Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-05-14

he was not sure that Mrs. Scott had talked to him about her husbands ! body being exhumed in Michigan.
 Dr. J. r. Rhnyan. of Little Rock. 1 who testified in the Federal court. where Scott's widow secured judg- i ment against Ladd for $1oooo, was used as an expert witness He said 1 that man might walk 70 feet after being shot and that a wound in his head would not necessarily stop his power of locomotion. It depends largely upon the course of the bullet, he said. Any gunshot wound. he said, 1 that was in the cavity of the skull would prove fatal. He said the bullet that entered his head was in his opin ion that one that killed Scott On cross examination he said that the place of entrance of the bullet might 1 be smooth or ragged, but that the l exit hole Of the bullet was most al
 ways larger than that where it en- 1 ters.
 C. s. Bacon was another witness recalled by the State. He also told of the double screens at the Thomas house.
 Attorney M. Danaher. one of tho Ladd attorneys. was put on the stand
 and told of conversation he had had with Mrs. Thomas, in which ne
 said the woman, in the presence Of
 W. E. Craft. had made inconsistent statements regarding the killing. She
 said at that time that the shots had been fired rapidly.
 Ladd On The StaRd.
 When F.. P. Ladd took the stand the spectators in the crowded court c room leaned forward to get every word. He was calm and collected and told his story of the killing and if the previous happenings in manner .- that apparently made a deep impres l. sion on the jury. He proved an eN
 cellent witness in his own behalf an,
 repeated efforts of Prosecutor lone @ to confuse him failed. His testimon. n was not shaken in the least. m Ladd said he was reared in Littl of Rock, was at this time engaged | al the manufacture of cypress lumbe a- at Walnut Lake. Ark. Witness wa n at Ladd in October, 1905, where Il ,v killed Scott. Had been there abou of six years and previously lived # Sherrill, Ark, four or five years. H
 first met John Scott in 1904 when Il i, uployed him, by correspondence el. Louisiana. Scott was sawye iron. noticed scott's ill feel'n First e; ',im July 3, 1905. Ladd ga' against l. rtu dance at Ladd for n an impronn. and their families all mill employee ae Bluff friends. Sec number of TM t arrive and Lac and folks did ne> ,ys" to his hon sent "one of the ). over with n to tell him to coi1o nee. A stfl1 family and attend the @A ''add took on fiddle brok 0 an and get lantern to go to ithe s' ms T new one. Scott n ct m . o,
 turn and ierked f, ,e Ian, 'efh on
 turn anu 'sfAeu 'A ~rhat's my lax tern" Ladd asked h III "n"' oo,,f, matter. Scott replIaA l 'ha' ...on take it any way he VI "''e" ~. ,.1, ing I4add could). Ladd asNe" .b he and his family hadL so'N, VI, .,, r use he wa
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 lief. Late his mind of any such be. Iadd learned that Scor1 ha ~. = the dance hall, during ll s,e sence, and was trying to raiS ..,. TT, The next day-July 4-a pic, IT, siHen ioi 'ne in''i o'np'o'" 'th : Ladi said he always mixed m v. cially. Scott and his family Ca not there At noon Ladd saw' A e ana ms lamliy coming ana HIsA
 that they wait for them so theyr se,oh take dinner with them. Some xpf .1, picnicers got out of patience but Iadd was master of ceremonies and tkey waited That evening they all went to the dance hall. nearby. ID enjoy dance While on the way there Ladd met Ben Harris. who in formed him that Scott had trled to borrow his GHarriso gun. with wi1rcc Harris said Scott had told hinr rhat I he wanted to kill Ladd. Harris as smred I.add that he did not give S,1.t