The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-11

remember tnat ne came toward you.
do you?" 81 remember seeing him
come nut of the gate, but | do NOT
remember shooting him" What
was the condition of your mind?"
Il do not know. ! don't know what
the condition of my mind is now"
How do you account for the fact
that you remember some Of the
things that happened on that day
and do not remember other things?"
Fl suppose mans mind goes and
comes. A crazy man has got some
sense. He knows enough TO eat.
They had crazy man in the jail
down stairs and he had sense
enough to fight when they tried 10
put him in the patrol wagon. He
Thought he was doing the right
thing" This testimony was objected
to and the objection was sustained
by Judge Duncan.
The court room was crowded at
| the morning session yesterday. The
first witness called was Tom Glass.
clerk at the Halliday hotel. He
testified that he saw Fields
hanging around the ladies'
entrance TO the hotel while
dinner was being served on
the day DR.. Gordon was killed.
George Clark, negro waiter at the
hotel also testified to this effect.
Mrs. Irene Goodwin. stenographer
for DIR. Gordon, said she saw
Fields standing across the street
from the office on the Saturday be-
fore the killing. She saw him
again on Sunday morning at the
stairway leading to the doctors Of
fee, she said. She saw him there
again on Monday. shortly after
noon.
Sam Story testified that he sold
the derringer to Fields which was
used 70 kill DR.. Gordon. He said this
sale was made on August 80.
Fields did not appear excited, he
said. when he purchased the weapon
other witnesses said they saw Fields
standing in front of st. Mary's in
Urinary.
Dan Sullivan. emhalmer at
Burke's undertaking establishment.
identified the blood stained clothing
worn By DR.. Gordon He also iden-
titled the bullet which passed
through the Doctors head. When
the state offered the clothing as
evidence, the defense objected, on
the ground that the killing OF DR.,
Gordon was not denied, and that thi:
exhibit might be the means of WORK.
ing UP sentiment against the defend
ant. The objection was sustained with
the provision that it would be over
ruled II the state could prove tha'
the cl3thing was in the same condi-
ton as 1t was when removed from
DR., Gordons body. Sullivan was re.
called to the stand and this fact
was established. The exhibit was
then admitted as evidence.
Miss Gladys Gordon, daughter Of
Dr. T.. f. Gordon, took the stand,
She told of having been operated on
at the hospital by her father. and
of talking to him a few minutes be-
fore he was killed. She heard the
two shots and heard her father cry
Tim shot" She saw him return to
the hospital and was with him
when he died.
DR.. G. II. McNemer was the next
witness. He said 1t was the custom
of DR.. Gordon to drive TO the hos
pital each afternoon about $50
o'clock He also said that he ex-
amined the doctor after he had been
shot and said death was caused by
the bullet wounds.
After this testimony the state
rested.
The first witness for the defense
were ]. w. Hickman and his wife,
who said Fields brough his wife
to their home shortly after he had
killed DR.. Gordon. leaving her there
and starting for police headquarters
James b. Dorf of the firm of More
land & Dorf. jewelers. at 1107 Wash
ington avenue, testified that Fields
had been in the store on the morn
ing of September |. He said that
Fields had acted strangely and
talked irrationallyy about different
things. He asked about fire arms,
Mr.. Dorf said, and was told that
there was nothing there but a shot
gun and rife He said the actions
of Fields were very different from
his usual actions. He admitted
that he and his partner had raised
money to help defray the expenses
Of Fields defense and that his inter-
est in the case was more than of
passing interest, T-EFE'Hsvf
DR. Flint Bondurant was next
called to the stand His testimony
proved to be more In favor of the
prosecution than the defense. He