Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-11-15
Or, WINES DENIES
WITNESSES STORIES
Testimony May Be Concluded To-
day In Parsons Murder Trial
At Harlan

| Harlan, NY, NOV. ID 11OScCu-
ton and defense became involved
in a bitter struggle Saturday to
disprove statements and testl-
mony that had been introduced
against DR.. H.. c. Winnese, state
veterinarian, accused Of having
murdered Miss Lura Parsons,
Pine Mountain school teacher, or
September I, in the examining
trial which has been on in county
court here since last Monday.
The defense, thrc1gh the story
told by DR.. Winnes while on the
witness~stand, sought to eradicate
much of the circumstantial evil
dence which has been built up
against DR.. Winnes. while the
commonwealth by bitter cross
examination attempted to shake
DR.. Winnes from the story he
told.
DR.. Winnes in his statement Of
facts concerning the case as he
declared he knew them, was unu-
sual, His story, if true, absolute
ly discreditS the testimony of 20
witnesses or more for the com
nonwealth regarding the time he
left Dillon behind Miss Parsons,
and conversations he is said to
have had with various persons,
DR.. Winnes was placed on the
was not excused until after three
was not excused unit latter three
o'clock. Just before DR.. Winnes
was placed on the stand, Attorney
b. G. Jones, who is leading the
fight of the defense, in state
ment to the court declared that &
motion to dismiss DR.. Winnes was
in order, but that the defense
would waive this privilege and
would place DR.. Winnes on the
witness stand.
The close of DR.. Winnes testi-
mOny in his own behalf was the
signal for his being subjected to 2
gruelling cross examination by
Attorney A. Floyd Byrd.
For three hours or more AttOr-
ney Byrd questioned Dr. Winnes
in an attempt to show the veter-
marian must be mistaken IN his
statements. On one or two oc-
CasiOnS. DR.. Winnes, under the fire
of questions asked by Attorney
Byrd, lost the composure he had
maintained throughout the week
and answered the representative
of the commonwealth in a sharp
manner.
DR.. Winnes in his anwser to
questions during the cross exam
nation denied most all of the con-
versations he is said to have had
with persons at the Pine Noun
tain school and the railroad sta
ton at Dillon before he began his
trip over the mountain.
Several questions asked him
why he did not mention the fact
to school authorities that he had
seen Miss Parsons at Dillon and
then on the way to the railroad
track brought no explanation
from Dir. Winnes other that che
didn't know"
He denied talking to Miss Mann
a teacher at the school, about
lady who had started to the Pine
Mountain institute, and also de-
MED that he had made a remark
attributed to him in reference toI
Miss Parsons, that Darn her, l
hope she falls down and breaks
her neck" The story told by
Winnes is apparently the one he
has always told and the cross eX-
made Saturday failed
to shake it.
Thought it did show that if his
story is true twenty or more wit
nesse introduced by the common
wealth had .perjured themselves
aainst the doctor.
Late in the afternoon, after Dr.
Winnes had been excused from
the witness stand, the defense in
troduced Willis Lewis, a brother
of the man from whom Dr. Win
mes hired the mule to make the
trip to the Pine Mountain school. |
Lewis stated that he had met Dr. |
Winnes at the station and had
started to tell his brother to bring
the mule and take the doctor over
the mountain. AS be passed his
home he stopped and had dinner. j
euic said he then went and fold ,
his brother that DIR. Winnes was
at the depot. The defense at
tempted to show the actions on
the part of Lewis would have ta-
ken an hour or more and that duel
to this the doctor would not have
been able to leave Dillon until af-
ter II o'clock.
Examination of the witness byI
the commonwealth showed that