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perienced considerable difficulty In
making his way to and from the wit
ness chair with assistance. Sqnlres
is a large man. all of six feet in
height and weighing all OF 225
pounds. Az he sat inside tte railing
with his brother, Henry Squires, he
gave no evidence. OF the long and
trying ordeal since the night In
October when, the bullet from a 32-
calibre revolver passed into HIS
brain and sent him into unconscious
ness. II Is only when he lifts tho
helpless right arm with the other
hand or Attempts to move with the
assistance OF friends that his helpless
condition is realized. ifi
On the stand. Squires told con-
nected story OF the circumstances
preceding the shooting. He said that
he was hunting raecoons on the side
OF the mountain not far from his
home and that he had treed and
shaken coon to the ground for his
dog to kill when the deputy game
warden appeared on the scene
Squires told how he and Mears
walked from the mountain side to
Squires' home, an estimated distance
Of not more than forty rods, but did
not appear to be clear concerning the
conversation Immediately following
the shooting.
Sheriff Perry B. Gardner. who ar.
rested Mears during the forenoon Of
October 22. the day following the
shooting. testified that he was called
to Sandgate BY news of the alleged
crime and that he was accompanied
+ by States Attorney George A. Math.
ers, Deputy Sheriff Arthur w. Rus.
sell and Clayton J. Kinsley, q repre-
sentative OF the Evetiing Banner.
| The officer told OF the conversation
with Mears at the latter's home
where the deputy warden. admitted
the shooting and claimed that ne was
threatened by Squifes, Sheriff Gard
ner also identified that single barrel
shotgun which the warden said be-
llonged to Squires and the shell which
the warden said was in the gun when
1t came into his possession after the
| shooting. The officer also Identified
the revolver which Mears gave to
him at the time OF the warden's ar
! rest f
/, Mr.. Kinsley testified that he was
| present at the time Mears was ar.
lotted. He Identified the revolver
as the weapon with which Mears said
he shot Squires. He selected from
handful Of shotgun shells the cart
ridge which Mears had stated was in
the gun at the time 1t came into his
possession after the shooting.
| The remainder of the afternoon was
taken up with the testimony OF sew
eral neighbors in the town of Sand
gate including Henry Squires, broth
er OF the complaining witness, Henry
J Mears, at whose home the deputy
warden's mother is now living as
! honsekeeper. and others who testified
that at different times the warden
had made threats against Sduires.
Some of these alleged threats tn
get Squires were made as long
ago as four years and one not later
than last August, "a 'et
Mrs. Mears, mother Of the game
warden, was placed upon the stand
and testified that when Ahsra came
to her home after the shooting he
stated that Fred Squires' gun was
not loaded ~, ajs
The revolver with, which the ward
en- admits he shot Squlres was prev.
iously owned by his mother, A few
days before the shooting he came to
his mothers house and said that he
ought to have revolver. Being a
| warden, he told his mother, It would
be necessary for him to make
searches and he would need weap-
on for protection. The revolver was
loaned him by his mother who said
that he promised to take good care
| of 1t.
| The trial is attracting considerable
interest on the part Of Manchester
residents and summer visitors. The
latter appear the more curious and
are more numerous.