The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-11-20
STRINGER TELLS \ see4PHIC STORY
OF HOWHE SHOT SUTPSs "Y4TH
ELFDEFENSE WILL BE HIS PLEA
Mrs. Stringer Not Permitted by the Court to
Testify Because the Defense Would Not
Consent to Her Appearance.

from the scene and down along the
fence. had taken IL with her This
J seemed to be his purpose. judging
from the character OF the questions.
Close. however, who was a good wit.
ness. was not 10 be swayed from his
testimony. and in answer to the yari-
Gus questions. stated that he did not
know what Sutphen had done behind
him; that he didn't know whether he
had gun on his person or not, and that
he did not see gun in Mrs. Strinser's
hands when she ran along the fence
and later raised up the wire to 20
. through it,
III. {. Websert was the first witness
for the defense, and he was used to
establish locations BY means O: map
which he had made. DIR. Wilkinson
WAS called and stated that Stringcr's
! face was swollen when he had seen
him; that he had an injury on his
neck which might have resulted from
being bitten. and that there was evil
, IDENTITY some abraslons of the skin on
his face The doctor stated thar he
had not examined Stringer very
closely.
Mrs. Hamlin was also called BY the
defense. and she said that Mira
Stringer had given her no reason
when she asked her 10 come over. She
testified that after the shooting she
had seen Stringer with the sheriff.
and that his face was in an awful
condition" and that II WAS al over
blood.
Ed J. Norris. Who was next called.
said that he was hauling fertilizer
to the Kirkton ranch that day, aud
that he passed near the scene of the
later trouble early In the afternoon
He saw both Stringer and Snlph-n
was irrigating. and had an irrigating
shovel in his hand He went ON. un-
loaded the fertilizer, came back in
beside the road In Park avenue. and
west OF the gate saw woman and
man. seemingly very excited. He dis
covered later that they were Mr.. and
Mrs. Sutpheu. The woman was cry.
ing to take the man with her. He
threw her on and ran toward the
Stringer house As he did so the
woman, who was about - years OF
age. got on her knees and looked In
the direction the man was going.
The defendant. Stringer. WAS placed
on the stand at IL o'clock. During
the preliminary questioning he stated
that he was born in Simpson county,
Ky, that he was Sc years OF age in
September OF this year. He said he
had married Libbie Sutphen in June.
1917. at Kansas City.
On July last. he was not feeling
good. suffering from disrrhoea. and
though he was irrigating. he spent
most OF The morning in the house be.
cause no water was coming through
HIS ditch. He took a nap. got up at
!. ate dinner about . and went out to
irrisatc. This was about 80, The
water was flowing then. so he took II
out of the ditch near the gate on
gated the grain. raspberries and al
falfa. He talked to Close while do
ing this and the latter wanted to bor-
row his team. consent TO which he
gave.
Around O'Clock he was working
away making a dam. and was busy
when Sutphen came out of the String.
er house. down the entrance road and
up behind Stringcr without the latter
being aware OF II. according to his
statement. and that then Sutphen had
accostcd him with the following Ian
guage:
Now. Strinscr. c. g. you. l
am going 10 beat hi out of you
right now"
What have done nowg" stringer
said he answered back
mo matter what you have done. |
am going to beat h ~l out of you.'
Sutphen Is said to have replied. ac-
cording TO the witness.
Stringer said he looked up and
down the street and saw no one in
sight to aid him. SO he started to argue
the matter with Sutphen. Stringer
continued:
"No sooner had opened my mouth
than Sutphen excalimed
&c d--n you, you needn't
argue nothing with me- and then
struck me in the face. knocking my
pipe out of my mouth"
Stringer said he had been leaning
on his shovel and that Sutphcn tripped
over Il and fell and tho movement
caused Stringer TO fall also, practically
on top OF Sutphcn. They rolled aud
fought back and forth. first on the
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