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


with another woman she was going
to kill him, Glen and herself. That
hrs. Holt told Miss Perry's mother
she was going to buy gun; she
was going to surprise the people
of Lovelock.
Louis A. Meyer, salesman in a
large San Francisco hardware and
sporting goods house, another ap-
parently highly prejudiced witness,
demonstrated a remarkable feat of
memory by testifying that early in
November a woman had priced pis-
tolls in his store; that he had showed
her how to pull the trigger, but she
couldn't do it, and from an old
group photograph he identified the
woman as Mrs. Holt.
Mrs. T.. E. Wilson testified to
knowing the Hollis we'll. On the
morning of her return to Lovelock
Mrs. Holt called at her house and
told Mrs. Wilson she hadn't been
receiving her mail and was afraid
Mr.. Holt had kidnapped Glen, SO de-
cided to come home and see what
the trouble WAS, also to get a d.
vorce. She said she would have her
divorce by Christmas, expressing her
intention to go back to San Fran
cisco. She appeared downhearted
and said she was anxious for Mr..
Holt to stop gambling. Referring
again to the divorce, Mrs. Wilson
quoted Mrs. Holt as saying the di-
vorce would be her Christmas pres
ent.
Mrs. Floyd Slater, sister of the
defendant, said she had on several
occasions seen Mrs. Holt use an au-
tomato pistol in target practice.
Holt testified as to the various
places he had lived and his occupa-
ton for number of years, both be-
fore and after his marriage to Jessie
Russell at Pueblo, Colorado, some
sixten years ago, and his arrival in
Lovelock on a freight train thirteen
years ago. He testified that he had
spent good portion of the last
thirteen years in Lovelock. Holt
testified to the effect of the major
operation upon Mrs. Hollis health
and mentality-of her many threats
of suicide; of the securing of the
gun and other incidents before the
tragedy as testified to by other wit
nesses and then related the detales
of the tragedy, story totally
different from that told at the house
immediately after the tragedy and
the story told at the hospital few
hours later.
@. Just go ahead?
A. Well, there was nothing said
for probably ten or fifteen seconds.
Then she says: "Ewell-come here"
and l walked in through the liv-
ing room to the bedroom. And
just stepped in the door. l don't
think was in the door over one or
two feet. And l thought she was
coming from the bathroom. She
was walking kind of sidewise, kind
of towards the bed. And l just saw
a flash of this gun when the shot
was fired and it knocked me down
and didn't see her shoot herself
at all.
@. Did you hear it?
A. Oh, yes. l heard the shot,
and looked over and she was get
ting up, and that is the first time I
saw the gun.
Q. Do you know how long you
lay on the floor?
A. Well, no, I don't know how
long, but it wasn't very long. l got
up as quick as l possible could
And she had gotten up with the gun
hanging loose, seemed to be hang
ing loose on her finger, upside down,
the best can remember, and she
was walking toward the closet, along
W thaI SiCtcH IVA tucIC.
@. She what?
A. She was apparently walking
toward the closet, right along side
of that creton box. And she
stumbled on that box and / caught
her, at that time l had got to her,
and l caught her arm with my left
arm and caught the gun with my
right hand.
@. Where was she then?
A. Right in front of the closet.
@. Was she walking erect?
A. Well, no, she was staggering
and apparently almost ready to fall /;
| think if hadn't caught her she
would have fallen then.
@. Fallen where?
A. Well, fallen right into the
closet.
@. And what did you do?