The north Mississippi herald., 1921-07-29

the table was between us-I threw
the billiard balls at him-didn't hit
him-missed him. He came around
! thought, to quit, / stuck, out my
hand-he wouldn't take it--said he
would get me later. The sink is in
the north west corner Of the room
the tables are in the west end Of the
room. / hit him at first table az you
come in the door-tables are about
8 feet apart-it was not over 8 or 4
feet from the first table and about Is
feet from the sink. He got his cue
out Of rack over the sink-he struck
at me-I guarded off his lick-I stuck
up my cue and his lick glanced off,
l then struck him. I told him at the
shops l would 60 down town. al
ways 60 down to the Club every
eveningI didn't know he was there
yes, have seen him there before
Joe Delk asked me to join in the game
II saw them both when / came in
/ took off my coat and hat-Leroy
came around to me. hit him once
ION his head--when I hit him the
cue broke-I had to walk around the
table to keep away from him.
Re-Cross Examination (by Mitchel)
The table was between us-he
walked around the table to pick up q
cue--I then picked up the billiard
balls-after throwing them, the balls
went off on the floor.
HUGH SHEETS-Direct examina-
ton by Mitchell, cross ex. by Stone.
Testimony in substance as follows:
MY name is Hugh Sheets-am a
machinist by trade--was working in
the l. c. shop on April 28, the day
Of the trouble-Leroy Addington and
Nelson Cartright both worked there
Isl was present between $3.50 and
e o'clock when they had a dispute.
! was employed as machinist and
Cartright an apprentice was helping
me-we were rolling some driving
boxes out to the front---we had lust
rolled one out and Nelson had rolled
the truck back to another to load
had stopped and had his hands on the
cart. Leroy came along and took
some waste out Of his (Cartright)
hand-Nelson threw his left hind
behind him and caught his finger in
Leroy's pocket in his overalls and
tore the pocket-this started an ar
gument. ! was talking to Everett
Bell at the time-I heard them talk
ing. First ! heard Leroy say to
Nelson that many a man had got his
head knocked of for less than that
Nelson said you're not going to
knock anyone's head of for that
Leroy then said he was going to whip
him-said he would not fight there
as ne had had several fights there and
would lose his job said he would get
him down town and whip hjm-Leroy
continued cpesing him and talking to
him. Later went to Leroy and told
him that he ought to 90 to the kid
and tell him he was sorry-that he
was to blame and hadn't treated the
boy right. He said he wouldn't tell
him he was sorry even If he was sor.
rysaid he was going to whip him.
! told him (Addington) he couldn't
tell what was wrapped mp in ! long
package he said couldn't tell eth
er what was wrapped up in ! hort
Cross Examination-I don't know
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-srt 80 | AIM wa,.s ..,th ~ ~. .n1 49, tnine
fore ] was married-went fishing
with Leroy, Frank Carr, Everett Bell
and Win Brooks--this was 5 weeks
before ! got married April ~, 1920.
No one was present when l told Le-
roy he ought to make friends with
Nelson-he was then getting ready
| to quit work. No one present ii
hearing distance that l know Of but
me when. Leroy told him hs would
taree: ne had been helping me
:omssn'ns - nc IKE : montn-ne nad been
- = . sme sIops sxpecs sDout yeers
,;,la naoe Deen pa tne snops sometnang
nAs I. years WIN mini an nnisned
maSn,n's1-ns hnI hn. y an apprenuco-ne
m"rth nau Issr n 9nusr nnnth rs somssn'ns nke :
MRS. J. T. WESTBRooK Direct
by Creekmore. Testimony In sub
stance as follows:
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