The Little River news., 1923-01-13
on;Trial
 For His Life

two boys on Sevier side of river about day. Owens sent boys down river dur ing day to see if body Was st:li out Of sight. They fire two shots as a signal that all was well. The cross examina- tion did not shake the testimony of Taylor. He said that he had never made any whiskey but was getting ready to do so for Owens. Parham had been helping Owens to make whiskey. He said he and Harry were scared to stop Owens from killing Throckmorton. Owens later had told them while in jail to tell the Coope" part of the trouble but to skip the ThrCckmorton part
 Harry LOveweii TeStifies.
 Harry ovewell, the P year old partner of Taylor, and also under in Gictment, testified after Taylor. He told substantially the same story a5 Taylor had told He had seen the distress signal given by Throckmorton to Owens, said to have been mas onic. Otherwise there was nothing new or different in his testimony. He too fared well under cross examination.
 At the conclusion of his testimony the state rested it's case. The de- fense opened at 1:30.
 Otis Carver.
 Recalled. Lovewell and Taylor carry Owens pistol with them down river when they went after whiskey. Taylor and Lovewell went away to- gether at daylight Nov. 24
 David Taylor.
 David Taylor was recalled by de- fense, and testified that he had lived on Throckmorton place, but had nov ed off. Had bad feelings with Throck- morton. His mother remained there until the trouble came up. He told Owens Throckmorton was a good boy and he shouldn't have killed him.
 Euclyd Cooper Testifies.
 That he is a merchant at Wilton. Went hunting on Nov, 23 with Hugh Throckmorton; left at 9 or 9:30, in morning, rode horse, Throckmorton rcde mule, arrived at Owens house 0:39; Mro. Owens and Scrugg- were there. Scruggs gave them drink of whiskey. They drank about ona-third quart. Boat lands and sow Owens. We bought bottle each; Hugh had fruit jar and I had bottle. Drank several times before trouble. The truble comes up. Owens accuses me of talk iEg his money, and begins shooting at me. l jump in river and dive under bank, coming up below and coming cut of river. Thought 1 saw Hugh after I got out of river. Hugh said We had better leave as Owens will kill Us both. Don't know how he reached home until he came to trestle half mile from home
 Mrs. Smith Testifes that she was present and heard Throckmorton call ing for Cooper MT. Smith testifes that he served in the penitentiary for making whiskey.
 Owens Tcstifies. Denying Every
 thing as Told.
 Owens tcok the stand for himself at 4 o'clock. He told his side of the story in this way:
 He was across the river and when he returned to his home he found Throckmorton, Cooper and Scruggs He sold Throckmorton one-half gal lon of whiskey, Cooper took the quart bottle and Throckmorton took the fruit jar. They were near the pine tree talking when Cooper took his money from his (Owens) pocket there was about $200 in it. He told Cooper to give it back but he would not. He then shot once to scare Coop- CT, Cooper jumped into the river, then he emptied his pistol at him trying to kill him. After that he and Throcl1- morton went to the house, he to get Parhams gun, but Parham refused it saying that he would use it if neces- sary Said that Parham was partner with him in the whiskey business. He tells story of Noah Honnell comine after whiskey; Mize then came up or other side and he crossed with about a pint and gave it to them, sending | Lovewell and Taylor down the river after two gallons, they took his pistoI with them. They came back with tho whiskey, and they al went hunting that night with the Mize party. About three o'clock they built fire ant went to sleep When he awoke al we're gone but he and his wife. They went to the Lovewell cabin and att breakfast there, He strongly denies ~~ 0r even strik