Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-08-09
Iy staff Correspondent

CLARENDON. Aug. s.-fho state
rested its ease against Houston Upton.
IS. charged with the murder of Gladys
solomon, 49, at 3 O'Clock this afternoon
and defense attorneys Immediately be-
san offering testimony
\. A. Martin. chef counsel for the
d.fcnsc. annanccd that "dcmcnu"
praecoX." form OF insanity, wouiG
be- pl,aded In bc half u Upton, who -
only iS yeaEs. ola, lnsekpl3ining the
type ~ mSaiiitv % the Jury. Mr..
Martin sid that II was peculiar Go
80 ~ - n a. ae,l ,'sneo and 70
some of mothers who die Of mscalr age
according TO cxpcrt testimony
Announcement was mad that
s.,vcal It's would H. called hy the de
tOnsr to show ih' nature of that form
a. iusn ty Dr. Guy T. Wit OF Dallas.
Is h,rc tor luis purpose
!. II Upton. father OF The defendant,
testified Tor h = son late tn after
noon.
Ring l. Mentioned
That r.us may b. partly back -
th. X ning ~ th. two girls was iudi.
Gated In the testimony ~ Kenneth
rmbcrsou axe -. and brother uf Nell
rmh"rson one ,f the rls slam lie
aid that rui o. had given a ring to
GLADYS Sulunu1 som, time and that hr
was wanting 10 hack Kenneth quoted
,onrg Upton as saving that hc was
i,uing to get The ring back no matter
what u cost
Witnesses Tor the prosecution in
clu,l,d ] A Grigsby. sheriff of Floyd
county. Nira Wilson girl who slep'
with the two girls Killed; Kenneth
l'nhorSon brother of one of deceased.
Ms Amanda smith grand mother -
l'mhcrson girl Mrs ldu SnodgrasS.
VIE o( farmer and a teacher at Sunset
school " Hard Pearson, ncighhoring
farmer: Ior rml-rsun. brother "
Nell tmhcrsnn.
Defense witness rlllrd 80 Tar i'm
cIudc: u. NJ Fergus N. broih-r.in 'aw ~
defendant. ! ~ Upton. father, Ncvt
Mcl'rak hospital guard tur YOUNG
Upton: Tom Donahuc cell mate ~
I'p-un and Hcv J. pai Horton. pastor
of the Floydada Baptist Church
Hundreds 81 persons were turned
AWAY from the court hous" today
Doz-os ~ extra s"ats were placed TN
IN. court ruom. hut u was impossible
10 take care uf ihr large crowd
Gr'e>by tir,t Ntnc>>
+. \. CtrsbV. sheriff IL Floyd county
aud first witness recalled incidents
.,l,ru, find ng ihc l",lics of m" Two
dead girls. & the fludiur of Young
Triton y, the Sunset sch'HI house. of
taking him Q, III ho'uc v' fs ta'h O.
and later pacing b m in tn fl"'dadh
slnuarun
Sheriff Grl-shv sad That De- WIS
carod % ~. uml-rs ~ b. mr by =
DEPUTY csrlv that n"ruy a. said
tbst n. started uui with Justice "i
IN, p.arc a. act a. cofourt. but the
latter was taken lack 10 ft'dpdn Boz
cans. ~ ihr cold weather Tho N n
..,M thrt H.. arrived az thr hors' about
go + o. m iust ~ day bronx.
NJ tc.iiu unny regarding Neil uih"r.
,,n rarh D. introduced and o. was
only about GLADYS S0lpm"n that
Crigshy test fic,l Iic said thot the
Solomon girl was found IN b,d with 70
bullet wound from a pistol In her head.
In addition hc 80 that thumb hal
been III, md th,t her hot hand had
indications - t-pwdrr hurns
Goes To school House
Leaving ihr t'mhcrsUr homo 'hn
.h.rlfg sad that hc went to ths school
hou-c and ihrru found YOUNG Upton
nearly d,pd from bullet wound over
the hear, y, his sidc wa q n caliher
i.iS,ol and -. vmpty cartridges TT
fl,d IN, ,h.rff
Grlgsi, niI that frur Ct H. shnts
amnr.n'', hfd i'csn fircd rrc'ntiy and
- r-th .~a f0r smn" TINE. u stic
that Up,on was in his ~oN in th. co'd
ROOM snmr f-st ava, from %" stove
VIII IN had un'v f'v dying colls u
~h.~ ~ wee fuu~d
Crir~by declared that he had c1u
Vcrsa' w N i'ptou. ~ this tim. th'
d-fars' niiorne,s ohi-ci,-i 10 hringlns
H. conversation before m. inr, indg,
Henry : Bishop ordered the jury ID
retire and the issue was threShcd out
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