Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-05-14

 = A. was in about five feet
 guess, was the distance I was iron
 them. nun . Witness excused. '. Cooper, being first duly sworn
 fled as follows: 'N 'e'''
 Direct Examination. Il By MT. Parham: Y: You are station agent at Wat l A. Station clerk; not agent
 schansky? ''s "o'- l A. Yes, sir.
 in his lifetime? o''''
 A. Yes, sir.
 Y. Did you see the difficulty be-
 ing? ' ''o''s eVeh-
 A. Yes, sir. l ,Q. At the time it was going on.
 where were you? 0'' A. On the back platform.
 7. Is there a platform there on the west side of the depot that ex. tends kind of north from the denot there? ''e "epo'
 A. Yes, sir.
 7. Toward the water tank?
 A. Yes, sir.
 @. Where did this difficulty take place with reference to where vou were on that platform?
 A: Must have been 15 or 20 feet to the right. VI " e' '. l wish you would go ahead and in your own way tell the jury what you saw and heard said during the difficulty? ms ''e
 A. Ihere was very little said. I came out there on the platform wait Ing on darky to give a receipt for some freight, and while I was stand Ing there had the darky to rol! some freight on the scales for me and was weighing it, and MT. Wolschansky came across the street and went in SIX or seven feet of Mir. Huddleston. ana MT. Huddleston drew his gun be- [Ure I., any word passed and told MT. W wolschansky, to throw up his hands, ma ne raised his hands with the paper /; n ms hands and says, "Tom, wait ( l have warrant for VOL" , md Tom told him again to throw his lands up or he would kill him. and he advanced step or two and had the l. 'un on him. It looked as though he 'ad his gun in his right hand and used h is left hand, suppose, to relieve Mr Volschansky of his gun. He reached round and MT. Wolschanskv grahhed he barrel of the gun and the scuffle egan. They both had hold of the gun nd scuffled 10 or 15 feet, guess cross the road before the gun fired V. What were they doing at the me the gun fired? ' A. Both of them had hold of the un,
 Q. Still scuffling over it? A. Yes, sir.
 A. No, sir. ' '''''<'''
 Cross ss-Examination. By MT. Nixon: v. You heard Wolschansky say, "I we warrant for you?" A. Yes, sir. v; And Tom told him to throw up hands or he would kill him? A. Yes, sir. 2. That platform extends parallel tn the railroad track? A. Yes, sir. .. And you were out on the plat IF HI =, =s-----~ -..s---...- - A. Yes, sir. Q. With a plain, open space be- cen you and where they were? A. Yes, sir. Q. And you saw them with both mas on the gun, and they were in at position, in scuffle, when the n fired? "'' '''o A. Yes, sir. Witness excused. 'lm Watson, being first duly sworn. s examined as witness, and testi, d as follows: Direct Examination. By MT. Parham: 7. Did you see the trouble last 'urday between Morris Wolschan- and Tom Huddleston? l did; part of it. {. Where were you at the time it going on? l was standing somewhere near or 75 feet from Wolschansky when occurred. }. Whereabouts were YOU? l.. Out in the street on my way king toward the depot. between lrlie Sollars' bedroom and inc ot.
 }. Tell the jury in your own way 1t you saw about it ""' ,. All 1 saw, I started across the et and Wolschansky passed by me. MT. Emerson was just behind MT. lschansky: I was walking very Vly and Wolschansky was walking fast, and I happened to look - And in the meantime, saw ldleston with pistol drawn on schansky in this position (indicat-
 and Wolschansky had his hands this position (indicating) and ted to back back toward me. and opped and turned the other way Jumped up on the gallery, and n l did so l looked back and they right together by that time and ;t see something in Wolschansky's Is, couldn't tell what he had. he his back to me, and could just MT. Huddleston with Wolschanskv etween me and him, and | saw right together, and says to my It's all over now. That Jew's him: Because l knew he was a 'rful man and thought he would
 the gun away from him. Just t that time heard the pistol fire. <~E< k1o