The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-18
HOLT TRIAL FOR MURDER FULL
OF INTERESTING DETAIL
(Contiued from page one)

pleted. Inc only Time ne couiu ie-
call really looking at the defendant
was when the side of his face which
permitted him to look in that di-
rection was being shaved.
Mrs. Bert Downing, the next de-
tense witness, testified that about
noon December 2, she went to Mrs.
McClendon's home, opposite the Holt
house, entering through the rear
door; that she saw DR. Browning at
the telephone. Holt, the defendant,
standing inside the front door, very
pale with blood dripping from his
left hand. Mrs McClendon and Mr..
Hansen were in the room. She i'm
mediately went across the street to
the Holt house and raped on the
door. Receiving no answer, she
went into the living room and called
to Mrs Holt, again receiving no
answer. She then turned the knob
of the door between the living room
and bedroom, but could only open
it five or six inches. Through this
opening she saw the body on the
floor closed the door on which she
noticed blood on the living room
side, and left. As she went out
she met the defendant at the gate
(about twenty feet from the front
door, and met DR.. Browning six or
seven feet further on.
Mrs. McClendon, whose home was
opposite the Holt house, testified
that on December 2, about noon
Mrs. Whybark (next door neighbor
to the Holts) telephoned to her.
AS she left the telephone she saw
the defendant standing in her front
door pale and nervous with blood
dripping from his left hand; that
Mrs. Downing came in, took her
coat off, talked to defendant a
moment and went across the street
to the Holt house. When Mrs.
Downing returned the defendant
had left.
Mrs. McClendon further testified
that about o'clock that morning
she saw Mrs. Holt standing in her
(Holt's) doorway; that she called to
her husband who was leavig and he
replied: "I'm in hurry" but
turned and went back to the house.
She also stated that after DIR.
Browning telephoned, Holt left the
McClendon house and DIR. Browning
followed him.
Upon cross examination, Mrs.
McClendon said Holt had blood on
both hands.
Gertrude Julich of San Francisco,
who was employed at various places
in. Lovelock for about six months
prior to March, 1921, testified that
she met Mrs. Holt in September,
1920, at Mrs. Hollis home in Love-
lock. She stated that she met the
deceased in San Francisco four
times, twice in October and twice in
November, 1921, the last time being
the day before her return to Love-
lock, December l, 1921; that Mrs.
Holt continually talked of killing.
The last time she saw her, November
20, Mrs. Holt told her she was going
to Lovelock to get her divorce, and
she was going to kill Mr.. Holt and
Glen and herself. A little later
she quoted Mrs. Holt as saying
81 cannot make my living for my
boy and myself. l will shoot myself
and the boy first and then Mr..
Holt" No, she said, 81 will kill Mr..
Holt and Glen and then myself"
@. Was there any other CONVEX
sation at this time?
A. No, she said to me: "If I go
up to Lovelock the people of Love-
lock will be surprised. Glen and !
won't be there to tell the story, but
Mr.. Holt will suffer all his life," and
l said: what do you mean?" She
says: "Well, l am going to kill my
self and Glen and put it on Mr..
Holt"
The absurdity of the statement
seemed to strike every one in the
courtroom, the vast crowd bursting
into peals of laughter, which was
stopped only when Judge Callahan
threatened to clear the room.
The state gave the witness a
gruelling cross examination during
which she admitted that on one
evening only had Mrs. Holt said
she would kill "Holt, Glen and my
SELF" and then had qualified it by
saying eff he had turned Glen
against me-" She further admitted
that Mrs. Holt had repeatedly ex-
pressed her great love for her boy
Glen; that upon leaving she had
said she would return to San Fran
cisco in five days free woman,