Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-10-02
Suspended Sentence For
Robertson In Allen Death

The SON further stated that OH,
| Davis drove his fathers cnr bnn,,-
about Ii minutes after the family,
hau been notified of Aliens dcuil,
DavlS, GONE On the stand. .in,r.
mat ne drove Allen Ia the posi oT.
lice and later 10 Red Bud ser, icc
, station. ON the Oxford road beyond
The Allen home. about $50 o'clnrk
parking the Allen car in front of IN,
station. Allen engaged in converse,
tlon with Julian Robertson. while n,
played cards with an Edwards man
Davis said. Upon leaving about II
O'Clock. he discovered that Allen
had ;Ircadr left the e""vir" station
and after calling the Allen home, he
drove tho automobile there. Davi.
testified.
Body Is Discovered.
Wiley Mcdlin testified that h.
discovered Aliens body lying on In,
Andrews avenue road cXtcnsiur
about l2:l5 Il. m, and. being unabl;
10 arouse him, drove 10 the polio:
station and reported il. Taking Off
GERS back 10 the scene. Mcdlin stat
cd that the body was OH the should
or OF the highway. with his head on
the hard surface
Sheriff +. y. Cottrcll testified that
puddle of blood was about six or
eight inches from Aliens head.
which was crushed in and bore
bruises on the left side Of his face
Footprints were around the body
and several feet up the highway. on
the left side going towards Hcndcv.
son. Going Ia the Robertson home
Sheriff Cottrell stated that he tool;
RobcrSon'S shoes and fitted them tc
The tracks and they were of tho
same measurement. with steel Dlatcs
on the heel of the shoes fitting i'm
prints left on the scene.
An examination of Robcrson's car,
Plymouth coupe. showed that a
bottom hinge ON the right door was
broken and that the door had To b.,
iitted up to be closed The handle,
was also broken and the door could
be opened only by reaching through
the window or from the inside, ac-
cording TO the sheriff.
Robertson Statement.
Jefferson made several statements
concerning his actions that night fl
nally stating that as he and Allen
we're riding on the fair ground.
| road Allen fell out of the car and
that ne. Robertson did not stop. So
licItor Tyler introduced as cvidcnc,
statement To that effect signed bv
robertson voluntarily and the shoe
OF both men were brought into cotr,
as Judge Burgwyn declared Il rcccs,
unlil Wednesday morning.
Further Identification Of Ro5cr-
sons shoes VAS made by Polio,
officer Y. X. GuptOn. who state,
that the footprints were marked b,
heel plate imprints and small circle,
IN the middle Of he sole of tho
track, matching shoes worn by ROB-
erSon. Eight steps were found from
Aliens hat leading back Il the body
! GuptOn said.
DR.. \. d. Gregg. Vance CONT,
Eealth officer. called next to In,
stand. stated tina, acath resulted
from TIltiplc fractures of the skull
causing injury 10 the brain.
Johnny f. Mann. taxi driver. tes-
titled that he saw Robertson drivine
CT the Oxford road with anothe,
man in the car about HE'S o'clock
a; the conclusion oi his testimony
Solicitor Tyler announced that the
State would rest. Defense Attorneys
I. p. GholSon. y. A. Bum and J
NJ. Peace. asked that the charge o,
homicide be dropped; that the de-
iendant would then tender u plea
o! guilty Ct hit and run.
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