The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-23

as II had not been brought out III
the direct testimony. ,'hc ross eX-
animation as it had not been brought
out In the direct testimony. The cross
examination must be confined 10 what
statement. hence questions as to
what took place elsewhere were ont
of order
Continuing answers to Attorney
Leek's questions the witness SAT-
when he aud Lewis returned to RiJ-
dies saloon it was between Q AMI
10 or II o'clock at night; they took
no drinks then both believing tn u
had enough. hut they were pretty
we'll " tankel up that they We're
waiting for man they had met at
Beckwith's when Ford came in; h
was not too drunk 10 know or see
what occurred To Mr.. Leek's ques-
ton if he did not get up and leave
the room by the side door before the
shot was fired he said emphatical'y
NO. sir" To Mr., Locks question
If he did not tell a man on Ohio street
near Eighth street, the day after the
shooting that Ford did right to shoot
Lewis because the latter was coming
At him with knife, the witness again
shook his head and answered with a
positive NO sir" adding 81 never had
any such conversation with anyone.
Again the question II Lewis did not
make the remark above referred to
whom Ford came in and started for
him with a knife. kimmons again re
heated his emphatic NO Sir!' say.
ing Lewis did not know Ford was in
the room till the latter came w 10
the table and spoke to him. Kim
mons also denied knowing w. ii.
Mosely who claims TO know him and
to have heard him make TIE remark
above stated He denied ever hav-
ma any trouble with Ford
I&mmons made a good witness for
the state The inaccuracies notice
able in the statement are such as
any one might make and often are
taken to prove the truth of a state
eut rather than its tajacy; but it is
evident the defense will make much
of these. He seemed to underestimate
the length of n minute when he said
the time that elapsed between the
moment when Ford appeared and
when he fired the shot was three or
four minutes He also seemed a little
muddled as to the exact positions OF
Lewis and Ford when the shot was
fired. saying at first that Lewis had
gotten up and moved three or four
feet" and later that he had taken
three or four steps and had passed
Ford. The defense will contend that
If this is true Ford could not have
shot him so that the bullet would
strike Lewis in the front and pass
straight through him, which after
wards was shown to have been the
case.
Dr. James McManus testified that
he was called to Riddles saloon on
the night in question, saw John w.
Lewis body lying in the doorway
crosswise, with head toward the
south and feet toward the north, that
he examined the body, finding a bull
let hole In the front and one in the
back, the bullet having entered the
breast near the left nipple and
PASSED straight through the body;
hat death was caused by the wound,
blood flowing from both front and
back, that he saw no wounds or
bruises on the head or on any part
Of the body; that he found knife
wing near the right elbow with one
blade open, and the witness identified
4 knife shown him as probably the
one he found.
Walter Pettis said he was bartender
At Riddles saloon on the night in
question. going ON watch at G 90
o'clock p. n. Lewis and Kimmcns
came in shortly after 10 o'clock but
took no drinks They went into the
back room and sat down at a table.
He described the interior OF the bar.
saying a partition ran through the
center about half way to the ceiling
with a double door in the middle one
Of which was open The bar ran
back to the partition and there was
an opening behind the bar and to
the rear room. He saw the two men
seated at the table and saw no one
else in the ROOM Ford came in five
or six minutes after Lewis and Kim
mons had entered the back room
passing through the bar without
stopping, and a few moments after
the shot was fired Lewis came stag
gering through the door in the par
tition and moved toward the front
door: Ford came out a moment after
following Lewis Witness went for
ward and saw Lewis had fallen at
the front door and Ford stood near
him Ford telephoned for the coro
per. He saw knife near the body
under the neck, the blade sticking
out he heard no noise IN the back
room before the shooting, no CONVEX
sation or quarreling
S. Stats Halliday testified he was
at the bar with Lee Hanauer when
Ford came in; spoke to Ford but lat
ter did not reply; Ford went straight
through the bar to the back room
heard hollow or dull sound and i'm