Show L CASE ON TRIAL it drags on slowly before judge bartch THE prosecution IS CLOSED A wrangle on the th opening of the do bense zano zane ilan has a tangled civil ivil case can to stil deal with short orders order entered Filtered suits filed probate orders fourth district court the th hammond Hamm onil murder trial was wa resumed before judge bartels bartch yesterday morning and dragged wearily the entire day young hammond displayed ills 1113 usual composure although its ilia mother sat at behind him weeping during a greater portion of the day and gaylor who Is under the same serious chare chewed kum gum ind industriously us triou sly and apparently tools took only passing interest Inter cut in the tha proceedings ill ga tho the prosecution cution rested about the middle of 0 the afternoon mid and the examination of mit witnesses nesses tor for tho the defense was proceeded croci ceded with up to the hour of adjournment journ Jurn ment N MRS 1 ns AN viciie NIE DASSON testified that on an the tre morning ria I 1 sh 9 preceding P rec edlis 9 the tragedy clyde robertson bertson Bo was playing math her children and she fb heard harry hammond say tho the whole outfit of 0 you but could not tell what preceded those words I VIRGIL dassonville aged sed 10 years tea tilled that clyde was playing with him and other children at the time stated staled by his hl mother the preceding witus witness harry Ila dammond nam mond who was mas with geoage ga gaylor vior said you d a of 0 a b ill kill aou ou and your chickens and tits the whole oil outfit SEARLD dassonville a brother ot of virgil aged 9 years testified that he saw hammond and gaylor at the same time but hear hammond say pay anything george gaylor though struck clyde robertson with ith a rock and babil tit me ma and harry N w III fly fix you the answer i w as bt ricken out however as it was shown shonn that hammond ammond II and gaylor were veto not it at together at this time MAY dassonville aged 12 lears isears testified that harry hammond said to them you d 8 of 0 A a b ill kill hill your baur chickens find and you and the whole outfit ot ou this wag at the time the tha preceding vilt witness ness hod had testified to hairy and his big little brother also t threw brew rocks at them ono one ot of tile the rocks struck clyde It SHERIFF mcqueen identified a sack bacle ot of loaded she shells ile given him by the coroner after the shoot shooting ing and testified with relation to the distance ot the shot that hat killed clyde robertson and the marks which lie he found on tile tho fence where clyde was wag standing and upon an outhouse near by CORONER TAYLOR testified t that about ninety shot ell entered clydes breast ho he also testified that a straight line drawn from rom the shed where the shot wie found over ove r to the place where u here the boy was killed would strike tho the shed lit in Whip whipples ples yard OSCAR VAIN COTT stated that the boys told him they hall had not lied fired their gun binco they left the river this was about tea minutes after tho the shooting MRS EM EMMA WHITING heard beard the shot and raw caw several boys going north on main street before the shot chot was fired one of the boys had a gurs gun she recognized harry hammond as the boy with tho the gun bun the shot sounded to her as it it had como come from tho shed in baad THOMAS QUAYLE was the last witness It ness called by the prosecution ec and that harry clarry hammond denied to him any knowledge of faring the gun at tho the time of the killing that he had bad not fired it since he left the bridge the testimony irien by hammond and at the preliminary hearing was then submitted to the jury by consent of counsel TILE THE DEFENSE OPENS at thin ihla time judge howat slid and sir mr frew announced that they would rest and mr waite made inalle an opening statement for the defense lie ho took look the ground that hammond fired its his gun ort off on main street a little anulli adouth of the entrance to whit yard vard and that lie did not go into inlo the whiting lot and further that it if ill alie shot fht fred alred by hammond killeri killed clyde Rober Lson son it yes was purely accidental as aa lie did not sec cc the child at the hie time arid and had no reason to desire to injure him blus in ony any way ay J D 11 mc sillier sIl lter was as called by the defense anti ami identified a drawing made mada by himself of lle locality where the tragedy oc cuned SIRS IRS ANNA lif BYAN the grandmother ot of hammond destt nd fled n d that mat slie she was 33 in the he kitchen of the I 1 houge all morning on june 0 ath between 10 anil it 11 a m hammond arid and gaylor were in a collar cellar under the house use hear tiny any quarreling cling the children nor b liar bar ar uny any threats made against clyde robertson Robert fon later ater I about 12 SO clolk a reck feel was thrown into the bouse boue 1 harry went to the door and R said atil ill lick ink tile the whole outfit of you that afternoon alter noon harry went bent out with it a gun n and she dilot see krc him again until liter after the he killing she heard ill the c shot ind and shortly after harry came me in and said paid A lammA somebody homebody home body ties has shot hot little clyde robertson son and I 1 im in going 0 ing to vice MC about it II mr wilf watte then bald to the witness what la Is your experience an ai to the character of harry as to peace and quietness and othe this question was wai objected to by this defense and both bell sides fides cited a number her of authorities and will argue th the ris rates question this morning |