Show I I I I IS HElD IMPORTANT liNK liNKIN IN STATES STATE'S CASE Pistol Rifling Pu Puts s 's Mark on Pellet Officers S Say y i t tA f i- i lF A battered peculiarly mar marked tt caliber 5 bullet l picked iele 1 up on on kl scene of ot the alleged hOldup holdup tl murder of C. C II McQuown n r ne near Nineteenth East and Se J South streets is a vitally in PO POi i tant link Unk in the states state's against larJ l Mark Collins o trial 1 J 11 the killing of McQuown ct h state is seeking to have in evidence and the introduction introduction- which is being stubbornly resist rt by counsel for the defense e. e Arguments Ai s on oh on the admi i of this exhibit In in e evidence i Ay made to the court for more morean morean an hour Saturday and num numer numer tl authorities were submitted by 1 sta state te and defense The G court urt 7 the matter under advisement conclusion of f the arguments lJj o AUTOMATIC FOUND The fate of the case may hinge upon this point it Is said in ie of the fact that the battered buli- buli I Ilet let is the link relied upon by tb the Y state to prove that the Colts Colt's automatic found In an aV alV J falfa Calfa field near the scene of the crime and claimed by the state to to tobe r. r be the property of Collins Is the th gun from which was fired the th p- p shots which killed McQuown 1 l The bullet in question has em embedded bedded in the end of it a piece ot of I bone or rock like UIe material and andis tt is the contention n of the state Ui th I this bullet pierced the head ot of McQuown then struck a t in Iii I the street and was battered out of ot shape dropping upon the Aground where jt was picked up IP after the crime by b a spectator No 10 Noone one knows who found the bullet bulle although witnesses testified to se seed se ling ing a man pick it up and hand It to another spectator The bullet finally passed from the hands of ofa of ofa a spectator to the sheriff It i is understood that If the bul let is admitted in evidence th the state Is prepared to Introduce ce evl dence to the effect fC ct th that t the build bull I bears certain peculiar markings markins caused by a defective rifle In the gun n from fron which it was fired and and- I that other bullets fired In ln experiment ment Ent from the automatic said to s belon belong to Collins bear the same sam peculiar markings as the 4 bullet a |