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t f t 1 THE M y Constructed of I-bear put in hot. The gear V railwaybridge. In th | FIVE X Y Stronger, more durabl The wheels of ste Y riveted into the tires, c T T t f X % Lasts a Life Time V t -Y | See the I y I C ? f Telephone Ni Y " r G. J. HIERS GETS SIX YEARS. | (Continued from page 3, column 2.) j I plies. Went toward store, but did ! not go in. Saw Kinsey ha*l his! father and tell him to stop. Kinsey' was\ on sidewalk in front of store.; His father made some reply, and ? * - ? i- ^ Kinsev looked HKe ne ran ms ii?uu 0 back, then George Hiers fired. After the shooting, Clayton got George Hiers and they came and got in the car and they went home. Said Morris was not standing against the door at Kinsey's store at time of killing; 1 that he could have seen him if he^had been there. Witness said he did not i know about recent threats at that time. George Hiers, said the wit- j' ness, had come to town to mail a letter, get his gun fixed, and get some! shells. On cross examination, wit-! ness said he had a key to give to his brother; that he did not know thej gun was loaded; that, the car went down the middle of the street; that he was certain about Kinsey being on the outside on the sidewalk, two or three feet from the door; that Kinsey : had told his father to hold on, that that was a good time to settle; that! Hiers said "Don't do that, Charlie."; Kinsey was a little sideways toward Hiers. Said Kinsey was still stand- j ing when Hiers fired with pistol, that he did not fall until the last shot. Witness told of the presence of fruit stands, in reply to questions by the ! defence's counsel, on each side ofKinsey's store door, which would j have, he said, prevented anyone from leaning against the door facing. Explained the defect in the gun, as to j why it failed to fire the first time. - Haigler Hughes, recalled, corrobor- j, ated John Hiers's testimony about the presence of the fruit stands. At this time, counsel for the defence moved that court recess until the witness, Edwins, could be brought i into court, and court adjuorned un-} til Saturday morning. Mr. Edwins having been located during the night, he was present in court Saturday, and was the first wit-; ness called. He was in Ehrhardt! eight days before the killing, and on Thursday after the killing. Saw Kinsey the visit before the tragedy in the barber shop at Ehrhardt. when he appeared to be under the influence; of whiskey or half crazy. George J. Hiers was next called to 1 1.11 .f iU. 1..M1 the witness stana 10 ten ui me fining of Charlie Kinsey. Mr. Hiers appeared to be perfectly calm, and his voice did not waver. He said that he was 55 years of age, that his wife was dead, and that he has three f IODERN WAGON ns, channsls and angles, parts and wheels are br ie DAVENPORT you hai THOUSAND PI Ie and of lighter draft tha el, with strong, round spe lo away with the resetting NO BREAK-Di Oil Without Removing Wl DAVENPORT E j. Fr imber 49 k A^A A^A AAAAAAAAAAJ daughters and two sons. He had j ] never had any previous difficulty with 1 Kinsey; that there was ill will, j tnrougn nis sons acuvny, uu mc ^ part of Kinsey. Witness had heard of threats that Kinsey was going to kill him and his boys if they did not stop the law suits. Col. John F. Folk was one of those who told him of his danger. He thought that he . was in danger of being killed. He prepared himself for trouble, on the ; advice of Sheriff Ray. Witness said i that he was at home until late in the afternoon on the day of the homicide. He had had no personal trouble with Kinsey. Mr. Hiers said he intended going hunting the following day, and that he was going to buy some shells at Ehrhardt on the night of the killing. That he expected no trouble. He knew Kinsey was a violent man. Had heard no threats that day. Took his gun along with him on his visit j to Ehrhardt, it needed repair, and he was going to have it fixed; that it was a 16-gauge gun, which is an un-i usual gauge, and that it is some' times difficult to get shells for it. | One barrel would not fire every time.1 said Mr. Hiers. He stopped at the: postoffice to mail letter, with the un-i' 4-1. A 