| Show SAYS IT WAS IS ACCIDENTAL I Jap lap on Trial for Murder Testifies in His Own Behalf Goes to Jury Today Juzo the Jap on trial for tor his life lite before Judge Armstrong for murder murdering murdering murdering ing a fellow countryman by the name of or Shin on July 4 last at Garfield took tho the stand in his own behalf yesterday alter after afternoon noon and gave his version of the he affair is perhaps five feet high and although only 19 lb years rears of age looks ool s to tobe tobe tobe be 33 Since his confinement in the coun county county county ty jail he has aged greatly it is said His defense is that the shooting was ac no accidental accidental In this he ho has no corroboration corroboration tion He says that while he ho and a number num number number ber of or friends were celebrating the Fourth by drinking beer a fight was commenced Seeing that there might be serious trouble I he lie went to his room and secured his re revolver revolver revolver volver On entering the tho room where the fighting was in iii 11 progress he says Shin asked kIm him if he had a II revolver He re replied replied replIed plied that he had and Shin Immediately made a savage attack on him striking him several tims times In the tho face and knock knockIng knocking Ing log out one of his eth In order to scare scareS his assailant ho he says sas he lie fired ired once in the air Oishi a friend of ot Shins was standing nearby and made a lunge for forthe forthe forthe the revolver In the scuffle It wont went w nt oft off again the th bullet striking Shin in the killing him himIn himIn himIn In the testimony t Of Oishi given Wed Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday he claimed that the shots were fired tired In rapid succession and that he did the after Interfere until not In any way shooting The other Jap witnesses for forthe forthe forthe the state corroborated this testimony The defense however has proved pro d that the bullet which ended Shins life lIe took an anc c 4 c upward course in the body while the wi wt nesses for tor the state have all claimed that the revolver was pointed toward th floe when hen It was was fired This tends to sub substantiate substantiate substantiate story stor that Oishi grabbed his arm and that when the re rt revolver volver was discharged the second time was waa deflected upward by reason of Us bs s seo so eo 1 0 doing A large number of witnesses were Iere ex cx examined examined for the defense to show that had always born a good rep tation and that Shin was a bad man manThe manThe manThe The case will probably be concluded f t day The state rested yesterday mer merIng mering Ing |
