The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-18

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telephone and get a doctor quick
as possible. l was very dizzy.
do not hardly remember walking out
of the room.
@. Did you say she was up
against the closet door, or pretty
near to the closet?
A. Yes.
@. So you thought she would
fall in the closet?
A. I thought she was falling
when l caught her.
@. Do you remember how you
caught her?
A. With my left ARM caught
her right arm, and l caught the gun
in my right hand and was trying to
twist the gun out of her hand while
holding her up, and then the gun
l.went off.
| O. Do you remember whether
you held on to her very long or not?
A. | held on to her until she was
probably a foot or two from the
floor, then l turned lose of her
body with both hands and / must
have tainted myself; everything
| went dizzy and l don't rember.
The defendant pictured himself as
model husband and their married
| life as period of great joy and
happiness, though 1t was admitted
that divorce proceedings were pend
ing, and Miss Isabelle Russell, sis
ter of Mrs. Holt, testified later in
rebuttal that on one occasion in her
presence the defendant had struck
Mrs. Holt in the face with his fist,
knocking her out of chair.
The defendant resumed the stand
and his cross-examination by Mr..
Goodman was continued, but his
story was not shaken at any essen
tial point, his resort being 81 can't
remember Mr.. Goodman, ! was
dizzy
Mona L. Perkins, nurse at the
Lovelock hospital, testified to caring
for the defendant at the hospital.
She said Holt had skin cut about
or ~ inches long on the back
of the body near the left arm pit,
which Attorney Robins claimed the
defendant sustained when he fell
against the bookcase after leaving
the falling body of Mrs. Holt.
Though the edge of this bookcase
was blunt, the witness on cross ex-
animation testified there were no
bruises about the wound.
w. H. Whybark, next-door neigh
Dor of the Hollis and the last witness
for the defense, testified that about
a week after the tragedy he found
piece of finger nail on the clothes
closet door-on the outside. On
cross examination he stated that he
had not given this to the coroner,
district attorney or other official
did not know the coroner's jury was
in session.
Mr.. Robins of defense counsel in
formed the court that the case for
| the defense was closed.
The state Immediately called DIR.
Browning in rebuttal. 1t will be re-
called that this witness was the first
person whom the defendant talked
to after the tragedy, the man who
telephoned for the sheriff and the
first man who entered the Holt
house. In testifying he gave the d.
rect lie to the defendants testimony
stating that he went to the Holt
house after Holt returned to it and
found the front door locked. That
Holt, after an interval of about 20
seconds, opened the door and they
passed through the house and into
the bedroom where Mrs. Hollis body
was lying. He testified that he saw
powder marks on the defendants
breast, calling DIR. Wilson's atten-
ton to them and that the defendant
said "she placed the gun against my
breast and fred"
On cross examination, Mr.. Robins
of defense counsel endeavored to
overawe the witness, concluding his
examination by hurting at him: as
your graft in chiropractic better
than your graft was in railroading?"
to which the witness Immediately re-
Piled: mo better graft than you
lawyers have" The court promptly
called Mr.. Robins to order and
warned him that such conduct would
not be tolerated.
DR.. ]. B. Wilson was called ia
confirm the testimony of DR.. Brown
ing relative to the powder marks or
the chest Of Holt. He recalled say.
ing to DR.. Browning: "Why, he was
shot in the back" to which DR.
Browning replied: "In the back hell