Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-24
Defense Introduces New Evidence and Arguments
 Will Be Completed Today
JONES ON THE STAND
Ed Cheeks Testimony is Not Shak. en at second Trial-Eefendant
 Expects Acquittal.

Little Rock, Ju.y 23LConsiderable ], pfcgi ess Was made today in the talk Ing of testimony in the second tr.al Iof W. A. (Dutch) Jones. The States case was presented Monday afternoon ana this morning and the witnesses TOT the defense were called shortly after 10:3o o'clock. "Dutch" Jones LOOK the stand and was examined for nearly forty minutes. Counsel for me defens7 stated to the court just before adjournment at 11:55 o'clock that few more witnesses remained 10 be examined and their side would cicse the ease. IL is possible that the Jury Will be ret '1ed tonight
 Tn substance the testimony was practically the same as du,ing ,he flrst trial. T. K. Jones, city detective the frs; Witness for the State. was en the st2nd Monday afternoon for two hours and testified in most points ne same as in the preceding tr al. The cross examination was especially gillllng, as the opposing counsel had the transcripts of bo5h the coroner's inquest and the first trial as guides 10 the evidence submitted, and any conflict that m ght arise was quickly detected
 Dr. C. E. Witt testified as to the lc- cation of the wound received by Campbell.
 W. P. Davenport was called and told his version of the killing. Pa ti9lman ". s. Burns was also called. Each reiterated in most instances the accounts testified to in the pre- Vleus case. Perry Reed was called morning. His testimony was slightly different from what it i had been before. He stated, in sub stance that Sergeant Campbell was app oaching Dutch" Jcnes when the latter fired the first time This state men, IS in conflict with other ev:- | dence submitted.
 J. E. Cheek was called and told without swerving a point from his original testimony his story of the tragedy.
 Jones on the Stand.
 "Dutch" Jones, although somewhat nervous from the strain of the court room made a good witness in h 5 own behalf. The self-defense plea was emphasized by the counsel con ducting the direct examination. Un- der ross-eXamination, conducted by Lewis Rhoton, Mir. James waverei on some minor points, bu. stood firm as to the main facts as related in his ist account.
 Following this witness Private John J. Donahue, Fourth Infantry, United States Army subpoenaad from the maneuver camp at Alexan- dria, was called. He stated that he was spending the night in the apart ments over Loucheims saloon, on the corner of Markham and Cumbs srland streets, when the shooting occurred. i He tesifie that he saw exactly how the affair happened. He wavered un- der fire of s-eXaminat on by MT. Rhojon.
 At ? o'clock the court reconvened | with plans by the defense for the in- troduction of new evidence. Both Jones and his counsel are confident of acquittal.
 There is one phase of the evidence which has not been presented to the jury as yet and has not been suggest ed by either eide. Although several pencil sketches of the street scene on the corner of Markham and Cumber- land have been drawn and test flied to 1y various witnesses in the presence 3f the jury, no inspection of the To- ,ality by the jurors has been made.
 Should the jury demand it the court might give permission fol a visit to the scene for the purymen to see at first hand by ra-enactment in per son the pos tions of the principals at | the time of this sensational shooting