The Sentinel=record., 1918-11-15
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settled the matter
Or. Smith was asked about the state
lnents of witnesses who swore he
had charged ncestious relations be-
tween his wife and shannon q thlnl,
these witnesses have exaggerated the
importance Of that. 1t was only
charges Of indelicacies / had intended
to convey
Asked about ether witnesses who
had sworn that Dr. Smith told them
that dire things might have happened
TO shannon and his wife II he had
caught them the day they left the
much Dr. Smith said Il was sick
and heart sick when | talked to these
witnesses about my wife leaving home
| II worrisl me | was thinking of the
spiritual AKIN that 1T were better we
never met # | said such things
never intended to hurt my wife
loved her too much. No. had ever
intended to hurt Can"
Cox Murphy asked Dr. Smith about
Dan Shannon's a1lictiOn The Wit
| ness said that Dan had trouble IN
going up stairs or up hill, but that he
did not have trouble walking on lev
81 ground"
The witness said he was married two
years ago last October Tie said .hat
Shannon visited them often at tie
ranch, and would hunt aud fish, that
he was a guest at his home. Then
witness told Of his trip to the city
10 get the vat building materials. and
that Dan asked If he could return
! with him, and he told him yes, and
that Dan went out with them
u did not tell Officer Wheeler, at
ter the shooting that killed Dan be-
cause he had broken up my home and
that | could not stand that ] said
nothing to the officer"
Cross Examination.
You knew that indelicalaes be
tween brother and sister were no
ground for divorce, didn't your ask
cd I}andolph
II didn't want a divorce" replied
Smith.
Randolph then. in reference to ;be
couples first meeting at the ORear
home. asked If he had not previous
to that time performed an operation
on Nora shannon Dr. Smith said
That was true, but then he only met
his wife in a professional way. and
later met her in a sC-ial way.
Asked why he never protested to
Shannon about breaking up his horne.
IDr Smith said that only once he
spoke to shannon OF these things.
and then he told Shannon that others
were influencing her and that it was
no. good for her and that Shannon
had replied that he was sorry for that.
DR. Smith said that shannon was not
so sooiable with him later
The witness said Shannon had
broueht rifle aud pistol to his ranch,
but that he has paid no attention to
these; but that Shannon had other
pistols, and had told him he had one
that needed oiling, and asked him
about the oil to put on ii. The Wit
ness was asked as to the whereabouts
OF a negro who had previously been on
the place and said that he did not
know. know, but that the negro had
gone.
Didn't ycu tell Mr., Hall you would |
have given $500 to have met Shannon
and your wife the day they len the
ranch was asked
Il don't know that ! said to Hail |
that would have given $500 to have
caug ht them, but do not know that |
t4ri ep{ts bo, To
have had my wife back; might have
said it,"
What did you ever say in eltoc
that Dan Shannon would probably NOT
live two years Pc
shannon was one who did not take
exercise He did not work He was
a pool player ! d.d not say he wouId
net live two years, but | did tell Mrs
shannon that if the locomotor de-
veioped he would be an invalid in Two
years. only Gcd knows how lop.s
people will live
How many pistols do you oWu?"
l am under oath and Can not
answer that | have four or five high
class guns and perhaps as many pis-
tolls, and | hae lot of relics"
The witness was asked ii he had
mot held commission to cua0le him
TO carry pistol under almost every
former sheriff in the county but Brad
Smith. He said that he had held COM
missions, but not for the purpose Of
carrying pistol, and that he had
saved the county lot of money He
told OF he escape from the Jail when
he was a deputy OF a man who got
away in the winter. and that he took
his ear and helped in the search for
him. and that The car was broke aud
il cost him more than a hundred col
lars, and did moi cost the county one
cent. Then h. ted OF attending Jake
hoa Il when he was shot. aud that Gid
not cost The county anything.
on redirect examination, colonel
Murphy asked 2: Smith what about
tho statements about the stolen mon
ey.
/ II did not say than they stole it. Il
wag roma didt,if fhi,.l, ma. oua