Show BEN CHAD CHADWICK JICK WITNESS FORSON'S FOR FORSON'S FORSON'S SONS SON'S DEFENSE AT TRIAL HERE State Rests Bests Without Call Call- Call Call- Callin Calling in jug ing Mrs Isoard Or Oi Mentioning Or-Mentioning Mentioning I Still OK ON STAND L He lie Says Wound In Neck Was C of D DeaTh ath At 4 Y Fridy afternoon the state ette rc rested ted Jn In th the case of W Valter e with first degree murder for or the HIB slay slay- slayIng slay slay-Ine big Ing of ot Ludovic Isoard hoard and the defense e b bean qan to Introduce mony Two defense had bad tes- tes tes testified titled on direct examination when the evening recess was taken at w i Benjamin in Chad ck the th lather father ot of Walter II a farmer ot of Slaterville was l the fh's first list defense witness placed upon th the stand by Attorney Attorney I Arthur Woolley Mr Chad Chadwicks s- s ld Id he hu was 65 6 years of age are and had bad lived at Sla erville ill his life An n objection objection objection tion was was roa mada by oby District District Attorney Attorney Attorney ney Joseph E B Evans to a Clues Clues- Lion tion asked Mr Chadwick It if his wife ill and unable to was come coins cometo cointo to court but JUdge Ba Baiker ker over over- overruled overruled ruled it and Sir Mi- Chidwick ChadwIck an- an an answered rca res H Ho Is said ld that his mother moth r was WM living was 84 years ot of age ace and Wailer was Il years ears old On November 21 8 S tb the day ot of the shooting Mr Cha Chadwick said I IOn he was plowing In a field l dIstance north of- of where chere here the slay slay- lay log occurred his br brother th r ling Joseph lck d ChaOs ick W COMES COIC m- m About 11 o'clock ho he said Walter alter was seen tol them over overa 0 o bill 1111 eIling Oh Dad Oh bad had bad Waltor seemed to be greatly and just before he- he reached them he be fell feU down dropping dr his shotgun th the father said Mr Chadwick at thi this point was asked by y Mr r Woo l Woolley y what Wal- Wal Walter Wal Walter ter said when he readied them but an objection to the co conversa- conversa conversation conversa versa versa- tion by the state stat was 33 sustained by the court and Mr Mi Chad lck was Wall told to continuo continue his description description tion of ot Walters Waiters but to leave lea out any convert rion Mr Chadwick I said mid tha thai Walter wu was In a 0 frenzy of ot excitement and he handed his bis Is shotgun to Joseph Chadwick who ho pumped d shell shell out of It IL It which fell cli upon the ground ACTING EL The Ti horses were wre unhitched front the plows and the three started toward the k Chadwik Cha wi k house Mt 1111 Chadwick said wl with h Waiter walk walk- walking walking ing ahead with the On the way n Mr ick Chall said the gun was sas taken Ill away from Walter bee because he T naG aai funny Cunny Arriving at J the e ChadwicK house tho the tho father s slId IJ lie Je h got Into an gil automobile summoned to Justice Foy an and l they to a telephone an and l called for the sheriff Later Mr Ir Chadwick sal said l he went with others other to the place where the body lay but they did id not touch It 11 but stood on the tin sewer embankment looking down dOWD It until the officer arrived Mr Chadwick was wu not cross cross- examined cross examined by Mr Ir ins Kv-ins John Slater Sister of ot of Slaterville a member of o the Jury was which was called callea lhor horly y art aft after r th the death was the th witness pl ced on on the th stand b by Mr Nt Jr Wool Wool- Woolley Icy ley Mr Slater said lie went to the body with Sheriff and other members o Q the jury an and the tho eun un lay IDY by Loar ls l's side a- a I kd ket Op Up and handed to him He He- Jg said ld he e worked the tho gun un and found on empty shell hellIn In the th barrel and three loaded 1 shells in the tho ma Mr Ir I ai Sla r l va f by bythe bythe bythe the state without crosa I o 11 ELI IS lU J I The Th third arid last bat de le lens ns wit witness ness fleas at the afternoon Ion was wal George Knight J t farmer of Slat Slat- Slat who testified that on De- De December De December cember comber C Ii seVeral Ja das 6 after the slaying Jle li ie went with 1 Benjamin Chadwick Joseph lck Clod and Arch MacLean to a port In the Chadwick field Sir Sir- r- r Chad Chad- Chadwick Chadwick wick said hi lie I was pl when the tle shooting occurred Mr Knight said they looked lound and he round found an exploded shotgun shell sli which he produced In Tills Is said saM to be o the phi which Joseph Chadwick pumped from the gun cun of ot oe Walter Waiter Chadwick when he ran to 10 his