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front room and asked who that
was. / told him 8 friend had
brought me home but that he
had gone," she said. He said
he'd just go see and the next
thing / knew l heard the door
slam and then a shot"
Guests at the Stoup home
Mrs. Geraldine Donahue and
Chief Petty Officer w. M. Ger
rity, corroborated Mrs. Stoup's
testimony adding only that Mrs
Stoup had asked MIR. Gerrity
after Stoup had gone down the
stairs, to follow him as. there
might be trouble" They also
gave details of finding Stour
lying on the ground.
Threatened" Says Defendant
Mcleod took the stand as the
first witness in his own defense,
Under questioning by his attor-
ney, H. P. Heidelberg with whom
he was associated in his law Of
flee, Mcleod told of accompany
ing Mrs. Stoup home and wait
ing at the front door downstairs
until she came back and told
him Stoup was at home. He said
he had left then, walking across
and up the street, and then he
heard his name called. He testi-
fled that he turned and saw
Stoup advancing Eat a rapid
rate" and that when Stoup got
a short distance from him he
said: "You stole my wife. I'm
going to beat you to death" Nc
Leod said Stoup went into 9
crouch and continued to adj
vance until he was so close that
when he, Mcleod, threw up his
left hand in a defensive gesture
his hand brushed Stoup's head
1t was then he fired, he told the
court. He said the man straight.
ened up after the bullet struck
him and made a wide circle be-
fore falling in the ditch.
r. c. Cowan, district attorney
conducted the cross examina'
ton.
How far had you gone wher
you saw Stoup?" he asked.
about so feet"
when he was found he wa
lying in the ditch, wasn't he?'
YES"
"As a matter of fact WASH
that where he was when yol
shot him?"
mo"
mi. Stoup knew you had beel
going with his wife and tina
divorce suit had been filed. Yoi
had made arrangements to NEE
Mrs. Stoup, wasn't that true?"
yes"
"You knew that since you hat
been going with Mrs. Stoup sh'
and her husband had had trou
ble?"
Il knew there had been tI'ou'
BILE, yes"
"And when you went to meet
Mrs. Stoup you armed yourself
didn't you?"
II had a gun, yes"
isn't it true that you knew
things had reached a poin
where you expected troubl'
with Mr.. Stoup?"
Il knew that when Mrs. StouI
told her husband she was goinl
to file a suit for divorce he be
came violently angry. l was 60
ing to handle the ease for he
but when ! heard of his anger
told Mrs. Stoup / couldn't rep
resent her and referred her t
another attorney"
Gould you see Mr.. Stoul
coming toward your"
Eyes"
Couldn't you see that he wa
not armed?"
mo-
But you couldn't see an,
weapon in his hands7"
NO"
Instead of getting out of tn
way when he threatened to bea
you, you chose to stand you
ground and shoot him if neces
sary, didn't your"
That's what l did"
Drs. j. N. Lockard and Jane
7. Thompson who had treate,
Stoup and operated to stop in
ternal bleeding after the shoot
ing, testified as to the nature O
the wound and explained to tn
court that the bullet had enter
ed the man in the upper par
of his stomach and ranged down
The state was represented b,
Cowan and County Attorney L
K. Mcintosh and defense wa
conducted by Heidelburg an,
the law firm of Ford and Ford