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rbe Beginning c f tb.0 End to
the Woolf oik Case.
established 1826.
MACON, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECuMUEK 13, 1887.-TWELVE PAGES.
VOL. LXII.jN0 3:7.
jrtd.nce for tlio D. feme Bfgmi »rd Con
ducted with Exhaustive and Diligent
Xhorougbnesu by the Pris
oner’, Attorneys.
[AKCHISO CROSS-EXAMINATIONS
by the prosecution.
Ijj toon tut order had been seemed In the
l,rt room Solioltcr-General Hardeman re
testimony on that point—Col. Rutherford; I mit, your HoDor, that I myself oonlil be I diffetenoe between blood corpuscles and I nation—"Dootor, l( the hat was saturated I gather aomethlog of an idea of Dnboso’a
'It y nr Honor please, I will say that the | hong, and, ‘ ..... . .. ... . ... ... . * -
Ui timony of Mr. Pennington as snbmllted I The witness was cross-examined and re-
to yonr Honor io chambers where the I cross-examined, in a sharp tilt between the
mo'ion for a new triei was in hearing and I oonr.sel to impeaoh and counter imptaoh
tbe evidecoe we propose to bring forward I the testimony already offered by both sides,
from hia testimony now are not one and the I un eostxb's testimon-.
same, but I.nbmitynnr Honor that evidenoe ] Lawyer Poster, who lives in Madison,
has already been admitted, and has gone to I sold l tun Woolfolk a place, and at tho time
the jnry on the side of the prose oniion of 1 of the transaction be gained tbe impression
exactly the name nature as that liven in by I that Tom had consideration for his father.
Mr. Pennington as yonr honor has already Witness was trying to oolleot a debt on tbe
heard it I place which Tom couldn't pay, and witness
Mr. Gnerry atill held ont stoutly, and I offered to go to Tom’s father and get the
read Supreme Conrt decision to sustain I money. Tom objooted and said his father
him in his attitude. 1 was embarrassed enough already, and he
Col. Rutherford stated that tho motion I bad a large family, and be did not want to
{or a new trial had already been argued, but I cause him ar y more expense,
snmb.tted that under the roles os they had 1 jiu rostra tanas,
been practiced in the pre s-nt case Mr. Jim Foster, tbe bright mulatto boy who
1* nnington'a testimony was admissible, and 1 was living on tbe 11100110111 place at tho
offeied to call in Mr. Pennington and bear I time of the tragedy and who still lives in
him state bis evidence before the bench I that vicinity, in a running conversation
under oath. t with a Tileobafb representative doting
He stated that Mr. Gnerry was laboriug I rcoess yesterday in reply to a question as to
under a misconception of tho purpose of 1 what was the gmoral impression among the
tbe defense in introducing Mr. Pennington’s I colored people now living on and near the
evidence, and straightening himselt and Woclfoifc place as to the guilt of Tom Wool-
assuming a forensive tone said: I folk said that their opinion were unfixed.
Col. Rutherford stated that he had al-1 That they didn't know what to believe,
ready said that Mr. Pennington would "Yon see and talk with them oecationslly
if r evidenoe not yet heard, and evidenoe I at church and ntberpLoea where they gath-
perhaps, yonr Honor bIso. -1 the crystals of ordinary red dirt or eiay.
Dr.' Ferguson ' hsd made
lecislty ot chemistry as a study,
s though at the same time
carrying on many other studies.
Dt. McHitton, who was ednoated at
Bellevao, N. Y., was next pnt on the stand.
with water and underclothes bad been character from the photographs which he
thrown in the well, and the blood had I bad alnadyseoo.
settled down npon it, wonld it not have Judge Gnstin — ''You arc mis-
hai\ a tendenoy to pass through the felt tho I taken. Y u wore passing tbe piotures
morn for its b.ing wet?” I around during the session in ohamber, but
"Yes, sir." | I never examin’d them." (
Well, Doctor, don’t yon think that the 1 "Well, yonr Honor, they are here and I
Imed the aggression for the prosoontion I tba , W( nb j be ai )ir>ifmible snd of vital im-1 er, don't yon Jim?”
Idtskcd Dr. Clifton to tike the stand and | pertanoe in a case of as grave a na'nre as I "Yes, sit; day jta’ talk and go on 'bont do
Ighe in as evidence the result ot his mi-1 the present one when the lifeipf a man do- f murder, but 'bout htm day don't say dey
tacopio ei«iuiu»iiuu of tun uloou cor- j pended upon the rebnttal of a powerful think he done kilt deOsp'n an’ his family, ’
jdes. I aocnmnlailon of circumstantial evidenoe,) “What do yon think?”
