The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-11-19

WOULD LEA We HzNzNAN EXHIBIT


The next day she went to Cash
mere and returned at II o'clock.
After dinner she went out first by
agreement with her daughter and
stretched four wires across the road
extending one wire up the hill about
20 feet. The father came down
about ? o'clock ana wanted to go
through. She said, Sutton, this
road is closed" He then talked with
Mrs. Totten and went back home.
Mrs. Beebe's Version.
A little later a buggy containing
the four Sutton children, Jim stand
ing in the back, appeared over the
hill. They stopped about 80 feet
from the fence, Jim jumped out with
the axe and hammer in his hands.
He was about the same distance from
the fence that she was, both of them
walked toward it, but he was quick
er and had cut one wire when she
arrived. She said to him: Sutton,
this is on my land and you have no
business here" He did not answer
but kept on at work. She had her
axe in her hand and started to bother
him. He said, what are you going
to do with that axe" looking her in
the face but not turning his body.
She said, None of your business. y
Don't you hit ME with it," he said.
Well was the old woman's reply,
You have come down here to fight
an old woman. You are too big a
coward to fight a man. He did not
reply to this. She denied saying,
DO you see that gum" He kept on
cutting until three of the wires were
separated.
Mrs. Totten Talks to Nettie
Meanwhile Mrs. Totten and Net
tie were having words. Jim looked
over his shoulder and said, "Nettie,
quit talking to that thing" and then
walked toward Mrs. Totten and
raised the hammer above his head.
1t was then that the gun went off.
He did not fall; he just slid down.
Cross-ExaminatiOn.
Mrs. Beebe was not allowed to an
swer the question, whether to Law
yer Ludington she said she would
not sell right Of way to the Suttons
because she wanted to drive them out
of the country.
Attorney Reeves asked Mrs. Beebe
whether during the night while oc-
cupying the same cell with her
daughter, the testimony of the lat
ter was discussed. She said it was
not. The method of cutting the wire
by Jim was explained as putting the
sharp part of the axe against the wire
and underneath while he hit the wire
with the hammer.
Said Jim Raised the Hammer Twice.
The witness made a strong point
under the questioning of her attor-
ney by declaring that Jim Sutton
raised the hammer above her head
first before the last wire was cut at
which time he threatened to strike
her, but he didn't. After the wire
was cut he walked past Mrs. Beebe,
so she claimed on the stand today,
advancing toward Mrs. Totten with
the hammer raised as if in the act
of throwing it at her. She claimed
that Jim was on the upper side of
the road when the shot was fired,
standing between the stump and the
fence. She did not remember his
lodging. She was not saying any
thing when she shot him. Jim was
walking toward her with the appraised
hammer.
Taken Back to Jail.
The redirect examination was brief
and but a single point. that half an
hour was consumed by Jim in cut
ting the wires because Mrs. Beebe
was bothering him. Immediately
upon coming down from the stand,
she started to sit as a spectator but
was beckoned by the deputy sheriff
to follow him back to Jail.
Noel Totten Recalled.
Mrs. Totten's husband was gagain
called to the stand, identifying the
landmarks surrounding the scene OF
the tragedy. At the end of his tes-
timony, Attorney Thomas asked for
a recess in order that he might talk
with his client. He said there had
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