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PAGE SIX
MRS. YEARTIE HOWELL
AGAIN TELLS STORY
OF WADE SHOOTING
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(Continued from page one.)
At yesterday’s late afternoon ses
sion, Dr. Molineaux, of Montezuma,
testified concerning the condition of
Wade’s body when taken from the
river, and told Attorney McNeil, in
his opinion, death had resulted al
most instantly after the shot which
struck Wade i nthe back of the skull
was fired . He said little time was re
quired for blood to coagulate and hat
such blood would not “run."
Emmett Kleckley, marshal of Mon
tezuma at the time of the killing, iden
tified certain cihps of wood taken from
the floor a? the bridge over Flint river
and told of the condition of the stains
thereon . He was unable to say
whether or not the stains were human
or animal blood, but thought they
were blood of some sort.
J. H. Beard, an undertaker who pre
pared Wade's body for burial, testified
Dr ,C. K. Chapman came into the room
where the body was being prepared
and said “the shot in the back of his
head was fired first.” He also told
of the condition of the body when
brought to Americus.
S. L. Cranberry, a carpenter, swore
he wag working near the home of Dr.
C. K. Chapman at the time of the
murder and that on Saturday after
Thursday, the alleged date of the kill
ing, he saw Dr. Chapman, who asked
him if he had heard Wade was miss
ing, and added he (Dr. Chapman) and
“Mr. Johnson” thought erf going to
help look for him. He did not see
Warren Johnson at that time, but la
ter when passing the Chapman home
en route to his own home, he swore
he saw Dr Chapman and Warren John
son getting into a car. That night
when he again passed the Chapman
home he said Dr. Chapman told him
he had found a coat and hat. Attorney
McNeil entered objection to all of the
evidence given by this witness, the ob
jection being overruled, and during
the cross examination, Mr. Cranberry
was unable to recall any time except
that testified to, when he had returned
to Lis home from his work for any
specific work, or when or to whom he
had paid any money at any time, ex
cept once during last week, and on the
occasion alluded to in his testimony.
Miss Gertrude Smith, former sten
ographer in the office of Attorney Hix
on, was then called and the jury or
dered from the room while a showing
cf evidence soeght to be given by he"
wag made. The showing developed
Miss Smith had received a revolver
from an unidentified negro, which the
state sengbt t>» introduce in evidence
as having belonged to Wade and sub
equentiy seen in the possession of Dr.
Chapman, tut Judge Thomas refused
to allow this to go before the jury. The
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court also reused to admit in evi
dence an unsigned note found in the
barrel of the revolver which read:
“I here I hand you Walter Wade pistol
that I got from C. K. Chapman, M. D. ;
and that he told me was the W. H.
Wade pistol. You can compare num
ber and use in court.”
Dan Stubbs, wh o lives near the Car
ter branch, 8 miles out on the Dixie
Highway, was the next witness, and
told of seeing a coat in the branch
near his home and of hearing two cars
stop in the bottom near his home. He
also swore Dr. C. K. Chapman called
at his home Sunday afetrnoon and said
somebody had killed Walter Wade, and
had shot him twice. Witness said Dr.
Chapman indicated with his hand that
Wade had been shot in the bac kof
the head, biut did not say so. Examin
ed by Attorney MceNill, he said he
was not related to any of the defend
ants, but admitted he had married
“the widow Clopton”, whose first hus
band was a brother of Walter Clop ton,
chief prosecutor in the case.
Mrs. Yeartie Howell, star witness
for the state and alleged eye-witness
of the murder, was- then called, and
before her examination began, Attor
ney McNeil had Mr. M. H. Sims called
and sworn as a witness for the de
fense.
Mrs. Howell detailed her move
ments on the night of the murder, first
i elating incidents of a ride with Miss
Willie Bridges, “Little Charlie” Chap
man and John Etheridge, after she
and the Bridges girl had gone to Pros
pect park to meet Walter Johnson and
“Little Charlie,” but the men failed
to keep their engagement, and “Little
Charlie” picked up the two women
near the corner of Wild and Jackson
streets. John Etheridge got into the
cur, she said, near the old location of
the Southern Express office at the
corner of Jefferson and Jackson
streets. On this ride Mrs. Howell, the’
Bridges girl, John Etheridge and “Lit
tie Charlie” went in the direction of
Huntington. On their return to the,
Mrs. Howell and the Bridges girl got
out of the car’ at the Bridges home,
after the witness had arranged, she
said, to “slip out” and join “Little
Charlie” on a joy ride later in the
night. The Bridges girl she said, re
tired, but she sat up until “Little
Charlie” returned and whistled; then
sli© went downstairs, entered the grey
car with "Little Charlie” and the
alleged “murder ride” began.
