The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-11-04
5. ]. Allen Is Excused As Word
Comes Tai His Child Il
Seriously III
ALL STATES EVIDENCE IN
Statements Made By The Witnesses
Before The Coronor's Jury
Arc Pra LEGALLY Same

Tho trial OF James White, charged
with the killing or Frsd Otterson,
came to q sudden halt yesterday al
ternoon about $3.50 o'clock when $.
J. Allen OF L.eo, one o. the jnrymen
In the ease, received telegram
from his home announcing that hia
child was seriously i'll ard his pres-
encc was needed at once.
Judge Butler adjourned court, In
consequence, until this morning at
o'clock and sent Bailiff Keefe with
Juror Allen to stay with him and
keep him under his watchful eye un-
til he is returned to the court.
BafliH Keefc 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 leSLlHtS.
On the opening Of the case yester-
day morning, the first state witness
| Charles s. Mccain, bartender az
William McCann's saloon, where the
| Killing Of Otterson took place gave
| In his testimony. He testified that
| he was present at the time Of the
shooting of Otterson by White. lie
said White entered the saloon and
-Ewithout any words went up to Ottere
son and commenced TO beat him over
7 the head with revolver
Otterson, on being struck without
making any defense, staggered back
several steps and fell against the
telephone attached to the wall Al
ter Otterson had fallen, White step
| ped back several feet and fired a shot
into Otterson's body. Then.without
word. left the saloon.
In ross-examination by Whites
attorney, Rice A. Pierce, Mccain was
asked to draw with piece Of chalk
on the floor in front of the jury a
plan of the interior of the saloon.
showing In detail just where the
principals in the tragedy stood at
the time. He made a very clear ex-
PLANTATION to the jury
Attorney Pierce asked Mccain II
The ever made statement to one
Fred Holtz in which he remarked.
! whenever a damned Ohio levee sa-
loonkeeper comes into my place and
kills a man I'll swear him into hell
Mccain emphatically denied ever
making any such remark and said
he never knew any person by the
name Fred Ioltz.
The defense will later introduce
L an affidavit purporting to be from
one, Fred Holtz, and Mccain will be
called upon in rebuttal.
P. G. Ward a Witness.
,rl Philo G. Ward, bartender, who
was AT McCann's saloon at the time
of the shooting gave substantially
the same evidence as Mccain. lie
was cross-examined. He firmly de-
MED having picked up a knife near
the dead mans body and said he was
IN not near the body. He was very
~ insistent in this denial and would
r. stand for no parleying when pressed
va by the defense on the question he
ID was unsuitable in his evidence aftei
10 being thoroughly cross-examined b,
tn the attorneys.
John Riley testified he was not
cd present at the shooting, being a.
ho whites saloon tending bar while
ak white he said, went out few
Id minutes.
70. william stevens steamboat maj
testified he was in Whites saloon tn
On afternoon of the shooting, In com
cd many with Otterson, who he said
+cr was ordered out of the saloon 2.
ar white and said otterson told Whit
nv TO "come outside and have II out
IA but White only osicred him cut 9
ex- saloon.
Va Dee Yates, negro porter
IRE whites saloon testified White sen
him TO hts home for his revcise
at about 1880 o'clock in the Afternoon
cd Of the shooting and that White toi'
bis him there were two rcyolyers and
net the biggest one.