The Paducah evening sun., 1910-06-30

en- In shorthand by Miss Lula Robin
son. city stenographer, and Mrs.
Irene Robertson, stenographer for
Attorney Browning.
The full list OF witnesses answered
to their names this morning and at
the start It appeared that some un-
expected delay would result In an
other continuance.
Il first talked with Mr.. Moore
one night and made a statement OF
what the boy said to me-"
Attorney Grassland here read her
statement verbatim. which was made
to Detective Moore. She denied part
Iof the statement wherein Farrin
cried the morning following the
murder.
She said she left the house April
16 and Tom came to her on April rs.
She then went to Cairo. The day
following her return to Paducah she
went before Judge Cross. She saw
Tom at his cell in the county jail
on the day of his confession.
She denied telling Tom she had
made untrue statements when she
saw him at the jail.
when further examined about
Dean washing blood from his hands
she said Tom told her that at the
jail and told her not to tell. lie
didn't tell her TO say II to help him
out of the trouble.
On croco axaunfn at tfou eha enid.
Guy met me on Broadway and
wanted me to 20 buggy riding. lie
offered me $50 and refused be-
cause ! was afraid"
She denied talking with Dean
about washing blood of his hands.
Miss Polly Durrett was recalled.
bringing the written confession of
Tommie Farrin. Here the contro-
versy between the attorneys was re-
newed. Attorney Grassland insisted
on Introducing the witnesses for the
defense.
After n bitter argument the de-
Tense waived further examination.
but when the witnesses were called
in Attorney Grassland changed his
mind The defense contended that
the statement was made under
duress and that the court should de-
termine the question as to whether
the confession was voluntary. II
was finally agreed that Farrin should
speak and he said he made the con-
fcssion voluntary.
The trial was resumed again.
Detective Collins was recalled and
asked II he advised Turner Ander-
son not to employ an attorney. Mr..
Collins then told the conversation
he had with Mr.. Anderson and de-
MED he made any promises to get
the boys release II he would make
a confession.
This settled the question as to
whether the confession should be
taken as competent evidence and
the defense lost a point which was
the bone OF contention all morning.
After another interruption caused
by a conference between Attorneys
Grassland and Browning and Tom
Farrin and Guy Dean. Robert Dobey.
colored. who discovered the body OF
the dead boy at . o'clock Sunday
morning. April 10, while out search
ing for his strayed COW. was called
to the witness stand.
lie said he lived on the Pool road
and found the dead man near Jake
Biederman's field.
He said the boy was lying without
and clothing and described him. lie
said there was wound over his head
and dead leaves were stuffed in his
mouth. lie said he found a club to
which blood and red hair clung. lie
had not seen either Farrin or Dean
before the murder. Dolby found a
plank that looked like IL had been
used as a bed near the dead boy. The
stick was shown and Identified as
the same found by Dolby.
Mrs. Annie Redman was called to
the stand next. She said Tom Farrin
visited Lula Shelton at her house
four times the week after the murder
She overheard Tom say LARA | did
II for your sake" the first time he
came there. Tom came down stairs
crying. Mrs. Redman didn't know
what he and Lula were talking about.
She said Farrln called Lula fire.
quently over the telephone. She rec
ognized his voice She did not know
there was a warrant out against
Dean when he was arrested at her
house. She said Dean and Farrin
passed the house often after the kill
ing. She did not see either one fol-
low Lula away on one occasion.