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THE UMPE-GASLExperts Called by the Btatef Heard From the Witness Stand.Trial Sure lo Kxtend Iilti* the Coining Veek-Utrtli Sides feMHtiuionMore Witnesses,of■B,rsn-stlit:hSOISro-11.r.Ut1110ie:e:0t-r-rtjtntill*•11• Robert Mocabee, son-in-law of the dead mao, the second witness summoned to testify in behalf of the State, retired from the witness chair Wednesday afternoon, after being Questioned closely for severalhours. Mr. Mocabee proved a witness of exceptionally _flne mien., his answers being given in even, distinct tones, without sign of ruffled feelings. His story related to the incidents In the corn field, where the shooting occurred, ‘gtnd was a recount of the facts previously published. With the exception of two statements there was nothing new in the story of the witness. Mocabee acknowledged on cross examination that, after DeCamp was shot, he drew off a raincoat and addressing Lampe declared that if Lampe wanted any more trouble to come on; and that Lampe replied he did not want any trouble. Moeabee had previously stated that he and De-Camp came from the end of the field, proceeding some twenty feet apart, moving toward Lam ye. The defense emphasized the admission of Mocabee on the score that he wag in a lighting frame of mind when the approach was made. The defense emphasized, also, the point that whatever DeCamp had in his hand, he held it aloof and waved it at Lamps. The State’s claims On this point were that De-Camp carried an ear of corn, but, by inference, the defense held.out that DeCamp might hare had a weapon-in his hand. Upon re-examination by the State, Mocabee declared that a corn cutter at the end of the field,* fwhere he and DeCamp were at work, was sttiek in the ground anti that it remained there when the pair walked in -the direction of Lampe. Mocabee was examined closely on a statement to the effect that DeCarap’a clothing were fired by the shots andthat he sqxxeezed the fire out with his hands, while DeCamp was bending over in the throes of pain. This point was stressed by the defense In the way of a hint that Mocabee might not, ae he claimed, have been about twenty feet distant from Lampe and DeCamp when the .second and third.shots were fired Dr. W. J. Reuter, ol Ohio City, was examined during the final hour of the session of Wednesday afternoon.. Dr Reuter appeared upon call of the State, Dr. Reuter’s testimony dealt with a call to the DeCamp home, following the shooting, where he found DeCamp in, a precarious eojnditicWn and immediately arranged tor his removal to the Van Wert County Hospital. Dr Reuter related the details of the surgical operation, performed in the hope of giving to De-Camp a chance for life. Dr. Reuter explained that the operation was performed as an emergency, without a test- of the patient’s blood or urine, and that the patient was on the operating table for a little over two hours, or about that length of time. Upon cross examination the defense laid the ground for the claim that DeCamp might have died us the result ot the shock, the point dwelt upon by the defense being that even a person in health might succumb to shock in event of an abdominal incision, or incisions. In whl,ch there was an internal exposure for a period of about two hours. Thq defense gave, also, an intimation that medical jurisprudence may play an important part in the testimony to be offered in behalf or Lampe, on the score of notest of the blood pr urine prior *o the surgical operation The questions of the defense in this regard were for the purpose of establishing that only a few moments would have been required to procure the samples necessary for the test, to determine whether the patient was in physicalcondition tor an operation. When re-exam hied by the State, Dr. Reuter declared that, in his judgment, both of the abdominal wounds were mortal.Till/It SHAY UoHMMi,The fourth day of the trial of John Lampe, under the. indictment charging first degree murder, for the shooting of George DeCamp, opened with general interest at.highest pitch, Residents of the rural district, particularly in the Southern part of this county and in the vicinity of Lampe’s home, in Mercer county, continue to display keeo concern over the proceedings. As early as seven o'clock, two hours before the time set for the opening of the morning session, residents of the rural districts began to arrive at the Court House, the number of spectators gradually increasing untilevery seat in the court room was', occupied and many stood in the aisles when the court was opened for the day.(Continued on rage Four.)
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Van Wert Daily Bulletin
Van Wert, Ohio, US
Thu, Apr 21, 1921
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