The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-21
SAME STORY TOLD
ABOUT MRS. GOODWIN

Alpheus Williams stated that
Goodwin's home was 300 or 400
wards from his. Between 2 and
, 80 o'clock McAfee went to VIII
liams' home and told him about
Goodwin being shot. Sam Corder
was called and all three went up to
McAfee's. Corder said: sFWhat is
all this?' Mrs. Goodwin said !:
'sSome one shot Ollie" In ans
wer to a question by Williams she
said she did not see any body and
that she turned the light out before
they went to bed. Before they
reached the house they stopped to
see if they could hear anything.
Then they went up to the window
Williams said something about going
in through window as she had come
out that way. Mrs. Goodwin said
.sNo. 90 around to the kitchen and
break open the door. They did and
found it open and entered, found
Goodwin on floor and baby on bed.
Witness stated that Goodwin had
been shot and was unable to speak.
The bed was bloody on the front
part. Considerable quantity OF
blood was on the bed. Going down
Williams asked the woman if her
husband had a gun and she said he
had but kept it locked up. After
living Ollie on the bed, Williams
said: 81 want Ollie's gun She.
said it was in the machine. Viii
liams found the drawer half open
and got the gun. Sam Corder cX-
amined it and said there were no
shells or loads in it. Williams
smeIled the gun and it had the smell
of freshly burned powder. The
pistol was then laid back in the ma
chine drawer 1t was a 32-calibre.
Williams remained at Goodwln,ss
house a great while. Williams and
Corder entered the room together.
About that time Mrs G"o.l'-;''
'.T.et me 90 in. I am not afraid"
Witness did not notice her manner
much. She was walking around and
did not seem to be very much con-
corned. He said she was not weep
ing. He did not hear any one say
how they were lying in bed. Wit
ness then showed the jury where
the ball entered the head-near the
right temple. The blood was most
w on the pillow and under Good
wins shoulder. where he lay. Good
win had on night shirt and drawers.
Did not notice blood on shirt much.
except on the right sholder. There
was a small spot of blood on the
floor. The bed was backed against
the wall and the sewing machine
was about six feet from the wall
Did not examine window very close
". There was a box on the inside
of the window. The sill was be-
tween two and three feet above the
floor. Williams was not there,
when Goodwin died Last time he
saw him was the morning he was
shot
On cross-cxamination it was
brought out that he did not look to
see whether she had shoes on or not.
but had on night dress. They
reached the Goodwin house half am
hour afterward. He did not hear
Mrs. Goodwin remark that she wish
ed Ollie would revive so he could
tell who did it. Corder carried the
lantern as they went to the Good
win house. The bed was of ordi-
nary size. The witness said he
could tell whether revolver was re-
Gently shot. The attorney handed
him one to smell. He said it smell
cd fresh, but not so much so as the
one at the Goodwin home. An
other was handed him and
# smelled fresh, too, but not
20 much as the frat one.
He thought that both had been
fred within the last 30 days. a
vial being handed him. he smel'"d
4 but could not tell what has been
in if Vial No. 2 was handed nm
but he did not know by the contents
what was in it.
At the inquest at Bristol he made
he thought, the statement that MIS-;
Goodwin said up at McAfee's that
she turned the lights off before they
went to bed. "a
Witness said he had said very mt
tle about it either way. Did not no,
talk particularly about the case with
McAfee Yesterday after McAfee was
On the stand. McAfee might have
told him about the questions asked
him on the witness stand, but pad
l;ttlo attention to what was sald'
Did not converse with Clint Good
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