shier and gave up Ull his gun tun after tl tile e shoot shoot- Inc hoot Ing Under crosse examination cross Mr Knight said laid the t shell win wee burled buried about three thre In jn the ground In mud and he h kicked tt t oct 55 his shoe shoe hoc Th The state late Its lis case without bringing any In In any testimony testimony mony loony as s to 10 statements wade made by Walter Valter Chadwick lck to officers fol- fol following fol following lowing bowing the shooting or any ref ref- reference reference ref reference to to the th lie plant which was was- found l on the tho Chadwick farm tarm arm a fw after the shooting These Thes points were dwelt upon at sOnIC eom om length at the preliminary hearing in l the Inquest inquest In- In quest o OI ic J The rhe 8 sudden d resting of ot the slate brought broucht a II surprise because It was wa thought bought that Mrs Mr I oard I-oard oar would testify and ond nd that list her brother Percy 1111 Hansen II 50 n would b be placed Continued on Page Three BEN CHADWICK IS WITNESS Continued from Page Pae One upon the stand tand Mrs board Isoard and Mr Hansen testified at the pre pre- pre preliminary hearing Dr Francis Francia n II Conroy co county nty physician was as a state states state's early Friday afternoon and test test- tied fied he lie examined the ho body both at the scene of ot the shooting and later at the undertaking parlor where a post mortem examination was made H Ha Es said aid he arrived at atthe atthe atthe the body shortly noon and andIn andIn andIn In his opinion Isoard boud had hd been dead two hours hour He estimated i that the shooting o occurred about 10 o'clock In the tho morninG WOUND DESCRIBED The wound 1 In tn the rear ear ot of the neck woul would 1 cause death the physician while bUe the wound In the face tace I rind and nd breast was ns and woul would l not be fatal He said on direct examination that the wound In front might have havo been tired fired at 1 a 4 45 degree angle but modified the angle angle on exam examination cross Dr Henry t W Nelson Nelsn Ogden Oden physician who examined the bod body was 1 I witness On examination cross-examination Mr Wool Wool- Woolley Wool ley I IOn wound wound Icy ley asked him The wound on the ace jace ce and breast being super super- superficial would not stop his hs slon should he have hen n comIng comins- forward would ltV It t Dr nr r Nelson answered No Mr Evans then took the wit witness fleas and ond said And the th wound In front wa was ot of such nature that It if It would not stop him from fron ag ag- ag aggression It would nOt nat stop him bins from running away would It 1 The answer was No Dr Nelson said that the th wound In the rear ot of the neck was tho one which caused death d ath The bullets fractured two to vertebras and ond severed the thO the spinal spinal cord Ie He saId the wound woud In the near could not have been heen seif self BOUT ABOUT A AN KB ANE D 1 F Steele a deputy sherIff testifIed for tor the state that he went to the Chadwick farm tarm after the shooting and guarded Waiter Waller C while went down to the body In the field He said he talked l wIth Waiter Wolter In the farm Carm yard but did not mention anything about the shooting or the cause leading up to It It The officer sail said that Walter Waller was greatly excited excites and several times a asked ked him tf f he had not seel an airplane which was waR flying around the farm sometime Deputy Steele Steela Steel said that Walter Wolter kept In Insisting that the airplane was high In n th the air Upon examination cross Mr asked aked the a officer r It if he ha hadid did not question Walter WaJter as to the shooting but the officer an- an answered an answered l that he only asked ask How bad Is 18 the man nan hurt 7 and Chad Chad- Chadwick Chadwick wick answered lIe Hes dead When tho the of officer said saM Who Chadwick answered Lou board Isoard the tho deputy testified POSITION rosino OF or non BODY Frederick L 14 L Foy justice ot of the peace at was waa tho the fl- fl fi Ti final nal witness is calle called l by the state lie lIo said that Benjamin Chadwick came to his home at 1130 o'clock said Mid aid a shooting had and they telephoned for tor the fht sheriff Later Mr Jr Foy Fay said ho 10 went to where the body hody lay and descrIbed Its position about tho the same as other witnesses had done Ho He said aid aid no one went down the em- em embankment em embankment to the tho body until the officers came Isoard Isoard's gun ho testified was wu lying r t on the em era era- about five ha-c or six eta feet from the body |