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Show HENWOOD TESTIFIES IN HIS OWN BEHftlf DEN'VKR. Juna 24. Rulings by Judge Greeley IVhitford. presiding at the trial of Frank H. Henwood, for tha murder of Oeorge E. Cope land of Victor. Colo., yea-terday yea-terday put tha defense In a tight corner, from which H wriggled only with difficulty. diffi-culty. Kenwood, teatifylna In Ma own behalf, recounted events prior to tha shooting and waa proceeding to tall the jury of threats made against hla Ufa bv 8. L. tTonyl von Phul of St. Loula. whan objections ob-jections by the atate were sustained by the court on the ground that foundation had not yat bean laid for auch avldenoa. Tha court held that aome- overt act on the part-of von Pbul that made aelf-defenee aelf-defenee abaoiutely aecaaaary must ba ahown. Following tha ruling tha defenaa temporarily tem-porarily took Henwood from tha stand and called U H. Durhene. a bellboy, who teatllled that von Phul after knocking Henwood down, stood half faolng Henwood Hen-wood and with bla right hand on hla hip pocket with every Indication of being about to pull a gun- wtth thla aa a baala tha defense will renew Its attempts to bring tha alleged threatening of Henwood'a Ufa by von Phul before tha Jury. Henwood told of tha events In tha barroom bar-room at the Brown Palaiw hotel, preceding pre-ceding tha shooting. "I waa in the barroom.' Bald tha witness, wit-ness, "when von Phul came in with aome friends and stood at the bar. Later he changed hla poattlon and got close to me. I stepped up to him and aald: " 'Won't you reconsider what you aald yeaterdayr " I am going upstairs and pull that gray-headed out of bed and show him who is master here, but rn st tot imt.nt-Trpnnt." With thet. according to tha wltnesa. von Phul knocked Henwood down. The latter thought von Phul waa reaching for a revolver, ha testified, and draw bis own and began firing. Replying to tha Question why he thought von Phul carried a revolver, Henwood- proceeded to relate the eventa occurring In the afternoon at a downtown department store. Ha had an appointment, appoint-ment, he said, with von Phul at :0 o'clock In tha latter'a room, but von Phul waa not there. Instead ha found von Phul. Mrs. Springer and tha latter'a mother m the store. He accosted Mrs. Bprtnger, saying: "liaheHe, you are not doing aa you promised (n thla matter. Tou bava come down here to meet thla man when you promised me faithfully you would never see him again." Then von Phul approached, according to tha wltnesa. and denounced tha latter as an eavesdropper. "I've got a notion to apill you over this place," von Phul said. Finally the party returned to tha hotel and on the way hack, according to the witness, von Phul abused him In tha vilest terma. . , . After testifying to hla sincere friendship friend-ship for the Springers and to threata by von Phul to aend to Mr. Springer letters let-ters written by Mrs. Springer to yon Phul. tha wltnesa asserted that Mrs. Springer worshiped her husband. At this period tha witness broke down and cried Bitterly. ' ,.,.J,udca..Whltford then ordered a recesa. |