The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-11-05

MCGOWAN standing over her brother,
and caught her arm
My God, woman, how could you do
this, said, when she again shrugged
her shoulders and expressed a wish
to have killed hiEn, when gentlemen
came running in.
She said she held Mrs. McGowan's
arm when a deputy arrived and also
grasped her arm, defendant tossed the
pistol out Of the window. Going TO
her PROSTATE brother the latter said
to her, Minnie I'm gone
When Mrs. MCGOWAN left the room,
witness said, "she looked at me and
smiled, and said goodbye" About
that time her brother was being at
tended by a physician.
When she reached the room, witness
said she saw her brother lying on the
floor and Mrs. MCGOWAN standing over
him. He was lying silent, locking at
the woman who had shot him. Before
the day Of the preliminary trial or
two days previously, she said she held
a conversation with Mrs. MCGOWAN at
Boley's house. Atsfirst Mrs. MCGOWAN
refused, but after g. short talk with a,
Mr.. Griffin. talk was resumed. The
woman's daughter was persuaded TO
walk out from the room, and then the
neither said that her daughter was
much wrapped up in Buster Brown.
She had tried to persuade Mrs. Nc
GewaH to allow a marriage to lake
place but the woman refused. She
said Mrs MCGOWAN told her she'd
rather see her daughter free woman
and on Zarra gossa street than the wife
Of Buster Brown. At parting, Mrs.
McGewan said: 7 ana serry for you
and your mother for you all are the
ones who are to suffer from it,
On cross examination witness tes-
titled she had written notes to the girl
in the case, in which request was made
that the girl meet witness away froEl
mother. She had also held converse
ton over the telephone with the girl,
she thought, but she was asked if tie
girl had telephoned. She believed she
had talked to the girl, but the defend
ants attorney asked If it was net Mrs.
MCGOWAN who was at the telephone.
DEPUTY MARBLES STATEMENT.
J. r. Marble, the deputy WHO rushed
into the office Of Edwards upon hear
ing the shots, and who escorted Mrs.
MCGOWAN to jail, said that on the way
to the Jail, he had asked her waere
she hit him.
II don't know shot at his heart"
she said.
Later, when he informed Mrs. Me-
Gowan Brown was dead, defendant
said: "Ged help him, can't"
Witness said he had asked her if
she had loaded the gun to kill him, she
said:
MOT only him, but anyone else"
Witness identified the pistol, as one
nh he hanY1 f1Irr sd a him
Three cartridges had exploded and the
hammer had snapped on a fourth one.
Sarah Johnson, celored, was in the
county jail in August, and was there
when Mrs. McGowan was locked UP.
She had heard prisoner tell attorney
that she was not sorry for what she
had done.
Judge Bellinger testified to sitting
and conduct of preliminary hearing Of
]. L. Brown, covering matter Of waiv-
ing OF examination. Among witnesses
who came to desk was Mrs MCGOWAN,
who wanted to know what proceedings
which were all explained clear
Iy Witness had detected odor Of
on breath Of Mrs. MCGOWAN. |
The witness stated Mrs MCGOWAN car |
ried a black handbag, which he laZer |
identified when held up to his view by |
the district attorney.
On cross exa animation, witness said |
he had not explained once but repeat |
edly the proceedings. and noticed when |
she came to sign the payroll she was |
very much agitated or excited, but |
from liquor or ordeal he was |
unable to say.
The state rested it's case at the con- |
clusion of Judge Bellingers testimony. |
DEFENDANT TAKES STAND.
Mrs. MCGOWAN took the stand after |
4 short recess. Said parents lived at |
Bluff Springs but for years she had |
made her home in Mobile as a pro-
Fessional nurse She was a divorced |
widow thirteen years last June. Her |
one child who was fifteen years Of age
N January of this year. Had not re-
married since divorce, but husband had |
Her child had been with
her mother after leaving their former
home at Brewton and was two weeks
n convent at Mercy at Mobile and
ater in a convent at Selma. In June
If this year defendant was in the in
Urinary sick when her daughter came
lonne and later came to Pensacola TO
spend a couple Of weeks with daughter
IF Bcley At time daughter was visit
ng Miss Boley, defendant was in
Scranton, Miss, nursing bankers wife.
Had always supported daughter since
being divorced. Girl was to go on