)i. Clifton then went ahead to explain I and t*at if the court wonld allow hm be "\val, I's 'bont lik<* de rea’ of ’em.
I wonld call Mr. Penington and let tbe oourt I reokon it's rather 'stonishin' ter me how it
will tell | hear his testimony before it went to tbe I oon d er happened. I don’t have no
e even after being saturated into ootton I jury. thoughts of it.”
j soaked in a wt 11, dried in. the ennon I His honor acceeded to the proposition 1 "D d yon ever know anything abont
alitig and lying wrapped up in a M.onn I and Mr. Pennington was pnt npon the I Tom's quarreling with his step-mother and
esbifh in an old desk in the sheriff's I stand to teati'y before the bench. I bisters?’’
t among a lot of old volumes of law I ub fknninotiN on the stand. J "No, sir; novor 'knowed anythin' 'bout
.(and Legislative reports for several I Mr. Pennington stated thathehad known him quanehn’of 'em.”
Estes. Hi) treatise on tbe cheiaotor and Captain Woolfolk twenty-five or twenty- Deony ti l.eleverknovrodbouthimqutrrel-
Vc'cal properties of the crimson fluid of I eight years, and bad known Tom since he I in' wil' cm was after dry was kilt, wus what
Ew«» intensely titter sling, in spite of the wag five years old When he got into folks said. Da nite dey was killed he done
t ea of chemical and scientific technique I Mac in on Jaly 2G.h with tbo negro Celias I rode do boas off, and she tole 'im be ought
u necessarily m tde np with. I Cummeron, a inn otic, whom he bad In I not to done it. but be didn't quarrel. She
, c »,.s pnt to a severe and critical ores;-1 charge-, she was viry boisterous, and he put jo-’ spoke plain ont to 'im, an' no tole her ef
ninaiion by Ooi. Rutherford, who snr- in j ul under Jailer Birdsong. he'd known it 8 at de hoes's back was soah
ad his many hearers by bis own oompre- I got a a .range negro six feet bigh to be wouldn't ha’done it.”
i7 and ready t«mi iariy with watch tho negro woman, and afterward asked I "Who do yon mean told h>m he ongbt
technicaUties involved in the him to go with him to the asylum. J not to have ridden the horse?”
latifioally intrioate sn' jaot, and who When they got to train a discussion over Mrs. Woc?.'o!k tole 'im; Miss Mat, she tole
dtho teohniquo invilve.t in a ohemioal | remuneration. Pennington .til be would I him."
iaot tho blood with all tbo readtneoa pay Mm 25 cents pet diein. N gro hold out arrxa TEE Kicxss.
jllegopiofejgorataquizwiihaiibrary I torfitiien a, and told witnea "yon have I When tbe conrt came togeihoragain Ool.
^is in bis hand. This demonstration j acted like them damned Woolfolks; 1 hive I Ralherfori said: Yonr Honor will rauiemb
eaionait learning, nnda thorough invnl- I been chopping ootton for them and they I that when we oommenoed thL cause we
'tli armament of informs.ion on the wouldn’t pay me, and 1 intend to kill evety I made a motion for a ccntinnsnoo of the
- ot C„l. Rutherford was somewhat of a 1 damned one of ’em." | case. But before the jury is wRatn btought
[isiou to those of hii hearers who bad Gol. Rutherford otiled fir Silav Woolfolk, I into tbe room I have something to say
adnpoo him as in eminent authority I Green Lookett, Tom Banks, J bn Owens, which I do with great reluetauoe. Wu
1» end judicial ptooecdor txoiusively. | Anderson James, and the five negvoea file! ask’d at the beginning of thie cause that a
u,, Ciiftou waa kept for a long time upon f n o<’n t and were ranged front of witness. I contlnoanco be granted on the ground that
j un d, while the opipoeit.g oonuscl H, fl x *d bia eyes on Green Lockett who we eonl-l not get a fair trial in the excited
■t into a sharp and IcuRthy lest ot ad-1 he said recimblcd the negto he hired more 1 state of the county. He stated that throats
Vinltiy of bis testimony. clostlv 'ban st y other of ib« five but yet had already been made of mob violence
e, Dr. Gilfton bad fiuhhtd his testi-1 obexn lockett was notiiie NEoao • open one .of two Buie vitatwaaaw, sir, i«-
. ! snd been erosa-ewatcinsd, tbe eonu' {that Le'hirtff uii the 2G b ofsuiy wbomMS I niogton. •
fior the dsfsnse through Mr. Walker tho remarks he hsd repeated sc tho a. soon Toe oourt ..““‘.j/ .“JV
V that they had been unable to sea Mr. depot. , ««• making snob threats oonid be brought
bllolk at the j til for a priva’e confer-1 the fire negroes were then allowed to go to tbe oonrls knowledge mi order would
h , a d tal fallen to decide, in ocme-1 out and Ool. Bntbeiford oalltd for tbe I certainly be given to put and end to them,
», theirtxucCUneof procedure in the n »«to Joe J.ff. *nd Ihat he would like to have Mr. Pen-
_iac ion ot their evidenoe, Mr. W.lkor Uirtopon Gent. Hardemans Uted that ho ington put upon the stand again.
