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Hi '»(), Oct l.wThe stair* anlt; the defense roMed their ease her** V\ f cJni * d;i m the see onlt; dr. K lt;manslaughter trial e Mrs Rachel Adams, accused o negligence in the shooting doatlof her husband.I hlt; t asr w as exfy r h d to go !lt; the )iii \ late V. edncsday aft* Judge Howard Phillip'- Miller ton. gaw* final instruction* Tlt; timonv wa• completed at 2 pmMrs \d;ims, attractive widow rf Hoyt Adams 35. prominenHugo auto dealer who died fol lowing a shooting in the lt;on pie’s home January 15, Wcdne.s day reenacted a struggle whirl the woman contends ended irher husband s deathAssuming the role of the drac man w a* a**:stunt attorney genernl. Owen J Watts, clad in the bathrobe Adams wore when he died trying to wiest a 32 ealihei pi to| from Ins wde, who threat coed to kill herself.Struggle Rt-enactedWatts closely questioned the 34 vc ai old defendant ahout events preceding the shooting.Mis Adams said it was on Ins return from a trip to Ada that 1 he and her husband resumed an argument which .started the day he loi e o\ ei unavailability of an auto for Mrs. Adams.Dunn'' the argument. Mr \||v A (farm testified her huhand said Our marriage ha gone on the rockShe said she i lt;plied, ‘ I II get out of the wayMr Adams said during tin rpini i * I she went into fhe kitchlt; n Io tmn off the burner under a col he pot She said .she had the pi tol in the pocket ol her robeReturning from the kitchenfie said she had the gun in hoi hand Mis Adams said she met her husband in the kitchen door way and the weapon discharged when Adams had his hand on the* hariel as he attempted to take* it away from her.
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Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Oct 16, 1958
Page 77
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