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Show I' Jl( A STAR WITNESS. ll ' 1( He Butted in After the Tire Because I f!( He "Wanted to See." I fij Clilcago, Jan. 0. David Jone?. a mason ' jP foreman for the Fuller Constitution com-Mij com-Mij pany, was the star witness of tho aftcr-noon, aftcr-noon, and ho had a most uvcomfortablo I Li limo of it while on tho stand. H'J Jones was tho man who removed the j skylights from tho theater on tho day fol-X fol-X J lowing the aro, and In endeavoring to ox-iu ox-iu ,p,1:dn w!,?r hc ',U9 ,lc ta"K'-d himself thoroughly aud failed to muku a satlsfno Id tory explanation. When aakod why ho r went to tho heater ho nald: VI' , "l lard the walls were bulging out, and W( 1 wont to nee." (l il1?,". aa,k0'1 Vy ,b0 hafl movcd tho M fkylojlits he sa d they wcro afraid tho i 3 ?l0,!v3 woHld fal1 down nd hurt somo-Hi somo-Hi bod' nn tho stage. Hc wa asked by Cor-ij Cor-ij I oner Traeyer: ? "what business was it .of voura to lcir U ;l,,.wn an: portion of that inilldhur, own fl if it was dangeioiw? Dcivt, you know that AJ worrc oelonxu to the police and lire do- J i.artments?" ft "W-K. I know that." I j ' Then why did yo meddle with affairs i U that were no concern of yu-.na?" fli "1 xvas afraid somebody would bo hurt " I. A 'In't it a fact that you were sent there V to destroy evidence?" I , ",Xo' Hlr: I' wntl 110t snt there by anv-(t anv-(t bod:-. 1 went r-f my own accord." |