The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-21
DOCTORS TESTIFY
REGARDING WOUNDS


The first witnesses called were the doc
tors who examined the wounds of Comp
ton. DIR. B. M Clayton described the
wounds. He testified that one was to
the front of the body, to the left of the
breast bone. above the left nipple, the
bullet ranging inward, downward and
backward and leaving the body at the
right side. This was the fatal shot He
testified that other bullets entered the
body of the deceased between the sixth
and seventh ribs and the seventh and
eighth ribs, that another broke a finger,
and another inflicted an abrasion on the
right shoulder He testified also that
there were bruises on Compton's head
made from blows of some character.
He testified that the fatal wound might
have been produced by the entrance of
two bullets
This description of the wounds was
borne out by the testimony of DIR. j. W.
Wood He expressed his opinion how
ever, that the front wound was made by
the entry of two bullets. When ques-
| toned, he declared that no weapons were
| found on the body of the deceased and
he estimated for the court the difference
| in weight of the three who participated
| in the fatal incident.
He said: Connie Compton was IS or
| 10 years of age and weighed about 1855
pounds. Grady Forman Is larger than
| he was. So is G. B. Forman. G. B. must
weigh 15 more pounds than Connie
weighed Grady 25 pounds"
Prosecutions Chief Witness
The testimony on which the prosecution
! depends to bring about the conviction of
the Formans was delivered today by Josh
Herdon, J. f. PRESLEY and George w.
| Ash.
| Mr. Hendon's testimony, in part, fol-
| lows: II saw a part of the difficulty.
| The first thing 1 noted was that Grady
| had got loose from Connie. l saw G. b.
| Forman hit the boy over the head. The
| boy fell to his knees. G. B. Forman then
| shot him twice. The boy staggered up
| and got to shooting back I left and re-
/ turned just in time to see the boy fall.
| G. b. walked up to him and made some
! kind of motion with his foot, kicking him
| or something, / couldn't say exactly
WHAT
| On cross-examnation, he said MY
| store, where l was. is 60 or 20 feet away
| from where the killing occurred. | was
attracted to the door by the sound of the
| first shot. G. b. did something with
| his foot after Connie had fallen don't
know what it was
| Mr. Burr was unable to make him say
that Grady Forman had gone when G. b.
\ Forman is alleged to have struck Compton
with a revolver.
Pressly Describes Difficulty
| ]. F. Presley said in part: II saw a
portion of the difficulty. l first saw
this-Connie was standing over Grady, as
| If the two We're holding hands. Connie
was in STOPPING position. [ saw G. B.
approach. He was walking fast or trot
| ting slowly. I saw HIM striking at Con-
ME. AS Connie broke loose from Grady,
| G. B. showed him with his left hand,
| and fired with his right-one time. This
| ~5as before Connie fired. G. B. fired two
| other shots before the boy dropped to his
knees, when catching his pistol In both
hands he fired twice at G. B. Then the
| boy seemed to spring UP. grabbing for
I Forman. AS he did, G. B. showed him
| back and shot again..
| He testified that it was his opinion that
| the Formans had been drinking during
| the day.
Following this direct testimony. Mr..