Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-10-31
PICTURE OF SHOOTING
SCENE BUILT UP BY
TESTIMONY IN TRIAL
HOrsetly' Williams Hearing Continued to
Friday; Witnesses Tell What They Saw,
Heard on Night When Jesse Whitman Was
MOrtally Wounded by Pistol Shot.

Bit by bit the picture of the
scene OF the killing of Jesse Whit
man by bullet fired during an
evening of hilarity In a booze Joint
near Las Vegas was pieced together
yesterday for the jury and a crowd
ed courtroom in the trial OF Horse
fly Williams, accused of having
fired the fatal shot.
The brown-eyed well groomed de-
fendant, dubbed Oklahoma bad
man" while he was being hunted
after the killing, sits before Judge
Dunn as the witnesses testify, one
by one. The defendant Is not
large of stature nor of formidable
appearance. His dark hair is
"slicked" down and he appears
harmless enough
But witnesses tell of his going
out to the car for his gun and
placing it in his shirt bosom, OF
his entering the booze joint with
it there, of his heated argument
with Shamrock, and of Sham
rocks remark, after the shooting
that the boy shot the old man."
Jury Locked Up.
InaSmuch as today is a non
judicial day the jurors must re-
main locked up until tomorrow
morning, at which time the trial
will continue where it left off.
The state, represented by Dis
trict Attorney Harley A. Harmon
and Deputy District Attorney Thos.
j. Saltel, presented its case yes
terday and rested at 2:30, presen-
tation of the defense witnesses
commencing at 2:40. under the dir
ection of Attorneys T. A. Wells
and Louis Cohen.
Motions for non-suit and for
instruction of the jury that it
render a verdict of not guilty,
made by Wells at 2:3O yesterday
were denied by Judge Dunn.
Argued Over Checks
Remarks concerning the giving
away of a dog and an argument
over the writing of check pre-
ceded the fatal shooting, according
TO stories of witnesses.
williams and Shamrock" Nc
Caskill, whose friendship dates
back for years, In Arkansas and Ok
lahoma, and then in Nevada, were
at the joint near Blue Heaven dance
hall together.
II don't see how man can get
any drunken, than both of them
we're" Pat E, Irvine. who styles
himself truck driver, testified. Ir-
vine told of his trying to keep them
from fighting. There were remarks
about tearing heads Off he stated.
The first argument, according to
witnesses, was when Shamrock SAID
something about giving away
certain dog to girl, and Horsefly
allegedly retorted something about
shooting him if he did.
Later, it seems, Shamrock tried 10
get HorSefly TO write check foc
500, and Horscfly insisted the
check would be no good. for he had
no money III the bank This was told
in the testimony of T. l.. GoodSOn.
who had been dealing card game
in the place at the time.
Had CIawhammcr"
0OOuSOll CO1NsOA OAAoAAAA ONA AA"
ing a claWhammer in his hand, ana
going out of the room with it just
after Horsefly had gone out at an
other door, returning later with the
claWhammer. Shamrock is a big
fellow, much larger than Horsefly,
it was stated by several witnesses.
Shamrock, who had been after"
Horsefly just before the shooting,
and at whom it is believed HorseflY
wanted to fire a shot. was held in
custody in the county Jail for time
after the shooting, but was released
before Horsefly was captured IN
Denver
Irvines statement on the stand
that lust a minute after the shot
was fired there wasn't anyone i'll
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