El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-01
DEFENCE RESTS ITS CASE IN THE
s. s. CARPENTER MURDER TRIAL
Hiss LarO Blevins, Principal
VI itneSs fer Prosecution,
Identifies Gun and Shows
How to Work It.

At 4:30 Monday afternoon the defence
| in the Carpenter murder trial announced
that ii rested after Victor Moore. of the
! prosecution, stated that he reserved the
right to recall Kent Stem.
Tom Love. county ccmmiss :oner from
Sierra Blanca. was then put Oh the
stand by the prosecution and said he
had known Simpson first at Colorado
Civ and later all over western Texas
Ifa was then asked what IL knew of the
general reputation of Simpson and the
defence objected. on the gro AM thar it
had merely shown specific threats which
Simpson had made and these could not be
disproved by testimony as to his gen
eral reputation.
Identifies Pistol.
No further questions were asked of
this witness and Miss Laro BIeVins was
recalled by the prosecution. She said:
The PISTOL which l saw Snellgrove hand
Carpenter was laying on the ground
about three feet away from Simpsons
body
Attorneys for the prosecution here
produced a pistol which Miss Blevins
identified as being the same. and said:
1T has been in my possession ever since.
1t was loaded at the time l found IL. 1t
is III good working order (she here
demonstrated her ability to handle a
ban by pulling back the hammer and
pulling the trigger several timeS)- Then
shells were produced, by the attorney,
which she identified as the ones which
We're in the pistol at the time that she
found it. She said: The pistol is Mrs.
Thompson's and we had it at the ranch,
Mr.. and Mrs Simpson and myself. have
shot the gun. 1t had never been out OF
fix that l know Of" The gun was then
offered in evidence together with the
cartridges and the jury examined both.
Miss Blevins then said: Carpenter told
Mrs. Simpson that the law allowed her
five milk cows and she said: If the law
allows us five would be glad to have
them He left three. They were there
on June 8.
We were not milking them because
they were dry. 1 do not know if they
were in the horse pasture
Cross Examination.
The cross examination by the defence
then began and she said: 'TThe cows had
been TO POlvo. did not know there was
a stag in the horse pasture L do not
know that Ross's COW was there.
II had MIXED the cow belonging TO
Ross"
How many horses did you use for
team?" she was asked.
Well, we usually used two horses for
a team We used Otis Cans horses.
ulCn the plSlOl ~ SOUAI OO-
cause didn't care to carry a gun around
with me. It had been in Mr. Simpsons
grip at Judge Walthalfs. l took II from
the ranch 10 Pecos; left it at Mrs Thorn
asons and brought II to Mr.. Moore.
Ten days L was in FL Paso, the gun
was in PecOs but il was in my posses
son. l would undertake TO say no one
saw it while 1 was away from there.
From Wednesday TO now / suppose Mr..
Moore had 1t. l know that the cartridges
in the gun had the number 40 on the end
of each shell and have it now. I didn't
think il was two minutes after l reached
the body 1 picked up the gun and ex-
amined it,
An order was then produced on which
appeared the name of S. S. Carpenter,
which the witness admitted having sign
ed An objection was made by the prose
cution and the paper filed with the
stenographer, counsel for the defence
announcing that they would state their
reasons for Introducing this later.
The witness said she had not thrown
her gun down on Carpenter.
Surveyor Stand.
L. P. Atwood. a civil engineer, was
then put on the stand and said:
Il went to the Simpson ranch the day
before Thanksgiving. 1 made a survey
of objects on the ground and others
which were not permanent. but which
were pointed out TO me by Miss Bleyins."
He then described the objects on a
map which he had made. The afternoon
session closed with Atwood still on the
stand