M that he was not allowed * y Jsiler had held Jae.J.ff under subtenua at re- Mr. Pennington took the stand again and
cog to enter tbe o»IL and that he qneat of deforss, bnt thathe had aant I said that MrJameaT. Heaicy and also
I not talk with sufflolent privacy to w or dbj SamThnmbrcll that he waa sink, John Searcy said tint there was
lient irom the on’alde. Jailer Bird I but If the babiff would cell Bern, he would “talk of mobbing me on aooonnt of my tea
wu called in and asked shoot the I .end him with a orrnsg-i to bring Jos. timony in this osse.
ir. and then tbe oonrt granted the I This was agreed to and the dgjense waa S.lloitor Hardeman -• Did they ray they
ftl lot the defenee time to withdraw I t eq«e«Ud to proceed until Joe could be were goit g to mob you or impeach you.
ante room and consult with | ^'ad'Rathertord, while oc-urt was wait- "Well, whleh were you most afraid of?"
■ * —■*— -* 1 "Tho mobbing.” _
"Oc'ine down, * said Gapt. HlMIBIB.
■wait and all parties to tbe case a. I „ lf , ; " the one lett ia Tom s- d be Btitea i J. 1D. BmnF «■ Il>«
In a latgely increased audisrou bsvlog tho rest." Tho oomt rnltd contrary. Coh toatifl.d tb »* bo wss Jiut teooing Mr. Pon
md immediately called tho court to jUtmjrtg -bjnTbm
■ " I (he sroaodn prUoner did not «Ute I stand. Mr. Baorcy told Mr. Peuniiigton
another PISTOL DROPPED . ® | ? t l , be property, bo rolcd tbo some thin* tbot bis bob J-1>.\djjjwj
.r..t O, Wo o,r,k t,uutek .S obj^dS making snob ^itneuhjd tal^onnd obou t
ns *tVzzsu: assL^'-sss -
i oonrt huuso daring the progrtso berg an i T.mWoolfolk.tn wb*nbb^ stat^ l u ; three tho jury were
J. One tell from the shirt bosom th.t Tom asked him about tbo Uw of in- Jktw» ‘ ^ lt bt J c ^ e ip .
t pocket of the Janitor just after heritanM. eto. . b , testi- parent from tbe inexorable attadfsatneis of
oner bade.ten hi. dinner, mid oa TomnMlikiM bultap-mother {bTctmrt In its purpose to go sb.sdwith
&“sSrS K&i^rSWBWS:
pUtoi ia bia pocket Woolfolk I mother end ototow. (Mtimonv vu I Mr*. Pannio Orouo wwi fti>i put npon tho
ftiitat his left, snj juat behind st the I The court roled that the I , u “"- bb0 .M .Bur of Tbom* Wool-
filler Birdsong. How it happened, “ k . ,f in ggeat^ that the folk's own mother, who died Jane 25, 1875
itknown; but tlupl-'.ol fell out of 1 take to bring Jo«. •«»> °g8 I Tom at that time was fivs ytais old. Had
Ts pocket and the j tiler, »‘« lr K‘ h “ dc ??J 1 “ p , b «“ a . t wltntrs for tho defense known Tom sinoe his birth, and until nine
idling, caught it just as It reached Bnt aa themxtwltmr until I years of ago after hii moiber’o death ho
Woolfolk tamed and said to the was absent the oourt took a reoem untu i ^earv ot g ^ ^ tttbcaa . During
-idn’t grab it that time." 2 30 p. m. witnesa ont that time bo was s very effeotionato
iones says ho does not know how j Mra. Edwatda was the P Hula b v Hu alwaj■ confided »n her. H.d
ti could have fallen out of hi. upon tbe aland. .... w< , 1 '
a It was a very dangerous plaos to Bne waaC.pt woollolksoiasa
iVtaton, »d% bailiff Who m 8h. nsmrii«rd To^asy^mirtUnn
He Btndled chemistry as it is taught iu the I blocd wonld have a tendenoy to sbttle down I wonld ask yon to look at thorn. Mr. Uor-
thorough oon se of instruction at Bellevue. I npon the hat, and settle npon it on aooonnt ] di man pleaso allow the oonrt to see
The accepted test now in use la the ap- I ot Its groatur specific giavity and pass I tbe photographs. Hero, yonr Honor, is
plication of the ohemioal teat in connection through the fell?” Ihe pioture of Jaok Dnbose looking his
with the miernsoopio. 'he blood fresh and I "Well, the speclfio gravity of water ia I best."