4- 4" Vl n Q T? TTA11 1 O t/Vf* ! Ut?i Planum 5 ciiOrt me oww*s j at the hardware store and then go on | ^ to the garage. After witness left the j postoffice, he walked down the street, j , passing several persons. Kinsey was j standing outside of his store door on : the sidewalk. Kinsey hailed him, with | ^ "Hold on, Hiers," that they might as j } well settle that difficulty now. Wit- j c ness said "Don't do that, Charlie," I as Kinsey tried to pull pistol. He j then fired twice with his gun, the \ j first time the gun failing to discharge, j When the gun failed to fire, he quick-: j ly "broke" it and fired, this time both :, barrels discharging. Then fired, he thinks, three times with pistol. Does: not think that the first gun shot; ] struck .Kinsey. Kinsey did not stop ' ^ tt-1ian ha tniri him tn When he did i not fall from gun shots, witness pull- j . ed pistol and fired. He said that he I, did not know what the gun was load- f ed with, that he had put in some i shells thinking he might see some-1, ' ( thing to shoot along the way. That after the shooting, which had con-! ( sumed not more than eight or ten i, seconds, he went down the street,; joined by Clayton, got in the car and ; went home, without saying anything , to anyone. Never saw Morris, he was , not in front of the store. Fruit stands . were on sidewalk on each side of j. door, which would have prevented | Morris from standing where he said he had. Mr. Hiers said he had killed Construcl Fifty years a? ? Bridges were buill and maple. Now and use the stro V good steel, and bv gfel heaviest lifetime s |THE DAVENPOR' * BEARING solidly riveted together i aced and trussed like t re a wagon of DUND CAPAC1 in any other wagon of eq >kes, forged solidly into t ; of tires, loose spokes, an OWNS "" keel No Repair 6 tOLLER BEAR ank ^ V^r ViT^j | ?insey because of threats against lim, and because of his attack on lim at the time, and he was certain i ;hat if he had not killed Kinsey he i vou\d have been killed. On cross examination, Mr. Hiers >aid the Ehrhardt council would take 10 action against Kinsey. Said that ie had seen Kinsey a week or two belore, and that nothing had happened ;hen. He was afraid of Kinsey at ? ? J V. rt+OXTA/1 /<mro V -ILUtJS, O.I1U lit: nequcuuj oiaj cu anuj i !rom lodge meetings on Kinsey's acjoirtit, and otherwise avoided him. attention of the defendant was called | :o his statement in his affidavit for)' lail, that he gave letter at postoffice j ;o someone else to mail. The witless contended that he mailed it himself; that he started to give it to a :riend to mail, but did not do so. ) \fter the trouble, he did not attend ;o any business, but went straight lome. That Kinsey's pistol caught n his pocket, preventing his puling it. Kinsev fell into store, denied that Kinsey's little boy asked lim not to shoot any more, that he lid not come to the front of the store. <insey was about two feet from the j loor, witness being seven or eight | 'eet away. 1 In reply to questions from counsel 'or defence, witness said the condi:ion of his mind at the time could lave prevented him from recognizing inyone. He is sorry he had to kill ?insey. Replying to Solicitor Gun;er, witness said he saw pistol in Kinsey's right hip pocket. Did not vnow gun was loaded with buck shot. The defence rested. In rebuttal, the State recalled Mr. Priester, who said that Clayton did lot walk away with Hiers after the billing. On cross examination, the witness admitted that his eyesight is lot good. I George W. Brunson and Mr. Cum-! , aiins, both, on being recalled, stated j , :hat Clayton was not with Hiers, when he left the scene of the shoot- j, ing. Mr. Brunson said he did nott see Priester, in reply to a question from the defence. This concluded the testimony. The| irguments of counsel were confined to two hours on each side, Messrs. Carter and Gunter speaking for thei State, and May field, Bellinger and Bennett for the defence. The judge: made his charge to the jury, and thej jury retired to consider the case; about five o'clock Saturday after-1 noon, returning a verdict of guilty of manslaughter about 7 o'clock. 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