, 1921-09-14
STATE RESTS IN
MURDER TRIAL
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the place vas standing mt the front
door. As. I heard the noise I looked
around and saw her stumble back. /
ran TO her side to see IL she was hurt
and h Schuster came through the
door. The blood was flowing ovcr his
collar. ! took him by the arm and
led him to n booth whcrc he could sit
down.
" Take me outside big boy :" the
witness said schuster asked him.
'As ! was leading him TO the front
door. he said My God Me shot me.
and don't know what for " the wit
ness said.
In cross examination OF the witness
Judge Muranc asked, when did you
first talk to anyone about this7''
~ was oid not to talk about 1t to
anyone by Mr.. Purcell" he replied.
CROWD CENSORED
By THE COURT.
Other efforts to shake the tcstl-
mony OF the witness were ~unavailing
and the p~ositiveness of the mans
statements Mt times elected laughter
from the audience. The court had to
caution h crowd several times
against minor demonstrations.
On redirect examination, johnson
admitted that he had told his story OF
the shooting to Alfred n. Lowcy while
Mr.. Lowey was county attorney and
that no repeated his statement when
Mr.. Purcell look the office.
ut was the time you made the gee
ond statement hat you were told not
TO talk about the a $ wasn't it?" Mr..
Purcell asked.
Yes sir, 1t was" he replied.
Other witnesses were examined and
the main part OF their testimony fol-
lows.
ANOTHER NEGRO
TESTIFTES. i
Curiey Wilson, a negro, possibly was
the nearest to what could be termed
an y witness. He was standing at
the corner of the next building to the
one in which the crime was enacted
and about thirty feet removed from
the principals. He said that he turn
ed as he heard the shot, saw a gun in
Nichclson's hand and then saw Nichol-
son turn and run in his direction.
Stephen Dreher. proprietor of the
fleming taxi-service introduced for
the purpose OF establishing on the
Y I'd that Edward Schuster had been
" led. He said hat he knew Schus-
ter in his lifetime and that he had seen
the body after Schuster had been
killed.
Jack WeddeIl. at the time of the
shooting a sergeant of police testified
that he and other officers had placed
Nicholson under arrest about an hour
or so after the killing and h a just
after they had taken Nicholson In
custody, the man charged with the
crime dropped something which the;
later found to be a IS caliber revolver
which belonged to Nicholson. He also
told the court that he had recovered q
gun at a point where he thought thai
! Nicholson had dropped it while max
| ing a pretext to light his pipe.
He identified the guns which wer,
introduced as states exhibits a. ths
ones which he had recovered aftci
Nicholson a been captured on tn,
night of the shooting. while the pris
oner was in the custody of himself ant
other officers.
DR.. Allen Mcclellan established tina
Schuster had died from shock an,
hernmorrage induced by a gun sho
wound which entered the left side o
the neck at a point one inch below tn
angle OF the jaw and emerged on tn
right side Just below the ear.
James Hubbard, former patrolman
who was with Jack Wedde1l whcl
Nicholson was placed under arrest cor
roborated in general the statement
Of Mr.. weddeli, relating that he ha
turned the Euns which were rccovere
over TO Sheriff Let Martin.