The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
Defendant Shows Jury How
Commissioned Hickey Made
Alleged Assault and How
Shooting Was Done.
BEING CROSS EXAMINED
Admissibility of Divorce Pa
pers is Argued at Length
by Attorneys for Both
Sides Today.

Sensations came thick and fast in
the Dunn case yesterday afternoon.
The defense is putting forth the |
strongest effort to keep the defend
ant from the penitentiary and unless
testimony of the defendant and
! Charles Jester, it seems as though
there can be no question of the YER
dict.
| The two strongest points, scored by
the defense yesterday, we're the state
ments Of Charles Jester, who swore
that Hickey struck Dunn on the head,
before a shot was fired, and Dunn's
statement that on the evening of the
affair, there were only four loaded
shells in the revolver, which he car
RED
William Eddy was the first witness
called after the noon adjournment,
yesterday. He testified as to the dis
tances from the corner of Main street
and Fifth, to where the shooting oc-
Cured.
Henry M Schevers, former chief of
police, was called and was examined
regarding his knowledge of the wound
on Dunn's head, after he was arrested
He was not cross-examined.
The defense next callst1 Charles
! Jester, 1902 Park street, a cousin of
the defendant and nephew of Hick-
ey, who said that upon the evening in
question, he was waiting for car at
Fifth and Main streets when Dunn
passed and spoke to him. Dunn was
going south on Fifth street He also
saw Mr.. Hickey, coming north on Fifth
street. The men met about halfway
| between the corner and the alley
| Neither of them spoke, SO far as the
i witness knew.
II Just as they met, Hickey lifted his
II cane and struck the defendant on the
Il head. Witness declared that he then
4 heard two shots and the men clinch
4 ed and fell to the pavement. He
II then heard three more shots.
II Jester has just recovered from ar
II attack of typhoid fever and had to be
II assisted to the stand by the bailiff
II He told his story in an easy manner
N and could not be shaken by the rigid
II ross-examination of Mr.. Miller.
ii The witness denied that he said t.
II men on the street car, that Dunn hat
II said, Just as he passed him, "Watcl
II here goes your big uncle He insist
II ed that he had never said anything o
the kind and also that he told thu
men on the car that he was so fright
ened that he could not remember wha
Z had happened He said that he ha,
slnever told anyone prior to taking tn
+ stand, what his testimony would be.
After Jester left the stand, MI
McCoid called for Howard Dunn, tn
seven year old son OF the defendant
but it was stated that he was wit
l his mother and neither of them coul
be found
Deputy Sheriff Crimmins declare
THAT the sheriffs office had been |
possession of the subpoenas for Mr.!
Dunn and her son for several day
but was asked by the attorney for til
i defense, not to serve them until the
u were SO instructed These instru'
lions had never been issued.
There was a noticeable stir in N
court room as the defendants nam
was called and the tense attitude {
lK the spectators as the witness too
"a the stand clearly showed that they e,
90 pected some sensational testimon
.. from him.
Dunn on the Stand.
,. Dunn opened his testimony by sta
On ing that he was twenty-nine years {
~ age and had been resident of Ke'
10 kuk all his life He said that he ma
" ried Lulu B. Patterson and had on
~ child, boy seven years Of age.
us Mr. McCoid asked him to explai
~ how he happened to live at Hickey
% home and the witness replied thu
= Hickey sent for his wife to come owe
'. and cook his meals for him. Prior
=, this, the witness said that an aunt ha
kept house for Hickey. His statemel
to the effect that the aunt left Hic
ey's house because of the harsh tree
ment accorded her by Hickey, W;
not allowed by the court
Dunn then told of an assault upe
him by Hickey in the early part
"a April, 1911. when he went to Il
house to persuade his wife to leav
- He said that Hickey cursed him al
then Knocked him down and kick'
him in the side and then picked hi
Ell np with the intention of throwing hi
Isl. down in the cellar, but that his WI
closed the cellar door.
at At this point an objection was
fered to the testimony and the la
yers became quarrelsome. Mr. N
Coid insisted that he would NOT alle