The Meeker herald., 1910-08-27

with a razor. and that same was done
fel0niously."
&C. F. Brown
VIM. A. Thomas
I,rors w. A. Kyser
N G. w. Case
Hugh Brown
r. b. Stith
HE. HOLLOWAY, Coroner
Dated at Meeker, Colo, Aug. 81, 10
The preliminary hearing was held
be4ore Justice SandersOn, Monday
afternoon at o'clock, District Attor-
nef Gentry appearing for the State,
ami Colonel Montgomery for defend
ant. With the beginning of taking
evidence the defense plead for con-
ti9 uance of the preliminary, offering
aacause for such desire the fact that
AZ important witness for the defense
wis out of town. The continuance
WIS granted, with the proviso that
TIP Peoples witnesses be heard that
a9ernoon, and the defence heard at
tine set for ENTHUSIASTICALLY
f0enoon at 10 o'clock.
Hr. l.. f. Chaplin was the first wit
NJ. for the state, and testified to the
version of the affair as we give 1t In
tie foregoing article. Mr.. Porter,
sSbar-tender at Clifford & Houses,
all DIR. Mahoney were also called by
IT, State, as was also Sheriff Ellison.
FOR the defense the defendant Joe
1lliams testified In his own behalf,
ia gives the following version Of the
klling:
HE (Williams), being offended at
= b refusal Of Baker allowing him to
Gut tie cards wfsh ne -tI3aker) was
dealing, decided to quit the game,
and suiting the action to the thought,
picked up his money and a memoran-
dunn book, placing the money in his
trouser pocket with his right hand,
and the memorandum book in his in
side coat pocket with his left hand,
after which he started for and reach
ed the east door deading into the
bar room) and while fumbling with
the lock, glanced back at Baker and
saw that he had raised chair as If
to attack with or hurl the chair at
him; fearing this action, he left this
door and made an attempt to reach
the north door of the room, but when
within few feet of this door saw
that before he could reach it and
make his exit he would have been
struck with the chair. Acting on the
instinct Of self preservation he leaped
toward Baker in an endeavor to soft
en- the force of the blow and to wrest
the chair away, if possible. Reach
ing a position near to Baker, he was
struck glancing blow on the right
side of the head and the right should
er, and secured slight hold on the
chair, but that Baker, with superior
strength, wrested the chair away,
and swung it aloft to again strike
him, at the same time shouting I'm
kill you," and pronouncing n curse
with the threat. This second blow
took Williams on the left side OF tn Q
head inflicting painful wound. 1t
was not until after being struck this
second time did he (Williams) reach
into his Qeft coat pocket for his
razor, and attempt to use in on Baker
and the result of this attempt is the
why of his characterization on the charge
of murder. The prisoner further de-
clares that Chaplin (the only eye wit
ness of the Array was going through
the east door into the barroom at the
same time that Baker struck him the
first blow with the chair, and that he
(Chapin) WAS not in the room at the
time he produced the razor and in
fiicted the death wound.
Williams, during his examination,
said, II had to do what I'm sorry
now did do;" and this will be his
Observation-Disclosures
On Tuesday morning the missing
witness-Dr. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
for the defense; after which Justice
Sanderson remanded the prisoner
h r. L. II