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nb ing that the development of gangrene k0!Iu the wound resulted fatally. Dr. Stittjr.said the bullet in entering the limbhad shattered the bone.toSheriff E. It. Wolfe'testified he wasrssummoned to the Rogers home on thelr.toiy-afternoon of March 14th by a reportof a shooting and was accompanied byDetective Charles Best. They found apool of blood in the yard and more“*■ blood on steps nearby. Entering thehouse, the sheriff said they discoveredMrs. Rogers lying on a couch, evidenty in great pain and she stated shehad been shot. Mr. Rogers, admittedne officers to the house'and accordingjo Sheriff Wolfe madj a statement tothe effect that he had been an office;'j'for 20 or 30 years’’ and when I tlt; IIthem to styp they stop. 1 told her ttstop and she didn’t stop and you set.I stopped her.” The sheriff said he dc•uanded that Roger produce '* Aand going to a hall rack, he opened alid and picking up a .38 calibre policlt;special Colt pistol, in a hdlst* r, turnedthe same over to him. The sheriff de* livered the weapon, together with flv*loaded shells which he said wore in i,at the time and five einpl. sh uU jwhich he picked up on a stand, tlt;Coroner Dosch.The sheriff testified that whi.e Rog-C*ers showed some signs of resentment,he did not resist arrest. Rogers, tinIsheriff said, was under the influenceof liquor and while his talk was thickwas nevertheless cognizant of whatlie was doing.Louis Grunelli, who lives neigh bo-to the Rogers family, te stified he wain his home when he heard tin* reportof four pistol shots. Looking out of awindow he saw’ Mrs. Rogers lying onthe ground in the yard and noticed MrRogers standing near the corner ofhis house with a revolver in his handMr. Grunelli said he wen’ outside andrtried to assist Mrs. Rogers to rise andthat Mr. Rogers ordered him to “getout and the witness said he thoughtRogers was going to shoot him so hereturned to his house. He declaredthat Mrs. Rogers lay in the yard forhalf an hour before Mr. Rogers andanother man carried her into the Royers home.Mrs. Ellen Ayres a neighbor of !bI Rogers family testified Mr*. Rog iwas paying her a call oh the afterneon cf March 14th when Mr. Rogerscame in and asked Iter to go home.11 rs. Ayres said Mrs*Rogers got t-pvithout saying a word e*fdr. Rogers out of lt;h • house* AIsluow Mrs. Ayres testified she saw Mr.hRogers shooting at his wife, firingfour k- s In all. At the time Mrs. Rogwas sitting on the steps in theA res yard leading down to the Garrett’s Run road and Mr. Rogers wasstanding at the corner of the Roger'sw' - :*house, which is located on the oppositeside of the road. Mrs. Ayres estimatedthat Rogers was 50 feet away whenhe fired the shots. Mrs. Ayres testifiedthe only thing she heard Mr. Rogersay was the request for his wife to gohome and she stated further that MrsRogers made no reply but just got upftand followed him out.Dr. Xtnbier explained and describedin great detail the wound received byMra. Rogers, He said the bullet entered the calf of the r-ght leg, fracturingthe smaller bones and then took anupward course, finally lodging at apoint four or five ipches above theknee In the deeper muscles of thelower part of the thigh. The witnesMStestified that the wound and the infection which developed caused death.I)r. Ambler also testified that Mrs.*Rogers told him she h*ad been shot byher husband while she was stand. fttn Mrs A cron’ vard. l td; itien.- e •I «ed, according to Dr. Ambler, to Mr.Rogers having been standing at a lowi level i hau his wife when * it-: *2 occurredAfter hearing Dr. Amber’mony the Jury deliberated a short tin *and returned the verdict given above
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Kittanning Simpsons Daily Leader Times
Kittanning, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Apr 20, 1923
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