Evening journal., 1914-05-13
WOMAN ON TRIAL
FOR Staying MAN
DURING A Quarrel
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son. Some time later, witness said, he
met Reed in the syard in front of his
house. Witness could not say whether
Reed was intoxicated at the time. He
passed him and had proceeded about 30
yards when he heard a shot fired, inn
mediately followed by two more shots.
Witness said he turned around and saw
Reed stoop in his yard and Mrs. Nc
Kinney was standing in the doorway.
Witness said he did not see the pistol
or the flashes.
Witness said he saw Reed rise from
the STOPPING position, and, with his
hands clasped to his breast, enter the
house. He heard no words uttered by
either Reed or Mrs. Mckinney. Wit
ness heard no noise after Reed went
into the house, so he continued to
his own home, not knowing that
Reed was badly wounded.
Robert r. Reed, father of Delaware
Reed, testified that his son was dead.
He said Mrs Mckinney had kept
house for his son.
Robert T. Jones, Of Newark, who
was acquainted with Reed, testified
that he was the undertaken who bur-
led Reed He took the body TO his
morgue at $50 o'clock In the even
ing of the shooting. He said DR..
Briggs performed the autopsy on the
body the following morning
Witness said the dead mans body
was bruised. a mark being on his
! temple, his left ear was skinned, one
hand was cut and his legs were bad
ly bruised The pistol wounds were
in his body.
Witness said Mrs. Mckinney admit
ted TO him that she had shot Reed
following a little rough house, which
had been going on" She said she had
fired twice and then the pistol had
( fallen to the floor and exploded a
third time.
Witness said Mrs. Mckinney gave
him the pistol, which was a .32 cal
ibre weapon
The witness identified the weapon
when presented to him today. He said
Reeds body was lying In the kitch-
en- on an extension table, which was
upside down
Dr. Henry w, Briggs, coroner's
physician, testified to the autopsy
showing a bullet wound in Reeds
breast, the ball having passed
through a lung.
The body was also bruised and cut
in places. The bruise i'm Reeds right
temple was the worst, the doctor said
He said Reed was a stout man.
David A. Ward, a farmer who lives
near Reeds house, testified to hear
ing the disturbance in Reeds house
prior to hearing three shots fred. Tie
said the noise he heard sounded as
though some one was fighting. The
noise stopped before the shots were
fired. He said after the three shots
were fired he saw Mrs Mckinney
standing in the doorway, and Reed
was in the yard between the porch
and the fence. Witness declared
Reed swayed as though he was goins
to fall and then went into the houfS
Some time later he saw Mrs. McKiH
ney leave the house and go down tn
road.
William II. Higgins, a house paint
er, OF Glasgow a neighbor of Reeds
! who was standing in his apple or
chard when the shooting occurred
testified that he saw Mrs. AIeKinne.
fire the shots at Reed. He saw Rec,
go into the house and paid no NOR
attention to the affair until he hearl
Reed was dead. He heard the com
motion in the house before the shoot
ing.
Mrs. Bertha Higgins, wife of tn
preceding witness, said she did no
see the shooting, but said she say
Reed break into the house about 2
minutes before the shooting Sh
heard the commotion in the hous
!. which she described as screaming
and shouting, smashing and crashinl
!. cursing and swearing." She ais
p heard the shots fred, and saw Mrs
Mckinney standing in the door whe
a she looked in the direction they cam
n from.
Mrs. Higgins. under cross-exam
/, nation, admitted she was not o
|. friendly terms with the defendan
Mr. Ball produced a map Of the v
( cinity of the Reed place, but it W;
e not admitted as the Attorney Gener
contended that ii was not accurate.
Florence B. Dyatt, of Glasgow, te
Z tilted she heard the shots and sa
lilS ndoANn anu nihOAt AAOul Aht I
e. volver She said the mother of Il
m defendant was visiting her at tn
time.
2. Harry l.. Dyatt, Jr., corrOborat
Is this testimony
After Coroner Spring identified h
pistol as the one that Mrs. McKinn
D. used Attorney General Wolcott res
ed the State side.
Mr.. Ball, then addressing the jur
m said he would show Mrs Mel<inn,
killed Reed in self-defense after he HI
attacked her.
Herbert W. Adams, a civil enginel
then identified the map of the Re
Z nome vicinity as one he had prepare
after which the court accepted it
r evidence.
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