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Show HEARD DEE'S TIMS "Would Shoot First Police-man Police-man Who Entered," Is Evidence. . BANK CLERK WAS IN ADJACENT K0CM P. C. Campbell; Eye Wit. ness. Gives DamaJin(.Tes-, timony at Hearing. - "Tho first ' policeman that comes to tho door, I'll blow his Vraias oat," Is tho exclamation accredited to Elmer L. Sowoy, Just boforo tho shoot-Inf shoot-Inf of Folic Sergeant 3. Henry Johnston, John-ston, hj Paris O. OunpboU, bank clerk of Fort Collins, ooloi, a witness at Dewey V preliminary bearing this moraine boforo Judge Bowman la too . police court, ' Campbell was a f oost at tho Albert hotel oa tha morning of Jnly 6, whoa Dewey shot sad mortally wounded tho polio officer who had been summoned to th hotel to rostoro peace la Dewey's room. The most damarfns: testimony Introduced Intro-duced by the state waa that Bives by Campbell, who had been unshaken a hia story, wbea ho waa eieuaed from further examination at thia time, but who will resume th staad Monday aft-rnooa aft-rnooa at H o'clock, Th preliminary hearing of Dewey was begun In the police courtroom over polic headquarters .shortly before 11 o'clock this morning. The efforts ot the sheriff 's office aud the ofrlv of th -county attorney to throw aa air of atysteiy and seerecy about th ease, for the alkged roaaon that th county officials feared aa outbreak of mob violence, vio-lence, or overt attempts against the ' . prisoner, wer apparently useless. It Was generally known that the bearing would b b.-ld before Judge fiowuii la the eity courtroom, but not mor tha twenty spectatora were preaent when Dewey . was brought to tat courtroom under a heavy guard, harm's "roars" Oroundltaa. There waa ao overt demonstration of any kind, proving th "fears" of the sheriff's of He that Dewey might be aasassinated by some member of th polic fore, or that a mob might attempt at-tempt to lynch him, wer wholly with, out baaia, and wer maaufaetured for cheap political effect. Dewey waa taken to tho polic head- quarters tinder a jf.ua rd comprising 8 her. iff Joe Sharp and Deputy Hheriffs H tee Is, Emery, Corles and fcmitb. Tho tn&aacles were removed ia the chambers cham-bers of Judge Bowmas., where Dewey was taken uatil the routine grist of po lice court easee had been disposed of. Attoroev ('. BtanJey Price, Dewey ' counsel entered the courtroom a few minutes before the rase was taken an, and was f pi lowed A moment later by Mrs. Dewey. Mn. Dewwy Leoka Well 8be was dr eased ia a wide brimmed black sailor bat, white shirt waist and black summer cost. 8he seems to show little facial evidence of the strain which she has endured since the shoot in Dewey was takes Into the courtroom bv the truard of deputy sheriffs gad was sested by hia counsel. , The cane was tsken up at once, and Attorney Price declined to enter a plea. At the reouest of Denut Count v Attorney John K. Bowman, who eon due ted tha case for the state the court entered a plea of not guilty for Dewey. John E. Mackey, an employee of the county surveyor's office, waa called to the stand and introduced a map of the room in which the shooting occurred, and the adjoining room on the third floor of the Albert hotel. M. J. Renshaw, a youth, employed as night clerk of the Albert hotel, was the next witness. He "was on duty tbe morning of the shooting, and through the preceding night, and iadicated the location of the furniture in the room aa it stood at the time of the shooting. Campbell 'a Story Damaging. - Paris O. Campbell, employed as 4 clerk in the First National bank at Kort Collins, wss the next witness, aad offered the most damaging testimony thus far introduced by the prosecution. Efforts of the defense to shake hia testimony tes-timony bv rigid erosa questioning were unavailing. I Campbell testified that be came to i the city about three weeks ago to spend hia summer vacation. He took a room , at the Albert hotel, aad was ia the lots by of the hotel on the aight of July 4. He met Dewey and saw by a ledge emblem ia Dewey's lapel that they were