The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-07
THE Bows MOTHER SITS BY HIS
SIDE LISTENING TO EVERY Z,
MUCH INTEREST is BEING MANI.
ssFEsTEDFlNiTHE CASE BY THE B
PEOPLE,.

The physical strain is beginning to
show on Robert Jackson in the trial
for. his life now going on before Judge
Mason. The boy took the stand this
morning and was evidently not well,
though he kept cool and made a favor.
able impression. A great deal of sym.
pathys is shown for; Jackson's mother,
who sits with him TAT the trial. She
has held up brayely though her evi.
dent affection for her boy Is very
marked. a., III 1i
The. State rested at 1880 yesterday
and the first witness for the defense
was DR.. Howell. He said Cozad had
told him on one occasion that II Jack
son hadn't had a gun on the occasion
Of a certain quarrel with him he
would have beat hell OUT Of him.,
that he would catch Jackson :: some
time without asgun and do Kim up."S
He stated that Cozad weighed 1856 or
|l9O pound, and was six feet or more
in height; that Cozad was Of splendid
physique, with but one defect--that
he was slightly stoop.shouldered;; that
Jackson had a constitutional difficulty,
andsi addition to that, had a short
|. time before sustained a dislocationf of
the elbow which was not staken care
Of and resulted in permanent disa.
bility; that Jackson was no match in
physical encounter with Cozad.
When questioned as to Cozad's repu.
tation for peaceful and orderly beha'
vior he said that Cozad had mo repu'
tation at all" On cross.exarnination
the doctor admitted that he repeated
the conversation with Cozad to Jack
son and Jackson said that Cozad
Z wouldn't catch him without a gun.
5 Ed. zShaferS told of the quarrel twc
2 years ago in which Jackson stood Co
: zad of with a gun.
Jackson Book, the aged mail car
\ rier ut Worthington told about thu
g same quarrel. He called Cozad of ant
!. Cozad made the remark to him tha
y he tCozad) was the, best man IL
i Worthington.
q Homer springston testified to Co
y zad's bad character.
Z Lon Snider, at present, a barber 70
!, Ernest Sherwood in Fairmont, testi
l. fed that about 8 years ago on one oc
/ casion the two Cozad brothers raj
z Jackson into his barber shop and ur
on finding the door locked after hin
r waited for a long time for. him to com
Y out. go II
IS Trueman Shaver was one Of th
q best witnesses iof the trial. His tel
timony was very Straightforward an
: uncompromislng and must have hell
ed Jackson's case a great deal. H
{ ran up soon after the shooting and hi
testimony Of what occurred was pra,
@ tically corroboration OF what had a
IS ready been said.
u Earl Sturm testified to Cozad' s ha'
ing threatened to kill Jackson.
n Mrs. Lydia Jackson, the mother
81 the accused, was the next witness, an
80 during her testimony the quiet tn,
le' prevailed showed how great was tt
ae interest in what she said. She sal
pe that Robert had been in poor healt
=. for some time and that he was h,
.: only child-1t was .afterward -four
he that the three brothers Of Jackst
he were only half brothers,. Her accou
10. Of what she did at the time Of. Il
mt shooting was exceedingly graphic.
as. part Of it is transcribed:
Ell. What did you do when you hea
in. this shot?"
to We'll was at the well fixing
s5. draw water. had taken my buck
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