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a blood clot in the eye? A. The
whole inside of the eye was blood
clotted, and the vision was entirely
closed of for a while.
Q. What kind of a cane were you
carrying? A. A yew tree cane from
the state of Washington. 1t Is one
of the nghtest woods that I know
with the exception of Eastwood.
Q. When did you again see your
stick after the defendant threw II
term of the district court Then Mr..
S. B. Wilson brought it back to my
Office.
@. Did you meet anybody directly
after the trouble? A. Yes, Dr.. Nd. b.
Wood. I also saw some children, but
did not know who they were.
In the cross examination by Mr..
Wilson he at first led the complain
ing witness through the details OF
Just where the trouble occurred.
Mr.. Wilson,. Mr.. Hughes, you
called Mr.. Brandrup's dog a bull
dog. You don't mean to say that he
Is a full blooded bulldog do you? A.
l don't know whether he is a thor
oughbred bulldog, but l do know
that he is as big as a two year old
bear.
Q. You had a strong muscular
Airdale with you did you not? A.
Yes.
9. When you heard Mr.. Brandrup
coming toward you the dogs were
fighting? A. Yes.
Q. You were there substantially
In the middle of the street, were
you not, Mr. Hughes? \. ! could
not draw chalk line, but 1t was
in the street, Mr.. Wilson, think
about fifteen feet from the curb,
@. When you saw Mr.. Brandrup
toward him? A. Yes, sir.
Q. What did you go toward him
for? A. was not going to- run
away from him. 49,.
Q. You went with the cane up
ready to strike? A. did not, and
l did not hit him and break his
glasses or hit him in the face.
O. Did you go up on the terrace
with the cane to hit him? A.
told you that l held the cane up in
both hands. l had no anticipation
that I was going to be attacked. AS
far as / knew he might h~ye been
coming to aid me in separating the
dogs, for ! was making no progress
with the dogs. He came at me ana
l thought that he was going to grap
my cane, and then he slammed me
in the face before l knew what
was doing.
o. You say that he kept repeat
ing Don't beat my dog but beat
your own dog?' A. Yes, he repeated
il two or three times. AS a matter
of fact 1 was beating my own dog
as well as his.
Yes, sir oD ''il' A ~
O. Please bring it to court this
afternoon. A. I will.
Little Girls Testified
Helen r'orce, a little girl living
close to where the trouble occurred
said that her attention was attract
ed toward the Brandrup residence
by the barking of dogs. She saw
Mr.. Hughes holding up his cane,
and saw Mr.. Brandrup take 1t away
from him and throw it away, and
then hit Mr.. Hughes. She. later
saw Mr.. Hughes mouth and nose
bleeding Nothing new was brought
out in the cross examination fur-
Their than the girl stated that she
saw the fash of gem In Mr.. Brand
rup's ring when he struck Mr.
Hughes. 49,, -,
to have seen the fight. She
stated that her age is nine yeaTs.
The court questioned her as TO
what school she attends, and whe
Their she understood the oath -ad-
She was required 10
walk over again and take the oath
in front of Clerk of Court krosts
desk. She said that she was play
ing not far away. She saw Mr..
Hughes Ioming along the sidewalk
She saw Mr.. Brandrup take the
cane away from Mr.. Hughes and
throw it down the street. The wit
ness was not cross examined.
DR.. M. B. Wood testified that he
had met Mr.. Hughes shortly after
the fight and that the complaining
witness was bleeding from the nose
and mouth, and that the man was
badly shoken UP and dazed. ihere
Or Robin Dodds testified as to
the swollen and bruised condition OF
the eve, and the inside of the eye.
The eve was very much confused,
he said, and the discoloration ex-
tended we'll down the cheek.
Frank Franciscus testified as to
the bruised condition Of the plain
tiff's face, and the blood shot condi-
ton of the left eye. There was no
cross examination of the witness.
Joseph Baker, one Of the attor-
neys for the plaintiff, and law
partner of Mr.. Hughes, was the last
witness called before noon. He had
examined the injured eve about
nine o'clock of the night Of the Inc
Jury and found the optic badly
bIoodshot and the flesh on the cheek
black and blue. Later, he testified
that the eye festered and botherN
the plaintiff for a long time.
On the cross examination the
witness admitted that he had some
feeling toward the defendant =
At this point an adjournment was
taken until two o'clock this after
noon. ~
The Jurors in the case are: o. J;
Lee, Herman Muellerleile, Edward
Grogan, H. NJ. Jones. Clarence Tay-
Ior, Carl Frenske, E. M. Pressnall,
Theodore Kopesche, Alfred Shaw,
Mrs. G. H. Schendle and b. l.
Bowen. ..