The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-04

1111 koe 0e10D0xnr the GEr N E09 sAccsing- uas nexr called He Wsre SEnday DorEfnG- JxnszrF fsr 1Nnk with Hanceck ana went ozr in rhS house cf " | Trourm2n-
 MT StAIfngs tired re Fs-ors thaf Hancock went to Canoe ID cnL1.rr &p~ . sewiaG D4cAtce but an cs5>c-isn ay Solicitor Bxicken was xzsrzlned
 The witness testified sha- II 4s zanuz . quarter of . mile fran rhs hguse ps W q Trcutnan so rhe Y1ace where rhe t-ee1 13S and 11s rsr5s frpn Mrs Horns house 10 ~hs-- Frnfss<er Tro1trzaa was ksTle5
 MT SczllinEs tried 10 TrJre rhzr 1here vas df0r11ty between rhe <chesl teacher and Hnncock . half hour esrure the sAootxng occurred Sr- an eAs>cr3zm hy the Solicitor v7x s1srnHne6-
 Nr- StAllings asked in thar 6f.5rzs- ty TroutDan did noe can Hsncssck . back and ret . ps<<cl An oAiecz5cn kE the Solicitor W1s susrzsned
 Again Mr- SsnIEngx r5ed n hr1zx out . ccnvexxatien alleged ro hRre taken place between Frafesszr Trgur- man and Hancock hur rhe Sod5c3cpr objected
 This line ef enestsoniag cunrznDsa anu 008E &%LE L4& IAIE 4AIN reriremert Enrll the alleged cnurersz- tson was brozghf crt
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 With the jzry cu1 of rhe court rpcn Mr. StAllinGS en6eRvcred ID Esf En1a the tesrfm0nr . ler-er written ID Mss Winnie Weaver by Prof TrourEzn in which . terrible insult wRs oGeref tn the mother of Hancock He herca ts sho vshAt this letter czRsed the had 
 man The letter wgs written 2n cn-ner vhich the girl revealed to be< fAzzfly- Judge Brewer ruled against sfuzissh1n of the letter and the 5E-y wRs n-uzxhr hack into court
 Solicitor RrScken addressing rs& court in opposirsol .e xne line uc srA-n- inatioa- insisted that there wzs ne element of seaf-defense in rhe ease
 Contizufng his re<zem0ny- Mr- Wear er said thzs when Hsncsck dsnsEnced Trcurrnsn for writing the Esr1sr. rhe school teacher called him . Tszr and Hancock slapped his face- Hancock. he said. walked sw2y te Kve-r rroEsiIe and Trour1zl wen- to the hazzne u1 ms brother. xzying he wgz1d Eez B gun and make rrolhae-
 The witness told os xhe -srE- rS Troutman and how h. EzIkrd Alrug with him until they came Eren Han y residence When he saw TrgurrRn draw . pistol he cried Look crT" and the shooting began TrB-c1E1 snap ped the pSs1o1 three times HKnceck fired three times Tr1utmEn drgrr--i the pistol and fell back Gz 1he saar of the h1ggy- Hzncock ran and W~Ar- CT left the scene N- Brscksn rcok the witness
 At the time of the shOrTnx. w-zxsr said he was ETFtng in ManrEunsrE- He 1 came to BreEroa for the holiday ssa- son and on New Years day wer- ID Canoe with Hancock
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 Coming down re the shce-zzE MT I Weaver testified that ERnceck xas near the front wheel gf fhH srEU when he shot Al the first <hnT P-o- l lessor TroutEaa dropped tse p<-eI and l Hancock fired -wo nore sh9es
 Askeed by Mir Rr5cken how Han cock could shoot TruzrruEn in rhe hack while standing 4- the frUr1 wheel 1 Of the buggy. the witness rEpiElee rAz1 I the horse was moving and The buggy had passed by Hanc0ck-
 Weaver admitted that he rsgA1 have told A T. Hall al Canoe SzE-5aa 1lkE1 Hancock shot Trcur-an and rum and thai he would not hare EGns sp Canoe if he had known that Hzncack ~Ks kDEEl& Nm XIII AEU4E1A1 I@ W1CrSEE i said he might have added thar rhe shooting w2s due 10 statements mA6e by Trournzn in R letter he w-gce about Hancock WszEs- 6ea5ca 1hE1 he ran after The shooting
 On redirect srznfnz-sen Hy Mr S-RE- EnEs. rhe witness sad z1 the 1ane he made statements 10 men R1 Canoe he was under guard his hands were tied and threats were made ID -Rke his
 
 ton say rhsE he Srhe w7r1essa wEs with Hancock and that k% 0G<A1 10 he killed Charlie Tr0urlAn ssTe1sd R pistol on him and Sa3S he WAS gs1zg 10 kill him Some of The psSz1e F-e- vailed on him net 10 do fL He -ks locked in che waiting room Or rhe 5s- DO. al Canoe where he might hare made a statement 10 same 1ne
 MT Weaver S~ore that whEse raEkzrg ds7ce. Trour-z2l said =Jas1 rzt rI1 I go and Esr my brother ana ny gum and what -fll he doing VII he A Fasn- ty- When he came back Weaver sand the school teacher called Hs HEncock and said Stop, You rEa AWAY ~Aen I wasn't fixed am Hxsd ng~-
 The witness said the p.staa fgEoE tOl in the hand of P-o@sssUr TrgEr- man
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 Weaver was on the stand u-s hour and when he ~as excused the eefen5- ant SRA1c0ckl was called 10 the stand He answered Qoes-5o1s G1 rhs 5aEyEs directly in s firm voice and EIrnBz1 eqzivocsciOn or c0-+uS5Ca- Arrsr me conversation with Pr0fesS1r T-oUEsAn in front Of Mrs Horns hasEsz The 6s- fen5Snr said he ~2IkA6 C& R1 llrs in the direction o[ Canoe station -hEs was twenty-five minutes before the sA01-iag he turned Che c8rIer 0f lh% road and stopped 10 W2f- far Weaver whom he had left with Preteszer TrgE1- man He walked bark and mel Weaver and TrouInzn coming He -eS-z1a5 LhR1 he remembered seeing Nssz-x PszTT and Bethsz -szs< ey- He WAS sitting down but vas not concealed
 whea he starred TO reTrA-e his steps on the road he Des Weaver and T-eu1 man Just zs he turned the corner Pro lessor TrosEzzn rASs SODs -s-zz-k whieA he did not recall Both Trout man and Weaver crse6 Look nII- and he saw TrOgI2a2 draw a pistol The 6s<en5sng sad he pulled h&s pistol and began shooting The horse jumped and passed him lie 6iG zSt sse TrGEs- man but nrei CWo more shots He md noE near TrOElDAas =lEs1OI snap He described his position as each snOr w71S tired He 61d nc- -hGk the 1rs- shSt nj. Trcutuz--
 Judge B-s~er ce1lzned n 7IlsE Iss- tt-o1v 70 go Eo me gury s< ID The s1s-- ness that csrrssd Hancock sS Canoe that sunday ucrn-g
 The dsfe1da27 sWo-e rhsr ntrsr he 6i.5culgy in front of Mrs Horns house