Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-12-09
THE CASE OF LAMAR
is CALLED FOR TRIAL
Both Sides Announced Ready For
Trial Yesterday.

gle in the little pas.ageway which
opens into the main corridor.
Witness heard Lamar ask joni
Redmond for his Q4amar's) pistol He
saw no knife in Gunn's hand at the
time he was shot down
The witne-s likewise examined the
carefully drawn diagram of the room.
corridor, hallway, etc, ag presented
by states counsel and described the
position Of players in the game and
obiec.s in the card room.
Testimony of 4. Il. AngIin.
4. T. Anglin, proprietor Of the hotel,
was the tkfrd witness up and told in
detail all he saw of the homicide He
was in room No. 1 with guests of the
houze when told that a fight was IN
progress in the Hallway. He went
out and made an effort to stop it.
begging the three men to stop tie
fighting.
Eugene Gum, he stated, was BACKING
away from Lamar and Glover, striking
at them with his hands as they struck.
at him. There were no others present
at the moment, witness said. FINALLY
Glover fell or was knocked down and
Gunn was standing over him when "a
mar returned with the pistol.
Witness stated that Gum begged La
mar not to shoot him. the latter re-
plying witl an oath that HE would
Two shots were fired.
One cross examination Mr.. Anglin
stated that he was paying little at
'ention to the presence of Others. or
anything beyond stopping the fight.
W.9an Gum fell he saw knife in his
hands He saw no blood on the wall
OF upon tie stairway of the Forsyth
street entrance by which the defend
ant Left the house after the killing.
One small spot, he said looked rs
II fly had teen mashed upon the
wall at he bottom of the stairs.
Testimony of Il. IA. Teak.
The fourth witness up was t. A..
Teak, guest of the house, and who
resides in Thomasville. He was in
room No. 1 with Mr. Ang'in when the
latter was notified that a fight was
in porgrers in the hall. He heard a
voice exclaim: Shoot him, Nick
shoot him, or let me do it," He then
went out into the corridor.
After the firing of the second shot
he heard another voice say, He has
killed me-" Mr.. Teak then returned
to TIE room
On cross examination witness stat
ed tiht he saw nothing until the shoot
ing began, nor did he hear what trans
pred previously He took look at
the body later and saw a knife i'll the
hands of the deceased The knife was
open, and was clutcled in Gunn's right
hand
Mr.. Teak's testimony was substan-
tally the same as given at the com,
initial trial of Walter Glover several
weeks ago.
Testimony Of DIR. Praaher.
A material witness for the state was
DR.. w. S. Prather, who was called to
the Jackson hotel, where he found
Gum dead The fa13l bullet, he sail,
lad entered 1 IA inches from the left
nipple. DR.. Pratier testified regard
ing the knife exhibited, ard also as
to the contents of the dead man S pock>
etc, which he rearched.
He identified tie knife he had seen
sripped in Gunn's hand, and likewise
4 four-bladed knife, a small one, which |
he found closed in a pocket of the
Dr.. Prather told of other articles
taken from various pockets, including
a small portion of whiskey in bot
tie, mattel es, letters, cigarette pa
pers, etc. All of these he gave to
Sheriff Feagin at the time of tha ex-
animation.
On crozs examination Dr. Prather |
testified that at shout 1915 o'clock the
same night he was called to the sher-
ifs office to dress wound on the
throat Of the defendant, alleged to |
have been made during tie fight at the |
hotel He described tae wound which
was not very serious, though it might |
have been.
This cut upon the left side of the
throat was tie principal one, ana
had it penetrated deeper to IAN artery
would have proved fatal. Witness tes-
tilted at some length regarding the
knife and the probability of the wea-
pom making such wound, which in
dicated that it might have been made
with a sharper blade.
Upon tbs point, however, he would
not express a positive opinion.
Mr. Anglin recalled, identified the
diagram of the rooms as substantially
correct in de.ail
Sheriff Feagin Testifies.
The sixth witness up was Sheriff
Feagin, who testified to the arrest of
TIE defendant at house on North