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Show SAN JUAN FEUD CASE SCHEDULED FDR JURY TODAY Defense Witnesses Testify That Gunplay Between Stevens and Bradford Covered 7-Year Period MONTICELJXV P. 1 Fate of Laroy B. Stevens, admitted (layer of jOaorie and Charles Bradford, on trial I here for ft rat deirre. murder, will ba in the hands fo taa jury lata, today. Only two defense witnesses remain I to ba examined, and It la expected that closing: arxumenta will ba ended , by noon. 8tavna rlajma self-defense. Bad blood between Btevene and tha Bradford la aald to data back aavan years, whan tha defendant waa thwarted in hla romance with Axnse Bradford. State'a wltneaaea hsye teatltled aa to threata aald to have baa made by tha defendant airalnet the dead men. Defenee witnaaaaa have retaliated with taatlmony aa to threata made by the Bradforda airain.t Btevene. Caaual meetlnse of tha feudlata frequently resulted In run play, but no actual shooting occurred oc-curred until tha killing of tha two Bradforda by Btevene last March, according to wltneaaea. Corroborating Stevens' . taatlmony that ha had bean working on a farm adja-ent to the highway whan tha Bradforda approached, and that ha ahot them only after George Bradford had picked up a gun from tha buggy floor aa If to fire on tha defendant, wltneaaea yeaterday told of aeatng Stevens at work on tho W. H. Osrret-aon Osrret-aon farm, near where tha ahootlng occurred, the afternoon of tha killing. T. R. Butta of Dove Creek told under oath of gun play between Charlea Bradford and Stevena on tha atreeta of Monticello five year. ago. At that time Stevena got the drop on Bradford after tha latter had atarted to draw, and ordered htm to leave town. Seven other wltneaaea testified aa to threata made by tha Bradford! against Stevena. |