The Mena weekly star., 1910-11-03

he (Willie) had returned from Wom- ble, where he had taken his Aunt Dell to see her daughter, who was sick, he and his father and little cous- in John Stacy took the buggy back to Coughran's place and then ridine on the two mules, they went on to the Bell Stacy place and got bucket of sorehum and book and returned As they came up in front of the store building where Couehran was sitting on the poarch reading a paper, the mule the boys were riding was just a little behind the mule his father was riding, it's head about even with the hips of the other mule When about opposite Coughran the old man said
 - -, I've got enough of your rid ing by here and won't have it no more, and as be made the remark Coughran reached inside a window be- side which he was sitting and picked up gun. The boys father said: "Mr. Coughran, don't shoot me; please don t shoot. The first shot followed im- mediately and as the frightened mule turned and trotted away from where Coughran was standing the second shot was fired. The mule went on across the road, where Stacy fell to the ground. The two boys then jumped off their mule andsran to him and Coughran sat down in his chair and began reading the paper.
 In going over the testimony of Will lie Stacy the cross-examination failed to shake the boys story and nothing new was developed.
 Johnnie Stacy was the next wit ness. He is Il years of age and the son of Mrs. Coughran and was on the mule with Willie Stacy and saw the killing. His story was in detail the same as Willie's. The only variation in the clear narrative of the event brought out by the cross-examination of Johnnie was regarding a bucket of sorghum they had been carrying on the mule. The older boy had said that they jumped down from the mule and sat the bucket on the ground, while Johnnie said they hung it on a stick nailed to tree.
 Following the boys. Dr. L. s. Ken nedy, coroner of Montgomery county, was placed on the stand. He simply told of the nature of the wounds. One was in the left side just below the heart and was hole about one and half inches in diameter. The other was in the center of the back about 3 inches in diameter. It was badly torn in the center. but around the edge the skin showed where small sized shot had entered.
 The direct testimony for the state ended with Dr. Kennedy and court ad- journed until Thursday morning when the defense opened it's case.
 Evidence of the Defense.
 The first witness put on the stand was George Jamison, son-in-law of Coughran, who, with his family. lived with Coughran. Jamison and his wife, a daughter of the defendant, were also eye witnesses to the killing and their statements vary greatly from those made by the little son and nephew of the dead man.
 In substance, Jamison testified that up to the day before the killing the defendant and the man he killed had been good friends. After Cough ran married Mrs. Bell Stacy on Thurs day he went with her to her place and remained there until Saturday morn ing, when he went back to his place tc get ready to take his new wife to hel sick daughter. Later when Stacy and Mrs. Coughran drove on up to the Coughran place, Stacy wanted to ac- company the woman on the trip Trouble came up over this, both men becoming angry and Jamison said he had trouble keeping Stacy from get. ting out of the buggy to make an as sault on the old man. Finally Stacy and the women drove on down the road and soon returned with Willie Stacy in the buggy. who drove Mrs Coughran to see her daughter.
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