The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-09
HANCOCK'S FATE
tcon.Inusa DOM PACE one,

ton. And WHOM auteet dsbats,a,. .t,at
"a ,puutat 4 ION was god az bad N NM.
gan said that his reputation was rnod
Nathan u. Hancock took the stand
In his own defense Mr. Hancoc,. said
that ne came here ON the 2sth Of SEN
TENDER. 1909 He and r;wsy,,n w. vent
down to see the show loaf AZ t,,av
we're going down 10 tba stat io- cotr.
man and Fortney ,nvita;lI tben, q, .n1
10 take a glass n beer rte sa,d MT
he and ewyn went down IN tho dano,
and for a short time abont tu,snty
minutes and watched ,ha sha,,,r,s,
load the trainss Thsv fhar 's,.rtas
nm the hin mn Nad,s,. street tow.r,,.
the Marion bote1 He sa;d 7tha, thav
were called IN again. Nc, .oon ,y,an,
ont an.i to,d cw,, - 49, .s..
Il was time 10 % home he .tanaaa
al the window ana - a n,a,tn, 1,,s,,,
nnt,ea cotfmar,s ~ s..s 80.
strrc,, :,t,,, ,,t,o,, - .,.s..- -
IN f,,n Tho ,nan .s,,oo,. 49, q, 80
the winsny ava cnt,n,a, $3.50 80 -,
take e,ass 80 No.. uasasa,. 10. -.
"a tor .ha a,t...ss :. Ies,a.. 'sil :, ,
no no NO. nasssaa ~ @ 'i ~ a-le
coffmar who Ma la a. -. - 80
met Mn, thara =, .,.,. III, - az, s'.u
and tai,ea H., - 49, a a'.n ~ NJ VIZ lae'
tha, haos,,,s =, ~. ~. 49, An n'eu
wh;o, e,os,nso, ,..s'z -, - = , ,ut1t'.e ~
II M. saaa,,,i,,s ~ =. tii'tsoeA'
The witness .o,, az. 80 =. a., 80 AIs4,
,yh5 AZ, ~, $500. s. ~ ny A.em
bo,d ~ tic snn ,rs. .sa. ...n haa
tornev .sted tha a,,,n osa -, - $50 ~. ~
iurv how he oon,a ,,,,s - 80" v. ~, ~
cof,m,, .ot = ra,,a,.,s.. 4, us anael
shoe, core..a, +,,,.,..,,. - , ps''.n =, -
witness demons,.ot.o., - ~ ~ =.
be dona T,a ~" v sou,i
ed ~, w,tnas. 49,. NY asN,
ffoor and shon, ~ 80 80 =" .n
tion he wos -, ~ a.. ,r
.d;tb sotd tbot n .as hY.,,,na.,...'.
he Objected 10 Tho n,.aass ~, ~ =, : :
prosecntine attornay ~. 40 -, s,a ~, ~,
ret down m Tho aonr n,,th ,,,,. go, 80"
was perfectlv w,,l,ns - aa. 49,,
Hancock said that ho "a ~. III
.Cotfman any ,on,as. 40. :,
revolver with him that n,.,t aa ~ ~
none when 40 a.an, -. ~. ISM lp, hu,
the first time he saw the revolver
when Coffman was standing over. hin,
After the shots the witness said that
he was beaten until officer Fleming
appeared and took him to the citv ia;l
The witness said that he was taken
back to the saloon. He said to cofr.
man, what in the world did Won iumn
on me for?" He was taken to Dr.
Kunst's office where DIR. Kunst dress.
ed his wounds. The witness thought
the cut in his head had been caused
by a bullet. TIe thought that he had
been shot. The witness said that the
statement made by James Sharp. that
Hancock on the way to tail said
They shot me twice but I fixed him ),
was true. The witness was asked, by
the prosecuting attorney, about a con.
versation he had with Chief Bartho-
low on the way to the county jail. The
witness stated that he did not remem.
Der Of having any conversation wit,
the officer.
Chief sarthoFow was ntaccd rnon tho
stand in rebuttal IN Hancock,s state.
ment in regard 10 the sIatemant A.
torney Meredith o,,;ecced 70 yh,s he
cause he stated that the Question tbn.
the proseept;pp attornsv hod Nc
pounded should have been asked he.
fore the state reste,f Roth ottor,.,vs
argued the point rho bonr for count -
adjourn arrived before the Question was
decided. Judge Mason tool, The onost,oa
under adv,semert c.,- ,,.h. TIT.
morning Tho court narn,,,+os ch.o.
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