Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-10-29
STATE MAKES ATTACK upon.
REPORTED LAST MEETING'
Widow Alleges That Her Husband Was
With HerEveyNight for Months Before
His Death and Could Not Have Con-
versed With Mrs. Gilbert at Stated Time.

Completion OF the cross exa
the testimony OF the defendant, |,
examination Of Mrs. James {. X,
features oi the fourth DAYS procc
4 travelling salesman, under indi
OF J. {. Kent. 4 pharmacist. in the
October 2rd. las, When court a
had just completed her tcstimor
throughout the entire day.
Late Afternoon Testimony.
Preceding Mrs, k'nt's appearance en-
the witness stand IA" state introduced
testimony 90 the effect that on thu eve
ming ui Thursday. September 30. james
4. Kent was Un duty az the city Drug
Store between the hours uf and \
o'clock. and hence could not have made
the visit H. ~ alleged 10 have made {,
Mrs Gllhcri's hou,". the visit during
which shc claims that hc i.,st asi,td
her In olop" with him. and. having been
refused. made threats against her hu,'
htnd'H lie. The prosecution introduced
four witnesses. each swearing tn Mr
Kents prcsrnc" az tn" city Drug store
during the hour in question. The iirN
was Mt. T. u. di,Tu Wiath,r.
Ileri Wraiher.
=. Mr.. Wraihcr. were the hats 81
Nj. Z. e. Kent regular or irregular du'
Ing the time he was IN your employ?
\. Regular. lIc was always thor
when Rurppscd 10 hc
a state what you know 80 To IT,
whereabouts NJ !. e. Kent between tho
hours of and s o'clock on the evening
nl Thursday, september 10. i9s0 Was
h.. az wa he not on duty ut the rity
DRUG Store during that time"
4. lie Was"
u "Dld the defendant. Gilcri. visit
the city Drug Store at ar about q
o'clock In the evening of Saturday, or
t0her =. i92O?"
A. Yes"
Y. state what You know regarding
thu circumstances ~ that visit"
A. AT about G.30 that evening
went In supper. As ! was leaving
through the back end of the store
saw Kent and Gilbert talking together
heard Kent say I don't know YOU
wife and never saw her Ia my life.
That was all II the conversation that |
heard"
W =
about how far were YOU from Nj
Kent"
Here tho defense objected hut WIS
ovcrruled
\. About five or dN feet"
q prior to- az at the time of tn"
shots. did Kent make any movement
with his hands toward any drawers
Defense ohJccts-ovcrrulcd.
A. mo"
q. "Iid AIr. Kent take hold of or
make any motion or move toward IN"
defendant"
\. NO"
u Did Kent say anything to the
defendant"
\. NO, q word"
v. "S,nic whether or not there was
o pistol in the pres ripiion department
that night"
4. NO there was none"
v. Was there "a pistol IN any oi tn
drawers"
\. "Sn"
q. Did YOU 50 pistol about IN"
prescription department ut any TIM
that night
\. NO. sir. there was none, anyway.
I didn't see one"
Cross.Examinaiion.
The witness was then turned over :"
attorneys fer the defense Tor cruss.cN
animation
a where was Mr. Ken, on wcdn,s
day night at o'clock"
\. II don't know"
o where was h. on Tuesday night
"a, o'olock:"
\. Il don't know"
q "Wcll. how u" YOU know that h.
va" there at O'Clock on Thursday
night"
\. "wcll. know h. was there NJ q
and guess h. VS. there ~ :.
% ''oh, you jus, guess b" WAS there
At ,F'
The next witn"tS was David a. Allru
a. MI Allen. between the hours -
q, aud : uclock on Thursday c,cuin {;
September 30 can you state the where
nhnuts of James g. Kent"
\. lite wur ~ ~" cav Druc Store '
- what was Nr Kent doing hr
tween these hours
\. From to ;.3o h. was engaged
IN making cut statements en- account,
and posting entries on the hooks Tor tn
,loYc of tho days work
q Was Mt Wuthcr there Whom
You LETT
\. Yes"
-. "T,ll ~. Nj Alien. whether oi
not there was a run In the prrscri,'
tion ca~r"
g. There was none
-. WAS there any drawers partly
oprn9"
\ "No"
cross. examination 10y the dcfcns' fol
lowed
o. "whcrc was NJ Kent on rnda,
evening ~ o'clock ~
T. Don't know
q. "Whcrc was h. on Tucs,lly eve
ming at Il o'clock"
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