Evening journal., 1914-05-14
mrs. M'KENNEY WEEPS
AS Case is ARGUED


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Mckinney had said: Dell, don't
break my flowers"
The child said Reed then upset the
stove, setting fire to the carpet. Her
smaller sister and brother got water
to extinguish the fire, and Reed said.
Let the - house burn"
The child said that Reed had later
cursed them, and her mother had
begged him not to hurt them. The
child said she saw Reed grab her
mother by the throat and push her
into the dining room and lock the
door, after which her grandmother
took her out of the house.
The rest Of the testimony cor
roborated Mrs. Reeds story. The
child declared she had seen Reed
strike her mother with a table leg
and he also tried to hit a hanging
lamp, but missed it, The child re-
peated oaths that she heard Reed ut
ter
Mr.. Ball then produced a table leg,
which Fay identified as the one that
Reed had thrown at her little sister,
Emma The child declared she did
not see her mother strike Reed.
Emma Mckinney, another daughter
Of the defendant, slightly younger
than Fay, next testified Her state
ment corroborated that given by her
sister.
Francis Mckinney, aged years, a
son Of the defendant. corroborated his
sisters Oh the main points, although his
testimony was not az clear as that OF
the other children. The little fellow
was plainly frightened as he stood in
the box, and his answers were given in
quavering tone.
Coroner Spring testified that he had
gone to the Reed home on January %,
the day after the shooting, and while
\ the house had been somewhat restored
to order, yet there were indications
that there had been some trough
I house" in the place.
Frank Price. colored. Of Glasgow, said
4 he was passing the Reed house when
the fight was in progress and heard
Mrs. Mckinney ask Reed not to break
up her things
Defendant on the Stand.
Mrs. Mckinney, the defendant. dress
ed in a black gown. and with her
black veil still over ner face, next
took the stand. She said she was a
widow. her husband having died ON Oc-
tober % of last year. She had been
/ Delaware Reeds housekeeper for three
years, and her husband would come
there to visit her every Sunday. Mrs
+ McKinncl said that on the day Of
the shooting she was lying on couch
sick when Reed came home. She saw
him strike the horse with a broom. He
was intoxicated she said, when he
came in. and knocked over several ar
ticles Of furniture, after which he threw
several flower pots out Of the window
and some of them ON the floor lie
then upset the stove. Her story Of this
incident corroborated that of the pre-
vious witnesses.
Afterwards he cursed the children
and she asked him not to strike them
He kicked her in the stomach and alsC
kicked at Fay. He then grabbed hel
by the throat and pushed her back into
the dining room and locked the door
after which he broke up q table and
struck her with one of the table LEGS.
Mrs. Mckinney said she saw Reec
4 throw a table leg down the road. Sh'
also heard him swear.
Mrs. Mckinney later saw his pisto
living on the floor beside her sewing
machine and picked It MP. She ther
started to the front door 20 make hel
escape. She saw Reed ia the front yarC
and he stopped to pick something up
at the same time saying: you ~,