The log cabin Democrat., 1915-03-12

l Homer Lawrence testified that ht saw Blount on the morning of the killing at Mrs. Naylor's house Blount, he stated, was inquiring fol a gun and said he had broken jail anc let couple of men out, and was go. ing to get away. He said if he went back to Conway he would go back dead, the witness said, and that he could have killed Johnson and Honea at the schoolhouse if he had had a gun. The witness later saw Blount with gun and heard him tell others he was not going to be brought back to jail.
 Frank Gibson was one of the most important witnesses for the state On the morning after his escape from jail Blount, the witness stated, came to him anc asked for William Gib- sons gun, which he borrowed at other times and which he calied Old H;ck- ory." The witness told him he could not have it, but he insisted and later the witness saw him with the gun at Dickens store and the defendant re- fused to turn over the gun to the witness. Just before his arrest for the crime, Blount, said Gibson, told him of the killing, stating that when he saw Honea coming he dropped down to his knees with his gun in shooting position and told the officer to lay down his gun. "I'll never do it," the defendant said Honea told him, whereupon Blount shot and kill ed him.
 Following the introduction of Gib- sons evidence the court recessed un- til 7:30 p. m.
 Hawkins Williams, who was with Clibourn and Honea when the killing occurred, was the first witness intro duced at the night session. His evi- dence was substantially the same as Clibourn's and he also declared that Honea did not say at any time he intended to harm Blount
 J. c. Farrar testified that the de- fendant came to his house before the killing and said he needed help; that iS "odiO NH oOiiCOIC VI SCI hlllCu before he went back to jail.
 Jack Goss, upon whose wagon Blount was riding when he sighted the officers, was the next witness. The defendant, he said, told him of his es- cape from jail and declared he would "die and go to hell with his shoes on,' before he'd give up any more. When they saw the officers in the road about 50 steps away, one of them called Blount, who jumped from the wagon and ran across the field into a thicket. The report of a gun was heard by the witness few minutes later.
 Joe M. Boyles, near whose house the tragedy occurred, was the last witness to testify at the night session. He said he saw Blount running into the thicket, and saw Honea coming in pursuit. Three or four minutes later he heard shot fired, but it was an hour before Honea's body was found. The witness said that in jail afterwards Blount told him he shot in self defense and there were two others who ought to have gotten it.
 Statements made by Blount at the home of William Fletcher, the first place the defendant went after the killing, were testified to by Fletcher and his wife when court reconvened this morning. They both declared that Blount said he didn't know whom he had killed until he went to the body, and that he fired the shot as soon as he saw the weeds parted, through which Honea was coming.
 Jim Fox testified he saw Blount on the afternoon of the killing, and Blount told him a negro had killed Oscar Honea, but it would be laid on him and he had to make his escape.
 Mrs. Homer Lawrence corroborated the evidence of her husband as to statements made by Blount on the morning of October 22, when he came to Mrs. Naylor's looking for gun. She said Blount declared he was go- ing to get somebody and he hoped Honea would be the first man he would get.
 Clint Taylor, constable or Danley township, testified as to talk he had with Blount after his arrest by Cli- bourn, but brought out nothing new. Will Guin of Conway stated that Blount told him at Tank Lake last summer that he was going to kill Honea and the witness said he after wards warned Honea of the threat Jim Taylor of Conway testified to statement made by Blount in Holts blacksmith shop at Conway last sum- mer. The witness said Blount saw Honea passing by the door and said