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2 30 am. Nov. 11KERNSlt; Continued from P»i» U mo ... Ho was just mean, that1 was all,**Kfma testified Luttrell came to ' his house shout 130 or 7 pm. on • Aug 4. *i was sitting hi the1 rocking chair . . . 1 could tell he wa* drinking ... He r in a while and walked outKerns said Luttrell came backquite a tat* Luttrell ofAmhnVan icousin of Silas, said (ottm a l» ator aa4 la MM and loM trim.I'ttYou com. dOMkill yaa. . .__Hmt Lottnfl of lt;to Trwl Royal Road. tolf-toMtor «* 8U-aa. and a fwwnan d U» N» i tonal rndt Prodael CO.. aald Kerns came to work once, drink-in*, and that town to Wto to •end him tom to toM him. UIWTIW MW bWUTII HHW .. mi LlH1 in after a short time and said, you ever croaa my path 111 kill•Well, old man. I’m taking youoverAnn Luttrell, wife of Robert LotKerns said, “He kept oo com- j treU. 9yATJKt* mg right toward me. He choked Aug. 4 and that he had had some-thing tolie testified that he slid down dnmk -drink “but bed out of the rocking chair and *i* tripped him and he feU hack * He n went on to say that Luttrell* threw him back on the floor and v I **He came at me more fierce.than ever*’|f] He testified further that he H grabbed the gun in the comer 11 with his left hand and Luttrell also grabbed the gun with his left hand He said Luttrell then .kicked him In the head and he ^ didn't remember the gun going ** off* Kern* said he didn't remember mt»ch about going to the police ?’ y fat ion here and didn't remember 1 Mgmng a statement which the fi c ommonwealth introduced at theMr Tait, recalled to the stand, testified he had talked to Items on the rkta hack here from Cross Junction. He said Kerns* wordswere clear as he was asked questions but that he appealed toL. B Met*OfFoiRll E. Iof tf La11,00wander. He said Items had fresh wound in his head and was Quite dated.Recalled by Mr Kuykendall Kerns denied threatening Gerald and Harry LuttrellGeorge A Davis of the Jury. Others serving on the jury were Arlan I. Andsrson, Norman Braithwaite, B A. Travers, Floyd Ginn. Nettle WU-1 tarns. Deboer Donald. Pearl Hcpler. Louise R Brim. W L. Dawson. D. L. Bmmback andANI 1. 2 3. 4. A S. «. 7. I. I. 10.^ trad _ _ .J Everything hi Just hhe a Lohiing Steeta n dream.” he repeated a number __“* of time* while on the stand DEFENSEt* Following a reee«« for htnrhMr Kuykendall read the siate ___ (Continued from Page 1.12. nvnt to Kem*. who refuted parts wheel when Mr. Argenbnght was d e| |( Kerns said during the struck.rd course of this. Luttrell had told ** him. *Tve laid off to kill you three or four times* m' He repea*ed hi* story underFirst witness was Ronnie law is McDonald who said he was standing in front of Baptist s Drug Store when the Incident occurredcross examination He said he He identified ir- didn't see Luttrell have any the scene and said that the car, weapon Krm. uid Uitlmll w | **• S•*£■t* tlrmkinc but wam’t dnmk lie wttly atopped far *• •»lt;* *l*n«• added he hadn't had a drmk with ! and then cam* «»«*«•''i iiitrwll for some time 1 ®nd turned left * to the south *.Kerns said he drank nonce a H*»k* jhjtaJ ^Lrai^tsnSrationed attain by Mr Kuy- | up and h»t *3kendall. Kerns denial that he had ! front of the steps These had told Robert Luttrellnat in? n«« « -7 .about six been identified in the phteognmhrts works before the shooting that ifLuttrell came to hi* house again tge bo was going to kill him.sul ret Joseph C Rttter, Sgt '** $mfK 'fLZEZ^Z md Holmes McFarland «nd Officer which *°ral* Maurice Lake testified Luttrell the road and continued on south-as the steps from the high sidewalk down to the road Mr. McDonald continued that the car struck the stone wallhad torn arrested to * a* far j -jg-^»r» being drunk and that he used Newtod abusive language and objected to Hinkle Newlin and then J. H. Wo* being taken to the police station t Uwden, 8r. ^ J^fden Mud thaJ nth Kv iKM nffir^rs he was driving south on Route 11me- Flon Shenk of Stephenson testi about 150 feet north of the inter-fted Luttrell had grabbed his arm! ****«» when he **»• twodowd fhn- once and talked abusively. car come S2f£2•din b G Holtdav of near Cross the east and turn south totoRoute Tver junction said Kims* reputation 11 •»• high rate of spasd. He ™ot ta hlJI community was good »id he saw dust fly upjn theHerbert Kern, brother of the lurking area m front ****** defendant. testified he took Lut- store and a body fly through thertretl home about a week before a*r” . , .(to shoot in* affar he had e»ten Ito Md tto carceattoadMUdl wme of Perry Kern.- food and, and he fallowed R. It art. atowad tra thrown the rent around Ihe kitch- up in a line d traffic which tt ap-of m j peared to be trying to pass butCharles Tait. photographer and did not. Mr. *^dm mid, so cket reporter for The Star, testified as was able to close m and get the rees the measurements of the Kerns license number.*ult kitchen, saying it was nearly a i the is by lS-foot square, and gave ulti- Mime demens ions of some furni-500 tore in the roomit it Curtis Story of Cross Junctionf the testified Kerns* reputation was wav good. But asked about Luttrell, will he said he was *‘A good fellow four to stay away from.•e is The Commonwealth recalled , Its several witnesses and presented t de some new onesHe said the car then turned off j into a side road he knew to be a blind end so he continued insearch of a trooper.Mr Low den said he saw a State Police car coming from the south, flagged it down and gave the trooper the license num-1 her. and told him where the car had gone.Trooper G. T. Griffith, next on | the stand, said he put the number on the State Police radio atcond Paul Luttrell, brother of Silas,testified Kerns' reputation for once and set out alter_the car.pect- sobriety was Bad. very had ” Trooper Donald Sheet* was the Asked if Kerns drank once a called next, He .said ha •PPr®*|i be year, he said, “No, whenever he hended Fling and Bolt in Stepn-I en- can get it.** erTS City where they had return-ental Eugene Shi Icy a i d Kerns1 ed. He said the car was parked |
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Winchester Evening Star
Winchester, Virginia, US
Thu, Nov 06, 1958
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