The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-10-09

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I Joins the operating room. were open Il.
was also the door OF the operatin,
room and all windows overlooking ~,
/ street were open.
II was admitted iu the evidence o
. both plaintiff and defendant thar Mr.
Davis left the office and returned
shortly with two bananas. which "a.
gave 10 the two girls. The affair os.
Cured between . and y O'Clock on ths
levening Of March II this year
Miss Vera Ray sister Of Mabel. va.
next heard. She stated in effect tina,
she was employed by the Home Tele
Co. as operator and cOrohOrated hei
sisters testimony up 10 the time sh,
went into and again came ont OF fhs
seed room. She added. however. that
she observed that her sisters appear
ed agitatCd when she came back 10 The
exchange room and could discern fling
cr-pTiuts ON her neck. When pressed
for an explanation. Mabel told fne what
had happened. / rang Mr. Davis
phone, but he did not answer and Ma.
bel and I went home and told mother
ON cross examina ton. She said the
doors between the rooms were open
but she did not know II IL was possible
10 hear an ordinary conversation from.
the adjoining room.
Mrs. Ray. mother Of Mabel. next took
the stand She said Mabel WAS II years
old came home crying that evening
and fell across the bed and told what
had happened. She observed dust and
lint on the back Of the child's dress
| She carried a bundle cOl,ainiu. "a torn
union suit which was introduced O. /, evl-
dence and was exhibited 10 the Jury
She also described the state Of the gar-
ment.
Thelma Ray was the next state wit
ness. She snid she WAS 40 home no
ticed four red marks or finger prints
under Mabel's chin when she clme
home.
DIR. J NJ Hubbard was eailcd. lie
stated that In company with Dr. & ~
Curtin. he made an exam inrfion Of Miss
Mabel on the evening Of March p that
he found no indications OF violence. no
recent deliberations that Eisht De- eX
pected under the circumstances. no
abrasions and could not Of PROBES sion
al knowledge. say whcthc- So "a an Of
Tense had been committed On cross
examination. he stated That he had
made an examination of tn. defendant
in the past few days end found him
practically impotent on account OF four
physical disabilities.
The deposition Of DR. Chas. Curlin
was read He had assisted IN the ex-
animation Of Miss Ray and found NJ
evidence Of rape. but could not say
that intercourse had not taken place
Had examined Mr.. Davis as 10 phy-
steal fitness; although in bad shape.
could not say positively as TO his TO
tency.
Mr. Davis. the defendant WIS next
called. He sta ted that nc was past
81 years old that Miss Vera was EN-
ployed as operator and that Mabel
had been around the office more or less
for a year or two. That when her sis
ter was night lperator. Mabel stayed
with her at night. rs he (Mr Davis
required any nisht operator 10 have
some other girl stag with her tan the
afternoon Of alleged Offense. he came in
from outdoor work and Mabel was IL
the office. He said 10 Mabel: You
children have knocked down z lot Of
those seed sacks and / want you 10 help |
me lift them back up again" She re /
fused, but her sister told her 10 help |
me and she did. l am not physically |
able 10 lift a lO0-pOund sack; after /
putting up three OF them on the lower /
tiers. we found IL too much OF a job L
and / told Mabel we would quit and | |
would just set the remaining sacks up
on end and let them 90. 1 gave her %
cents for helping me. she left the room
and / used my foot 10 scrape up some
loose seed into pile. This is all that
occurred in that room l said nothing
or did nothing improper. There were
no threats. no violence or no attempt
at anything improper. When / re
turned TO the operating room. l saw
some soiled towels and office laundry
and asked the girls what day we seit
our laundry. Miss Vera answered
Wednesday, but Mabel said il should
go Tuesday. Both were sitting by the
1 went down stairs 10
my room, gathered up some laundry
picked up two bananas. which / took
lp TO the girls. and went down again -
. / am physically unfit TO commit
he crime 1 am charged with and have
been so a number of years
NJ f. Shaw and Judge b. T. Davis
10Th swOre they inspected the seed room
md the sacks on which the girl says the
rhine occurred; that dust, the natural
ccumulat ton OF many months, lay on
hese sacks undisturbed. and that IL
would have been inpossii L. for a per
on TO have wallovcd On them and nor
disturbed this layer Of dust. Mr. Davis
aid he placed the door knob and lock
n the sacks; while he could not say
hat he placed IL in the position In
rhich he found IL on March ID IL was
vident from it's print in the dust
hat IL had not been moved recently.
5 10 defendants reputation, believed :
good.
DR. i T. Baker. Examined the de- .
.ndant and found him in bad physical
especially as 10 genital or q
ans. Thought him impotent and I'M
Die TO accomplish crime charged.
Jesse Mcneil: Mr.. Davis reputation