Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-25
EIGHT witnesses
Examined DURING
SESSION THURSDAY

CuSIiNuED FROM PAGE ONE
morainE and 40 10 wenmeion and mar
~ that man Scwcll that "Wednesday
a. No. Flr. ! went to Claude from
Hereford 10 Bcc SoInc Wi,nossos.
.. Did you come hack into Auariil,
on the Denver traing
A. Yes. sir.
q. What day
A. ] don't remember what day
Y. II Was las, week.
A. Yes. sir.
y, DO you know any other Nm
Myrtle Sowellg
A. No. sir
Y. AIRS. soNsll. u u u fact Sou
are married you wouldn't cou,, l,sfnr,
the jury dressed IN mourning gor the
purpose Of getting thsir sympathy'
A. No. sir. | would not
y. Mrs. Sowcll. didn't you aud AIR
scwell 20 down 10 Memphis and taks
the car icading from Memphis 90 VOL.
ington and marry, and didn't you aud
he occupy the same room in ne Wei
ingion Hotel has, "Wednesday night
A Nc. sir.
Witness SHEDS TcaA
Mrs s0wcll broke down Nhesrrihur
the act OF finding hor husband hmg
dead after the encounter With defendant
nt the Barrett harm. ia, differences IL
her husband and CASEY. l,asc lartn,r.
and between her husband nnd defend
ant a. rcclied BY witness favored bcr
dcceascd husband That th,re vas i.
Feeling between defendant sud drc,- s.,l
neer pending settlement snd that de-.
csaeed had hson warnsi uu, o. ~ o.
harrett's home Tor settlement hv "A
netghbor was admitted End,ayoring to
ascertain when ~ iocling arcs, Airs
eowell was asked. you knew there was
NJ feelings between Ar. Sowtn and 81
Barrett IN September. uuiuber and No.
MEMBER They had fallen nui with ,ssh
other and did not like each other in the
fallg
A. Wen. don't bellcv, Q, was hardly
that hong.
Y An right whsn d.d II Begin
a. Well. don't remember Just wh,n
d did sesin.
Y. Aad Mr. Sowsll would not ~ o.
Mr. Barrctt's house az an. would he7
A. Well he went up until Mr bar.
rett aid fcr him 20 come over and ae,.
tie and he had been warned not o..
y. Who warned him
A. Mr.. smith. 10 settle with him he
sAid he had beat one man up that be
bad ssni for him TO comc settle With
him and he said h. win d. you the
sme way
q What else did Mr. Har smith
say 10 him.
A. don't know.
q Mr.. Harl Smith knew then was
III feeling between Mr.. sowcll and Sit
Barrett
A. Yes. sir.
Y. Isn't n n fact Mr sowcn told Nr.
hsri smith that. he. Sowcii. was going
10 beat Barrett up before be- left thcro'
A. Well. I didn't hear Il. Il b. did
q What was passed. II anything.
about that didn't Mr.. Sowon tell sal
Stewart he WIS going 20 vhlp him.
A. II he id, / didn't know anyfhlnr
about II.
q. Don't you know Il was lied
between Harl Smith and Nir. Suwcll
about the difficulty between him and
narctts
A. Wei. there WIS.
Q. What was itg
A. J don't know any more than
have told you.
Q. Weren't yon ,xpoct!ne firLt
between Mr.. sowell and ar. Barrette
A. No. sir.
Q Weren't you looking Tor a fleh;
between them the morning o. the bonn.
icide?
A. No. sir. was not;
Q. You didn't know there WIS going
90 be difficulty between them
A. No. sir.
Jim sowell on Stand.
Jim Soweil. nephew u delendani. and
ceceased. was put on the stand az frs
witness for state following introduction
q may Of the Barrett premises. pre-.
parcd BY Frank Potts. Deaf smith coun.
~ abrtractor. II developed that Jim
quit working for his uncle Barrett.
when killing occurred. and has been
associated with his Sowcli uncles and
Grandfather Soweii since jim told u
the trouble between his Uncle Wiley
"1iutt" Soweli with his PARTNER Casey.
He heard Sowcli tell Casey 20 get ofg
q the place and gave him an hear 20
move. lie heard his uncic Sowoll.
speak with more or less anger about
rncie Barrett twice. and had been tuld
~ Barrett 20 leave "Mut' Sowcll alone