Show I MEN ACCIDENTAL till to That Is the Defense in the Shavers Murder Case TI I i I THE TESTIMONY IS NEARLY ALL IN lis A Writ of llamlalo Applied f r Analnit I Counlr Ci mnilMlDnrriKr I lit nt Jurors Dron31111111e 11 The Shavers murder trial was resumed re-sumed before Judge Norell and Jury today The jirosecutlon cnllid neVus I C I hherlff Andrew J Hurt anti cximlncd him is to the condition tol the gull tile thnotlng was done vtlth Ilalllft Nick I Oulbrnnsen and Mrs Dent wldo oC fd I the deceased were also examined on I unimportant matters when the State Iri rested There was rtlll another wit at ness T A Stertoe who o name np rei eared on the back of file Information us but Jir Putnam did not deem It net mary to call him Mr Kane Insisted ri ier Hint he be put on the stand as tile wit r n < 4s had peen examlsod before the xro Is committing magistrate and I Was shown 19 be an eo witness of the affair Mr 1101 I mane also stated tint Judge I Hlles had int rad Jield that tha lauseeBtlorrinu11 proluce vie witnesses named on 1110 Indictment wh Sir lulrl in nald i 1t would perhaps be clot error It the Stile failed to announce that the Vvltnesn I wlIln curt feteptos lo was present und If the defense wanted I bet th tu use him It could rail him to the lot stand git In the absence of the authority cited by Mr 7ine Judge Norrell overruled all the objection reserving the right rl however In < hange his ruling Hfle ell consulting h tehanwe lb Till < DEFENSE c Mr Zane then made it tntnwnt of a 4 the came for the derenso to the Jury X 1 lie Bald that the affair wa an unfortunate nt un-fortunate one Shavers felt he was it 11 I greatly to blame fir his ivnduct Into In-to some vinys but mot any man would have don vhat ho did under like con lo dltlons Obenso the regular caller I at I L 1 ul the dance Aas IIrd of culling und 01 asked Shavers to relieve him The dm 1 Cndant oonnt and Uk the stand The band started lip Allen some one J TdUn 11 cidled out for It to stop an one at t h e sets rum nt III I ed The music I ceased and urnnt second or tile game I one C Icit out all set HhalCrd I dl t then gave the band order to start upI up-I when McCauley the Ituder rofuI n laying he was not taking his ordn i o from Shaven A wordy argument a then ensued during which McCauley called Shavers a vile name The let ter struck McCauley knocking his l lcl II Ill cut A f Ills hands h musician 1 sitting next to the leader jumped up > and struck at Shavers aIt Hutton another member of the bind caught 4 I hold of a chair and raisin It aloft I I truck Shn era on the shoulder felling him Id the floor The defendant believing 4 I be-lieving the whole crowd was attackIng attack-Ing him reached for his gun not with I the Intention of shooting but for the 1 purpose of scaring lila assailants off A man named Ira Thompson jumped I on the platform and rahhd the re I vat over During the Iruggle ho gun f I went off the bullet striking John W f Dent he vvam in the rear end 7 j the 11 I hallin the buck People near the > o Elatforni were not kware that anyone r I ad been shot Bruce Johnson ivalked It up toSMvn and ordered him to get I out Other partk cam lip still risks the defendant what made him pull tho gun und his reply was that he couldn lUnd all thoie fellows Jumping on fand rUz J tJui I I la Mr Zane reltemted thtt Plate I Mont thtt Shavers did not Intend to shoot that thun Vient oft accident I I ally and that Hutton was at the 101 I I torn at the whole tmuhle I At the conclusion of Mr Zanes statement I state-ment VJonn Neabltt vras called for the I defense Her testimony wan In accord J ac-cord with Mr Zanen position an also 1 I was the testimony given by L it Steele f and Bruce Johnson Mr Zone then I called Ira Thompson and that gentleman 1 gentle-man not bBlnir present the court or I dared that he be fined 250 1 I DEFENDANT TAKISS Till STAND The defendant Albert Shavers wa called to the Bland this afternoon and I I In answer to Mr Zane Mid he knew In I fact they were good friends At I I the deceased John W Dent Intimately this point the altiless ThompOn on 1 trd Ihe court room and Shavers wn 1 excused On motion or Mr Zane the I court relditted the fine nt 1250 Thomp on loas letICSlnlf when The Nw reporl elod I I It In I thought the defense will ge4 evening through before lOurt adjourns hit |