The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-11-17
CASHMERE TAKES SECOND
MISS SUTTON GIVES DETAILS OF CRIME

work. whil6 Mrs Totten had pick
ed up the axe which he had discard
ed and with the handle was tapping
him on the hands and on the back.
Just before the last wire of the four
was cut, Mrs. Tottcn spoke up and
said: IF you cut that last wire, |
will shoot you" Just then the last
wire snapped. She raised the gun,
the young man lodged back and
forth two or three times, when a
well-aimed shot pierced his neck,
face and shoulders. Turning half
sideways, he swayed a moment and
fell upon the ground, his head lying
upward toward Mrs. Totten.
The young girl then exclaimed:
Now you have done it." you shut
up cried Mrs. Totten, cor l will
shoot you, too" Miss Sutton then
jumped from the buggy and ran
away in mortal fear.
Discrimination.
Ira Thomas then began his exam
ination of the witness. His ques-
tons were of a very complicated ma
ture and he was frequently inter-
upted by Attorney Reeves, who OBJ
jected that the progress of the trial
was being blocked and delayed, that
the questions were incompetent, i'm
material and improper cross-exam-
nation. He was generally sustained
in these objections, although occa-
Thomas won a point Once
the defending attorney was accused
of attempting to brow-beat and lee
ture the witness and he finally adj
mittej that his tactics were due TO
of the witness was unreliable. 1t is
doubtful, however, whether more
was accomplished than to win SYM
pathy for the young woman. In re-
porting the words that were spoken
during the exciting moments of the
the witness said that she
was giving the substance and could
not guarantee the exactness OF the
quotations. The attorney from this
tried to establish the fact that she
was not telling the exact truth and
once dramatically exclaimed: Are
you aware that this is case in
which a human life is at stake?"
This was objected to by Attorney
Reeves and the objection was sus-
tanned.
For three hours Miss Sutton had
been on the stand undergoing the
severe ordeal of being the object of
the gaze of a whole court room as
we'll as the butt of contention be-
tween the contesting attorneys. To
a reporter of the World she said at
the close of the afternoon that she
had no idea it would be such a hard
thing to do. She shrank from the
and begged to he shielded
from it as far as possible.
Morning Session.
Miss Suttons testimony was fin
ished within few minutes this
She began by correcting
her statement of yesterday thatrthe
shooting occurred between 3 and
o. clock. She declared that no con-
versation regarding the matter had
been INDUCED in since court closed
yesterday, but that she now remem-
bered her first impression which was
that the quarrel with Mrs. Totten
occurred a few minutes after four
O clock.
In answering one of the states
Mr. Thomas stated his
purpose to learn whether the recol-
lection of the witness was not hazy
and uncertain. Several times Mr..
Reeves objections were sustained,
that the questions put by the de-
tense were answered yesterday.
In the redirect examination Pros
ecutor Kemp asked Miss Sutton what
Jim said when Mrs. Beebe was tap
ping his hands when ..he was at work
on the wire. The answer was:
Mrs. Beebe, if you were man
would take that axe away from you.
Since you are a woman l will ask
you to stand aside and let me cut
this wire
In closing the witness testified
that she had given the entire con-
versation which took place between
her brother and Mrs. Beebe.
A Young Witness.
The next witness was Milroy SUIT
ton, lad IA years of age, the young
brother of James. He repeated the
story as told by his sister Nettie,
giving practically the same details
In one point only was his version
different and that was unimportant
She stated that she had found the
hammer and put it in the buggy
whereas Milroy declared that James
had put both the axe and hammer
into the hack. He reiterated his
positiveness of this fact.
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