The Washington herald., 1909-07-23
SUTTON HEARING
DEEPENS MYSTERY
Continued from Page One.

Sutton was unpopular because he was
! overbearing. When Col. Doyen first saw
Sutton after ne had been shot he was
lying on the ground, face downward, with
his right arm stretched out over his head
His inquiries into the condition OF
Adams. Utley. and others involved
showed him that they were all sober.
Having in mind the fact that they might
have been under the influence Of liquor
Col Doyen said he asd made his inves-
legations with respect 10 their condition
particularly searching.
Mr. Davis was asking Lieut.. Willing
when he was on the stand about the
disposition Of the two revolvers Sutton is
said 20 have carried the night he died,
and Willing had got to the point where
he and Sergt. De Hart found the Smith
and Wesson revolver the next morning.
do you think you would know that
revolver II you saw it?' Davis asked the
witness.
IT am not sure that I would. Willing
said.
Revolver on Exhibition.
rs this it," asked the attorney. ac-
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the revolver for Willing 20 look at The
gun came from a leather bag under the
table at Davis feet. and appeared 50
suddenly tina willing. who was a bit
nervous this morning. was somewhat
startled.
Willing took the revolver 10 examine
it. and was turning it over in his hand
when the Judge advocate, Maj. Leonard
got nervous.
Are you sure that revolver Is not
lloaded?" he anxiously asked Davis wher
he had admonished Willing 10 be care
fui."
1t is not loaded" said Davis. 7 broke
Il and looked at 1t before presenting f
TO the witness"
I don't ike TO monkey with a gun,
said Leonard to Davis soto vOce.
Neither do J." replied the Washing
tonian. grinning.
Willing said. after looking the revolver
over carefully, that he could not say posi-
lively that il was the revolver he had
picked up on the parade ground. He
knew it was the same make and the same
caliber.
Attorney Davis flashed another exhibit
when DR.. George Pickereu, who followed
! Willing was on the stand. Pickereu was
the first surgeon 70 see Sutton after nt
was killed. He arrived on the scene, as
| he told the court to-day. in response tC
telephone call and found Sutton lying
on the ground. He had a slight pulse. but
there was no respiration. In examining
Sutton's body. DR.. Pickeren said. h
found strapped 20 his thigh a plain leath
| er holster Of peculiar design.
rs this the holster" Davis asked wher
on cross-examiuation Pickerel reached
the point Of his story. He handed out q
Mexican leather holster and cartridge
belt. Pickerel identified the holster bat
said there was no belt with Il wher
he saw it on Sutton; only the straps
which held It to his thigh
Describes Wound in Head.
In the course Of his testimony. thu
surgeon described the wound in Sutton's
head. He said il was at the top Of the
head. a tribe to the right Of the apex
Of the skull. From the wound. wher
he examined it with the aid of a lighted
match. brains exuded. They were mixed
with burnt powder. The hair on Sutton's
head was singed.
As he described the wound, which, he
testified as an expert, was made by q
bullet fired from a weapon held less
than two feet from Sutton's head. the
eyes Of everybody IN the courtroom
sought the faces Of Mrs. Sutton and Mrs
Parker. to see what effect the description
OF the grewsome scene, as delicate
as DR.. PickereH could make Il, would
have on the mother and sister Of the
dead lieutenant
Both women were sitting about six feet
away from the surgeon across the table
Throughout his testimony their faces re
NAMED impassive Their expressions were
grave, but they betrayed no emotion.
Examination Not Close.
Pickeren said that he had not made g
close examination Of SuttOns wound
Sutton's lips. his cheek. and his forehead
on the right siCe were bruised. The marks
were not serious His nose was scratched
apparently from contact with the ground
Here the story that Sutton's nose. which
was built up with parafiin. had been