Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-11-12
CASE OF WINES
ATTRACTS CROWDS
New and Important Points Devel-
oped BY Prosecution Of State
Veterinarian At Harlan

what the prosecution evidently be-
lieves to be an ever-strengthening
l'chain of circun.stantial evidence
about DR.. H. G. Winnes, state vet
erinarian; who, vita James Robinson,
charged with the murder of Miss
Lura Parsons, teacher at the Pine
Mountain school, whose body was
found beneath ledge by the side of
the Pine mountain trail on Septem-
ber 8, two days after she was outrag-
ed and killed, marked the proceedings
of the investigation in county court
here Thursday.
The prosecution during the day de-
voted practically all of the time to
the examination of witnesses whose
testimony tended to show any facts
concerning the time DR.. Winnes de-
parted from Dillon for his trip across
Pine mountain to the school on Sep
! tember 7.
| Practically all of the evidence ir-
dicated that the doctor had departed
| closer behind Miss Parsons than had
! at first been believed. The prosecu-
tion in the conduct of its investiga
! ton is also fast reaching point
] where an explanation by the defense
for the long period of time needed
! by DR.. Winnes to make the trip from
Dillon to the school will apparently
be necessary.
Evidence introduced Thursday alsC
showed that DR.. Winnes did not reach
the school until between $3.50 and
o'clock on the afternoon on which the
crime was committed. AS he left Dill
Ion before noon the time DR.. Winnie:
spent in traversing the trail between
the railroad station and the school is
considered longer by an hour than thu
period necessary to make the trip OF
foot.
Testimony of Thursday also show
ed that Miss Parsons mailed a pack.
age at the postoffice at Dillon before
beginning the trip across Pine noun
tain to the school. Attorneys for the
prosecution also brought out the fact
that DR.. Winnes had said nothing to
the authorities at the school about
the fact that Miss Parsons had pre-
coded him along the trail until the
day following the crime.
Developments of the investigation
indicated for the first time that the
prosecution would make a deter1nir-
ed effort to fix the guilt on DR.. Win
nes. Throughout the day little refer
ence was made to James Robinson o.
others of the convict road gang,
which was employed near Dillon a.
the time the crime was committed.
This apparently means that the pros
ecution believes it will be able to es-
tablish the guilt Of the doctor before
the investigation is closed.
Progress in the case continues as
slow as during the earlier part of the
week Each detail is gone into thor
oughly and much time is spent this
way. A crowd that filled the court
room was present at both sessions of
court Thursday. Practically every
seat was taken and large number
, of women were present.
/ Until within the past two days no
crowd of any proportion had attend
ed the proceedings, but the bringing
out Of testimony until now never
known has attracted people to the
court room in great numbers.
That the prosecution until Thursday
had formed no definite opinion re-
garding the crime was apparent when
Senator Hiram Brock took leading
part in the questioning of witnesses
testifying regarding DR.. Winnes. Be
fore this time Senator Brock had,
from the trend of his questions, indi-
Gated that he considered the testi-
mony against the convicts more i'm
portant, and left the examination of
other persons of the case to Attorney
A. Floyd Byrd, of Lexington; Com
monwealth Attorney Grant Forester
and County Attorney J. S. Forester.
| Hamp Lewis, storekeeper at Dillon.
when placed on the stand Thursday,
testified that he saw Miss Parsons,
and DIR. Winnes in his store shortly
after the train had arrivel at Dillon
on the morning of September Z. Lew
! is also stated that Miss Parsons mail
led package at the postofice, which
is located in his store. He gave her
"a receipt for the package. DR.. Win
nes also mailed package, Lewis de-
clared. Miss Parsons, Lewis declar-
ed, went over to the house of Mrs.
Martha Howard, where she changed
her shoes. The teacher, Lewis declar-
ed, started not more than Is minutes
ahead of DR.. Wines on her way to
the school. AS he started, DR.. Win
mes, when mounting his mule, said:
eff overtake that lady on the trail,
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