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on the night of the filial shootingoutlined in detail the elrenin-sl.nneea surrounding the shooting, Cunningham stated that lie and his wife and Harold Thompson (and his wile drove in Ills Chevrolet roadster to the home of Frank Cunningham on Sunday, August 11, arriving about .1 2:30 o’clock in Lime for dinner. Tim day was spent at the Cunningham home, About 8 o’clock in the evening they started for their homes. Cunningham was behind the steering wheel; his wife was seated alongside of him; Harold Thompson was seated to the right of the one-seated car and his wife was seated on his lap. They traveled a distance of about four and otie-haif miles, turning off to the right on the backbone road leading to Ilesslon, and while driving along the road, on cither side of which were fields of John Wldner, he stopped the car almost, in the middle of the roacl forvthe purpose of relieving himself. He shut off the ignition and left the lights burning. He stepped into Widnor’s cornfield about 5 to 7 feet, he heard somei ne cussing and then saying, “You’re trying to pull something. Cunningham glanced in the direction where the sound of a voice came from and suddenly a shot rang out. Cunningham saw the fire coming from the muzzle of the gun as the shot was fired. He retreated. running almost parallel with the road. The women screamed and glancing around he saw the form of a man lying on the road hack of his car. By the time he reached the body lying on the road the women were there, kneeling over Thompson. Cunningham. too. knelt down and raised Thompson’s head and saw that he had been shot in the face and was unconscious. He looked in the direction of where the shot came from he saw a man in the Held on the hill whom he recognized as John Widnfer, He called to the man to come down and assist him aB Thompson bad been wounded, but the man did not come down. Hurriedly Thompson was placed in the Cunningham car and rushed to a doctor’s office in Marklesburg. The doctor was not at home at the time. He then went to a business place in Mark-lesburg In an effort to get assistance In bringing Thompson to the hospital. About this time a car, traveling in the direction of Huntingdon, came along and on request the motorist consented to bring Thompson to the hospital. Cunningham came to the ho.spii.aI with Thompson, Death, resulted early on Wednesday morning, August 14, at tho hospiuil. Cunningham testified that on AugustI.2 he accompanied the officers and a photographer to the scene and pointed out various locations, which were photographed. A’ stalk of corn, between the point where the man was standing at the time the shot was fired and the point on the highway where Thompson fell was found, the corn stalk being riddled with shot. The shot, he testified, was fired from a distance of about 25 yards. On cross-examination thewitness testified he did not recallmaking any statements to a Mr, Gump, the motorist who brought Thompson to the hospital. He stated his only comments were to increase the sped of the car in the hurried trip to the hospital. The witness testified he did not see Thompson get out of the car the evening of the shooting, Cunningham stated lie knew Widner, and that his sister, Mrs. Thompson. knew him, and that there had been no ill-feeling between any of the parlies,Dr. C. G. Brumbaugh, of Huntingdon, testified that he was at the hospital on the night of August 11 in the operating room when Thompson was brought intoII. . ......... Ti IV . t ...
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The Daily News
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Dec 05, 1935
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