‘rv on two different things. I less than that of blood, end I 'ibeoonrtlanghodasbotcoktbepboto-
The blood that bad been on the shirt and I blood has a tin-teocy to I graph and atndird the oonntor.anoo of
thrown in tbe well and taken ont the next I aatile down, allhongtjblocd « til di solve in I "jack dudobb looking ins best."
day and then dried for two or three month! I wator to snob au extent that lt wonld not I and then bantling lt b,.ok took toe other
ocnll not ba restored so as to be reoog-1 settle nolens dotted." I picinro showing, as Colonel Rntbaiford ox
nixrd under e test of aoyiott. I Dr. Bass having arrived, was awomand I plamsd:
Af er this testimony the oonrt adjourned I pnt npon tbe stand. I "Jack Dabolss, when be didn't went bis
4:15 until 9 o'clock this morning. It is I Dr. IV. 0. Bass is a minister of the gos-1 piotnrs taken and was screwing np his face
lik-ly that the evidence for the defense will I pel and president of the Wesleyan Femalo I to prevent the snooeea of tho arii.fi en-
bu flood to-d iy.se they are noting with dis- I UoUege. I deuvor.”
patch in the eondnet of limit oaae. I He testified that Miss Pearl Woolfolk I After tho conrt had dnly studied the pho-
mode about blood. I was at the oollege, and that for tbe last I togrspb, Oolonel K-ubertord oontinnod to
Professor Daly waa pnt npon tbs stand | term she was there Captain Woolfolk gave I arguo at exhanmve length tbo admlssi-
asan expert, and testified oonnter evidenoe I him his note In payment for tnltio 1. j bitty of -Sherd Kitchen’s evidence on tbs
to offset Dr. Gfifton’e iesiimony on tho I "Oa tho 8 or 9 of July I received a let-1 ground that it waa not a threat or in tbe
blood stains, attaoklng bis method of mak-1 ter from Captain Woolfolk stating—” I nature of an unoorruborsted oorf-don,
ingtbeteet. Ho took a thorough oonrse of I "Htop—yonr honor I object to witness I mid that tbe jnry must txhanat every othfV
ohemlstry in Queen's College, st Kingston, I stating oontents of any letltr," said boliol-1 hypothesis belt re they oonid Jnatly fasten
Ontario, and atterward taught it tor five j tor Hardeman. I the crime charged against him upon the
yean, having founded the ohemioal labors- I •"Ool. Rntherford, have yon that letter I ptisontr, Tom Woolfolk, st the bar.
tory at PioNono College. Had a general | yet?” ] Ha sai4 that even if Jack Dnboise could
kuaeqedge regard'.sg tbs detection of blued j “Y«-e, eir. I have it hero.” j have read the patters, tbe defense woald
stains from tbe books, but some years ago, I "Will you please rood t ?” I .how that Jaok Daboiao. the Ignorant, un
being appointed to defend Herp Thomas, I Toe doctor then drew tbe letter from his I latterod end brutal negro found In a se-
acensed ef muid r. Witness made an en- I intile coat nooketaudread it aa follows: I qu stored portion of the r mote ocuoty ot
tbnsiaatio study of all tbe enthoritiee ontbe Macon, Jnlv 8, 1887 —R v. Dr. Bass, I uneroktehail,withontleadi. gqnestion, told
snbjeot of sei.ntifio detection of blood and I Maocn, Ga,—D ar Bn: I reoelved yonr I things about the oiionmstanoui of themur-
I have kept np with the snbjoot and author- I note and have been trying to tffeot salts of I dor that
iti-s ainoe. I somelbiog to meet tbe paper. I find ti | mevsb bad been publisbid bt tbe pbiss, .
