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SAYS BUCKNER MADE BOAST OF ‘GETTING’ MAN(Continued From P*ge On#.)*rrire for some time and Allen said John Montgomery, one of the negroes, suggested going hark to Indianapolis.Then, according to Allen, Buckner •aid he would stay and if necessary yet the liquor himself, as he needed the money. With this Buckner flashed his gun, Allen testified. Kaufman and Buckner helped the bunkles'* posh their car, which had gone dead, to the negroes* car and started transferring theimAllen Raid he heard a blow as if some one was atrock over the head. A fight ensued and Allen was shot twice In the i log. He was put into the car by HenryLoe. When Montgomery asked if any cue was shot. Mike McGuire s aid Allen was shot twice and then, according to Alleo, Buckner waved h!s gun and \ ■aid: “Don’t worry. I got one of the:hankies.*'SAW BUfKXXBATTACK SUN.Allen said be saw Buckner in the act of hitting one of the bunkies’’ over the I head while the foreigner waa being heldby Henry Lee. Lie said he also saw Buckner shooting and that he did not seeany of the other colored men shooting. !Alien attributed the fight to the fact that the “hunkies'* were not supposed to deal with any but white men and became enraged when they saw the negroes In the crowd brought to the place by Kaufman.On eross-exemination. Allen abated he saw two flashes fr m the pistol of Buckner, but did not see the waste man who had been *b«t In the stomach.Allen denied that he had been visited at the hospital, where he was heldfir fl.-e days, by any persons who were interested In the case or by f hiscolored friends. He said tl iadea statement to the Indianai * -lice |the day he was returned fro.. hus- jpttal, without having seen any of his j associates on the night of the murder. IDisclosures of a system of distribution , of ’’white mule” through the activity of Kapariu and revelations concerning a plot to steal large quantifies of contraband corn whisky were made during the : course of the trial.Evidence introduced by the State thews
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Indianapolis Indiana Daily Times
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 27, 1921
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