Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-10-28


According 20 Testimony. Gilbert
Had shot aud Killed !. &.
a. lirnt--Sryrn Testify.
Complete Jury.
u. ". Walton. farmer.
\. u. Garter, manager Hume
Manuiariuring Company.
g. \. cheshire. carpenter.
Frederick Nrwli,!. iahurcr.
4. q. NJ rhs. farmer.
David .. Iouh. painter.
T. u. Mani gomrtA. lalWrrr.
William *. Ellis. salesman.
Robert a. Crawford. architect.
William o. Armstrong. man.
ag'r innrilln Lumber GO.
Gcorgc 4. smell. farm machin.
rrS dealer.
Waiter T.. Hopkins. salesman.
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Testimony IT Mrs. =. l.. uilbrrt
concerning her relations with y. 4.
kent. WIN wa killed by her huS'
hand in u downtown drug store on
tie evening al October .. featured
The DAY. proceedings In the district
court yesterday where Gilbert u be.
Ing tried Un q charge NJ murder.
Mrs. Gilbert was siill On the stand
at the close IL the days proceedings
and u u .Nilr,i ii that she viii co'l'
iinur her evidence On the rr,ontcii'
In. al court this morning. No
statement has yet beon made ~ 10
whether or not the defendant viii
testify Ia his avn behalf. \ total ot
seven witnesses were examined dur
ing the day.
M,s. Gilbcri WAS called to the stan,
by the d,icntc at ..ia o'rlu'k ana di
rect examination Nv g. a. Ercdor. tol
the dcfcns.,. brought out testimony con
corning relations which slc admittc,
had cNisicd between witness and th'
plnln man. J. g. Kent, beginning late "
September. and being renewed at later
walls until late in January, 1870, VII,
kent" az she called him. hccomint
bS her repeatedly expressed de
To- tell hcT husband ot ih'
whole affair. ca,lcd at her house and a,
tempted a. iniurc her to poison me-
husband.
said lie Had Powders"
lie told her that nc had powders
with him, and asked her In give then
10 the defendant. she said. She test
fled that she Indignantly refused am
ordered him from the house, not aecin'
him nyain until the Thursday before
tho killing, when he called III her home
ageln and inquired whether she had ""
tuh her husband ul the affair. She -
nlicd that she had not. hut intended Il
M soon ~ she could gather courage IL
d. ~. She testified that Kent the
said. ,,.,.
want you ca de-. then I'm going 10
get him Uhc drirndantl ou' I" tue
way"
heard Kent utter.
Her husband returned home On IN
second day tnlluwing and she told nv
the whole pitiiul story. shr s,ih' WIN
In sixty minutes James &. k"ni Wa
living ,trrtchcd ont ON the floor oi TN
CITY DRUG store ridllcd with bullet
and dying Perhaps the last wor'l
heard by him In this life wcr. those %
the man h" had wrungcd' Kent, II
too dam late
afternoon Session.
The firi witness called Ter me hll
crnoon session WIS 7. H. us"ru Nrath''
one of the propricturs 81 III" drug st"''
IN which the killing occurred ana 81
eyewitness to the TRAGEDY
wrathcr testified that Kent was ~
the act oi preparing som" N,lN'hh'h'
tablets when thu .h"oting TOOK lh"V
and that he had Il bottle ~ th'in =,
.nch hand when the first shol was lir' :,
wmthcr was standing IN th' holl'
oncning 90 the pt's' rir'inh d'N'i t'U''
Watching Kent got thu tablets whh
man. whom he identified a' ih' u'l'n'
ant. entered saying Kent. US !"
,l,n iatrw and started shudinE' VI
shooting oven ns hc Sl'd ". VIM.
h,l,,rJ The weapon used W. u aH
;",,,,ti. Witness was eNpiitd and nirlb
L.C,.nd,pt would shoot him the Wiinus,
nu, ,.,tl,h.J Va, ann. saving NV CD
,.ign what ur, vuu duing The Gle
r,,,,irnt then walked uGt ~ the rn"i'
mako ~. anaW,r aud spnkiug a. h
,.,r Win. thuurh there must INV
,.,n $40, nr .'s .huts Tired. NJ has
an, v,ut nytr4,. ~ TINT h. vas Euf'
rrrs, examination hv the dcl'nS
Cd Ia shake Wraihoi's testimony Z
IN, rlf,ct thu k-ut hid bottle u
,,,h hand when the shooting con
,ncn,.rd lie WA very positive "n M
u,,ut TIL, pistnl used by the ici,nd'n
,,,' Tho ,honiirg. h. Judged. was held =
ohont i've nni half feet from Kent u
The firms was hciug innc Witness iu'
,h,r IA. tlfi,d Tint ~ about q thiid q
,hr way from The prescription depni'
mcnt to the front door the dciondl'
,'aa met by another man coming inwar
bir, fran the street. who turned an
walkcd out with thu dcfcndant W.
nras an not SEQ this mans face
At Thu point ,hr witness wns 'Ncn''
- 4, ,.,,..,a wns declared ~ the cuur
MIR. Gilbert Takes stand,
Airs I,rnnir Gilh,u vas called u
,.S d.,cnsc nt %. o'clock. She wa
,.srcss.d In black ana is slight. irl
Isomnn. rremingly IN drlirut" healil
Tier ica,imonv was rffclcd IN i"
,l,nr vnlcr whirh the jury ~ iim'
fm,nJ IL difficult to hear. and luds
Iu,hr ~ found IL ur'cssnrv several tim,
"a request her o. speak louder.
Mrs. Gllbcrt's direct examination W.
conducted by the rcnior counsel i"r IN