El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-12
Of
DECEASED
SHOWN
Covered With Blood, it is
Exhibited; Widow Put on
the Stand.
LYNCH AFRAID OF
HIS REVOLVER
Starts it Shooting and Had
to Run From it, Declares.
a Witness. ;

LOWS. N. NJ. Oct 1.-The dying
statement of Roy WoOfter, at
- that time city marshal OF Roswell
was introduced today by the prosecU-
ton as it's strong card IN the trial OF
]. o. Lynch for the marshaPs murder.
The bloody clothing worn by the
marshal at the time he was killed By
the man who was accused OF being 81
bootIegger was exhibited in court
This gruesOme touch was relieved byf
the testimony Of a witness who told
how Lynch, after buying an automatici
revolver, had started it shooting and
had been compelled to run out Of his
house to escape from it.
Roswell Sheriff TeEtifles.
G. E Young. sheriff Of Chavez county;
testified to the efforts used by virtues
of a subpoena to procure the attendance
Of the absent witnesses. H N Gibson
Mrs James and Miss Irma Brockleman.
but he had failed to get them This
was proved by the state as a predicate
to introducing the testimony of these
witnesses taken in short hand at the
former trial
Another witness for the state. Clyde
Fulton, an undertaken, testified that
he took WoOfter after the fatal shot
was fired to St Mary's hospital and
identified the bloody clothing that the
received the fatal wound This was in
trOduced for locating the position OF
the gunshot on the body Of WoOfter
Identifies Dead Mans Billy.
George Williams was recalled BY the
state to identify the pOIiceman's billy
that WOofter carried on the occasion
of the homicide. that was shattered by
the shot from Lynch's gun
W. E Johnson was then called and,
as transfer man. testified to carrying
eight casks Of beer to the Lynch resi-
dence within a period of nine days,
Immediately preceding the homicide
~ 10r- III
Fargo Express messenger, testified that
within ten days prior to the homicide,
he delivered eighteen boxes Of whisky
at the Lynch residence.
Earl c. Iden, court reporter OF the
United States district court at Santa
Fe. and the former court reporter at
the Lynch trial at Carlsbad, read from
ms notes the testimony Of the absent.
witnesses.
George Whitehead was also wits
ness for the state
'AIan Afraid of his Gun.s
E. P Malone testified for the stats
that three days before the homicide5
Lynch bought twenty-five automatic
ana inquired at the time whether its
would put man to sleep or not but
that the following day Lynch broughcs
the gun back and objected that when.
he went to shoot, it kept on Shooting
and he could not stop it; that it shot
a hole through his own shirt collar
and then shot the dresser to pieces. ana
that he had to flee from the room to.
save his life.
C. s Walgamott was = new witness
brought in by the state, who testffied
that he and George Nation bought two
ooltIes of beer at the Lynch residences
and that Lynch had a Winchester and
said that the first prohibitionist who
came across the walk would get It'll
The Widow Is Heard.
Tnen MIS- WoOfter, the widow Of thu
deceased city marshal came on 1hel
stand IN deep mourning and testified
that she had come all the vay from
Iowa and that it had been her huS-i
bands custom to wear a police star
during his eighteen months OF service
at Roswell.
The state closed BY introducing the
dying statement Of Woofter. taken at
the hospital in Roswell BY Earl Iden.
then court stenOgrapher.
Dead Mans SfOry.
Woofer stated that he was simply
passing the window of the Southwest
room Of the Lynch home when he was
shot and that he did not see Lynch on
the inside and that he knew n was
Lynch who shot him BY the latter's
voice, as Lynch exclaimed Instantly
oefore the shot was fired: Keen off
OF my porch"
significant incident occurred iust
Defore the state closed its case. when
u, u Slngletery inquired OF the court
MneLner the warrant under which
w ooIter claimed to act was a leeaI
v arrant, and the court answered thar
me jury would probably be advised on
Inls point by a written instruction at
the proper time.