The Dickinson press., 1913-12-27

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Said he wanted 20 taaS with his vile.
/ threatened TO call DIAL "a. At this
time told Gordon about botel deal and
told him. would tell his wife. Did not
hea1 Gordon ssy he would sop pay-
ment Of check. Y had. 10 revolver;
never carry one; have one g revolvef
at store OF did whenI left 90 e7lst.'
Witness said revolver In evidence
like one some person handedl
in evening after shootine { Rid
ler's once. We, were AZ standing lsnd1
to % down b bank. II,opened
door, wife went ont arste, ]. followed
and supposed Gordan was cpmia3. II
back and found adooe partly
aIgpushed door backsandfssaw
reaching far 3,his& gun with: his4
RIGHT hand, He held gun withaboth
hands against his fcrshead. ~ was1
in stopping position. facing nesth! n
said. here, here" The --shot was
fired. l did not enter the rom at this
tine. Just looked 10. Mrs Hill came
over to me andI went 70 Mrs. Risler
and stated what had happened ! was
not armed and did not shoat Gordon.
After shot was fired l supposed he. was
dead. The three Of US went down stairs
together. Saw two youn& men atsfoot
81 stairs told them not to disturb
anything upstairs: 1. went 20 call
doctor. sfa* & y; ss}@
On cross examination Hill told At
torney Geo. P. Jones that he had not
said he had animosity against Gordon.
He had requested that Gordon keep
away from his home. Denied heat
ed words between them at Antlope.
Witness said he lost his regular knife
in October since which, time he had
been carrying small dirk knife which
he had owned for three years.
TUESDAY MORNING
Hill had told jury that Gordon was in
STOPPING position when he pressed re-
yolver to his head and fired. d. Fur
man being called in rebuttal >by state
gave it as his opinion that Gordon
would have fallen forward. On cross
examination her'qualined..by' saying that
force Of gun would have had some effect
on falling. J. p. Cain, Geo. Brown.
B. M. Rieler and others were called
and stated that they saw insurance en-
velopes, about an inch thick, which
Hill offered state after tragedy, but they
did not see the little memorandum book
offered in evidence by defense.
DR.. Bussen was again called and
offered in evidence a glove which he
had worn on his left hand while placed
on cylinder Of revolver when discharged
during a practice last Saturday. The
test showed smoke marks much like
those seen on Gordon's left hand. which
the doctor said came from the cylinder
OF the revolver while being discharged,
Mrs. Rifler was called and stated,
that Immediately after the shot was
fired Hill came out of Office.
At 10 minutes to II o'clock on Tues
day morning case was rested and 20
minutes later TT. Murtha opened argu-
men, before jury. He said Gordon was
either shot by Hill or he took his own
life. Gordon was'a strong man and APP.
peared in good health when he went
into the Rigler Office. His home rela-:
lions were pleasant and he saw no
!! reason III which jury could Justify sui-
eide. Mr.. Murtha made aeood argu-.
ment. indicating to the jury that state
had been diligent in securing all the
evidence possible which would be
admissible. &,
Al 2 o'clock on Tuesday court recon
vened and the place was oon packed
with people who gathered to hear the
arguments. The court house had been
we'll filled-far beyond the seating ca
pacity at times-every day since the
trial started last Thursday evening,
but this afternoon the space in front Of
the rail was packed with standing
people anxious to hear the closing argu-
ments in Stark county's only sensa.
tional murder trial since the Clemie
case some 10, years ago. The hobo who
murdered Brakeman Oscar Car was tried
here about seven years ago. IL
II. A. Burgeson opened the argument
for the defense. He contended that Ed.
n. Hill and Cash Gordon had entered
into an agreement for the store purchase
but the deal had not been completed
and it was for this purpose that they
met at Richardton. Defendant had
lived in the county nearly 20 years,
raised a family of two sons, bore q
good reputation. and there was no evil
dence tending to show that he carried
q gun or at any time had n on the
day of the tragedy. He did not know
the motive which prompted Gordon q
suicide. He was not a criminal. there
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