The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-14

there were several standing between Him and myself by that time. Mrs Dinwiddie followed me out of tine room and on the stairs cursing me for crippled -.'
 'i went to the wagon, looked over my things, and found that they were not all there. took my pistol ont and put it in my pocket and went back upstairs for the remainder of my things At the head Of the stairs l heard some one say: There comes that crippled --- ---- again, and stepped to the door to explain that : was going after my things As started to speak, and had said, I am merely going after then l saw Linwiddie rise from his chair, and with the club in his hand. rush to- wards me. l couldn't run back as 1 can't run, and l stepped into the room and then l saw Mrs Dinwiddie about to grab me, and brushed her aside with the pistol The pistol was ac- cidentally discharged as l struck at her and she began to scream loudly, He shot me; he shot me Dinwiddie was coming at me with the stick raised. He had look or his face which will never forget, and which l wish ! could get out of my mind
 "I threw the gun on Dinwiddie aud told him tp stop, and when he kept on coming lowered the gun and fired did not try to kin him Murder was not in my heart ] wanted to keep him off. He came on. and we strug- gl d there on the floor, after he knocked me down, and when he was Cn tcp of me he kissed through his teeth. 'Ill kill you, you damn ---. ! then began ehooting, and l think three shots were fired then after he jumped ~ou me, After the last shot was fired he collapsed l was on my back, and Dinwidde was on top of m2. | pushed myself out from under him and picked up my stick and went out to get an officer. She followed me and kept screaming that had shot her l had abandoned the idea of trying to get my money from them after the first trouble, and only wen; back after my things
 On the cross examination by Ran dolph the witness said that he lived in 1911 in Kansas City. and then told of his travels as a wanderer until he came to Hot Springs this time He said that he had no line of work since being crippled, out before that was farm hand until he was about F. years of age The witness said he owned the gun about IS months He admitted that the pistol must have been cooked when he entered the room else it would not have dis charged when he struck Mrs Dn- widdie
 On redirect examination Dy Judge Carney the witness said his first recollection was that of an orphan, and that he worked on farm until about l5 years of age, and then lost his hn,hs Tn a railroad accident, and that since that time he had been sell ing papers and pencils and making his living in that manner. He said he had never been arrested nor had ever been in a court of justice in hisI life
 Dr. Black was called and told of. dressing Mrs. Dinwiddie's wound onI the head. and that the wound was not made with a pistol bullet The phy- siciaa was sure it was a clean cot made with a stroke of something on the head
 The state ther put on a number of rebuttal witnesses to offset the evi- dence of the defendant as 10 what transpired there previous to tha| shooting and during that time, and after this was completed the evidence was closed and the instructions were arued for some time