The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-06-30
KILLING OF JACOBS HELD
TO BE JUSTIFIABLE
Testimony of all Eye Witnesses to
the Effect that Jacobs was the
Aggressor and Cockrell Act
ed in Self Defense


+. Jacobs on the night of June l.
was called in Judge Robins court yes
terday afternoon. District Attorney
Ducker appeared for the state, while
defendant was represented by Judge
Bonnifeld C. o. McIain, an Iowa at
torney, representing the family of
the deceased, was present in court and,
on motion Of Mr.. Ducker, was entered
as of counsel for the state
The first witness called was Dr.
Giroux. by whom the corpus delicti
was proven. The doctor testified that
he held an autopsy on body of de.
ceased on the 10th day of June; that
he discovered two bullet wounds, botn
of which had passed entirely through
the body The one which caused death
had entered the chest coming ont i
the back at point four and one-halt
inches lower THAN the point of en-
trance; the other bullet had entered
the left groin and passed through both
legs.
A. II. Paddock the Tiptop constable
testifed that on the night of the trag
edy he was awakened at about Il
clock bv the sound of shooting near
his residence; that he arose anl
dressed and went ont on the stree
and started for the Slaughter place
which was but hundred feet away.
when he met defendant and Mr. anil
Mrs. Slaughter coming toward him.
that defendant spoke to him. saying,
| think he is dead. | wish to give my
self up Going in the Slaughteg
house, which consisted of two rooms
he discovered the body Of the dea !,
man lying at full length on the aoov
in the bedroom, with an opea
knife close TO the right hand. II
asked for the gun the shooting was
done with and was told by Mrs
Slaughter that she had thrown II out
in the yard. AT his request she went
and found il and handed i to him;
gun was AS Colts. with one empty
chamber, two exploded shells AMI
three loaded shells. Witness identi-
fled the gun and Knife
May Slaughter's Evidence.
Mrs. Slaughter testified that she ami
her husband conducted laundry
business in Tiptop. having been there
but about week at the time of the
shooting: that deceased was stopping
at her place. as he was assisting her
husband in the erection of the build
ing in which they resided; that aDout
l2 clock on the night of June IL
they were all preparing to retire fof
the night, she lying on the bed, her
husband engaged in unlacing her shoes
and deceased was about to pun his
on, as he slept on the kitchen floor, and
for a matter of convenience during thu
day his bed was pushed under hers.
there was no light in her bedroom
but there was lamp on the kitchen
table, and as the door connecting the
two rooms was open, her room was
quite light at this juncture two mea
entered the kitchen door and She
heard one of them say. "T want to
see Ed Slaughter, AS ! am going ont
in the morning. With this defend
ceased, who had been drinking heavily
all day, resented the Intrusion, and
said. 4" You get out Of here. o. win
cut your d--head off, at the sam.
time drawing knife from his pocket
and attempting 70 open it with h's
teeth, all the time advancing on de-
fendant, who backed up against the
door facing and called on deceased e.
stop, saying. Stop right where you
are or | will put bullet through you :
AS Jacobs did not stop, defendant
struck defendant twice in the face.
when the latter fired again. and in
eobs fell to the floor; that she then
jumped up from the bed, seated the
defendant on chair in the kitchen.
asked him for the gun. which he gave
her, and threw it into the back yard
The witness had evidently studied
over her story as on the cross-exam-
ination, when led off her main narra-
tive, she was not positive of anything,
or did not remember. Asked if she
testified at the coroner's inquest,
which was held few minutes after