Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1920, Page 8

¥ fs a h v v a c e € t € y i ‘ 1 t i PAGE EIGHT DEFENSE DELIVERS OPENING STATEMENT (Continued from Page One) ‘arrant on When asked warrant and turned to the @ explained Ww. Salt Cre could have a num- bor or seareh warrants m out ¢ fl in the n ané locations When they were One of these warrants w hen the raid was made, he declar id he still had If dozen in his office. Both defense and prosecution that the specific warrant used be pro: red and introduced in the evidence, ARMS BONG) S CONFESSION TO UTOR IS BROUGHT OUT. the examination of W. E. Kil- ion, a phase of asked d upon wi estified tha n 9 and 10 nt with H. J. Purcell asked statement in Sheriff first warning him that he did not have to make a statement she wis and that his at be ainst him jections on the part of the ¢ were overrujed and the witness was al lowed to tell the conversation. Armstrong admitted at that time that he fired the shot, Kilgore stated He said he fired at a man who was standing in the shadow, that he started nd that he then fired the second Armstrong had declared that he did not see the man fall. I1OVOR WAS CONTRABAND, MOORE RETAINED GUARD. In his statement Armstrong had that Charles Moore asked him t a place the whisky. known Martin in Missouri and ari answers used i back a find had nged to ste with him to store and protect the whisky. Martin was to get to for the work. The whisky was sto two weeks = the trouble c ng to the statement of Armstrong. P 1 had inquired if the whisky was that stolen from Short, and Arm strong had admitted that it was. On the night of the trouble Arm strong had heen delegated by Moore to help guard the whisky. Just before the shooting, M 1 answered the tele phone. When the phone he told Armstrong re says they're Get your guns and get on the Then we got our guns and the trouble began,” Armstrong is reported to have said in concluding his state- ment. MAJORS AND ARMSTRONG GOOD FRIENDS, IS CLAIM. was examined and c' s to-how well Armstron: new each oth They called | Kilgore ajors each ‘Army and Tom,” he’ said; in a rsatic over conce! Ly seen them in ersation a number of month preceding the not actually heard times during the shooting, but had their talk In the cross: mination of both Kil- gore and Royce, the Prose cution laid great stress or not it was nd 5 o'clock aman ata light eno! on Noverr distance of It had been stated that Royce lighted & match, when McKenzie told him that Majors was hurt, in order to look at him. NG OF DISCOVERY. oyee'’s voice isked to tell of finding Mz ind Mrs, Majors, and a fr companied her to the weeping mentio! the bod, CHICHESTER S PULLS UAAMOND broke when he is he described ed taking off his coat to co’ SPER ND PELLA tor Ay years knows. as Best, Safest, always Reliab SOLO BY DRUG&ISTS EVERYWHERE | SEE BEN There hasn’t been a fire for a long time now. Watch out, your home may be next. Are You Fortified ? WE WRITE FIRE INSURANCE doeBen Really Ge. 109 W 15" ST. PHONE 74 W STORAGE ‘e are Out of town parties may pur. et WILLARD 1, \ ED RUBBEF t I W to the AUTO 11! Kust § Giving make and model of car.) declared that he | kT IS MADE TO REDIT, KILGORE. first word battles of the 1 during the afternoon, when the counsel for the defer had been trying to discredit the testi+ of Kilgore, asked whether Kil- ad not been present at a raid on e of Blas Vucurevich Kilgore had been as had not taken a suitcase of the confis- cated liquor to a house of prostitution in Casper, and when objections to* the nswering of both these questions were sustained, Judge Murane asked that his statements be mide part of the record, though notre He then asked that the jury be ex d while he presented to the court uments showing his motive in the asking of questiens which would tend to show an ulterior purpose on the part of Sheriff Royce and his party ing the raid for the search warrant He cited supreme court based on the 1 amendment to the constitution in ard to rights of r vate property ecurity from search in mik liquor without a four and and seizure wi' er search warrants. He declared that when the nout prop: home of raided ~Vucure officers before he that the case w Attorney Patten without a warrant Blas Vucurevich was vich fired on the arrested, but dismissed by County r it was made avas men af not £0 as Officers, but’that they went out. elthe rafter they had worked up a bunch of Greeks to steal’ the with the purpose of taking it “W¥6 contend that these We contend that that phase of -the matter miscarried and t they took the law into their own hands and in-| tended to get the liquor into their own hands with the purpose of disposing of it. “Our. contention is that when an of- ficer goes without a proper warrant he has no more right than any other pri vate citizen and that these in breaking into a . were guilty ¢ 1 felony. “If they went with full knowledge of and if we can show that they idling this same liquor. to show the law. haye been we think v this tat 5 PROSECUTION ARGUES { LEGALITY OF RAID. Judge Winter, for the state, declared that the goods seized were contraband that they were not ino dwel the possession of the whisky demeanor, and that the office the richt to arrest those who had stolen in the: e Officers are not on trial,” M. | W. Purcell stated. “It is not a question of the motives of these officers, We} cannot presume to try two or three natters here at this time. But assum- | ing that there was no warrant, this{ defendant was under uid despite | the fact’ that he kne the men! were officers, he shoots and kills Tom! Majors. The law gives the right to’ any citi- zen to arrest another in the commission of a felony. THE EQUITABLE — LIFE / SOCIETY C oh HEALTH Room 23—Townsend Building C.E.HOOD he" AGENT ALSO FIRE INSURANCE TINTHE TAILOR Do Your Tailoring Also Cleaning and Pressing 20 Years’ Experience CALL 467-R 125 North Center ONE FIRE POLICY OUT OF EVERY TWELVE HUNDRED BECOMES A CLAIM BY FIRE! EVERY .LIFE .. 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A hap pened, It was their immediate thought show | 4 PO Rpt ereaige jo noes ney anuae | in a fas€ ten-round bout here lust | that they weht to make an arrest, and) niente, with this p most impor: | pee ‘ bond market }tant |News of Father’s Death Sent Thru Local Red Cross ) JUD | FOR LACK OF In ruling on the matter Judge Kim-| 1 declared the argument of the de-| fense to be based too wholly on sup-| position and not substantiated by evi; dence in the case. | The argument was regarded as most} Word of the death of the father of interesting,‘ since it is the fullest ex- percent position so far of the line which the|/Robert Witter thas been received by? : : defense will take when it summons its| Harry Fisher, home service secretary! 3 may be realized on guilt-edge lof the Red Cross in Casp s age from the Red Cross headquarters own witnesses. securities which ee ‘ ‘ Jin Denver asked that Mr. Witter be times yield about 5 percent: | notified of his + fa r death. 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See the greatest humane story interwoven with love and adventure. THEN A_BIG ADDED ATTRACTION HAROLD LLOYD’S BIG $100,000 COMEDY First run in the West ‘HAUNTED SPOOKS' Cpecial $ 400.000 » Comedy These formidable pictures will be seen only at | Lyric, Casper’s original first run picture show.