The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-04

she asked as she pointed to Klein's
body about 20 feet away.
"A government man. I shot him."
she quoted Barrett as replying.
"Why?" she said she asked
Il was in little trouble and they
were after me-" she said he
answered.
Also Questioned Him
Mrs. Agatha McDonough, wife of
Paul, told the jury that she, also,
was in the yard shortly after the
shooting and asked Barrett if he
was hurt. He replied he was.
To a question as to the identity of
the man lying, apparently dead, 20
feet away, she said he replied:
Il shot him, but he shot me first.
l think he's government man."
The government also was success
full, through an eye witness, in es-
tablishing that Barrett, who was
described in his attorneys opening
statement as a man who shot after
he had fallen with government bull
lets in him, actually shot his re-
yolver when he was standing up.
Stood by Tree to Shoot
Miss Emma Fra Murphy, neighbor
of the McDonoughs, said she saw a
man, in his shirt sleeves, standing by
a tree and shooting. She said he
shot the last shot after he had fallen
to the ground.
Previous to that, by an adroit
finesse of the rules of evidence,
United States District Attorney Val
Nolan Wedged into the record a
reference to Barrett's Staying, on
Sept. 2, 1880, in Mckee, KY, his
home town, of his 73-year-old
mother.
Federal Agent Samuel B. Mckee
of the Cincinnati Office said he had
guarded Barrett in Fort Hamilton
Hospital Hamilton, O., shortly after
the killing when Barrett was under
arrest.
Says Gun Was Identified
To Attorney Nolan's questions,
Agent Mckee said that Barrett had
identified the gun he used to kill
Klein and the towel with which it
had been wrapped.
Attorney Nolan then turned Mr..
Mckee over for DISCRIMINATION.
Attorney Rice questioned:
Q-On the night after the killing
at College Corner do you recall say
ing to Barrett that you had tip
his Clay County friends were in
tending to spring him from the hos
pital?
A-No.
Q-Do you recall that Barrett said,
in reply, that he wouldn't be sur
prised, but that if any one came it
would be his enemies, not his
friends?
A-No.
Window Already Open
Q-Do you recall offering to open
the window of the hospital if Bar
rett wanted to commit suicide?
A-There was something said to
that effect.
Odd you tell him in word or
substance that you would do that?
A-No.
Q-Was suicide mentioned in con-
nection with opening the window?
A-As matter of fact the window
already was open.
At this point, Attorney Rice
turned the witness over to Attorney
Nolan, who told Agent Mckee to
tell all conversation relative to sui
eide he had had with Barrett that
night.
Rice's Objection Over-uled
Attorney Rice objected and was
overruled by Judge Baltzell, who re-
marked that by the rules of evil
dence he couldn't start something
and not let it be finished. Agent
Mckee said
He (BarretO said that he wanted
to die. He said ne wanted to Jump
and meet his dear little mother in
heaven and explain to her why he
had killed her.
He asked me if I would help him
to the window and I said L would,
but that I didn't think he had nerve
enough to jump
All this testimony came after a
Federal witness, who was on the
scene of the shooting ee ly, testified