The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-02-22
COURTPACKEDAS AS
PARMENTER GOES
ON MURDER TRIAL
Defendants Family and Wild
Ow of Slain Policeman in
Courtroom Crowd
FIVE WITNESSES WERE
EXAMINED YESTERDAY
Defendants Attorneys Put
States Witnesses Through Sc
we're Cross.examinatiOn.


Five witnesses We're examined yes
terday afternoon by the State in tn,
murder trial of .Iohn 4. pa"rle:l,er
ci aged with slaymg Pat ciniau Al
bert Dcmortiers, October 27, last anu
nj were put through Sc =. :: ,..:!Iir.
by the attorneys for the defense in an
e:f.It to shake the.i- testir...n Gre
of the witnesses, ,GusSchmittzehc broke
dCwn under the c-o:e-:l'a perni.tIrp
himself to contradict his statement III
several instances.
James Minton, one Of The STAT wit
neSses for the State, was kept on ne
stand over an hour relating how he
heard the first shot and saw the sec
ond fired by Psrmenter, as he stopped
over the policeman, who lay in the
gutter at the southeast corner of
broadway and Middle streets. The
pIeciseness with which the witness an
swcred the questions in the eross-es-
animation manifested the carefulnesS
with which the witness had familiar
ized himself with all details connect,
ed with the shooting before going on
the stand.
Minton testified he was walking west
on Broadway returning home from
work, when he heard 4 shot and look
ing forward saw the policeman lying
in the gutter and Parment.r STOPPING
over the body. He saw the fash of
the second shot he testified and con-
tinued in his usual gait until he reach
cd the corner crossing over towhere
The policeman lay. He saw Parment-
sr walk east on Broadway carrying
the revolver. He said he could dis
tinetly see the barrel. When asked
by Attorney Motley, one of the attor-
nsys for the defendant, whether he had
seen anyone besides Parmenter or
had seen anyone leaving after the
second shot was fred he said he did
not. At the preliminary trial, three
months ago, Minton testified he saw a
negro run after the second SHOT had
been fired. Upon this statement a
search was made by the Prosecuting
Attorney to find this negro, but the
search failed.
Three young men, Gus Schn!ttzehe,
Ionnie Ridge and Theodore Loos we're
questioned at length as to the actions
Of rarmenter, when they met him on
Broadway Immediately after the shots
were fired. All three testified, when
: examined by the prosecuting attorney,
they saw Parmenter throw something
into a vacant lot adjoining the Sehrsd-
er studio near the corner, but when
questioned by Attorney Mozley, ad-
mitted they merely saw the man make
3 motion with his right hand, sG if
he were casting away something into
the lot. All three were positive the
man they met that evening was Par
menter, all three testifying sehmitt.
zche addressed him saying, Hello
old man."
The first witness placed on The
stand after the opening arguments
were finished was Mike O'Conneli. who
conducts a barber shop on Main street
He testified to having met Patrolmar
Demortiers in front Of a saloon oppo
site the Himmelberger-Harrison build
ing and being approached by Parmen
ter, who addressed them thus, "Wha
are you gentlemen doing out here s.
late?" He spoke in q friendly, mod
crate tone Of voice, OConnell said
The policeman then ordered Parmen
ter to either get home or get into tn
saloon. O'Connell opened the door o
the saloon, he said, and held it opel
until Parmenter had entered. That wa
the last he saw of the policeman, unit
. few minutes later, when he reaches
the corner and saw the wounded off
Ger lying in the street surrounded by
crowd
After concluding the examination @
Hiram Side, night janitor at the lin,
uelberger-Har1ison building, coul
was adjourned till Friday mornini
when the examination Of witnesses wi
be resumed. Sides testimony sdde
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