Evening journal., 1906-09-27

MAY BE THE PLEA
Howard Honey Claims lie Had
Three Bullets in His Body
When he Fired Shot
FIGHT STARTED
OVER CRAP GAME

Trial Of Howard Honey, coIored,
charged with the murder OF Clarence
Morgan, was resumed in Court OF Oyer
and Terminer this morning. all jurors
and witnesses not Interested In the
case having been discharged until 2.s0
o'clock this afternoon.
Clarence Rothwell, colored, tho arst
witness, testified that after the shoot
Ing Honey gave him the pistol ana he
noticed that there were two empty
shells In It and. one cartridge that had
been snapped He could not tell how
many chambers the revolver had. He
took the pistol home and put It IN a
bureau drawer, but 1t had disappeared
somehow He gave a shell that he had
taken out OF the revolver TO Mr.. Mas
sey. He was present at the time OF the
shooting and believed Honey fred the
first shot.
Dr. George W. Carroll, OF Odessa,
Testified TO having removed a bullet
from Clarence Morgan. The ball had
entered Morgans body Just below the
ribs on the left side OF the back and
was taken out near the breast bone.
Morgan had wound upon his thumb.
but there was no other wound upon his
body except that made by the bullet
which he had extracted and the wound
made in extracting Il.
Fell in a Fit
While ] Harry Massey was on the
witness stand, Samuel Hayes, coll
ored. chief Witness for the State. who
was sitting In the rear OF the court
room. fell in a ht He was carried
from the room by Court Crier Smith
and was soon revived. Hayes is SUBJ
lject TO such spells.
Charles e. Gray state detective. tes-
titled that while driving from Odessa
to Middletown. Honey when under ar
rest. stated 10 him that he only had
three cartridges in his revolver and
that he fred three times at Morgan.
the last shot being fired as Morgan was
moving of. The State rested at this
, point.
Riddled With Bullets
In opening for the defense Mr..
Townsend stated that he would not
! deny that thes hooting took place IN
the stable yard. but that he would
deny that Honey fired the fatal shst
a crap game was going on and the
men were playing crap at the time Of
the shooting.
Honeys Story
Honey IN his own behalf testified
that while passing the hotel yard he
saw a light sitting on the ground be-
neaththe shed. His attention was at
tracted and went over TO the shed.
There was a crowd Of men there who
were shooting crap, but when he went
up they stopped. Clarence Morgan
was on his knees and he picked up the
dice and put them IN his pocket.
When he came up one Of the men
said, Hello kid" Honey then pulled
a bottle Of whiskey out OF his pocket
and set Il on the ground. Sam Hayes
picked up the bottle and Honey, Just
for fun" pulled out a revolver and
told Hayes to put the bottle down.
Hayes. however, took a drink out of
IT,
Hayes then walked over TO where Clar-
/. ence Morgan was standing and IN a min.
ute called him, Honey, over and asked
him II he did not want him to have
drink out OF that bottle" Te replied; III
he hadn't wanted him TO have It n,
would not have let him have It," He still
had his gun In his hand when Morgan re-
marked TO Hayes that he'd better lool
'uA OF nc Wouu DC SuVt pN lndt oau
fool J." Other words followed during which
pulled his gun. Morgan stepped back ans
so did Honey and before the latter couls
say word Morgan fired at him the bul.
lot taking effect In his chin. In a minute
Morgan fired again and the bullet struck
him IN the throat. In the meantime
e Honey attempted TO shoot Morgan but the
pistol snapped twice
Upon petition OF James Salisbury. rep
Z resenting James Adams, charged with
q the killing Of James Reddin, the case
e was carried over until the November
a term OF court
r In giving notice regarding Adjournment
3. the court stated that when IL adjourned
in the latter part OF the month It would
do so until the third Monday in Novem-
ber