The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-10

ing catholics. This was an insight into
one reason for the fight to clear sui
"Coionel Doyen told me 7 had best
not see Jimmies body she said later,
and everybody leaned still further for
/ ward IN anticipation,
"Why?" asked Mr.. Davis.
| well, he said it was in bad sha pc;
that the forehead was bandageC- lose
out of place, big Jumps under tfc Jaw,
/ and other bruises.
Then Mr. Davis lay before Mrs. Park
er the clothes Sutton wore the night
he died. The mother wept again as,
one by one. the garments, bright IN
7 stripe and golden braid. were lalo upon
the table Mud was on the knee Of
the trousers, bUh they did not bear other
/ marks of a rough and tumble night, such
! as has been described.
/ Next came Mrs. Parker's recital Of
I the interviews she had with the officers
/ at the Carve Hall Hotel, when she be
gan to fight 10 clear "Jimmy's" name.
Goes Over Conversation.
She stated emphatically that Adams
had confessed to her that ne hated SUIT
ton. and that he would have beaten him
sim longer on the night of tie fight
had he not been pulled of, ard tat
/ everybody in Annapolis seemed to be-
! lieve that he had killed Sutton.
! Adams. when on the stand, denied
AL this.
For more than four hours she said
| she had questioned Adams and @"hen
it was over she had told him almost ap-
peaIinsly that II he would assist her
in proving that her brother died by ac-
/ cident. anything but suicide, she and
her mother would never seek re-
opening OF the case
! Adams drew within three feet OF Mrs
. I - AZ E1anka and made nnfE-
I rapidly
Did you tell Adams that as lons as
( your brother was deemed suicide that,
according. to your mothers IaIth' his
/ soul was in help
II perhaps didn't use that word. but
/ I said we must believe his soul lost,
replied Mrs. Parker amid the stiffness
of a crowded court room
rs he buried IN unconsecrated
ground .
! Yes.
Did you ask Adams if he would
swear Lieutenant Sutton was sui
eide"
And what did ne reDly?"
Saw Flash of Gun.
He said he would not. but that he
saw the fash Of the gun, and thought
so"
why did you want 10 see Adams
/ alone. Mrs. Parker" asked Mr. Davis
Because of several reasons He was
the last officer 10 appear at the fu-
neral of my brother. He sat rather
! alone OF the end of a bench, and never
/ took his eyes from mine. felt that
IL I saw him he could tell me some
/ thing"
DO you know what became Of the
| bottle of whisky said 10 nave been
bought By. your brother the night OF
/ the hght2"
mo: 1 believe not
Didn't Adams tel you about an oc-
/ Curence the next morning when a group
OF officers had a bottle?'
Yes; Adams said that Captain Mark
/ asked him TO have a drink on sutton,
/ but that he did not take one
Adams also told you, did he not, that
his life would not have been worth
anything had Sutton lived2'
Yes. exactly SO.
What did you say2"
II replied. Lieutenant Adams. do you
realize what you are saying: Don't
you know you wouldn't get of II you
said that before jury2 Then Adams
said: Yes; Mrs. Parker, but 1 am not
before a jury
i Adams Interview.
Practically all OF the direct examina-
ton by Mr.. Davis was devoted to the
] interview Sutton's sister had with Lieu
tenant Adams. with passing reference
10 those with his brother officers.
Mrs. %ParkeT.' asked the attorney,
taking Up another thread, can you re-
member just what Adams said about
hating your BROTHER
He said. Personally. Mrs Parker,
hated your brother He told me that
. when he came here he went with
him some but was told by other Of
hcers that If he associated with sutton
ne would be cut by them. He also told
me that when Jimmie was down he,
Adams. caught him By the throat with
his left hand and beat him with his
right He was still beating rim, Adams
I said, when somebody kicked him,
Adams in the ribs, and then he got up.
They wouldn't let him get back at my
brother he said, although he hated him
so and was so Infatuated that ne tried
to- He told me how he caught my
brothers arms after he said Jimmie
shot him IN the finger, crossed them
like this and threw him 10 the ground
with 'Jimmie's arms under his body.
Fl asked him why he would hit a
man when ne was down with two or
three men on top of him. and he said
he was too infuriated 20 know any
thing
Was your brothers pistol in your
room during the interview, and If SO,
what was said about it?'
Yes. Adams looked at IL. Then he
/ said something about me having a
queer look in my eyes. and remarked
that the Suttons seemed 20 be queer
people" replied Mrs. Parker, with d
. little smile. He would not, OF could
/ not. tell me with which revolver jim
mic shot himself lie said he thought
Willing had taken the gun out of his
{ + hand "
. can you recau anything else that
Adams told you i'm that interview
asked Mt. Davis.
claimed that my brother owed him
anything. not 10 pay il; that Jimmie
didn't owe him.
And did Captain Mark make any
/ such claim %
Yes"
And what did YOU do2"
J ''I paid him eighty-five dollars"
Up to the noon recess Mr.. Davis had
not gone into the dream that Mrs. Park
or IS said TO have had while coming
T across the mountains East. iu which
= she said she saw her brothers face
/ heard him deny that ne slew himself
/ and saw the peculiarly striped uniform
. that he wore when he died.
WILLOW
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