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MRS. NORTON FINCH TESTIFIESMrs. Norton Finch stated that Crump came to their house about 9 o’clock of the morning of the tragedy and asked for her husband but Mr. Finch was not at home. Said he had given McGregor a whipping and wanted her husband to accompany him to Otterbein where he could pay a fine. He showed her his fist that he said he had injured in the fight with McGregor. Mrs. Finch was notcross examined by the defense. Geo. Finch, son of Norton Finch was the last witness used by the state but he was a poor witness and his evidence L did not amount to anything.BARCE'S STATEMENTMr. Barce, in his presentation of the defense case, stated that the defense contends that Jesse Crump stood up in defense of his life against cold steel in the hands of a man over six feet high, weighing 190 pounds; against a man who had struck at him with a hoe, who had threatened him with that very knife before, and whosaid: “You son-of-a-b-, I'll get you j^yet.” Mr. Barce said a man would be put on the stand who sold McGregor the knife. “In the morning light of that June day this knife was flashed forth in the right h£nd of McGregor, uplifted against the father of these children and he struck back to save his life. Mr. Barce said the deceased had lived in that community for two years and could scarce look a man in the face; that he passed along the road, while men were sleeping, with a scowl on his face and a shot gun on his shoulder. All the dogs in the
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Fowler Benton Review
Fowler, Indiana, US
Thu, Sep 07, 1916
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