The daily sentinel., 1907-10-31

dermic needle punctures on one fore
arm and the right side of the chest
said the segro was of powerful build.
Dr. Parker was on the stand about
40 minutes. but no new important
deYelopments were brought on.
Long Examination.
Albert B. Dillon. a brakeman. on
duty on freight train No. G1 the night
.of the tragedy, was on the stand this
morning for over an hour. Dillon
was one of the leading witnesses be
fore the coroner's inquest, and. while
more details were drawn from him
today very few new statements Of
importance were made. However.
the cross examination of Dillon al
lowed the defense to bring out some
points very favorable to Aiahaney.
Dillon's train had just come into the
yards when the tragedy took place.
He saw the negro trying to sneak
on the blind baggage of Rio Grande
east bound train No. 6: saw .dahaney
slip up behind him and grab the ne
gro. pulling him back before he got
on the train. The negro got away
from Mahaney, and a short time la
ter Dillon saw the two men scuffliug
between the. tracks. They struggled
over a long distance. They were In
"a clinch. Mahaney had gun. but
Dillon couldn't tell whether or nci
the negro had one. Presently Ma
haney began firing as the men stiu
struggled. Dillon said he saw and
heard Mahnney shoot three times.
After the last shot the negro stag
gered away from Mahaney ana fell
stsaa T,l.. a
down the track toward the freight
depot. Dillon did not hear either
man say a word during the struggle.
There was too much noise aud he
was too far away Dillon ran to
the negro; saw he was dead, and
pulled the body from the track. Dill
lon says he did not notice n gun ly-
ing near ths body Just than, but
some minutes later his attention was
called to one laying about eight feet
from the body.
Dillon was put through a very
close examination by Attorney Car
nahan and was made TO go over ev-
cry detail more than once. Dillon
apparently underworld 10 give fair
and impartial account of all that he
saw Dillon testified that at orc
time during the struggle Mahanev
was forced against the side of a car
IN the freight train. Dillon de
scribed how johnson fell and the po-
sition OF the body.
Tom Field Tcstifes.
Tom Fields, co'lred, was the sec
ond WRITES c' o.. this morning
There was nothing Of Importance at
tachcd to his testimony He simply
knew the dead man to be Wade
johnson.
Dr. Day ON the Stand.
Just before noon Or. II. S. Day
the well known physician and county
coroner was called 10 the stand His
testimony was practically the same
as given at the corUncr's inquest. He
described tho condition aud location
of the three wounds; saw evidences
of a struggle; sid shots were fired
at close range told of having re-
volver given him at the depot which
had been picked up from the ground
and supposed to be tho negroes; said
1t contained four cartridges and one
empty chamber; the hammer of the
gun was resting over the cartridge
next 10 the empty chamber; the re-
volver and three of the original cart
ridges were produced, DR.. Day hay-
Ing misplaced one OF the cartridges
DR.. Day corroborated many of Dr.
Parkers statements MS to what was
found on the body. the condition of
the body the presence of the needle
punctures. etc. Very little that was
new was brought out in DR.. Day.
testimony.