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H,y, ,, J ,1 " t f, .fl "I : i f J. A. MOCK MAY ESCAPE DEATH (Conllmieit fiom IVirp 1 ) MEDFQimMAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREO ON, SUNDAY, DKCrcMlJKlUS, 1910. 41M. .. :i I i it. . i"' h win- Nitx jou nun inu tun loi'koil up iit a floitrl continued Mr, Muck. "1 did not liavo uiv djr in a closet," Smith replied. "Then do you menu to say my Vvife is i liar?" linked Mock. , IJ. M. Martin vn. called to tlio ilncHs stand and testified to prac ticall the same thins as thu evidence of McMullen. When the 'fijrlit start 6d Martin dropped his book and call ed for McMullen to separate the men. lie heard Smith say, "He has cut me." McMullen then euujjht .hold of Mock and said: "Don't strike him any moie; you have killed him." Smith then sank fo the" floor and Mock hacked away. Mrs. . M. Martin testified th-it Mi. and Mrs. Mock 6-alled at their lioif-e and Mr. Mock incVninSd for Mr. Mai tin. She informed him that Mar tin win at the Mullen residence and offered to send hel' daughter Mary for him. This Mo6k refused, stat ing that he would o oVer and see him himself a-s he wanted to play A Kiime of cards with him. Mrs. Mock remained at the Martin home and played the orjjan unYl s'anfr with Alary Martin. Mai tin cume in shorfly at terward and said: "1 guess Mock has killed Je-,s." Mrs. Mock then arose from the or gan stool and said: (t'(N me thu truth." Then Mock came up and Mrs. Mock exclaimed: "My God. man, what have ybu been doing? ' and Mock replied: "1 have done whAl I said 1 would do, and I guess he will not call you nor any olie" else a d n liar any more." Alary Martin, the young daughter, testified to practically the same story, but in cross-6xanrination Mary jiino contradictory evidence to her own testimony in direct examina tion. On Saturday moVning the state finished its diiecV tctithrion.v. J. II. liallingcr was called to the witness stand and testified that ho was fore man of the coroner's jury; that h" hud examined the body of Jes-e A. Smith at the undei faker's not thor oughly, but had looked at the wounds; (hat lie believed Smith (6 be a man about fic feet six inches in jicight and would weigh between KJO and MO pounds. .). N. Manning, (he constable and deputy sheriff who arrested Mock on "the Applcgate, was next called to testify. He tirst met Mock at the home of Mr. and Airsi. George Trask, on the Applcgate river, alout IS miles, from Medford. It-Was in the moi ning and Mock was ju?t coming down sinirs. He ordeicd Afoelc to throw up his hands, which ho did, and then told him, ''You arc Julius A. Mock, wanted for the killing of i Jesse A. Smith in Aledford." Mock Replied: "You are mistaken in the man. .Manning then (old him In) . - 1 1 I i I T . 1 '. . . voiiiu nave io go io .lacKsouvuic niuiiMiuiii any length of time not more lAlock .said. "Oh, very well; 1 can I limn rt week or ton dnvs lnim tint TiHitcd Mock out for n walk. 'They went out to the barn, where some liunteis were camped, and after talk ing for a while started back to the house, when Mock said: "You need not look anv fut liter; 1 inn the niau you want. 1- am Ju lius A, Alock. I am all in. I was .iiist ready (o letuiu and give my self up. I have but one favor to ask do not put shackles on mo and 1 will return without the slightest troubl"." Air. Alanniiig granted the rcquqst and Alock made iio trouble en route to Jacksonville Air. McAIulle.. v...n called and tes- tilied that he had known Jesse- uboiil a month; that Smith was a ami. about five feet five inches tall and weighed 151 pounds; that Smith was in the habit of lixing up nnad occas ionally carrying a .38-ealiber revol ver, bnt lie did not believe Smith Was armed on the night of the homicide. AfcArulI6n further testified that Smith hud offered to sell this Mime gun to Alock for .t'i.ot); that it was an Ivors & Jjdinson .:38-cnliber gun and was the only gun in the house aside from a .44 Colt's, which was at the bottom of a trunk, and thnt on the night of the fight Smith had pat the ,38-ealiber gun up on a shelf and did n)f have it on his person whui the figirt occurred. George r'reesc was called and tes tified that he was at AleAIulliu's holiso on Palm street in Alcdfoid about 8 o'clock on the evening of the fight. lie saw Smith King on the Moor bleeding. He met An. a' M'ck just before lie got to AIcAIta len's; that ATartin and Mrs. Alartin Vere pot there at the time, but he nYet them shortly afterward. IIu did not remember of .seeing Alary Alar tin. It was a light night and he dUv soni6 children runnfTig at a distance The cross-exaniinalion brought out i16thing new in the testimony of Air. Kreise. Airs. AIniliu yns called and testi fied that Airs. Alock" was at theft house and was playing on the organ and singing with her daughter Man. and that to the best ot her knowl edge Alary had not left the room un til after Alartin returned with the news o( the fight. Air. Alaitin, on being recalled, staled that Smith admitted Alock into the house and shut the door af ter him: that he had shut it in An ordinary manner; that Sniitji had earricd a gun when out with his (earn mid bad been in the Ifabit of curry-' nig