Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-01-14
PLEA OF not
GUILTY MADE
BY DEFENDANT
Prosecution Contends
Chips Was Retreat
ing When Shot i'm
Pastors Study

COURTROOM. AUSTIN. Texas.
Jan. li.--tFD--A spot cE blood "thn
size of dollar" was on the floor in
the ante-rDom Of nr. q. Frank Nor
riE' office after ~ shot N. VII Chippa.
Detective D. T.. Bash Of Fort Worth
testified today in the Norris ralr-
dor trial.
The evidence ~aA considered ala-
niiicnnt PIN the prUsccutIoE ~ bear
ing on the position OF Chips y hen
he Was shot. The defense rnntrnAs
Chips was III Norris private ~ffice
in the act Of aggression when Nor
ris shot 'tn saws his lie"
The prosecution contends Chips
wns rcatir- ard perhaps was fn
the antsroGm, throuRh which ona
passage enter or leaving Norris
office.
The state attempted 20 show that
some one had cleaned np the cool
OF blood IN the ante-room before IL
was seen by many
Five witneases werc cyarnlnaH W.
the morning session, the state un-
folding some W the main facts cf
the killing.
Witness N. =. Rains. whn workrd
IN q tire shop an the fifst floor ~
the Norris office building. testified
that Norris had rAii, us he emerged
irom the. office whore Chips hody
laid on the floor.
~ have killed ne u nan.-
Rains Was severely rroas-cxarn-
inrt ny defense attorney SimrAon
and was az the stand whea court 49,.
ceSsed at 1880 n. fn.
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COURTROOM. AUSTIN. Tex Ian.
l1.--+Pl Pour bullet wounds n
dead mans body nav determine Ia
fate ~ nr VI Frank Norris. fnndm-
mrutalist pastor.
he prosecution in the trial in
which Dr Norris iH charged With thn
murder ~ ID. r. Chips today nnde
the local convention of those rntnf
wounds permanent Dart oF tha
. initial testimony in an effort 10
show the position nf Chiprs when
y" was shot down w the pastors
strdin last July.
An cmhalmer ard an undertaknr
oeseribed The wounds in detail a.
hr lead mans divorced wife hell "A
h.rdNcrchiet To her face. The aim
III the statr ~ 20 show that Chops
was moving away from Morris nrr
I shot and ,hat ne had h;- hand w, X,
ne attitude Of nrntnrtinv him4nlf.
One wound wA. wv TIE left lie 49,
bullet going TO the heart. aud ,,ro
others wcra in chr rirhf side nrar
~" neck. Thr bullet W the r;vht
Side also penetrated tho elhnw m
thiprS had Ais arm acrc-a MI body.
a witness said.
About hO witnesses very swarm.
among witnesses whose rpfuez we're
called were Hsray Zwcifel of Fort
worth URitr1 States district at-
torney; Anon &. carter. publisher
of the Fort Worth star Telrrrmtra-
and w. ll Mutt. members w Nsrri Y
church board. who was witness of
thA killing.
TIE witnesses were sworn ard rue
under "thc rule of the court
Morris Plead Not Guilty.
District Attorney j. n. Moore them
read tn indictment to the defehd-
Norris stood with folded arms. 1Eia
face appeared slightly drawn ara
hi eyes red a. the attorney fin
iahah.
.Not guilty" promptly replied tha
A wooden model w Dr. y. Frank
Norris office ard is surroundings
IAN Fort Worth WAS introduced hy tiHA
Prosecution ~ its first evidence.
The model shows the entire second
floor NJ the four-stOrv building in
which Chipps was killed adjoining
the church showing the stairway In
which he climbed % his deauk lHaf
july Z. the anfe-room he entered be-.
fore approaching Norris and thr of.
flee III which he Was shot three
times ~ ~ protested 10 the nmntnr
against attacks On Mayor H. KY
Mencham ~ Fort Worth
The exhibit wna placed dIrartly
~ front ~ the witness stand a
fhc floor where the jury could look
down 0H THE rcDfless interior as
though they were on an adjoining