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and of the occurrences in Justice Foster’s court when he plead guilty to a charge of assault and battery. In direct contradiction to Squire Foster’s testimony, he said he informed the justice that he had been attacked by McGregor. On cross-examination the witness denied that he had told Sheriff Hamilton, John Kenyon, Prosecutor AD ! Nolin and George Hickman when the ike * investigation was made on the after* j noon of the tragedy, that he said “he i got so mad everything before him got hat t black” or that he told Mr. Hickman fas | that nothing could have held him in?orin 1 tell George Finch that he hurt his aid ; fist on McGregor.sed ; DEFENDANT A GOOD WITNESShat | Crump was on the stand for sev-l^r* ; eral hours and made a good witness ^e' {for himself although at times he be-came slightly confused as to exact 0 | details but taken as a whole, his ev-\ a idence seemed to make a favorable ver impression on the jury. He was very nervous and called for a drink of water 3 or 4 times. When asked by oy- j Mr. Barce if he intended to kill Mc-VIc-: Gregor when he struck him, tears he came to his eyes and in a broken len voice he answered “I. wouldn’t have ted j killed him for all of Benton county/' me ; Jesse Birch, of Oxford, former ed-ind j itor of the Oxford Tribune, followed *en the defendant on the stand. Accord-Me ing to his evidence there was bloott spots on the gate on the day following the fight.vrRS DR. CLAYTON TESTIFIESmd Dr. Clayton was called to the wit-un- ness stand and according to his ev-ss- idence, if McGregor received woundsthe described by Lafayette surgeons, itvas i would have been almost impossiblee a for deceased to have remained con-the scious for some time after the blowin was struck. He would have beende- rendered unconscious and remainedion in that state for some time. Dr. Clay-Mc- ton said it would have been possibleted for him to have got up hitched horseon up and drive to Oxford, but very im-?ew probable.
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Fowler Benton Review
Fowler, Indiana, US
Thu, Sep 07, 1916
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