Witness stated that scientific detection I { 0 «ffect tales at aaotlficos and o:. 1 ana tbat wets new to the jaryaewt-Uasot vi-
of blood bad undergone three stages. In I long time, bnt as yet have mot no one I mUmportanonto th" young man, Tom W"ol*
the early part of thu c.-ntury the German ] who seems to went to pay down ready I [oik, whose very life was dependent up in
chemists claimed to detect blood by moans I money. I the exhaustive putting to the jury of all tbe
of rimpls chemioal analysis. All these dif- I I have i ffeotod one salo of one hundred I e vidu c in hie favor at this time of dire
ferenltt ala wtre in the main baaed upon I dollars dno two weeks irom to morrow, I axtremlty.
tbe presence of iron in tho ooloring matter I .hioh I will psycn yonr note and will da I OoL Rutherford cited a ease wbiobho
of too blood. All these teste have long | m y bM t to nice the ralaoes it ti baa to be j signed wbero a point of ohsraotir atutil.r
tiuoe been dirouded, and ato only tyrd j done st a sacrifice. Iam determined you j to the one b.fare the coart hsd been raised
now as confirmatory that the crystals of I g b »u be paid at the earliest posa.blomo-
Haemiu, the present beat, are really those 1 moat. Years roopeotfnlly.
oitmiug from blond. Up to twenty yesrs I It F. WooLroi.K.
*go the microtooplo tost was aocopted ini Jm Foster wse recall, d end knew Joe |
prefereneoto the chemical tent. I Jiff. Joe .worked for Captain Wool-
This test bad been sbandoned by themod-1 folk chopping ootton during the whole year. ^ .
era soil mists aa nnoert.dn and dangerous, ] Us quit work about two weeks before tbe | oem. decided and eettltd by Ihe Bupreme
especially so when the blood etaios were I mutder. WitneM did nnt know that they I Conrt of tbe titate by which the oonrt waa
old, and that all modern authorities bed I ba .j mty troublo. Joe Jeff said bis time was I bound to set in»tho present osse.
abandoerd the seme. | up. I Bcllol’.or Usrd- msn further argued that
There were at present only two tests ao-1 Witness did not know whether CspUin I the testimony of Mr. Walker, oono.n.iug
knowledged by Ilo snthorities. I Woolfolk psldbim or not. I tho cout>s.lon of Jaek DnBotse to fcltn
The simplest wav was a combination teat I Mr. Pennington was next recalled to the I wbc0 Mr Walker vbtitrd Du Boise In jtil,
by cbemiatry end the mioroscope. TU« I „und. Col. Rotberlord: "Mr. Peonlngton, I wisfor hrr Inadmissible on tho grounds
saspeeted substance was dissolved In cold | p| euA to state what time it wu that yon hud 1 that DuBulse made the oonf sston to im
water, then evaporated and the 1 tbo conversation with the boy—” I SB an attorney. And the law provided that
residlnm treated with glacial acetic I "ytop, atop; yonr Honor, we obj-ot; your I an aunrney, or his oltnk eoold mvor ba
acid snd oommon gait Tbrn I Honor bss already paued npon that ttsti-1 compelled or allowed to divulge to conrt or
In turn wu evaporated, and If the stains I m ony,” said fSolioitor Hardeman. I jgry, or litiray lUe.iuoet saorsd Lost ihat
wti^ blood, eryatals wngld form which 1 Tkwooan Mil tbv jory froni Ihe room and | C ouul be imposed upon a profession, bon-
D itirts-rtWily be detoekd oy -* * 1 -..-l v r . .
_ ui-v-rtidily be dctcitid try meant of a I again antared into aa examination ot Mr. I ored irom time immenirrial. BoUoitor
mlcrosoope, tbe cryatala then detected I p« n nlrgton, and C< 1 Rutherford entered e I lardeman farther obaisttarixol tbo oon*
w [bt not be thorn of blood. I long, earnest end rlcqusnt plea against tbe | (eaaiou of Jaok DcBjlse u e base febrioa-
Iu answer to the question a" to Dr. I pruoeedibg ct undlng the jnry frum the I tlon.
Clifton's testimony, wiueu nid that he rj0 m, and thus exolndiog tha benefit of the I Cclouel Balhsiford, starting up— "Whoso
had heard lt all, and that the Doctor had I moat important testimony In the cn’lro I fabtio itionl”
given e true and grs[bio description of Ihe I 04 nso. I HulieUor Hardeman—"I am not miking
blood and its constituent carts and of tbo I Hoiioitor Hardeman made a most power- any p. r tot al imputation.”
process at one time need for the dtteotion l | n i , ep ij to CoL .RntUertord. j Mr. Walker— 'Yonr Honor, I weald etk
ot blood. I He stated that his opponents able argn-1 thathe «L-.to whero tbe impu.stion ruts.”
