Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-02-01
JURY ASKS FOR
CERTAIN EVIDENCE
In Winnes Case-Two Reported
Holding Out for Conviction
of Veterinarian
(By Associated Press)

Harlan, KY, Feb. 1.-The jury try
ing DR.. H. c. Winnes on the charge
Of numbering Miss Lura Parsons, in
terrupted their deliberations today to
ask the court that certain testimony
be read.
1t has been reported that one or two
of the jurors ace holding out for con-
viction on the strength Of this testi-
mony, which Includes that of Mary
Ellis, who said Winnes was a quarter
of mile behind Miss Parsons the day
she was killed; Wilson Lewis who re-
peated certain remarks WinneS' is al
legged to have made about her end,
and Sheriff Howard who testified that
Winnes told him he was about 40
minutes behind Miss Parsons on the
day Of the murder
Harlan, Ky, Feb. 1.-The Winnes
case was given the jury at 9:3O
o'clock Monday night. After deIiber-
ating unti 1890 o'clock the jury re-
ported to the court that there seemed
no prospect of reaching a verdict
quickly, and, accordingly, the jury
was locked up for the night under
guard of sheriffs, and court adjourned
until this morning. So far as could
be learned, no ballots were taken
while the Jury was out.
Harlan, Ky, Feb. 1--Charges that
authorities at the Kentucky State
Reformatory at Frankfort, denied to
attorneys for the defense the privil-
ege of interviewing certain negro
convicts, who were alleged to have
been implicated in the murder of Miss
Lura Parsons, Pine Mountain Settle
ment school teacher. unless such in
telviews were conducted in the pres
were among the statements made to-
day by Attorney d. C. Jones, counsel
for the defense, in the closing argu- !
ment in the trial of Dr. II. C. Winnes
with having killed Miss Parsons.
Jones declared that when he went
to the Frankfort penitentiary to in
terview Jerry Reed, negro convict, he |
was Informed by w. H. Mpyer, sup
crintendent at the prison, that he !
could not see any prisoners there un-
less it was in the presence of guard |
or the prison secretary j
These negro convicts, who were !
alleged to have been implicated in the |
murder and whom / wished to inter
view in this connection, were so brow
beaten by their guards and officers
and told to keep silent regarding facts |
in connection with the crime, that to |
talk to them in the presence of the !
guards would have been useless"
j Joncs Charged in his argument "The |
authorities at the prison, having
heard that several convicts who
were confined in the penitentiary at
frankfort were implicated in the
murder, were so afraid of losing their
JNc''1 II WIG LIIc IdCIS OI Itle case
were brought out, that they made sue
ceSsful efforts to sew up the case in
several ways. 1t is doubtful, even
should an. investigation be made,
whether it ever will become known
who really did kill Miss Parsons"
The final arguments were not com
menced until nearly 3 o'clock Monday
afternoon, due to the fact that sew
eral witnesses on both sides were late
III arriving. Before the arguments
began it was agreed that the argu-
ment should be limited to three hours
for each side, with four speakers.
In his statement Jones declared
that the evidence against Dr. WINES
was purely circumstantial and de
clared that the prosecution in the