The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-10-17
EMANUEL SIPES FREE.
Jury Returns Verdict OF Not Guilty
After All Nights DeIiberation.
cLnARHDoNoRoU OF sELF-DEFENcE
(contluuei from last weekJ
WEDNESDAY.


25th of May, Emanuel Slpes came
to my place witlis father. Em
anuel told me DR.. Hoop lay IN
"Jerry" Mellott's barn, shot. ]
asked him if any one knew they
were IN the barn? He replied
"Yes, Jerry knew it-he went uI
to the barn and went back. l was
lying in the rye field and jumped
up and went IN on them" This
was between 1 and 2 o'clock.
Geo. B. Ensley recalled. Thc
rye field is $50 feet from the barn
Tue rye was out in bloom. Eman
uel yked me if had ever seer
his wife down In the hollow.
lied to him and told him / had
not He said in this connection
that If he had b. that would
take any of DR.. Hoops medicine
ne would shoot her. This was
last February.
VIM. r. Mellott sworn. Las
of Nov. or first of Dec. 1906
Slpes came to the mill and DR.
Hoop was gong to the house
When Enamel came he said he
would not move for any s.. He
wohld shoot the S..
Howard Ham sworn. Emanu
ell told me he was going through
the rye. He saw Jerry Mellot'
gong up to the barn. He sale
any one In the rye field half way
to the Ridge road could have
heard them In the barn-tha
when he shot Hoop, he (Sipes) wal
in the NOW.
He mer l.. Sipes Emanuel bol
rowed a gun from my wife. III
bought gun from me. 1t was ;
breech loader, II gauge shot gun
He bought it from me last Janu
ary.
DR.. j. w. Mosser sworn.
made post mortem Of DR.. Hoops
body, May 25th last, at his home
in Licking Creek township. Th'
wound was II by l inch about al
inch back of jaw aud below ear
and tended downward. 1t was
mortal wound. That wound kill
ed him.
Attorney Bowers opened TO
the defence at 30 o'clock, p. m.
and stated that the defence woult
not rely on the Unwritten Law
for there was no ''unwritten law,
but would rely on the written law
that he would show that Emanue
Sipes shot DR.. Hoop to save hi
own life; that DR.. Hoop drew
pistol on the defendant; that DR.
Hoop held the woman in front o
hlm, and rushed at the detcndan
with the revolver drawn, AM
when near to Slpes, dropped tn
woman and sal.k down whe
Sipes lot him.
Go. w. Sipes sworn. / al
the father of Emanuel Sipes
Lave within a quarter of mile c
k.manuel's home. Emanuel cam
to my house about 1920, Ma
25th. He gave me this revolver
1t is now in exactly the same col
dltlon it was them Emanuel an
] went to McConnellsburg. Sa'
John Wesley Hoop on the wa
aud told HIM about DR.. Hoop ha'
ing been shot.
Mrs. Sharpe sworn. | am
sister of Emanuel Sipes. | wer
to Emanuel's house. When nea
the house, heard woman laugl
walked quietly, and when ! g
on the porch, looked throuR
the window aud saw Emanuel
wife and DR.. Hoop on the louns
together. HIS hat and revolvt
were lying on the stand. ri
Dr.. came out when he notics
that ! saw them, he came out an
said, III Emanuel gets to kno
this, will blow he'll out of HIM
] told Emanuel about this when
came back the next day to he
butcher. Emanuel did not say
word when told him,
Philip Melius, sworn. / live
at that time about a quarter OF
mile from Emanuel Sipes'.
was working on the clearing al
saw Mrs. Slpes gong down Il
hollow. Asked her where Il