The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-01-26
Knapp Defense Fails
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Odd you taste some Of the ton
lea?
Q.-What did 1t taste like?
Alt tasted just like beer to me. It
answered the same purpose.
Q.-How often did you see Knapp
drunk?
Al saw him drink one bottle of
beer He also had half pint whiskey.
Q.-Where did he drink it?
An back room.
Odd you taste 1t?
Ayes, / only took one swallow
cause I didn't like the brand.
Odd Knapp offer it to you?
A.-No. l asked him to let me
taste it.
Q.-Where did he get it?
A.-Out of his pocket.
Q.-What did you hear him say?
Ale was talking with Williams
little while later in the front room.
They were talking about coon hunting
Q.-What did Williams say?
Ale invited him out to the farm
Q.-What else did he say?
Al don't remember. He said
something about bringing something
on his hip
Q.-What did Arch say after he
shot?
Ale said, "1'll go out and see if I
did kill that niger"
Odd anybody else say anything?
A.-Dick Elvord told Knapp to put
his gun up. ...
Stories Show Difference.
Stevens testimony did not gibe with
tnat OF some OF the other witnesses,
for he said that he didn't look as if he
was drunk.
In cross examination Stevens said
| that the whisky Knapp had didn't
taste like whisky, for it was hot and
! tasted to me like poison" He reiter-
ated the statement made in direct ex-
animation that Knapp said, III go out
and see If did kill that Niger"
Coroner Takes Stand.
Coroner Morrow took the stand this
morning and denied the testimony
brought out in the cross examination
of Drs. Deardorff and Kerr relative to
the location of the bullet in the body
of Williams. He said that the bullet
had not deviated from its direct course
through Williams body, more than one
inch. DIR. Morrow made the autopsy
and pronounced death due directly to
the bullet wound
The defense in cross examination at
tempted to shake DR.. Morrow in his
testimony regarding the course of the
bullet in the effort to prove that Will
liams, at the time of the fatal shot
was in crouched position. This evi.
dence will be used to prove that Will
liams had made some move toward
Knapp.
| Death was due to hemorrhage, &C
cording to Coroner Morrow. One OF
his lungs had completely collapsed be-
fore his death. The cavity around his
lungs was filled with blood, causing
his sudden death on Nov. q.
Repeats Same Story.
The defense was unable to shake
the testimony of Stevens who denied
that he was acquainted with either
Knapp or Williams and could not be
suspected of prejudice on either side
The state closed its case at 1O:1s
o'clock this morning with the testi
mony of Stevens. One more witness
was to have been called, Mandran
Howard, who is employed at the
Teetor factory, Hagerstown. Howard
was in Dick Elvord's place at the
time of the shooting. He had beer
summoned to appear as a witness but
has not been seen around Hagerstowr
for several days.
Fifteen witnesses have testified fol
the state including four physicians
nine eye-witnesses to the shooting ant
two marshals, who made knapp's ar
rest
Prosecutor Keller said this morning
| IF lat in ha
the issues have been made clea1
through the confederation of evidence
by the witnesses; that no attempt ha.
been made to show intent" on the