Mrs. Howell swore Dr. Chapman and
Wade first got into the murder car at
Frankie Stanner’s establishment at the
intersection of Plum and Dudley
streets, and that they went from that
point to “the bottom,” passing an old
1 man near the Construction Company’s
plant, to whom Dr. Chapman spoke,
saying, “Hello, Uncle Andy.” The old
man returned the salutation, saying,
"Hello Charlie.” The car then stop
ped at a house back of the Construc
tion Company’s plant, where Wade and
Dr. Chapman got out. Both asked Mrs.
Howell to alight, she swore, but she
refused to do this and remained in the
car. After a brief stay there, Wade,
Dr. Chapman, Walter Johnson, War
ren Johnson and John Etheridge came
cut from between two houses, and she
heard Dr. Chapman say to some one
else, probably Wade, “We’ll settle that
later.” Dr. Chapman, Wraren Johnson
and John Etheridge then got into the
back seat of the car with her, with
Warren Johnson on one side and Dr.
Chapman on the other, the witness and
John Etheridge being seated .in the
middle. Walter Wade took the wheel
she said, and “Little Charlie” rode on
the front seat with him.
Wade said he thought Mrs. Howell
was to ride with him, the woman
swore, but continued to drive the car
V. hen the party arrived at a point near
the “pine orchard” on th e Whealtey
place, Mrs. Howell swore. Dr. Chap
main said:
“Let’s stop and have supper.”
Witness declared she then saw him
take “something—a gun” out of his
pocket, and she became excited. She
asked him not to do that, but Warren
Johnson interfered:
“Shoot him! Damn him!” Mrs.
Howell swore Warren Johnson said,
adding quickly: "If you can't, give me
the gun.”
Almost immediately, she swore, Dr
Chapman fired two shots, Wade’s body
bent over the steering wheel, “Little
Charlie” guided the car into the pine
thicket, and shortly afterward Wal
ter Johnson and a man whom wit
ness could not identify came up, rid
ing in a Ford car. She was then in an
excited condition and Walter Johnson
said to her: “Now scream, like a
damned Alley.” She was then taken
from the grey car into the Ford car
while “the men” moved the body of
Wade from the front to the rear seat
of the murder car, and the party pro-,
ceeded to the river, when she filled
to see the body disposed of. At the'
river she told of being given a sec-;
; ond hypodermic by Dr.C . K. Chapman,
I and detailed incidents which occurred
on the return trip to Americus.
Asked why she told Detective Foster
of the murder, she said she lied about
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the affair at first because of threats
made by the two Chapmans and War
ren Johnson, but being confronted with
certain facts known to the detective,
she decided to tell the truth. She re
lated incidents connected with several
visits to Dr. Chapman’s office after
the murder, and swore on one of these
occasions she heard Walter Johnson
say, “I got fifty cents more than Dr
Chapman,” presumably referring to a
division of money. She swore she
heard Walter Johnson say something
about Wade “winning the telephone
exchange. She swore that on
the return of the party to Americus
“Little Charlie” drove the Wade car
out of the “bottom” and returned in
a short while walking. He then took
her home warning her to say nothing
of the events a?" the night.
During Mrs. Howell’s testimony, the
defendant seemed intensely interested
and the members of the jury listened
closely to her recital of the alleged
incidents surrounding the tragedy. At
torney MceNil, chief counsel for the
defense, sat almost motionless during
the woman’s recital, keenly interested
and carefully analyzing every state
ment made, while the witness herself
gave her remarkable testimony unhes
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and definite concernin geach sentence
uttered while on the stand. She was
dressed in a blue satin dress of styl- j
ish design and wore a sailor hat with
little trimming. She is a small woman
and her nose glasses give her an in
tellectual appearance, which impress
icn was borne out by her testimony
while on the stand.
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