The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-06
TAYLOR TRIAL
SET FOR 1915;
BOND is $500
Preliminary Hearing in Shoot.
ing Case is Disposed of
By Judge Willer.
WITNESSES RELATE
STORIES OF SHOOTING
T. d. Hines Represents Defendant
And f. ID. Hays Aids
State.

The preliminary hearing of John w.
Taylor, charged with having attempt
ed to kill c. NJ. Freeman by shooting
him with pistol on October II, 1914,
came up before Justice of the Peace
w. H., Willer at the court house yes
terday morning.
Judge Edward d. Hays assisted
prosecuting attorney II. j. Caruthers
in behalf Of the state, and the defend
ant was represented by attorney T. d.
Hines.
The reading of the information wss
waived and the trial proceeded.
The first witness introduced by the
state was c. NJ. Freeman, whose re-
sponsc to the interrOgatOries of prose-
cutting attorney Henry j. Caruthers,
was rs follows:
"My home is in Cape Girardeau,
Mo, and operate restaurant at num-
ber 40 Main street. I have been in
business there for four years the 14th
of last February.
81 have known John w. Taylor for
five or six years. He was in my res
taurant at about 2:30 o'clock on Sun
day afternoon, October II.
81 went into the restaurant to get
some base ball gloves, and Taylor was
"a IL.
waiter brought him some pie and cOf-
fee. When the waiter handed it to
him l asked where the base ball glove
was, | wanted to take it to the fair
grounds with me. The waiter said
it is right under there and Mr.. Tay-
lOr asked me how / expected him to
eat his pie without fork. ! told him
not to get in too big a hurry, that
base ball was important as the season
was about over, and he could eat his
pie any time.
"Mr. Taylor grew angry, and takr
some money out of his pocket, said
4 don't have to cat it, and | told him
that if he didn't eat he need not pay.
/ asked him if he was sore and he
asked me who wouldn't get sore. |
told him that | wouldn't and when he
said something back, | told him that
if he didn't get out | would put him
out. He stepped outside ard called
me 4 liar and cursed me, and said
there was nothing to me and said
| would not do anything that | said
l would.
Il setpped out and he ran up to me
and | gave him a shove backward. |
had glove in my hand. He turned
and fell at the edge of the walk. His
hat fell off, and he cursed me and said
he was going to kill me. l jumped be-
hind my brother and grabbed the door
to jerk it open. As | ierked it, it
struck my foot and flew out of my
hand. / ran up the sidewalk and Tay-
lor followed me. He said he was 60
ing to kill me and | ran in the hall
way and upstairs at Siebert's shoe
store.
He started to get his pistol out
of the front of his pants as he was
getting up and when | saw what he
was doing l tried to get inside. He
made an effort to get his gun with his
right hand and his hat with his left
hand. He made two or three grabs
for the gun before he pulled it out.
When he finally got TIE gun out l
turned my side to him and threw my
hand up as he shot"
When Attorney Caruthers asked the
witness if the shot struck him, Attor-
ney T. D. Hines. counsel for defend
ant, objected to the question on the
ground that it was not charged in the
complaint that the defendant had shot
the witness. A closer inspection of
the document revealed the fact that
the charge had been embodied in the
complaint by an interlineation, and the
objection was overruled.
The witness continued as follows:
"The ball passed through my arm. 1t
entered the lower bone and out this
one, breaking both in two, and then
it went into my left side just above
my heart and passed into my lung.
(Contnned on page thpee)