it about the yrin"l when he' Wn's Working cm itt lixing a broken spiing. At lfiYlfi tiro state' les'tcd its case. Af.l o'clock, (i. ni. Julius Alook was ".tljed to (he stand and tos'tffiod as follows; "Aly right iirtmc i Julian Addison Mock. I am .'17 years of age; was bVufu in the slate of ..Missouri and nib, jhe defoudant in this case. I c.ime Io Aledford on the .'ils day of March one year ago, and am by trade 1 en mentor. I have not known Jessa wifc and 1 and Jee. "Ve luul no luck after hunting practically u'l day, returning to cuinp oiilv for lunch. The next day Jess had l leave, as he had promised some la dies the use of the team. 1 kept on hunting, but without success, and When 1 leturned on Satuiday I met Jess, who asked me if I had had any success, mid I told him no. When we went 011 the hunt my dog was left behind and when we returned 1 went looking for my dog. 1 met Alary Martin and asked her if she knew where the dog wus; and she said lie was at the iMiWliilIeii house. 1 hen J went downtown and mv wife wen1 after the dog. She vent Jo Smith and asked it he had seen the do" and ho said ho had not; that it the dog was.Uiero.ho, was under the house. Airs,. Alock lotVkod under the house uifd did not find him, but heard a dog whine, and some chil dren pointed to a closet and said he was in theic. Smith then shippe.'. the child and turned the dog out, and Mrs. Alock took him home. P ic turned home from town at (5:110 and Airs. Alock told irte about the dog, and I thought that Smith liad done nio a dirty trick, after my having treated him like a gentleman while on the hunt. Airs. Alock and myse'f went over to the Alartin homo ,and I asked for Air. Mai tin. Airs. Mailin said ho was at the AfcAljillcn homo and that she would ssend Alary for huu I said 1 would go myself, and walked direct from Alartin's to AI -Mullen's and knocked 011 the door. The door was opened almost immedi ately by Jesse Smith 11'iVd I shook hands with him and ho introduced me to An-. Mullen and also to Mr. Alar tin. 1 shook hands with them, and then it Hashed in my mind that Smith had'dorie nio n dirty trick, find I turned to him and said: "Jesse, didn't T treat you like a gentleman when we went on that hunt, when 1 paid all the expenses and furnished ou a gun and ammunition?' and he said, 'You did, Air. Mock.' "Then why did you try to steal my dog?' 'I didn't try to steal him.' " 'Aly wife says you had him shut up in a closet.' " T didn't have him vhut up in a Hosot.' " 'Then do you mean to call iu wife a liar?' and he sas, 'f do,' and struck me. "Yion .SmiHi struck me I clinch-d him. I awTj'he was; tiinsr 't gel to his righ't hand lup pocked -and grAb- mud It iy )J soon convince you that you have got the wrong party; my name is not Alock." "What is your name?" asked Air. Alauning. "I'aul Jones," aiisAicied Alock. Tl... .1 i.. .i.,...;rr 11 1....1 f ni- iii'mii, riniiiL llll'll M'illl'IICII JAIock and found in his possession iu pocket knife. Alock afso had with trouble, "I wanted to go hunting and wont to ai tin's and asked if Air. Alar tin's father would not like Io go with me. Ho said he didn't think h" Would, but (hat he knew a man who would, and called Jesse. I did not know what the man's last name was, bill we made arraiiireineiils to ro Ihini a Winchester rifle which he had ' h inting. Jeso furnishing the team, yell downstairs daring the night, 1 while I furnished siinnlios. trims and jlWhilc waiting for breakfast Alanniiigt ammunition. We went liuiiliiiL' mv ,, -",7 bed with my left hand and prevented ItifA getting tfnft gun, w'hich 'I mtr '.011 f idcut that he had. How I got m kiufe 1 do not know, but I go( il iu jny rjght hand and struck him twice. Then Mr. AIcAfullen' tdok holYl of m and said, 'Ymi have hint him; do no' hit him again.' and then Smith llnew his head back, his muscles relaxed and he fell to (he floor, groaning. ! looked at liiju. for poUmis a hull' minute and renin iked that I did not think Sinilh was as badlv hurt as lie let on (0 be. Then my wife came Mid asked mf fo go home. It wass then I began to feel nervous and feared that I had hint him badlv. I was not particularly angrv at Sniillr I was merely protecting myself and my wife's honor, and Idid not know that he was dead until the net inoining. I did "t intend thai mv blows should kill hiuiv. Had I desired to kill him I could lunc cut his head off." Cross. culmination failed to move Mock from his wcll-deliveied direct testimony. jpypPj.ptHip.rPM i I I I 1 I 9 JL i' ' ' - A '"" '' Christmas Present To Please the Entire Family Wvory uiai't'icd couple who vif a VICTOR or 10 D L SON machine knows that thc.v furnish the most n$ lu'sl I'liliM'tniiuncnl lor the home. I3uy a machine this Christmas and present it to the . family they will thank you ever afterwards. Edison Machines Are prized very high ly by their owners. They 'never fail to please fheir owners. Buy an Edison with all of the late attach ments and your Christmas troubles will be Over for sev eral Christmas sett sons. When you feel blue.jiist press the but toil and enjoy the world'ts best musi eians.f Prices range front ' $15.00 TO $250.00. 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