The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-23


 might kill himself The officer took the nistol Woolman had used. One chamber was empty. There were five empty shells in the other chambers of he cylinder
 Dave Young, who was night csp. tain of police at the time, told sub stantially the same story. except that he had arrived later with other of ficers
 Prosecuting Attorney Witt then in- troduced Deputy Sheriff Downen as to certain other witnesses being non 1 residents who had testified in the preliminary hearing, and after intro dueing Mrs. Link, who took the Hull evidence, and was positive that ev. cry word of it had been correctly transcribed, the Hull evidence was read.
 Hulrs story was the states case. He had told how he had been sick in the house His room was connect ed with Mrs Welborn's room by passing through a reception hall Woolman had come to the house about il o'clock, and they had guar relied long time after which they went to bed Mrs. Welborn came 10 his room at o'clock and gave him medicine and returned to her room Then at : o'clock she came again, and was in his room when Woolman followed her iu They quarreled and Mrs. Welborn ordered Woolman 10 leave the house. to Ego on to your dear little daughter" That later Mrs. W elborn had hatchet in her hand and told Woolman to go or she would hurt him, when he grapped her and took the hatchet and threw it on his bed and he stuck it under ;he bed clothing
 Then Hull told of their grapping again, and Mrs Welborn fell or was thrown to the floor. and then the pis- tol was fired Woolman stood astride her prostrate body He fired once and she screamed and she wanted Huu to help her Another shot rang out and then the sick man tried to get to Woolman 10 stop him, when he fired ;he third shot Then Hull told Woolman 10 be careful and not shoot him and Woolman told him he would not shoot him.
 "I am not going to shoot you; I'm going to shoot myself" the evidence read from Hull, as to what Woolman had said The sick man then went out of the room in his eXcitment and affliction. and went to her room and shut the door Woolman came 10 the door and called to him. and said:
 'T just want to speak to you a min ute and tell you it was in self-le- fense"
 Hurs evidence was that he an swered: "Yes, I will fix this all right. I will say it was self defense" The witness said he was very nery- ous and frightened when he told Woolman that. He testified that later he heard shot in the hall and an other one. This was when Woolman fired two shots into his own body, which proved only slight injuries. The court room was we'll crowded during the proceedings, and there were several ladies present Miss Woolman. daughter of the defendant sat by his side, and a brother sat ! close. while Mrs. Sigler. a friend of ] Miss Woolman, occupied place close up to the attorneys table about which the audience crowded.
 The jury was concluded with the selection of the following twelve cit 1 izens:
 John Kemp, c. W. Bounds, l. B. Forbes. John Farr, John Albright R. A. Fixes. w. N. Kemp, w. T. Ottwell, ! T. A Ballard, Sim Kemp J. A. Bounds and l.. R. Otwell.
 When the jury was completed there were but two inhabitants or the city on it's personnel, they being I. R. Forbes and John Farr. All the others are from the rural districts Of the county. F. l., Hewlett and F. K. Cooper were excused perempto- rially yesterday morning after hay- ing been on the jury for three days and Oscar Collins was excused by consent of both parties, after it had been represented that Mir. Parrish his employer, was ill., and that he would of necessity have to be at .he store in this city.
 The states case was outlined by Prosecuting Attorney Witt, who re- called 70 the jury that there had been but one eye witness to the tras- edv in which Mrs. Deborah Welborn had been killed and in which Ben Woolman was indicted for first de gree murder for that killing. He stated that the eye witness was Hn ', visitor in the city, who was ill., aud who roomed at the home of Mrs Welborn in this city on Garden street where she was killed. Hull had since ,, died. bu. his evidence had been tax , en at preliminary hearing ana .,o,,1d ba presented in court.