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to tell what Sarah had said in reply to his question as to whether or not she had shot McNair, the defense objected. The policeman said they had placed her under arrest. The question was as to whether the admissions were under duress.

"I asked her if she had shot Walter. She said no," said the police officer. "She said she had no revolver. I searched her for a revolver but found none."

"On the way up town did you have any conversation about the shooting of Walter?"

"Yes sir."

"What did she say?"

"She said she had shot Walter and hoped he would die before 9 o'clock."

Judge Ambler insisted that McCarty address the court. The answer was ordered stricken out, but later admitted.

"I asked her what she did that for," said the officer. "She said they had been quarreling since last Thursday. That Walter said she was too black for him and he was going to have a white woman."

Afterwards he heard her talk to others when she made similar admissions of jealousy. She said:

"He's fooling around that white woman and I knowed I'd get even with him."

ED ERTLE ON STAND.

Edward Ertle, another Massillon policeman was placed upon the stand. He told of a visit of some of the officials, including the prosecuting attorney, at the lockup, the night of the shooting. No one had advised the prisoner of her rights.

In response to a question as to who had shot McNair, the policeman said that Sarah insisted that he had shot himself.

"What else did she say?" asked Day.

"After Mayor Wise came to the lockup, he told her to tell the truth and she then said she had shot him and that if she had known the first bullet had not killed him she would have plugged him again. She intended to kill him when he was asleep, but changed her mind."

Other officers who were present told substantially the same story of her confession. They said she was laughing and cutting up and seemed to be in a good humor. She spoke repeatedly of some white woman, of whom she was jealous.

BROUGHT BAGGAGE

Some Witnesses in Robinson Murder Trial Have Come to Canton to Stay.

Massillon, July 17.--Canton is now the mecca for the colored population of Massillon. Since the opening of the Sarah Robinson murder trial many colored people from other cities have come to Massillon and Canton. Many of them have been subpoenaed as witnesses for the defense. Several, it is said, who at the coroner's inquest testified for the state, have now been called to testify for the defense. Members of the local police department have also received summons.

The prospects for a long trial have caused a number of the colored witnesses to secure locations in Canton, where they will remain until the trial is over and the verdict announced.