Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-11-16
DOCTOR SAYS WINES
ACTED AS If DRUNK
When Returning From Pine
Mountain SchooLSix Tes-
tify to His Character

Winnes was apparently nervous
and excited while on the train
from Dillon to Pineville, on his
way from the school after he had
completed his work there was de-
clared by, DR.. w T. Hoskins, of
/ iPineville, who stated that he rode
as far as Pineville in the same
seat with DR.. Winnes.
DR.. Winnes, DR.. Hoskins said,
looked as if he had been drinking
! and after conversing with him a
while on the train, asked him:
"What was the nlatter?" DR..
Wihnes, he said, stated there was
nothing wrong in answer to which
Dr. Hoskins said: ''You blue grass
fellows come UP here and drink
too much white liquor"
DR.. Winnes said he had not been
drinking in reply to DR.. Hoskins,
but declared he had not slept for
three nights, and had worked hard
at the school testing cattle. He
also said the night he returned to
Dillon, where he stayed all night,
until the train arrived early in the
morning, he was unable to sleep
because two miners stayed at the
same house and due to their rest
lessness kept him awake. Dr.
! Winnes walked the floor all night
at Dillon, DIR. Hoskins testified
| the veterinarian told him.
Throughout the ride to Pine
J vile DR.. Winnes was apparently
very nervous and continuously
asked about his train connection
for Corbin at Pineville He ap-I
parently seemed very much afraid
that ne would miss his train. Dr.
! Hoskins said DR.. Hoskins testi-
! fed he saw an abrasion on Dr.
/ Winnes arm and asked him what
caused it DR.. Winnes said he hao
injured it while working with the
cattle at the Pine Mountain
school, DIR. Hoskins declared. DR..
/ Winnes, in talking of the school,
said all OF the women and child
rem there were plump and ruddy
! checked DR.. Hoskins said.
DR.. Hoskins is a practising ply
sician at Pinevifle and is widely
! known throughout this section
Six character witnesses were
introduced by the defense during
+ the morning who testified con-
cerning Dr. WINES character
The witnesses introduced were
Rev w. T. Rankins, of McRob-
erts, who frequently went to Jen-
kins c. L. Darnley, operator of
the laundry at Jenkins; H. c.
Crawford, secretary to the super
intendent of the Consolidated. Coal
Company; Oscar Blevins, electri-
clan for the company, and DR.. W..
L. Gamble, of Ashland, who had
charge of the hospital for the
Consolidation Coal Company at
/ Jenkins.
The Rev. Rankins testified that
as far as he knew, DIR. Winnes
was man Of good character, but
admitted he knew him but slight
ly, the remainder of the witnesses
declared that DR.. Winnes was
man of excellent character and of
good reputation, but admitted
that he would get drunk now
and then
Sheriff H. H. Howard and De-
putty Sheriff J. ]. Hensley, were
also placed on the stand and told
Of their investigation of the crime
shortly after it was discovered
Sheriff Howard said that when he
examined DR.. Winnes for the first
time, the veterinarian told him
that he had left Dillon about IS or
40 minutes behind Miss Parsons.
Since that time, however, the doc |
tor has maintained that he was an
hour and half behind Miss ar
sons on the trail.
Another Convict Suspected
Issuance of murder warrant
against Courtney Hickory" Ken
dali, negro convict, was an unex-
pected development today in the
investigation of the muir Ter of
Miss Lura Parsons, and came at
the close of a day marked by sew |!
eral interesting disclosures. An
nouhcement by county officials
that a warrant also would be is
sued tomorrow for Jerry Reed,
another negro convict, which will
Fswell the number held for the
crime to four, was not an unfor-
Fseen decision.
The warrant for Kendall, whose
name figured in the inquiry FIR
the first time today, was the ,e->
suit of testimony that he quit his
work and went back onto the