| Show STATE RESTS TS GAS I Defense in Murder Trial i j i I Has Now I Opened 1 j J II I I I L i JURY VISITS SHEEP RANCH 1I 1 I I I i I I JEhe Prosecutlonin the Case of tho State Against Lynch and King for I I the Killing of Godfrey Prowsc I Basted in Chief Yesterday and Examination c Ex-amination of Witnesses for the Defense l S De-fense BeganrCourt rt Jury aul Counsel yisitfVGamblinsHousc j r WlttcnbeVTalks of a Threat I II iffi i Tho prosecution rested In the murder cfl case against t James Lynch and R L King for the killing l of Godfrey kcii Trowse yesterday forenoon The defense de-fense salved tho formality of an opening open-Ing statement and proceeded at onc with the examination of witnesses The uq1 Jury was taken to view the scene of tho tragedy and about 3 oclock an adjournment ad-journment was taken till Wednesday J morninG The court adjourned early because of the absence of several witnesses vi nesses for the defense The morning hours yesterday were occupies the > prosecution In gathering IYOEC gather-ing up the loose l ends of Us testimony preparatory to closing Its case Detective De-tective Sheets gave further details of the location of objects iii the rear of the gamblinghouse and tho finding I the two guns He also said that he L found In the drawer of the washstand r In Kings room In the Walker house I the brown paper In which It hI claimed I the valise and handkerchiefs said to have heel bought by King were wrappedMEYER I MEYER RECALLED H Meyer the clerk in the store 3 where the valise And handkerchiefs 1 were bought said he was almost sure i the brown paper jn which they were wrapped was not marked with the I name T 11 Martcll Kings alias e I when It was trapped around the art l I tIcs In the store when they were delivered de-livered to King Frank Caldwell cleric at the Walker 5 tlTe house testified that King regIstered there under the name Martell 1 William Pitman an employee of the I RT Kentucky liquor store said he discovered iT A discov-ered the two guns supposed to have been thrown away by thetwo holdups i when they escaped after the shooting 1 T They were behind a barrel in the alleyway al-leyway He took them up but placed them back again and told the police about them I WITNESSES FOR DEFENSE S9 The State here rested and the defense ra opened by calling 31 M Desky who testlied that he used in his store similar lt simi-lar kind 0 wrapping paper to that 1 found in Kings room at the Walker it house 0 M A Dudler proprietor of the Walker L Walk-er house testified that he never saw King in any suit o clothes but the ono 1 he vaswearlngin the courtroom and DUI1 Clerk CnfdWpIl made u similar statement flhlt state-ment > t I JURY VISITED SHEEr RANCH w During the noon recess the Jury the Judge the defendants nnd counsel for S3 fe both sides lsitud the Sheep Ranch h1i gamblinghouse to view the premises i5 where th6 shoaling Q tralr Lie management 1 I man-agement had no l been apprised of the intended visit and the court officers n1b had au opportunity of observing a TL gamblingroom in full blast The roulette TttiS rou-lette wheel which was running with Its I accustomed smoothness bern H smootl was being El patronized by three or four Chinamen I i and several white men The chinamen on seelnb the tsixc of the crowd increase In-crease felt encouraged and continued their betting with renewed vigor The ioI faro game at the table where Col if Prow received the fatal wound was also in progress but the crap game ifr which had been In operation came to a rraLs sudden close The masters of ceremonies In the m1 various departments soon caught on to Iai the purport of the visit and business came to 1 standstill and the room was cleared of all apcqtators save the court I vlslorst L7 WITTENBERG CONTRADICTED W F Conrad bartender In the Headquarters saloon said lie saw the + ttIt two men about whom William Witten berg testifiedcome Into the saloon the SEI5T talest tcstlfd he said wore a black J 5 ulouch hat which i dl1 not resemble LIJtlV either of the hats offered In evidence Ji1i The taller one he said wore a whlto i shirt and the two after buying the drinks went out by tho front door all of which statements were at variance c with Wittenbergs testimony Certain parts of the testimony of several witnesses were reread by the jt stenographer and afterward Ernest Seydel was called to explain the r I changes made In the arrangement of the gamblingroom between the time when the pjat that had been offered In t evidence was made and the visit by I Jfr the court and jury yesterday SOLD SHIRT TO KING Jacob Autos a clerk In M H Desks in stoic said that he had old a shirt to rt1 King u few days before the shooting b and had wrapped the shirt In paper similar to that subsequently found In I Wd Kings ropni at the Walker house and i 1 which the prosecution contends was t t wrapped around the valiie and haid I j f Iterchlefs sold to King by the witness j I Meyer Aurcs alsp s aid I the shirt worn by King yesterday was like the one n that witness had sold King He did not RAM 1 attempt to Identify either the paper or I I the shirt but he said when King made the purchase he had cither asked Aures I U t1J I to do the shirt up in a large piece of r paper or to give I him a sheet of paper Siif1 I but as to which request King made r f Aures was not certain < l Attorney Wanless for the 1 gI AtorneY r defense asked for an adjournment on account accunt L4k + Hf + of the absence of his two remaining witnesses and court wis adjourned until un-til Wednesday at 10 oclock The attorneys J c at-torneys think that the case will be i d given tothe jury Wednesday night SAYSHJ3 WAS THREATENED a William 2rlHEATENED I iAiiC e VII YIlenberg messenger a tul boy who Identified King a one of tho men he saw coming from the Sheep d I Ranch nnd enter the Headquarters sa 11 is 1 4 JoonImmediately after the shooting lhCf i say that at different times since the piellnilhnry examination and during Cb 4tW the prlg lit trial attempts have elurlng J made by parties unknown to him to 5l t I J 1 intimidate him from testifying In the l case On Sunday night said Witten crih berg Ia young man called me a squeal I < o f pigeon and called me objectionable r names for swearing against a man who i wa innocent I sid to the man ll5J I paid Wittenberg II you know HO cii j much why dont you tchtify for King Ai And ft fe > v wcek > agoa man told me Ii that If 1 testified at the trial as 1 had r at the preliminary hearing I was liable 9 1 11 J to get my Jiei d I blpwn off |
