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the chest cavity into the right lung
} IT was found in the lower chest. He
Identified the bullet and stated that
death was due to a hemmorhage
caused by q bullet wound.
Miss Nell Parkey was the next
witness called. She testified that
Kenneth Hamaker had been shot
in the chest by Rudy Jensen who
was standing on the shed platform
about eight feet away. Hamaker
was standing directly next TO her
she stated, adding that he was un-
armed and did not have a stick or
stone in his hand. She testified
that shots had been fired 6ver the
heads of the group about her and
that following this fusillade Hama
ker was shot She had come to the
shed from the uptown district with
five other girls and added that she
did not know the name of the man
who had shot Knight.
Mrs. Rae Grayson. testified that
she did not witness any shooting but
heard the shots fired. She thought
they were blank cartridges. She ad-
Ged that she had seen Rudy Jensen
standing on the south end of the
shed platform with a steel bar" in
his hands. AS far as she could re-
member all those who were standing
on the ground near the shed were
unarmed.
Next witness was Mrs. Beth Bord-
geS. She testified that she and some
! other persons had been driving
about town before coming down TO
where the Wahl shed is situated.
She said she was standing about 10
feet away from Hamaker at the
time he was killed and testified that
the shot was fired by Rudy Jensen.
Frank Anthony of Calexico was
next called to the stand. He told
the jury that he had been present
near the Wahl shed but did not see
the actual shooting of the two men.
He had noticed. however, that a
man was standing on the shed plat
form shooting an automatic at the
crowd but he could not identify him
in any manner. He had come up
from Calexico with party and
drove past the Bright shed and
then stopped TO walk over toward
the Wahl shed when the shooting
occurred.
Saw Man Shoot Knight
Roy Stanley, another witness stat
ed that he had been standing near
the truck where Knight was shot
He did not see any armed strikers nor
did they have sticks, stones or other
implements in their hands he said
He helped carry Knight out after
he was shot and stated that he die
not know the name OF the man who
did the shooting.
Arvon Hastings, of CaleXico, stat
ed that he had seen man standing
on truck shooting at the people or
the ground. He did not know thi:
man by name but stated that hi
had seen him shoot Knight. He ad-
Ged that he had not seen any aI1neC
strikers nor did any of them throw
rocks or other articles, according tC
his knowledge.
The last witness called before the
noon recess was Richard Hawkins o.
Brawley. He testified that he saw
the man on the truck shoot knight
and that he was standing right
near the latter at that time. He die
not know the man who did tht
shooting and he further testified
that he had seen no armed strikers
and to his knowledge no rocks wer'
thrown.
According TO the testimony giver
by these witnesses the number o
persons present when the troubl
broke out at the Wahl shed was no
very large, evidence appearing Il
show that only after the actua
shooting began did a large GROVE
gather.
, During the inquest proceeding
, today, State street from Fifth I,
, Sixth was blocked off and traffi
cetoured away from the place wher
the hearing was taking place. Armet
patrolmen and special officers pa
trolled the street and the area il
the vicinity of the Lemons build
! ing. Only witnesses and those law
fully entitled TO enter were allowe,
inside the building during the in
, quest.
4 The restricted zone about tn
packing shed area on the east sid
. was not enforced today. Captain
!. Frank Oswalt stated it had bee
T discontinued because of lack of co
operation on the part of some of tn
6 shippers. I'VE asked the shippers t
Q stop work at p. m" he said. Mos
. OF them complied but few insiste
. on operating after that time. Ou
men are paid for eight hours wor
and have been cheerfully Workin
n as much as 16 hours during thi
p emergency. 1t is unfair to ask ther
r TO work after an unreasonable hou
TO accommodate one or two shipper
s who apparently do not wish to CO
o operate. Guards are maintaine
around the sheds but we have re
v moved the officers from the variou
q points of entry into the packin
: shed district"
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