The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-22

Shaw. who lived with her, in the
house.
He was in his car and left it in
the alley" she said.
He got up at $50 when 7 called
him and ate breakfast 1 cooked for
him" she testified.
Who ate dinner with you Thurs
day?"
John Shaw and Cora Lee Smith,
Did she have a ring on?"
I never saw any"
Mrs. Gill testified Shaw was 81 years
old and that he came to Indianapolis
first in 1928.
Her husband Roy. was next called.
He said he did not hear Shaw come
in the night Of Nov q, and the first
he knew was when she called Shaw
for breakfast next morning
Then, he said, ne heard a car after
midnight and before I o'clock, and a
knock on the door.
Stories Different2
On cross-examination, Prosecutor
Remy asked both witnesses:
That was not the story you told
detectives at your house Dec. 2,
was it?"
Mrs. Gill denied telling detectives a
different tale, while Gill admitted ne
made and signed a written statement
at that time which differs somewhat
from his testimony.
Prosecutor started to introduce the
statement in evidence. when Judge
Collins sent the jury to lunch
Parker Shaw's working partner at
the Kingan Packing Company, testi-
fed that Shaw, at a. m, Wednes-
day, Nov. 2S. shortly after Mrs. Wheel
chefs body was found, showed him
the watch
Shaw pulled the watch out and let
Parker look at it when Parker won
dered what time 1t was" Parker testi-
fed. Later In the morning Shaw
showed his partner Mrs. WhelcheTs
ring, Parker said. Parker identified
both the watch and ring, State ex-
hibits, as those shown him by the ac-
cused man.
This testimony was regarded as ex-
ploding story told by Shaw of buy
ing the jewelry after work Nov. 2S
from white man in a Ford sedan in
Indiana Ave. 1t also destroyed a later
story, told by Shaw. that Jim Hunky)
John, Albanian, 403 w. Maryland St.
used Shaw's car the night OF Nov. 2T,
and gave Shaw the jewelry after work
Wednesday.
AT five minutes to eight Wednesday
morning. just forty minutes after the
battered body was discovered, Parker
saw Shaw with a woman's small Elgin
gold watch, with the crystal out and
a hand bent, Parker testified.
What Is your name?" the prose
cutor asked. Where do you work?"
Parker gave his name and address
and said he worked at Kingan's and
was Shaw's partner in pushing
truck.
DO you know Shawl" Remy ques.
toned
Yes. a good while" the witness re-
piled.
Worked On Wednesday
did Shaw work Wednesday, Nov.
2&"
Yes. He came to work about
6:45."
Did you talk to Shaw between
and 8 a. m"
Yes. About five minutes to eight
l wondered what time 1t was. He
iidn't say anything, and pulled out
his watch. I looked at it and saw
it was five minutes to eight"
did you notice what kind of
watch it was?"
at was small. ladys Elgin gold
watch"
Did 1t have crystal?"
1T did not. One hand was bent
On cross examination, Parker ad-
mitted he could neither read nor write,
except that he could write his own
name.
Attorney Pike, for the defense,
showed Parker a watch and asked him
to identify the make. Parker replied
that 1t was g Waltham.
Pike then asked HIM to spell a WORD
on the face of the watch Parker
repeated these letters: "E-la-n-w-e.
ter"
The watch was then introduced In
evidenceeand shown to be Hamilton
On redirect examination, Parker
said that Shaw told him the watch
he showed him was an Elgin.
On cross-examination, he denied he
had had a quarrel with Shaw.
The State rested it's case after ex-
amining the brother and the grand
father of Mrs Whelchel and after
falling to introduce a picture Of the
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