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ON WITNESSSPURGEON WILLIAMS TfijtD OF INCIDENTSt . ••. * lt;UiTtoonI’O-initoot'I-Its,b-VSwInto rest iii the SpijUgepn Wijlhuns;Jim 'tiro eh and Jui I-iortdn oaae^.On trial in ./district. court here lu conned-Lion with . Lho killing of .lailcCdftejv eVmievod pViday. morning iu the ipatl•• moiiy oI Wi\finms wiio, took the fltand at 1.1 o’clock to testify In. his own bb-half.. , ‘ • .The defendant was on tlio stand, un^ (j.er cross-exii nil nation wlieii -CQutt. adjourned at noon, and it wa$ an-no.u vj cod that; some. tim e w oh Id; bo vp • ci aired, in finishing with tho ; wjj^i£8p«WilUuma waft.caked concerning:.the details. ot the shooting on the hjglitoi March G, and Tie told of the cfrchni-stiinccH leudinguj) to Uio. Hhoothlg,the arrest of Wiley Pipkin-'and EdgarSims,According to his testimony, he, Green and Horton were at the Freed.*' man corner, Collin and Sovohth streets, when their attention was, attracted towards the Liicilc Harris house some distance north, O'bsory-iiig throe men leaving the place, two assisting the- third,- and Iou(i ’‘,holler -ing,” they went i!o arrest i.ftomoh for disturbing the peace. Arriving at Uj.0 car, the three got in on one s(do arid two other men wore standing on the other The five men, he said, got iu the car. He stepped in front of the vehicle and flashed his light and told them they were officers and for them to consider themselves under arrest, “What happened then?'’ Williams was asked.Continuing ho said: lt;4Tho Car wontinto gear and started. I stopped to one side and caught it, stepped on the left, running board, took ttio driver by Hie arm, telling him to stop tlie» ear and when lie didn’t stop I began, to look for and fool for the, Switch to shut it off. Just at this time L watt uliot at by some one in the back seat and t released my hold and 'tmhbled to the ground, and began firing he soon ns T could get my gun.” , ’Asked how many shots he fired, be answered two, find that Green 'and Horton also fired about the same timh but he did not know exactly how many shots they fired,'The testimony brought out • tliat Williams ’ pistol way a 44 calibre Smith Wesson loaded -with .leaden bullets; Green's pistol was a 45 calibre automatic, and Horton carried a 45 calibre Colt’s, single action pistol.Ho was questioned as to the size of the gun fired inside the car, and ho described it as a smaller calibre gun, judging from the size of the report it made, * . . . •Williams next went into the chase the three officers made after the car. lie said it 'drove on -to‘ Fifth avenue and turned west ami drove about 20 miles an hour til! ft. came to the crossing and the street was blocked- by a freight train and it turned south.“i told Green and Horton to go back, down Seventh street, and t cut through the little alley,” Williams.explained. We met there, and ,the car iiadt attempted to cross at Colljn and it was idocked.”Ho (old of the meeting of J, JL.o-*UKngbyits ia. by 11 sh.v(Continued on Puge Two.)
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Corsicana Daily Sun
Corsicana, Texas, US
Fri, Nov 21, 1924
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