The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-08-13
DR. SMITH IS
HELD WITHOUT BAIL
CONTINUED FROM PAGE l.

IDOth SUES from wear.
al The state never was able 10 dispose
y of the other pistol, which its theory
Q was that DIR. Smith mad, for the states
!, own witnesses from when that con-
4 clusion might have been drawn, ties.
| tilted that DIR. Smith did not place the
y pistol about the young man, that they
= could have seen him ii he had, and
1 that he did not do [.
The accounting for the pistol that
, Shannon wore is one of the mysteries
of the case. Doc Wall swore that
when he got 1t and was showing it to
Or. j. il. Shaw that night, the pistol
that had been picked up from the
: dead young man was very greasy and
Jolly. and that they had to go wash
: their hands after handling it. The
= white clothing the young man wore
showed no signs of having had an
oily or greasy pistol about the peck
cts, and one young man testified that
la little before the tragedy he saw
Shannon going up the street with his
Icoat on his arm and saw no pistol
obp"t nun do thcy tdihcu lew u'u-
utes.
The theory of some is that the
young man had not been in the habit
of carrying arms, but perhaps in view
of anticipated trouble, had picked up
this pistol. which the evidence shows
would not work well, AMI had tried
to work it and had oiled 1t UP, and was
carrying II as a means of defense;
and that when DR.. Smith Stepped be-
fore him on the walk there the ira
gedy was all enacted before he had
time TO perhaps think Of the pistol he
had
The case for the state was conduct
ed by Prosecuting Attorney B Oil
Randolph, and Judge o. Fl. Sumpter
assisted Judge A. J. Murphy conduct
ed the examination of the witness
es for the defense, did not cross ex-
famine many of them and made no
statement to the jury. as the conclu-
sion of the evidence taking. DIR. J
w. Smith did not take the stand, re-
serving his story for such time as
!,
in the circuit cOu.t.
Excerpts From Evidence.
DIR. J. T. Randolph was the first
! witness called, and he testified TO the
! location of the wounds on the dead
man He also described The cores
& Pondence between the entrance OF
o the bullets on the Jody to the powder
I'll burned clothing the man wore Their
d was no cross examination.
Il e. f. Jones, who lives at Webb
Mississippi was perhaps the mos
important witness He testified tia
he had just Geen across the stree
from the shooting to put his car il
o garage and was walking towards
:. the parties. He saw a large ma
: rise from his seat, and slim MAJ
!. walking up the street The fat man
he testified, said
you ruined my family"
) BY this time, Jones said, the larg
. man had shot the slim one lie salt
q the large man was right on the othe
q one, so close that it looked almos
I like he had clinched him. He sal;
9 the little fellow never said anything
. lie saw the little fellow throw up
hand and grasp about his breas
while the shooting went on lie be
lieved that was between the first AM
. second shots. The bench. he he
! lieved, was near the curb He saw
the small man tall, and the other on,
[start In the restaurant after the
shooting. Then the large man turn
ed and walked out again. A police
officer came up aud the heavy mar
handed him tho pistol He heard
the large man say to the police, "a
am the man" and they went away
together. The slim man made nc
! demonstration at any time, the wit
ness testified
The witness was recalled and tes
titled that the badly was lying stretch
ed out on its back, and that later a.
they went to pick up the badly pis-
toll fell from the pocket
Tom Shields, Of San Diego. Cali
able to speak distinctly, but had a
map drawn of the situation as he saw
it. He had been sitting on the bench
where DR.. Smith was sitting also
He saw a young man come up the
street and Or Smith SAID
What in the hell did you mean b.
breaking up my home"
Il did not" he said the young man
answered, and the shooting began
The witness said the first shot was
the one in the front which seemed
TO glance through the arm and did
not knock the young man down. He
said the young man took two steps
forward. and received two shots in
| the back. one as he was falling. He
said that he had been sitting abou;
the place Tor about half an hour. and
that DR.. Smith had been there about
that long. and had gotten up and
gone away several times, but return
ed soon. He said that each time
II Nlr Smith went away no want south