The Cairo bulletin., 1911-11-04
S. ]. Allen Is Excused As Word
Comes That His Child Is
Seriously III
ALL STATES EVIDENCE IN
Statements Made BY The Witnesses
Before The Coroner Jury
Are Practically Same

sha trial Of James White. charged
with ,nc killing oil Fred Otterspn.
came TO q s,iGden halt yesterday ar
tornoon about $50 o'clock when 8.
,. Allen OF i.ioo. one q tie jurymen
in the case. received telegram
from his home announcing that his
child was seriously iii ard his pres-
sanee was needed at once.
Judse Butler adjourned court, i'm
consequence, until this morning at 2
o'clock and sent Bailiff Keefe with
Juror Allen TO stay with him and
keep him under his watchful eye uu-
til he is returned to the court
Bailiff Keefe and Juror Allen left
at once for Elco. 1t is not thought
that they will return in time for the
morning session OF court. Ii they
do not Judge Butler will adjourn
court till afternoon and continue to
adjourn until they do return
Charles McCann Testifes.
On the opening OF the case yeeter-
day morning, the first state witness.
Charles s. Mccain, bartender at
William McCann's saloon, where the
killing of 0tterson took place gave
in his testimony, He testified that
lie was present at the time of lhe
shooting of 0tterson by White. lie
said White entered the saloon and
without any words went up TO 0itqr-
son and commenced 10 bent him 0F1r
the head with a revolver.
0tterson, on being struck without
making any defense, staggered back
several steps and fell against the
telephone attached to the wall Af-
ter Otterson had fallen. White step
ped back several feet and fired shot
into Otterson's body, Then,withour
word, left the saloon
In cross-exaInination by Whites
attorney, Rice A: Pierce, McCann. was
asked to draw with piece of chalk
on the floor in front of the jury q
plan OF the interior OF the saloon.
showing in detail just where tho
principals in the tragedy stood at
the time He made very clear ex-
planation to the jury
Attorney Pierce asked McCann II
he ever made a statement to one
Fred Holtz in which he remarked.
whenever damned Ohio leyee sa-
loonkeepeB comes into my place and
kills a man I'll swear him into hell"
McCann emphatieally denied ever
making any such a remark and said
he never knew any person by the
name Fred Holtz.
The defense will later introduce
an affidavit purporting to be from
one, Fred IIoltz, and McCann will be
called upon in rebuttal.
P. G.. Ward a Witness,
Philo G. Ward, bartender, who
| was dt MN ann odtopu a. tuc tih1
OF the shooting gave substantially
the same evidence as Mccain. He
| was oross-examined. He firmly de-
MED having picked up knife near
| the dead mans body aud said he was
not near the body. He was very
insistent in this denial and would
stand for no parleying when pressed
by the defense on the question. He
was unshakable In his evidence after
being thoroughly cross-examined by
the attorneys
John Riley testified he was not
present at the shooting. being at
Whites saloon tending bar while
White. he said, went out a few
minutes.
William Stevens a steamboat man
testified he was In Whites saloon the
afternoon of the shooting, In COM
pany with Otterson, who he said.
was ordered out Of the saloon by
White and said otterson told White
to come outside and have 1t out"
but White only ordered him out OF
! saloon.
/ Dee Yates. negro porter &C
Whites saloon testified White sent
him TO his home for his revolver
about 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon
of the shooting and that White told
him there were two revolvers and to
get the biggest one.