The Sentinel=record., 1918-11-14

, and his wife ORear said he would
speak to his wife about It. Dr. Smith
called later to see the result OF it.
ana O'Rear told him that he would
know when he went home the next
time and that he and Dr. Smith made
an engagement to meet in front OF
! the Greek restaurant where O'Rcag
would give him the information he had
obtained from his wife as the result ol
her movement The attorney said that
DR. Smith was waiting there tor the
return OF j. D O'Rear when he be-
camc impatient, and that he walked
away perhaps a few minutes several
times during that period He said that
when Dr. Smith saw a man at the
Arlington corner on the other side. the
side of the street ORear's printin ;
shop WAS on. he believed thGt was
ORear and went across to meet aim,
| but that the man turned Off and Went
up Fountain street and he knew it was
not O'Rear.
| Getting to what Colonel Murphy en-
phasized before the jury was the Ill E
icaI point. he gaid that Dr. Smith had
earbuncles on hs back, and could
not sit and lean back. ana when sit
ting on the bench had his back turn
ed down Central avenue. SHANNON
! then came along going north. Shan
non was ON the sidewalk Shannon
did not see Smith nor Smith shannon
until they were on near terms. Ihon
it was. according to Colonel Murphy,
that Shannon wheeled aud threw his
hand TO his hip 10 dIaw ristpl, and
! DR. Smith shot him and kept on shoot
\ Ing until it WAS over The wounds
will speak louder than words in proof
. OF the truth Of " hat took place there,
said Colonel Murphy He said thai
the statement on the part Of the state
J that Dr.. Smith had said anythins 70
Shannon about running his home o.
anything else, or that any words
whatever were spoken between TIM
J two were merely creatures of imagi
nation. lie closed with the statemen
| that only thee shots were fired, an(
asked the jury to follow closely The
details of description of the shooting
The evidence will have to be brief
~ summarized:
DIR. J. ~ Shaw. coroner was place.
On the stand and testified to tn
wounds OF the dead man, and con
pectcd up the clothing and pistols.
W. r. Wolfe, of jefferson country
! roomcr at the Beldin house, told 0
seeing the last two shots ShannCI
was stoopmg as if falling. and wa
shot in the back The boy had hi
hand upward.
/ ID W. DOdd lives at Mariana AID
was also at the Beldin bouse 1t
saw one man coming up the stree
| (ShannOn) and another man (Smith
rise from the bench aud start shoot
ing The walking man made n
demonstration. The man who ros
stepped out as if to take hold OF til,
other and then started sGcotns.
r. H. Jones was absent hu. his evi
dcnce was read and was that a slcn
der man was walking up The stree
and fat man said "You ruined m
family" and started shooting at hin
This man lived in Mississippi, an
was not present. He said the youn
man spoke no words lie saw tn
body after it fell and did not see
pistol about it.
Thomas Shields. OF California. ha
/ =. /. Il cot
lyon rasied hell and broke -4T m
family" and started Shooting. III
first shot he said hit the young ma,
IN the front and the other two in til
bacN
,1ames Filos was an eye witnes.
I but was not present. and his depisi
ton was read He saw Cr. Smlt
walking about as if impatient, an
saw pistol in his coat pocket. Tn
: pistol DR.. Smith shot Shannon wit
he saw come from his hip poke
They were close together when tn
shooting began The latter tw
shots we're fired when Shaunon ha
gotten past smith
Louis Stall was not present but II
! deposition was that he passed Sh5a
non just as the latter WAS soiu
home and just before the shootia
and that Shannons coat was on hi
arm and he had no PISTOL or witnes
could have seen it.
Captain Wheeler OF the police de
rartment who is now chief told o
DR.. Smith saying to him, he proki
Up my family and | couldn't stand 10
it," The witness told Of the findin,
of the pistol about Shannons body
! lie described the Palm Beach sal
that Shannon wore The first ne sas
] q the pistol was when Doc Wale ha,
II afas.s