Witness differed from Dr. Oiifton only u j mint was a most shrewd effort of eloquence ] j[ r , WalScr then went on to ebar.ic’. -r-
to the thoroughness end tffleimoy of doo- I ao d B taUment to carry a point not well I txt lbo atatement ot tiolicltor
tor's test, claiming that it wu unreliable, I ( orD j t d, and that tbe question bad alrudy UarJcmen u "f dse from its very Inoiptton
old and dlsotrded by present anthorities. I ba «Q paMdi upon by bia Honor who wav I gQ j,ir .H t b o impntation npon hit profos-
Witness wonld not deny bnt tbst Dr. Cliff- I anstalued in bta position by the aathoriliea I Monsl character wu oonoorued."
ton had seen blood eot| nsclu in bis vzamt-I 0 { tt,o Bnpreme benob. ] The jnry wu theu recalled end Mr.
nation. He b«l no doubt that Dr. Chiton I Cob Rntherford again arose and made I Walker pnt nti-<n the stand He testified
had aeen ooiptitolee in the field mlcrosoope, I another strong argument and asked that I tbl t bB w.s prt ent at tho expert«xamtna-
bat he denied that any one oonid sweer I | be preseontion bo riqnlred to inralsh the 1 b 00 0 ( j b# bb'Od on the garuente Thursday
that the oorpnsolee were thou of blood I c ^„ t one slrgle oausoatslnlng their objso- I night.
with any degree of oet.slnty. eepsoleliy in Uon l0 m,. Bennington’s tutimony. Witneu himself suggested tbe extmlna-
mattarof life and death. Daring the lut speech tho P»i»- tion of the bet. Tbe drawers wore not tx-
They differed only ss to meuurement I 0 iu-r tvidsntly realiz’d the ter- I amioed while hu wu present, nor did he
and u one authority had slated lt wonld be | ,j b i, moment of tbe betlis think tbe soeks Wt-re »x.mined. Witnrss,
dangerous to bane a men on the meunre- then bt log waged in every detail (looking I *ben be left the room, was promised that
ment of tbe 1 30,000 of an inch. 1 ’ " ’ “ 1 *
I; .:oi
mes says he does not »now mw i "r ’ —
oonid have fallen out of his upon tbe aland. oldvat child. I seen Tout i nova ytar lor the last ten years
wu a very dangerous pises to I Btte »“ C*P* anything ont of Tom visit <1 her home July 7ih la»t,and he.
ion, and the bailiff who wu I She n,fer J 1 “ , ?,J 0 i n u Always a I talked ab. nt bia lather ir< quently, and
•wily frightened at the time, should the way ebont hfa l at lived biin very dearly and »h> never heard
£kUh.D locketS future. ffiSSt sW^ W» W Shw^mfuaj of hie
.4* gtUeries were jtmme I difftisnoe in hla affection it was when some c.’hoa add that Oeptain Wool
|J«pl«oeoQpylrg every eeaUnd every | ‘be^uti^onwL^ ^ tQ , UDtfH in talking | folk had not_.iooo Me slaty toward Mrs.
■Kandtug room, people who were '-'.Vmarrtage that it I Eiwardv, Toiu was mc.gci
■Mo hear the all important opening » b “ a ,‘‘ . f * BC ”wbat T m did t.nded his tether's eooduot
*»(so.6 to be made by the prisoner, didn't moke.any d ncrence wok ^ bMX( (
Jfeentlon hsd mads e most powerfnl I she knew he waa J R h home I WitneM
me rtcegu zvi the Imp mtant tibe new Mra ... ag-ict hm
»«• if the opening u Indicativeof land ehedWt Rfie never had to raiu I "mothi-r."
«cy ot einduot. All wu to- to thejuetdj* She ney« nujw tul p ,
Jo the extreme to the endience. I her vjlceio ord r { Athens, hsd I sutrr, Vi=» f.ail
Jwrford took the floor *«>.“.»“ I k “j, &lk sinu l• *u two l Mil. O.wu was.
’Tj'junsry Tom WcoKolk s.id to WiU- *
lttal eannsry ( k|oder hlbtf lbaa
fyUrford
vs ready in the oonrt room, a'd aa
‘leveryeye i i thehutt-e was fisei
’’tyiti duply penetrating gz,
ttlii’ctthe pttaiun wholoiked
•‘it at ever and tve-y bit uda-p-
t in what wu puling. Ool.
[li rd wd: "If yonr ho«.ot pletsa
f- Hr. Finningtonon 'ba stand ”
“'G-nerat Ha d-man ar-»e »nd
ths h>4 a qieatiuu to uk th
ta-1 requests.! bis borrrto erdtr
yt joti; l(em at j,, a time until be
ID-thi pciot to the bench fordis-
L';; ,T '- eftev aatisfying itself aa to the
poijt rtq’t tied the twelva
— at: ' of th jo>y" 10 peu ioto the
E?,*«” ’MUatn nuttl rcoalled.”
