The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-04

morning of Augusti27. On the after
noon of that day Roper drove into
Qu,Appelle, where he stated he was
hurrying home to England as his faith
er was i'll. The next heard of him was
in Winnipeg week later, where he
was arrested following the discovery
of Harris in dying condition outside
the shack with bullet wound in his
head. :!
The first witness called was DIR. T.
G. Bourne of Qu'Appelle, who attend
ed Harris when he was found, still
living. on August 81, and continued
to care for him upsto the time of his
death. DR.. Bourne subsequently con-
Quoted the .postmOrtem examination.
According to the witness, death was
due to a wound caused by a bullet fired
from thirty-two cartridge at time
when the deceased$Nas standing in an
erect position, the-i bullet taking q
straight downwardsceurse.
During the cross examination the
witness stated that the wound could
not have been selfeinflicted,
Dying Mans Statement
Sergt. Dubuque, who later arrested
Roper in Winnipeg, related the story
OF what happened sas told to him by
Harris upon his dying bed Harris
said the witness sisted that "My man
Rope rand hadss words about the
work. We got mad. There were
blows exchange. Iistruck first. There
were more blows exchanged and I was
driving away to town when he shot
me with a revolver that he had. He
shot me as was driving away and
then a short time afterwards shot me
again. The first shQt went in my ear
and the second one through my skull.
Between the first and second shot
remembered nothing" Harris ended
the conversation by saying, 81 am go
ing to die and this, is before God a
true and correct statement"
Counsel for the, occused strongly OBJ
jected to this evidence and applied to
the court for reserved case on the
ground that there was nothing to
show that the man was. beyond hone of
recovery and therefore his statement
was inadmissable.
Winnipeggers Gave Evidence
Following the midday recess, Wal
ter Trear. clerk at the Dominion ilo-
tel at Winnipeg, and John Lee, pro-
prietor. gave evidence as to Roper
staying at that house last August and
registering on August 90 as H F. Wat
son.. Lee also spoke as to going with
Ropen to the Union bank to identity
him before E. 8. Fulton, the paying
cashier. Roper Was introduced as
Harris" and received money in ex-
change for q check. -.
Mr.: Fulton. called. aeposed to- pay
Ing $50 towards being introduced by
the former witness to him as Harris
He could not identity the accused as
he saw SO many people.
The next witness,SW Halliday. told
how, in company with his father and
John Howder. an uncle of the deceased
he had found H6rrt1 ginz on an ash
theap' among tin. SaHssssIM other debris
still alive; HeN was led, to: : make )
search for the dead man owing to his
attention being attracted by>the bawl
ing OF a cow which was staken out
The COW had been there since FRIDAY
and he. was led to make an investi-
cation on Monday, following. with the
result as stated. .
The last witness called. before the
court adjourned was John Howder.
who corroborated the evidence of the
previous witness and also that of
Sergt. Dubuque relative to the dying
statement of Harris. The revolver
produced. in court he had found in the
top bunk of the Harris shack under
the clothes. This bunk was the one
Roper slept in. Deceased was his
nephew and aged "a years. The court
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then adjourned until tomorrow, the
jury being locked up for the night.