The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-09-30

told his story. In the main his story
was corroborated. but there was a
confusion OF the details. Futrell
sald he and his friends went TO the
boarding house and applied for lodg-
ing He had bottle of whisky In
his pocket and he said Mrs. Osburn
told them drinking was not allowed
and IL was surrendered. After sup.
per they were In a room on the sec
.ond floor talking, but not in a loud
tone, he said. when Osburn ordered
them 10 cease loud talking. One
word led to another and they were
ordered from the house. At the bot
.om OF the steps he said a wrangle
ensued over the payment of the bill
by his father handing out a $40 gold
piece instead Of a dollar. Then he
said osburn grew abusive and struck
his father, and knocked him down.
When he pleaded that his father be
spared be said Osburn turned upon
him, struck him under the eye and
then pinned him against the wall
with his hand on his throat When
.Osburn reached his right hand toward
his hip pocket. FutreN said he
thought his life was in danger, and
pulled his pistol and fired. Petty's
story was along the same line.
Cross-ENamination.
Futrell on cross-eXaminatlon said
he had carried a pistol since he was
about 12 years old. He denied that
his father knew anything of his hav-
ing the weapon. and said he placed
I In his pocket almost every time he
eft home. During the day before the
murder he said he had been drinking
but denied being drunk, although
the prosecution offered testimony
that he was reellng when he entered
the house. Futrell Is 10 years old.
according to his testimony. and has
a limited education. He has been a
model prisoner, and several weeks
ago prevented an outbreak of prison
|ers. He is only an ordinary boy
from the tobacco district. and the
night OF the murder was his first
Visit IN Iaducah.
Attorneys sam Grassland. Hen
Trick & Corbett, Thomas y. Hazelip
are counsel for the defense. while
County Judge X. T. Lightfoot. Com
monwealth's Attorney John G.. Low
EFT, County Attorney Alben Barley
and Oliver & Wicklffe are represent
ing the prosecution.
Miscellaneous.
j. NJ. Byrd was excused as a petit
Juror and l.. Barry was empanneled.
Judgment for $t45 with interest
was given Mrs. Lou Osburn against
Mrs. NJ. A. Byrd. In order to satisfy
the judgment an order was made for
the master commissioner to sell prop
erty of the defendants on Harrison
street between Tenth and Eleventh
streets.
Mrs. BERTHE Lippincott was given
judgment for $1,000 against J. ID.
Yancey and property at the intersec-
ton of Thirteenth and Flournoy
streets will be sold to satisfy the
Judgment.
William S. Morris, of Golconda,
H., on motion of Judge S. II. Cross
land. was sworn in as an attorney.
Indictments.
Seven indictments were returned
by the grand jury this morning:
Frank Green, alias Rush Green,
charged with the malicious cutting
of Robert Bower; VIII Wallace,
grand larceny, charged with stealing
$40 and watch from Luthe~
Coons; win Children. malicious
shooting, charged with shooting
Henry Brown; Bob Ford. OBTAINING
woman against her will, Bertha
Dabney being the prosecuting wit
ness; Ida Turner, grand larceny,
charged with stealing $35 from Joe
Cheney; Nelse Perkins, grand lar
ceny, charged with stealing property
from the j. r. Morgan Lumber conf
pany; Robert Craig, George McKin-
sic. Arch Bottoms and Dave Staggle.
grand larceny. charged with stealing
brass from the Illinois Central Rail-
road company.
The trial OF Henry Miller and
Charles Johnson, charged with rob