•’ G Oeral Hardemea te»n stated
* Vonld Lave, hie oollrague
ha’-cro oE too pilot he wished to
12’, ,,r T fhan arum and m»sd
the mimisibillty of Mr. P.n
Ikua? .J' *htch hsd already
kaJ. . heeaUBla ohamMTt and
*»uil r **** 1r * to a tbr. at said to
L Jy® ®*d* by se me nnknown party
lb!t.. *** hi existence, it wse not
►tobte.r “•"“'"I “ *'■
BLt-*?***> be pmlostsn egdaea
I • , ' il -ii«a of Mr. Pent:.-ton's
wu mdigcsnt, snd do-
toward his
Witneu never heard him ssy enythiof
ni p-motoer, wbum he eallet
Ha was else fond of bis brother
prini ot Lis lovely
1
. . sworn, rapt. Hardeman
.i...tu-g bit voice In a.tf ranee to the
aa Lt) repeated the form of oath.
Witness was Tom W.o’.f ilk’s own sistar.
fam. -No oce ever had a aiouer . ( Qa d 0 f Ms fathtr.
be." That conversation Wok plus tn aom a«m ^ fla^.Uh u*rs u she
Woolfolk’* atoie. sit-xrr gave in ber teatimony wLlch wu for tbe
geat li»r io the o no'} - - ... cb . riclt , be j w a ba^Iy soared. He uH he tested some
From hie kn-iwfaig beUsyehiml troubla taom » negro. George Ca!d xsU,
hardly knaw anotbtr he wont. t btb ,j pn t in tbe chain-gang. Her
01, hutch bt tb , y fati-tr eontd nm sleep in a elcswi ronm hnt
Had beard S ‘T.«*t myrntto foe hud. of my
nriaM^t* dieBot htr« a teiy good opinion mrtttr. ^
of him. . i.-tier* I Dr. E G. F.rgesor. a pr-cuciogjchfsl-
opTvsfnl cr.^ if j ciaD.wssedMetadrt QMUeOoUegejIUng;
iBte oci
^senP^’’ [ cisu.waaixi nested st Qceen s L
biai under t ath. Ho u- t ! Veiore bt I too, Canada. Witness staled
D.V, t re j iked « Hai micro) eopio t«t badbvo
b al litre to ibiok- ®* SJJJJ H hs syer I and beso absndomd by tbeb
asrgsg&agg.
tiasss: 11. »<
= “* s 3sssb»* ,b *
and ruled down by tbe oonrt end on that
point the acquittal ot the prisontr was
acenrod and h-s lunooet.ee proven.
Bnt b'a Houor rnled 'hat tho tcs'lmotiy
ot Mr Kitohntii and Ur. Walker wu n it
admissible, tbe question having nlro- ily
Oti orosa-examlnation witness thneght it
might be pouibie that it wu Mr. Hall who
suggested the < semination ot the hat.
After Mr. Walker had been orovs-extill-
1,000 of an inch. I in a volume ot tho Egbtb Georgia Report). I no further rumination of,the garmenta
Witneu wu positive that all modern I Q e n t nervously fingering the leaves of a I would be made.
anthorities agreed Unit Dr. Clifton's teat volume if tho Eighth Georgia Reports
not In any manner oondnslve. I wb j cb lay open btfore him on the table,
Witness gave many other detal's of this bQ t wb gs hia face showed that ba wu in-
acientiflo featore, ami afterward ha wu In I tensely interested them wu hardly an In- _ _
all the main points oonfirmed by Dr. F«r- ulligtnt person in the house who did not | i n i'd' and haddeHcsndi d from the stand die
gnson and Dr. McHatton. | betray (ally as much emotion and many of | 03Ur t anncr.no- d a r-reta till 2.30.
them more lhan.he. I
At nreeiulT five minntea nast nine Judge I A,Ur Oo1 ’ Rutherford took hia seat Judge I TUK *»r»»suoil hes-ion.
flwtfoltraek hta duk with P the mrel a^d OvLuXio, who ha.1 listened attentively to his Slow tainss stad.-Toe Kvldamee Near-
the oourt came to order. Tho defense wu I BrRnnitD D t n *1?,^™ evidence^ B nnd h 1 ' 1 id'tbat I Incan l.ml.
