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1A WITNESSrttrtfnt;tiirHearing Came to AbruptiEnd When Ralph GabrihIIe!. State Witness, Failedto Appear in CourtiIThe trial of W. H. Fewell wasI.aabruptly halted about 3:15 o'clockFiyesterday afternoon when prosecut-h• ing attorney asked that the jury heexcused from the court room as heeSwished to make a statement to theaicourt.sThe jury was taken out by thetJIsheriff, and Mr. Rucker told theacourt that Tuesday night, about 10:30o'clock. Ralph Gabriel one of theI principal witness for the state.came to his apartment in the TerryaLhotel, and told him, (Mr. Rucker)i that he had been importuned toaleave Pettis County, and that hehad been paid to leave, that it hadstlt;Ibeen represented to him that if hetestified against Mr. Fewell. heI\\I]would be arrested after Mr. Rucker:itlhad gone out of office, the first of the vear and would be sent toSi[ the penitentiary.I Mr. Rucker said that he told!0irGabriel that he did not believe Mr. Fewell had that much influence Iwitli anv one who might succeed wI I Iti him as prosecuting attorney. Con- ir(Continued on [age Six)ai
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Sedalia Capital
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Thu, Oct 28, 1926
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