The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-29
STATE COMPLETES
 DIRECT EVIDENCE Little Time Consumed in
 Hearing Testimony DEFENSE WILL OPEN Witnesses Testify in French and h.
 terpreter Is Necessary-Ar- rangement of Mckee House Is shown
DEFENSE WILL OPEN

Opeousas La, October 2S.-The prose- cution closed It's direct evidence at } clock this afternoon in the case of Mrs. Zee Runge Mckee, charged with the mur- der of Allan Thurman Garland. in her home here five weeks ago. Judge Peayy immediately adjourned court until 3 c clock Monday morning, when the de- fense will begin the introduction of tes- tlmony in support of the contention that the killing was an act in defense of T woman $ honor.
 Only two days of the first week of the trial were devoted to the taking Of evil denee, the first four days being consumed in securing q jury. It is expected that tke trial will last all of next week.
 Counsel for the defendant boldly cha!- lenged the prosecution to attack the char acter of Mrs McDee. This encouragement by Judge Hunter of counsel followed an objection to line of questioning which served to interrupt the initial effort of the prosecution to show undue intimacy between the prisoner and Allan Garland Testimony in French
 Mary Boswell, an old negro woman. was placed on the stand. She was telling of a visit to her place on the Plasance road, three miles from the Garland home Of Mrs. McRee and the deceased. Mrs Mckee. she testified. had on previous visit told her she would bring q young man with her the next time she came out Well what did they do while they were at your plaee?"'
 q did not notice them very much; was too busy tending by the side of the house to the potato vines.'
 This was regarded as the entering wedge for the introduction of testimony winch would possibly reveal a true story back of the killing, but many spectators were disappointed. Mary Boswelfs testi- mony was cut short right here.
 Plain Henriques, chief counsel for the defense, objected to the line of question: Ing, declaring it an attack upon the de- fenlants character and without proper grounds for it's introduction having been laid.
 Judge Hunter of counsel for the e.ense also interposed objection. This esti- monv is not relevant at this stage he said "They can only introduce it on re- but*ai and we promise that we shall give them the opportunity to prove charac- ter.''
 Witness was excused and counsel for the prosecution decided to hold such evi- dence regarding the prisoner in abeyance until after the case of the defense was concluded.
 Negro Testified
 At the afternoon session several wit resses gave testimony i'll French, the court acting as interpreter
 These were Miss Laura Amy, a neigh bor of the MeRees; August Amy. car penter. and Joseph Stelly The former de- scribed Mrs. McRee's actions just fol lowing the shooting. She said after the ihree. shots were fired. all in rapid sue cession, Mrs. Mckee came over to her house and asked for drink of whisky, saying that she felt faint.
 Miss Amy's most important testimony regarded an engagement made the day rrevious to the killing by Mrs. Mckee to go to town the following morning with witness and do some shopping.
 Mrs Mckee came over to my house that day of the killing about [ o'clock. She said she was busy and couldn { go to town, and thnt could go with her boy"
 The prosecution will argue that the de- fcndant planned to kill Allan Garland that morning, which accounted for her oancelling, the engagement with Miss Amy.
 Witness said that she had seen Allan Go rland at Mrs McRees house one time. He was playing the piano and Mrs. Me- Rec and her children were in the room, she said.
 August Amy said he had seen Allan Garland at the Mckee home once.
 Joseph Stelly testified that he saw Allan Garland in the Mckee home sitting down in the same room with the defendant two CONTINUED ON PAGE 10