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KERNS «M NIB on theu ontumed from Pagt D | stand m noon.hot! Marshall is presiding | other milm*mm yet to be railEight witnesses hod been called included Sheriff Oldiven, by ooott, diaries Tan, Aim D Luttrell.In bh* preliminary remark* to j Arthur LuttreB, Gerald Lutlrell, the court. Mr Ma«*te Mrtlmed the J narr u,ttrrh, and Alka BKipp*ReTliIncatrao «# Mr Krtn*' house, at I hr corner of the too road*, with ’the haunt of Bawl tuttrrll ancle of the iteroated, next towards t roue Junction and then the hwi*i of Silas UfttreS Aero** the mad is the bn* imp of Rohm Lultml. nephew of the deceased. and bt» More, the CafiotaviBe Grocery.Mr Maarte a*ked a verdict of homicide Orth an* of the fue de I grew, f«r*t degree murder, *c * and degree murder. ftnt degree manslaughter. •econd degree manslaughter or assault and hat trrv, to he decided try the jury.Juror* art Arlan I Anderson, Norman BraiUmatfr. B A Tra vers. George 0a*». Floyd Qian, Nellie Wilburn, Delmcr Donald, Rear.11 Hefdtr. Lwi«e R. Brim. W. L Dawson. D. L Brumback and Lohrtng Steele’I to tt€«mtheiritew'AwillALMONDlt; Continued from Rate Itmom. Almond said he hoped the path victory would not he a hkm to «n t the South lie eapresrsil the hope fjaec In Mr Kuykendall's prehmtn* * for a reconciliation of differ mg arc remark* he said that Silas regional viewpoint* within the ‘ party.Touching on the California gubernatorial election, Almond pn dieted the Democratic winner, Edmund G. Brown would ‘ have tremendous power’* in the party'* next presidential nominating conUtttrett had frequently come to Mr Kerns' house while drunk and helligerant and had ’difficult to contend with' that Mr Kcm* had at to leave hit own house to avoid LuttrellOn the day the shooting occur* j red, Mr Kuykendall said, Lut trell cant to Kerns' house andi aked him to have a drink with him Kerns refused After several mi nations to drink on the part of luttrell and refusals from Kerns the statement continued Luttrell said. -Well, old man, l*m taking user ' and grabbed Kerns by theQdamfreeAhattbuttheIn response to a newsman s question, Almond said he thought Sen John F Kennedy lt;tb!iass* would be a very serious contender for the Democratic ‘presi- J** drntial• nomination .... I don't , think Sen Stuart Symington D Mot can be written off *Aa for the South, he said he D!A scuffle ensued hi men boded on the floor Kerns, crawled to the comer and got a! I* gauge shot gun standing there, bittrell kicked him on the tide of the head and in the fracas the ?un went off, according to thei Following these statements from the attorneys. Dr W\ SmootI : Carter. Frederick Countv Medi** ad Evammer was the first wit* h ness called to the Maid* He statist that Luttrell had died 1* as the result of a mortal gun shutwound, described its stw and k*’*! catum and produced a diagram t which he had madeDr Carter said he had gone* to the Kerns heme about 10 4*II pm Aue 4 with Frederick Coun u tv Sheriff Robert L l»!aven andDepute Bovd McDonald Ite said J* he measured the dead man and hi* height was 5 feet, tt inches* He estimated hit weight at 103 pounds.* Next witness called was Eu gene Miilev who lives according to hi« tiKtimonv. about m vardsa from Perry Kerns towards Crossi Junctionj Mr Shilev said that on Aug 4, he heard a man, he did not know who it was at the tune, calling far Paul Luttrell. He went to Paul LuttrrU’i house to tell him that someone was calling him Togeth*! er thev went in Mr. LuUrtUs car down the road and met ■® Kerns He told them, Mr Shiley said, that “there was a dead man at his house * Kerns told them, when they asked, that the dead man was Silas Luttrell.Together they went back to Kerns' house saw Silas Luttrell king on the floor and then went to Cross Junction to call the SheriffClarence Shiley was called nest He Miid that he anlt;1 his wile were at Paul Luttreli's house watch mg television when Eugene Shilev came in to sav that someone_ n I f ,t»the hon/on **Asked if he himself might have Orehit eye on the White House, Al* tomend replied bb“No sir. I'm not thinking inthat direction .,. Neither am I W* looking with an eye on the Senate of the United States. I*Earlier, Almond had deniedptiMished reports he was looking ***toward a wat in the Senah* after the retiienw-nt of Sen Harry F Byrd lt;DVa. Byrd won re-elecmt1mutton by an overwhelming margin lmTuesday to a new six year term and promptly said it wuuld be tut last,SalKotincuiSENATEReiContinued from Page l.i are in the South and three are in « border states which normally go B*»' Democratic lt;Senators John F Kennedy «D w Mass and Staurt Symington lt;D*Mo both piled up tremendous Uo votes for easy wins in iheir re* ne election contests And in New Jer* thi sev former Rep. Harrison A. Wil* *h: hams «D», a protege of Gov. Hob* fa ert Meyner, captured a Repubh- 1 can seat handdy in what had been SV tallied as a touch and go race beMeyner. like Kennedy and Sym hiington, figures frequently in talk tei about the national Democratic ticket two years hence }uDespite their big victory, the Hi Democrats did not succeed in re capturing some Republican seats they had confidently predicted cr they would win.One surprise to them was the failure of Gov. Ernest W McFarland of Arizona, former Senate majority leader, to take back hm old seat from Republican Sen Barry Gold water iR-Arts*. who won handily.Another was the defeat of Dem ocratic Gov. George M Leader of Pennsylvania at tiie hands of Rep. Hugh Scott Still another was the failure of Frank S Hoc an to win
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Winchester, Virginia, US
Wed, Nov 05, 1958
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