fellow members la a fraternal orgs airs ai-rs t ion. On thia basis Campbell introduced intro-duced himself to Dewey aad after a few minutes' conversation they and another chance acquaint ace drank a pitcher of beer. A little later Campbell aad a maa friend left the hotel and went to Mats sad Second South streets. They saw Dewey go to the Bathikellar, bat Utd ot accompany him. Campbell returned to the hotel soma time .before midnight aad went to his room. , Hear Violent QnarreL . Home time after 1 o'clock on the morning of July 5. there were sounds of a violent quarrel or fight between Dewey and his wife. Campbell heard (Cvatiuued on pair ) HEARD DEWEY'S THREAT (Continued from page I.) them plainly in his room on the floor below. He went up the stairway, witb others, and to D.'wey's door. Campbell and the others listened for two or three minutes to the sounds of the violent quarrel, after which he went to the door and knocked and asked I)ewy to be quiet, as he was disturbing everyone in the house. There was no response, the witness said, and Campbell knocked again. Dewer asked who was there. Campbell replied, giving his name, and declaring himself to be Dewey's friend. M didn't know if it was you or a policeman," Dewey was quoted by the witness as having said. a Campbell then said that Dewey exclaimed almost in the sajne breath: "The first policeman who comes to the door I'll blow his brains out." Mrs. Dewey Lets Them In. Dewey told Mrs. Dwey to open the door and the door was' opened from the inside after s alight delay. Mrs. Dewey wns crying. Dewey was dressed iu his undershirt snd trousers. "Please don't point that gun at me," Mrs. Dewey had said once or twice before be-fore Csmpbell had entered the room. Campbell stood in the door snd Dewev faced the door with the gun in hia band. Csmpbell threw both his hands up to show he was unarmed. Dewey lowered the gun and walked toward to-ward the dreseer. Csmpbell urged Dewey to quiet himself, him-self, snd pleaded their "brotherhood in their common fraternal order as his excuse for showing his friendship to Dewey. Dewey put the gun on the dresser. The gun was cocked all the time. Mrs. Dewey stepped towsrd the dresser snd Dewey grabbed the gun again. Saw Johnston Shot. , The side door, opening from the ad joining room, was opened, and Dewey stepped with great rapidity to the hail door through which Csmpbell hsd entered. en-tered. He put his bsck to the door and stood STith the gun sdvanced before htm as Sergeant Johnston and Chauffeur Sullivan entered the room from the adjoining ad-joining room. Dewey stood with hia back to the door as the officers entered. Sergeant Johnston walked quiet- 4 ly toward fDewey with hia right hand outstretched, and said: "What's the trouble heref', When Johnston passed be- tween Dewey and Campbell, Dewey fired. Sergeant John-. 4 "ton was only a foot or two 4 4 away wbn tbe shot was fired. 4 Dewey's back was still to the 4 4 door. . 4 4 As soon as the shot was fired 4 Sergeant Johnston fell forward, 4 4 bis bands on Dewey 'a shoulders. 4 4 Her grant Johnston turned and 4 4 cried "oh!" and grabbed his 4 4 stomach with both hands. The 4 4 blood flowed from between his fingers. Campbell aided Sergeant Johnston to get to the hallway and tbe wounded officer of-ficer was then taken to tbe patrol am bulance snd thence to the police station. Campbell Cross Examined. At the conclusion of Campbell's direct di-rect examination. Attorney Price for the defense com pel Jed Campbell-to give! the bistorv of his life and name hia school teachers. Campbell declared that he was not compelled to leave Fort Collins, Col-lins, but came here of his own accord, on his summer vacation, and would re-tarn re-tarn to Fort Collins as soon as permitted per-mitted bv the court. He was unable to say if iVwey had been drinking heavily. heav-ily. Campbell was then excused until Wonday afternoon at 2 o'clock. U. J. Rensbaw was recalled and testified tes-tified that the room was rented by Mrs. Dewey, and that it had been occupied jointly bv Dewey and his wife. |