The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-03

! some handouts; BanKSon went III
| witness did not 20 in; witness was
deputy sheriff under Bankson; o negro
named George Fugua was also stand
| inc outside the police station; witness
| was standinb in frot of police head
quarters.
Saw Bankson sitting in a chair;
Bankson started as if to get up and
leave the house; some one grabbed
him ana threw him back in the chair
and struck Bankson; defendant drew
his gun; saw some one hit him from
| behind. some one struck Bankson on
the head when The pistol was dis
| charged; didn't know who the men
were that struck Bankson but thought
they were in police Uniform; witness
heard no talk: could not understand
what was said; saw Mr.. Lutz the
city jailor with a pair of handouts
in his hand; have told the jury al
| | know about this case. The man
| that struck Bankson in the face was
q larger man than | ann; | weigh l70
pounds the man who struck Bank.
son in the back Of the head was a
still larger man; Bankson was sitting
on the south side of the room; saw
an old-like man in the room; didn't
know him; he wore whiskers; heard
| afterward that Sergeant French had
| been killed; heard it next day; wit.
ness left at once and went to Pulaski
| on train No. s Of the /. c. r. r.
Cross-examination by Lingle for
| prosecution:
/ was special deputy under Mr.
Bankson; started with Bankson from
Uncle Joe's to police headquarters be
| tween and o'clock: had planned
to go to KY on the train that left
at $50; got to police station about
) o'clock p. M; witness left police
station; ran across the street; went
TO station, caught a train and wen,
home; witness would not explain WIZ
Inc left Bankson in trouble at the
, police station; witness said he had
ness first told Bankson's son of the
trouble, Marion Bankson; witness haf
been to Jonesboro and had been witt
the counsel for defense at Jonesborc
since defendant has been here in Jail
don't know what became of Fugua
/ left about the time the shot wa;
fired and ran across the street;
was moving when the shot was fired
| don't know whether Fugua was thert
when the shot was fired, but thinl
saw him standing there at the tiutt
hot was fired: witness was stand
ing on the outer edge of the walk
opposite the door that Bankson en-
: tered; ! stayed there till l startsJ
to run across thestreet; think Bank
son tried another door but it WI
Il fastened; Mr.. Lutz called to Bank
son or motioned to him to come t,
! the north door: witness thought som
one went in the same door shortl,
, after Bankson went in; some man
. I don't know whether | changed N,
position outside before running ava
!. or not was facing the police head
. quarters; | was looking through til
/ glass door was not looking throug
/. door partly open; Bankson was sit
/. ting in chair against the wall
n Bankson was 50 or 40 feet from me
y heard no conversation; most Of til
/ men in the room were sitting down
r saw a man standing at a desk we,
!. Of Bankson; don't know what the ma
!. was doing at the desk; saw ligl
q burning on the south side of til
q room; to the best of my knowledg
+. the desk at which the man was stant
= ing was in the south west corner :
. the room; one fan was standing q
/, the stove; an old man was sittln
!, at desk on the south side Of tin
n room; recognized none of the men
saw Mr.. Lutz was in the room br
eft the room by a door on the mort
. side; all this before the trouble h
Il first noticed loud talking; don't knor
4, what was said; Bankson got up stel
q ped out few steps; some one grail
(. bed him; the man that grabbed Banl
= son was the man that was standin
h. at the desk; he reached out an
"A caught Bankson; Bankson APPARENT
Is started for the door, when the ma
a. who was standing at the desk wake
l. up and grabbed him; caught Banl
i son by the left shoulder by the let
hand; 1erked Bankson around an
hit him in the face with something
,r looked like pair OF imucKs; SCENE
: to me he hit Bankson in the eye
A the man that hit Bankson locke
4 to be middle aged man; staggere
4. Bankson toward the west; witnes
a in repeating said he staggered to tn
! east; Bankson did not fall but wen
kind a down; Bankson then pulle
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