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Show COPELO CASE IS STARTED IfJ TEXAS Alleged Slayer of Anti-Catholic Anti-Catholic Lecturer on Trial for His. Life. u.Vi.v i-:ri s. 'i.,..-. o.-t. Tkins n.' fVUlriVf t.i'K.lll itU- . ..!,,',- ill ll.i' r; John r.iu I.ififl. lank . .isiiH'T. charged v. 'I h Ull ii ik" Willi, i m un ant i- 'a I iio- I. I"'t ll'O, Ill M.ill'.iall. Tr;.S, lVb'Uai :., :! ".. i 'li.c.Mi. . K. 1 I. ill, f;rM v. itm- - 1. , lie M;. . I I ., t In hj d.Ifrt teH- M:i,n' liini I ' 1 1 j i I ; 1 1 1 ' I lll-'d t lit I'uliil Hll'U. I '..II v. ;. :i.i.-k"n wtu- int.? ui.-t Imamr m ))'-; -' : i , l ii, 1 1 inn .lames H. Slubbs. ! 1 1 1 ' i i n 1 1 i-.i in I'n' (I ' N-iip. rr.nl t'l om I .. ip. :(!: nf t I if c ,;nninin tnul at Miii-f.Mil .;il.-ir,.-nl i,y Hall In (In; el'fe.-t I.;d h- i n'.ld Mf-O Who tirc-l the Sliot t I kl'l.'.l HI a i k, ;ih I ho lei'turer, 'oe-l-md Hinl .Jnllll l;nh'i:ir,, "Wi'l'C tangled lii ! r-ll.f'l." I., i his rr-.nl correct V" asked Mr. JJall PM-hiiiifrl flint wliihi he could nut sec t to; k 1 1 i I n 'upe land's ha lid, hr sa W the t-liMl .-nine 1uin ( upfi-'lid'H direction. IV: 1 1 inf m i y k'lcen li.v Mull Indicated Uirtt j.n:-.slhl' !. will he the Hilly cy p wl t lif-NS nf me, ;;l.uothit; to Ik mi tn innned by l Me st n te. Hp said hi had been informed that Sadie lila.'k, whom (ho lecturer inhM'iffd mi his daughter, in now In Illinois. Illi-nois. o nd i it'll:-' on subpoenas Issued lni' Hip "ill have hpftn made. K.r a time todav it appeared thnt ten-liiiioiiv ten-liiiioiiv .nldnrPd diiriu the. trial mitfht not be available lor publication. .Judne Clay Siojirt Ih h'.s i.- wied an order soon after ihe Jury -.van nih'd that publication of ihr. t-mirl pioceedniRS would not be permitted per-mitted as it would render impossible the s.'lp.-iiun of jui'i-'s In (he cases of tieorf;e Cvaii and Gc.rye Tier, which will follow Mint of f'op'-liind. Hp based his order on thp libel law of TexaH, makljifj the t est in lot iv privileged mat tcr. ' 1 .a tpi . ' however, the. j ml tee ruled that Iiih older would npply only to papers in ' i hilvesion county or l"n editions of papers sent into (.'it Ives I on county. Hall told his story of the killing without with-out ('iicslloniiiK. He said three men called to see 1 :l.uk in Murshull and, meet ins him in tlie hotel corridor, were asked into his room. "A fourth man came up who addressed ' tup and sulci, with Ids hand on his risht hip pocket. 'Vni stay out here,' " tesii-licd tesii-licd the witness. Mall said that later he learned that this man was (leortre Rvnn and that another man who went in was George Tier. "N'evt. a tilth man refo-hed tho door of the room," Hull continued. "I leai-ned afterward this man was named Winn. "At. the same lime Copeland and Rogers Rog-ers engaged Bla-k in conversation. I p h ked n p the convorsatlon when one of the men said, 'I understand you lectured here last nighl. You're not RoiiiK to lee-lure- tonight. You're tfoing to leave t own. ' Black replied : 'I will lecture tonight and 1 will not leave town." Then Rogers s.iid, 'I'll lie damned if you do!" and sei.cd Black. Blak tried to get up and tfpi his gun, but was pinioned and failed. A scuffle followed." Hull said 'he saw every nian making a motion toward his right hip pocket. A fhot was fired from behind Black, he tes-tiiied. tes-tiiied. lie sprang back to the bathroom 1nr safety, pulling his gun as he jumped. 1 le fired at Rogers's head above Black's s.'ouhler. hp said. Then Black, Rogers and Copcland, who were together, sf para pa-ra ted. Rogers f-ll and Black staggered. The, girl, Sadie Black, caught the lecturer, lec-turer, who i allied and ran toward Hall. Hull said Black pulled his gun. turned and then fell across Rogers's body. t'nder questioning. Hall admitted he hnd not heard the rlrst part of the conversation. con-versation. "You did not hear Copeland say. (hen. 'We have come up here to protest against your delivering vour lecture at;ain'?" a.-ked Mr. Stubhs. " i "NV." replied (he witness. Mr. Siubhs prcHluced a circular distributed distrib-uted in Marshall, headed "The Rottenness of Komanis-n in American Politic:." It, advertised Black as an ex-priest who would lecture on successive nights, be- ginning February 2, l!i;., on these subjects: sub-jects: "Effects of the Confession Box." "Convent "Con-vent Life," and "Is the Oath of the Knights of Columbus True?" On the back of the circular was printed matter, which asserted to be a reproduction reproduc-tion from the fourth degree of the Knights of Columbus. It declared Hie intention in-tention of the person taking the oath to wage relentless warfare against nil heretics, here-tics, especially Protestants and Masons, and to extirpate them, "hatming, strangling stran-gling and burning them alive," as directed. di-rected. Hall admitted he did not know the real obligation of the Knights of Columbfcs. After Vfall had testilied that a week subsequent to the shooting lie told two men at ongview, Tex., that the only regret re-gret he. had was that lie had not killed every one of the party that visited Black, court adjourned until tomorrow, when he Is expected to conclude his testimony. |