The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-19
Accused Contends
Memory Of Events
at Shooting Blank
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hours afterward. The state drew
from HIM an admission that. SO far
as he knows personally, the shooting
of Webb might have been intentional,
since he remembered nothing about
II.
ForgetS Conversation
Potter was uncertain as to what he
told p 3. Webb, father OF the dead
man, the day after the shooting and
could not recall relating to him the
exact circumstances of the affair.
He said his wife had told him what
had happened and that he might
have told Mr.. Webb substantially
what she had told him.
demonstrating what he thought
must have happened when Webb was
shot. Potter said he presumed that
he rushed from his home with the
shotgun in one hand and his boots
IN the other when his wife and Webb
drove up in Webb's car and that the
gun was discharged accidentally.
The cross-eXamination covered all
of the events which have been related
at the trial bearing on Potter'5
actions on the night of the shooting.
1t closed abruptly after Sullivan had
failed to get him to state what
clothes he vas wearing when the
shooting occurred.
Cameron testified that he had
been hunting with Potter this year
and that the latter's gun had dis
charged accidentally when he picked
1t off the ground with one hand.
Gun Discharged Twice
ToNsley testified that he had hunt
cd with Potter over period Of sew
eral years and that he had known
Potter's gun to 60 off twice, APP
parently by accident, since there was
nothing to shoot at.
Potter could not recall having told
Robert Webb, a cousin of the dead
man. that Il was Cameron's gun
which had gone off accidentally
when he was hunting With Cameron
and that he would not hunt with
Cameron again because the latter
was careless with firearms. Cameron
denied that his gun ever had gone
off accidentally while he was hunt
ing with Potter.
Questions asked OF Potter indicated
that the state will attempt to show
what Potter said to Robert Webb
about the gun before Oliver Webb
was shot, and what he told several
others about the shooting Of Oliver
Webb within day or two after it
occurred.
Questions and Answers
ReSumlnS cross examination Of
Potter this morning. Attorney John
Sullivan, tor the state, asked almost
endless questions regarding Potter'S
actions on the night of the shooting.
He was making an indirect attempt
to refresh the defendants memory.
Potter was not certain when he
talked with Donald Snyder about US
ing Snyders gun He was not GER
tain whether the shotgun was cooked
when he examined it at his home
ear.y in the evening. He admitted
he was familiar with firearms and
had been most of his life.
He vas not certain of the condi-
ton OF his gun when it went off un-
eapectedly while hunting last year
and earlier this year
Sullivan had long discussion with
Potter as to whether his gun would
go Off # the hammer were not fully
cooked. He finally got Potter to adj
nit that the times when the gun had
gone off unexpectedly it probably
was because he accidentally pulled
the trigger.
Thumb Caught Trigger
On one occasion when the gun went
off unexpectedly. Potter said, his
thumb was cut. He said he received