The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-04-27

vile Parish, and after swearing sait
jurors, I proceeded to an examination
Of witnesses, after viewing the body
and finding that the deceased came tt
his death by gunshot wounds, the wit
nesses being duly sworn gave the fol
lowing testimony, in the order shown
below, t0-wit:
E. L. Barlow being duly sworn says
On Yesterday afternoon DR.. Craw.
ford told me he wanted me to tighten
np the spring bolts on his car early
this morning. l went to the drug
store with Dr.. Hammer and got some
medicine for myself and as | started
back to the shop | saw him turning
down the street toward the shop and
as he was crossing the street and had
turned in toward the shop door a shot
fred and he fell over. His car NOV.
ed forward just little and then roll.
ed backward, during which time the
second shot was fired.
II did not see who did the shooting
The guns were shot from the direc.
ton Of the warehouse back of the
store of Crawford & LEAFS, and | went
to the body Immediately and he died
shortly after | went there. The body
was still on the left side Of the car,
leaning over to the right. l could
not see which way DR.. Crawford was
looking when the gun was fred"
(Signed) L. L. BARLOW.
Boyd Black being duly sworn says:
I was standing in the back door of
the blacksmith shop and saw Dr.
Crawford coming down the street
from the north and as he started across
the east and west street and was turn.
ing in toward the shop and when he
got about half way across the street
two shots were fired. The best I
could tell they were fired from the
door of warehouse back of Crawford
4 LEAFS store.
He was looking, as best l could
tell ahead and seemed to be paying
attention to his driving. l was look
ing right at him and he did not make
any effort that l saw to do anything.
I could not see any one do the shoot:
ing and as I walked to the body I
saw no one. He was breathing a lit
tie when got there.
(Signed) BOYD BLACK.
Volley Parker being duly sworn
says:
l was in the front end Of the shop
facing the back and did not see any.
thing until after I heard the shots |
fred and when I turned round I saw
the car standing there in the street |
and it seemed that the doctor had |
just fell over. I then went out to
the car, and he seemed to have been |
dead, but he might have breathed a /
few times. saw no one do the |
shooting, but horse ran away from |
the door of Crawford 4 LEAFS ware
house and the door was standing open
being a space of about two and a
half feet. ..... /.
(Signed) VOLLEY PARKER.
V. L. Day being duly sworn says:
Il was something like forty yards
more or less from him, south from |
DR.. Crawford. l saw him coming
down the street towards me and ex-
pected if he came on to tell that my
little boy would be down there at noon
to have tooth pulled. But as he got
to the model road and run upon the
dump he turned his car west, and
about the time he got it turned the
first shot fired and l saw his head fall
over and Immediately the second shot
was fired. I saw DR.. Hammer off a
distance and went for him thinking he
might not be dead and. that l could
get some help for him. l did not
see who did the shooting, but from
the report Of the gun it must have-i
been shot either from the store or the
feed house on the southside Of the
street running east and west, and east
Of the street running north and south.
The store and warehouse belongs to
Crawford & Lea
(Signed) V. L. DAY.
f. G. Brunston being duly sworn
says:
II was up at the old saw mill and