The Mena weekly star., 1910-11-03
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There was no evidence showing that Stacy was armed. only that his right hand was away from the defendant where it could not be seen what he was doing with it.
 On cross-examination it was shown that Stacy wore only a light shirt. light cotton pants, shoes and stock ings when he was killed
 Following the above strong testi- mony given for the defense by George Jamison and his wife (the daughter of the defendant). as outlined, the de- fense placed the Rev. W. J. Naples on the stand. He is a man 80 years of age, with remarkably active brain, but proved rather bad witness for the defense. He stated that on Saturday when Stacy, Mrs. Coughran and MT. Coughran were in dispute over the trip to Womble, in the presence Mir. and Mrs. Jamison, he saw a revolver in Stacy's hand three different times. None of the other witnesses present told ot seeing Stacy with a gun at any tune. Mir. and Mrs. Jamison said that when Stacy and and Mrs. Coughran drove up to the store on Saturday  morning, Mrs. Coughran asked her husband if he was going along. Mir. Naples was very positive that she did not ask the question. He also said that during the day. Saturday, Stacy came back four different times to the store. cursine, abusing and threaten ing old man Coughran.
 The other witnesses testified that Stacy did not make any remarks to or about Coughran after the quarrel early Saturday morning. His contradictory testimony finally wound up with statement that Stacy had on coat when he (Maples) went to his body to examine his wounds after the killing. All other witnesses, both for state and defense, agree that Stacy wore no coat.
 Before leaving this point, however, MT. Naples became in doubt regard ing the coat. Nevertheless he proved quick of wit and some of the shots he fired back at the attorneys during the cross-examination forced a laughter from the audience and compelled Judge Steel to rap for order and at the same time call the witness down. Once when he was warned by the court not to argue with the attorney, he replied, "the attorney then must not argue with the clergy"
 Following the levity shown during the time Preacher Naples was on the stand, the interest again became tense as Colonel McPhetrige called the de- fendant to the stand.
 Defendant Goes on Stand.
 With a deeply troubled face but steady nerve, Coughran told his story in convincing manner. He gave his age as 59. said he came to Arkansas from Oklahoma 10 or Il years ago and since that time he has lived on his place where the killing occurred. He had a little store in the front part of the building and since his house had burned he had lived in the back part of the store building. His daughter and her husband lived with him. The old man is quite deaf and it was with some difficulty that the questions were put to him by council.
 Iii brief his testimony was as follows:
 On Thursday, July ', he married Bell Stacy at her home about half mile from his place. Allen Stacy, brother of Bell Stacy's divorced hus- band, was there at the wedding. He was there working around the place all day. He was using Bells mules and making A crop on her place. While blowing in the garden Bell went out and led the mules for him. Cough ran went out and offered to do this, but Bell did not want him to. Some thing was said about Bell going down to see her daughter. Stacy said he wanted to go down in the same place to see about getting log haul at a sawn,l. Alter some questions Cough ran showed Stacy the mill was not in the same settlement. Other plans for the trip were suggested to which Coushran objected. or Stacy objected to letting the the mules he was work ing be taken away. Friday evening 1t was finally agreed that the defendant was to 90 to Jamison. who was work ine the latter's mule, to see if 1t could be secured, and Stacy was to come by the defendants place early Saturday morning and get the mules and defendant buggy and bring them down to Bells place
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