'd was three feet and ter
inches from the window. The
window was one foot from the floor.
The gas jet stop was in the adjacent
room, which had an outside door
and one to the kitchen, and the bed
room had no outside door.
Map designated No. 2 was also
made by him. 1t shows the dis
lance from Goodwin's to McAfee's
to he gig feet. 1t is also that by
actual measurement Did not meas
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