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Searched F«*r iinnlit* testified that after the murder, Jlt;h* Hurt on requested him to , help search Miliaria run for the gum ’1 He added that Joe told him he nearly frose wading the creek in mrcb of the woo porn Dos* **aid he told Burton that the gun prohate ly wna covered by mud.The gun wat found later in the j creek a abort distance from the Burton home, The defendant aald that Mrs, Burton had him take her pistol to hfa* home because the wa» afraid of her husband when he wasdrinking.Joseph Burton testified that Dossgave him the pistol to exchangf forthe shotgun. Kit hard Lyons testified that he traded the shotgun to Burton for a pistol. lk»s said he could not identify the shotgun, adding that several weeks before themurder Joe brought a gun to his . home for repair* and left it there j three days*Denies Being Near Burton HomeHe denied that he was near the I I Burton home when the murder occurred. Burton testified that he saw Doss standing near the home with a gun.Doss said he owned a black coupe at the time of the murder and never owned a green ear. t'oust a hie \V. K. Jacobs said he saw a tar, he thought was a green roadster or coupe owned by Doss, containing a man he thought was Does, speed past the Burton home a few minutes after the murder. He said the tar contained two men,Cora Dunlap testified that she and her husband saw a green ear with four men and one with a gun speed }ast her home a few minutes after the murder.Another state witness testified that he saw a car which he thought was Doss’ machine speed through Luca a villi a few minutes later. iHfferenre In Time Doss in his statement said that when he arrived home, on the night of the murder, he found his son In-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. K. Bogus, parktri in a car at his house. They testified that they went to the Doss home and found
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Portsmouth Times
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Thu, Apr 25, 1935
Page 50
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