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sid TIE noise was made between.
elge aha one O'Clock Jake was on
ne porch That evening ands said Hello
John 10 tie witness The witness
SAD that he did not think that Jake
Vas ntoxicated.
81 r Cunningham Of Warrington
;Wss me next witness. ne lived ON N
water street close 10 the Payton home
eanniugham,s house was about nine
Tea from the Payton home. He knew
Payton ana was At home the night Of
his DEAN. he saw. Jake on the porch
on the night Of his demise This was
Between nine and ten D o'clock The wit
ness had no conye ion With Payton.
He saw no signs Of intoxisation.
About one o'clock in the night he was
awakened by loud screaming and the
announcement Of Paytons death. They
said that they did not know what
caused him to do what he did. The
witness said that he saw John Doug.
lass that night and Douglass was with
him on cunllngham's porch. q saw Dr..
Vance 90 into the Payton house. He
heard them say something about send
ing for a doctor. The screaming and
crying showing signs Of distress.
There were people congregated On the
streets near the Payton house at that
time.
Frank Wright was present after
Payton,s death. He had seen Wright
and Mrs. Payton go out walking to
getker. He said Jake was at home
during these walks which he thought
numbered aye or six. Tie frequency
or their walks caused comments Of the
people, but the question and answer
were stricken out.
e. s. Russell was the next witness
examined. Mr.. Russell is chief of po.
flee Of Huntington. The Payton home
Is an ordinary two story house with
two rooms down stairs and three
rooms up stairs. The rear Of the
house extends over Buffalo creek. On
the nlghtof July 16 he was across Buf
faio creek on Peasants street This
was about eleven o'clock when he
heard a connection which was coming
from the Payton home. The noise
was that Of groaning, indicating the
person in distress. He saw a man and
a woman come out of the Payton home
and stood and talked a minute then
separated. The man was Adam
Knighter and the woman was Mrs.
Payton. She went out Clarksburg
street and the witness followed her
far as tie Methodist Church corner
she then turned home; he asked her
IL she was not the woman that went
out the street her reply was that she
was that she had been out to DR.. NIL.
lers. Jake had taken wood alcohol
and was very sick and that she had
cautioned him about the alcohol. She
sad that she could not wake DR.. Nil.
fer. The church was about three hun
died yards. She did not 80 the nat.
ural way which was well lighted but
the way she did go she would have to
cross lots and climb fences. The de,
PENDANT did not say anything about
going for any other doctor. although
Drs. wilson, Landon, Lake and Vance
all lived nearer the Payton's than DR..
Miner. He said when she went In
the house, she said Russell Is On the
other side Of the street and some one
said is he there yet9 Ethel Payton
then came to the window and watched
The witness said that he. stayed about
ten minutes. Later he heard an UNI
earthly yell, He went down and met
Mrs. Payton and she said my God,
:Jase,s dead" This was between 1875
ana 1850 O'clock. He stayed here un'
til DR.. Vance came which was about
$3.50 o'clock
He was up stairs where Jake lay
Two Of tSe phillips girls were there
but Mrs. Payton was down stairs.
RE witness saw Frank Wright and
Mrs. Payton together frequently and
as late as ten O'Clock, He did not
know Of Frank Wright doinganything.
He never saw him work Wright
made his home with the Paytons.
The first witness to give evidence
in the Payton.wright case this morn
ing was Mrs. Rebecca Wright, Frank
Wright,g mother. She said that Frank
wright left home on January 8, 1905,
ga ,,,o,,. .. 1it+Ietnn. that he came