The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-11-20


causes and circumstances leading up
to IL on July =. last. at the Stringer
ranch on Park avenue, Lincoln Park,
at his trial la the district court this
morning. He Was the last witness for
the defense up to the noon recess to-
day and had Just completed his d.
tory was straightforward and to the
point He broke down once In its
telling and wept like child
The jury was completed Monday
afternoon about : o'clock. aud the fol-
lowing men are serving: T.. F. Jack.
y. W. Mcconnell. NJ. c. Maxwell.
Claude u. Quincy. r. I. Norman. W.
b. Newton. w. II. Mitchell. J. l.
Farrell. q. l.. Gibbs. f. O. McDer-
muth. J. NJ Anderson and Joseph
Lynn.
The prosecution called as witnesses
J. ID. McFail. W. II. Newcomb. DR.
e II. Wilkinson. Mrs. {. A. Hsmlin.
Harry Hamlin and William Close. the
eyewitness of the shooting.
j. b MoFall established the locale
of the shooting. Sheriff Neweomb told
Of his summons 60 the scene of the
murder and the arrest of Striuger.
Dr. Wilkinson recited how he had
been stopped while autoing on Lin
coin Park b. a man who nfterwari ne
found to be Close. and told that man
had been shot. and requested to 20
get doctor. As he was doctor he
IN, ~. ~ sl.. .h al
found the body of man which turned
out 10 be that OF Susphen. lying near
a gate, between the stringer place
and the Close place. The man had
the appearance OF havin. been killed
instantly. The doctor said he had
seen Siringef about the same time.
sHd noticed that he had badly swollen
I eyes and abrssions of The skin on his
. ,ss-sn; ;-'s-s'
Mrs. Hamiin. a neighbor of the
Strinserr. said that she had been
called over To the house by Mrs.
Stringer on July In the afternoon
No reason for the desire TO have be
present was given. She gained
from various things that transpired
that there was trouble among the men
folks. After she had been there for
awhile o. ". Sniphsn. the victim. and
the son of Mrs. StrinEer. therefore
Siringer's stenson. came 20 the house.
went into n closet. got a revolver. came
out. took the shells out and placed It
under gunny sack for conceai.ac n
saying he wasn't goinr 10 stand isI
amy more abuse from Si-inger Sh,
gathered irat they had been arsuia.
back and forth. The receiver. which
was an automatic. was placed In cyi.
denee.
Close. who was practically the onil
eye-v itness. told howhe had been In
his h.sisc and Sutphen had come and
-ailcr MIN out and told him to get The
sheriff. because Stringer WAS seeking
trouble. He went outside. tried to
quiet Sutphen. and that they pro-
coeded. after some prclimlnaries. to
ward the gate that separated tha
StrinEer and Close places. He went
into details to tell how Stringcr had
- shot gun In his arms and came to
ward them. and accosicd them at the
gate. IL, said that Sutuhen GO
lttle behind him and TO one side II
stated that he endenvored to quiet
!. both of them, and told Striuger 10
Dihrow the gun into the ditch. Stringer
replied that he wouldn't do II and let
Sutphen beat him up. After some
parleylng. Sutphen jumped out from
behind Close. saying thnt he was not
afraid OF Stringer; that he had called
him (Sutphen) some names and
wouldn't stand for IT, He said he
wasn't afraid of Stringer with an OF
his guns. AZ Sutphcn's move from
out behind Close. Stringer raised the
shot gun which he carried and shot
Sutphen. Close left tho scene. went
TO the road and hailed Dr. Wilkinson.
and then went into his house to quiet
his wife. who was crying and he. his
wife. as soon as she was dressed. with
their baby. left the place.
HfThis morning Close was cross-ex-
amined by Judge Maupin, counsel for
the defense. who tried unsuccessfully
30 show through Close that Sutphen
had the automatic revolver which
MAN Hamlin he'd seen, on his person,
In his back pocket. and that he had
tried 10 pull II out ami shoot Stringer
when Sutphcn was behind Close at the
gate. and that was the reason why he
had Jumped out from behind Close.
Mnupin also endeavored 10 show by
shrewd questioning that Mrs. Strinrer
when she Ind rushed to the scene
pf the shooting. aud during the time
she WAS With her son alone. had taken