The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-28

dismissal, but was told to 20 ahead with
the defense. Dr. Benjamin j. Strong said
he thought the shots must have been fred
almost instantaneously. BENJAMIN Bur
nell said that Mrs. Noble was irrational and
hysterical when she came from her room
Miss bottie Burnell, the belated swore that
the Mobiles were loving and affectionate.
Did they have any quarrelY' asked
Judge Gaynor.
No said the witness.
Did they have any spats7' asked Mr.
I don't know what you mean, said Miss
Didn't you say after you were before
the Grand Jury that y GU heard them having
spats, but that you weren't asked about II
and so you didn't tell Miss Burnell denied
this.
Didn't you tell the Britts that YOU heard
Mrs. Noble say IN shoot you and then
heard Noble say No, I'll shoot you'i'
NO, l didn't say that TO any one"
Didn't your father raise his hand and
say 1 told you not 70 talk'?E
At this Mr.. Burnell, the witnesss father,
jumped up and cried: MAY speak,
No said Justice Gaynor; I'VE have
heard you
Mrs Phillips. at whose home Mrs. Noble
visited on the night OF the shooting. said
that she and Ter husband walked part way
home with Mns. Noble. They met Noble
and he and his wife went away together.
Mrs. Noble went on the stand at 2:49
p. NJ She said she was % years old. and
was married TO Noble May is, 1901. in the
room where she was now being tried. She
seemed bitter against Mayer, and tried 70
say that his reputation was not good, but
Justice Gaynor checked her.
Did you ever have any trouble with
your husband?H
with Pate? Never
Mrs. Noble told how they had spent the
a few days before the shooting. On Nov
~ she arranged for a dinner which they
were TO give to some friends the next day
Patton did not come home for dinner
that Saturday night, and at o'clock went
70 visit the Phillipses. On my way home
with them, about 1890 O'Clock, we met Pate.
He took me 20 our door and left me, saying
he was going around the corner. / read
for an hour, and he came home about AS.
/ had been putting summer clothes into
ems in the trunks. One Of these put on
a table in front Of a couch In my room.
Patton came home, sat on the couch, and took
OF his coat and vest j went TO my room
TO undress, and when / returned / asked
Patton how he liked my new hat. He said
he would rather l had "A black one, picked
up the revolver. | did not know Il was
loaded / told him it was pretty, and that
he ought 10 give IL TO me.
He said, Josie, put it down did not
and ne reached out and TOOK hold OF II and
pulled me toward him. His hand was
around mine The revolver went Oh, and
fell forward on his breast and II went
OF again He fell 20 the couch and then
TO the floor. | broke the revolver open
the way Pate had shown me, so that Il
could not 60 od again.
-Itknelt beside him and called, Pate,
Pate. what can do?' but he never answered.
All day Mrs Noble had been quite calm,
but her voice broke when she came TO the
end OF the story. In a moment she was
herself again, and, with Mr.. lie Barber,
was illustrating to the jury just how she
and Noble were standing when the killing
occurred.
But when District Attorney Gregg held
out the revolver and asked her to show
the holds which she and her husband had
on It, clouds Of hysteria blew up.
L won't take hold Of that revolver
she cried. What do you think amp
Mrs. Noble was on the stand "a minutes
Then she went back to her seat, and looked
calmly out Of the big windows at the bud
ding trees while the lawyers summed up
and the Judge instructed the jury that had
10 say whether she should be a prisoner
for life OF a free woman.