requeatad to proceed with the testimony, R““®«videLOC, ands.U that At mostly a ; 30 the piiioner walked into
and opened up th. day'* proeeedlng. by | Ue tutimeay pt Mr. ^ I «">'f «">“ ^e side entranc-, Ic-adlng
placing Lon Ooopcr (colored) on the wit- *“ d I nmuMnw K ‘ throngb from the Ju lgs’e ohamb«r. ncoorn-
mss stand. L-intived on tbi premiss, of ^tnsu wot ,•*****. "“«™l* “ patied by two bailiff., while tbe jury bad
Mr. Georgs Yatrs, about RMt a mile, ahe ^ been e-indurtd back from th< ir uin-.,.-r at
reckoned, from the Woolfolk residence, and to'SThmh ,he Biubbl.fltld Honso and were banging
hsd known tbe Woolfolk family well. Bho “j®“ atioat tbc-ir cornor of the oonrt room nudrr
remembered well the night of the tragedy, £9 ~ J dPP L “>• sur'" illanoe of two b.ll ff. and 8m-riff
as she wu np that night adminiat- ring to CoL Ratherford arose and said. Wssteott, who is ever on the alort to guard
her hasbAUdy who vu fioHehog 1 Beforo that jury oomos in, your Honor. | ibo ttV ,. n n« h umi uporot of ju«lio*.
from b «oro kntc. She "hcBrd a right amart I I would like to 8»y that when in opening s^moof the jurors were smoking, while
of hollowing* in tho dircotion ot Osptain I this case I made my statement to the jory 1 others wero bending over tbe varit tn tables
Vfoolfoik'a home tomttima In tbe early l I dldao in all good faith that I w aid intro- I w ( lb pencils and p«per, scribbling notes to
honr of tbo morning, when she was appro- I dace that leutimony of Mr. Pennington be- I their families or ba«ines8 connections,
paring a ponltioe for her husband to pat | fore them, and 1 ask yonr Honor to make a J ^ prisoner’s face, which bad been
on bia knee. Tba noise wah made by a I state moot to tbe jury to the effect that I I rough vith qni’a a growth of beArd daring
woman’s Tcico. It only lasted for a mo* have made an attempt to carry oot ihat | t hu torencon waa now clean shatan and
ment. Witness thought she wenid bsTc S premise in order th.; ikty m»y not lose » 8m oolb, he having enjoyed tbo luxury of an
heard it hftd it been repea’ed. 8be nUted, I coufldenoo in what I may say hereafter in I operation ai tbe baodn of a barber in tbe
in reply to a question pat by Gob Katber- 1 this c*se. I sheriff'll office daring th* recess,
ford, that at iba coronet’s inqntat me said 1 Tho court gave OoL Rutherford that j Bbortiy afterwards Mrs. Edwards and
she only beard one t-creim. privilege of making a statement to tbe jory, I yir*. Crane were »een to enter, in company
She also heard tbe Woolfolk dog barking I bat not of argniig tbe qntsiion in the least | wttb m.. Jewett Eiwsrdi.
and taking on, and the cows bdloaiog I betore them. And fioiicitor-Oentni Har- I The oourt room was under tbe same
Captain Woolfolk never put her husband in I deman volunteered his ready consent to his I high pressure from the tbroegs who filled
jail, nor did he ever have any difficulty I doing aa t . I th-? se a s of floor and gailents, and were
with him. The jury were ealled in and CoL Hath- it ill clamoiiug for admission to the bailiffs
Mr. Yu*a had hfm prosecuted and put 1 erford took the Ajor aod, addressing them | B t tbo doors,
him in tbe ohain-gang, but not Captain I said: I A long delay waa caused by a bitch in tbe
Woolfolk. •‘Gentleman of tbe jury: The court has arr^ngementi of tbe defendant* conduct of
Another colored woman living at Mr. | granted me tbe privilege of saying to you | witnesses, and daring this interval the
John Harts’s, testified to baviog heard | tnat I offe.ed tbe testimony of Mr Pen-1 c r»nrt was basily engaged over a newjpeper
screams by female voioes, on# ••tig’* and ningcon in order to prove the threat alio Jed I with a pair of shtars, wb^ob ba plied -*ith
••Uttie" one, about the I to by me in my opening address, and that | t be readiness of an editor at the aeisson u-
■Ut- t; that if
aliovtd to go
pesure io that they come
b!e o^her corpascl-'t* so ~*..j
lLrtt they are tic^ilicgly apt to
be coLfcunded with otbtr matter tbMt
under tbe fit-id of tbe microscope,
.•icope would rtadily abow the
honr of that morning. The
littlevoloecried, **Oi, Lord! Oa Lord!”
This witness alio heard a noLe like a scut-
lie and the knocking around of farnitura
Hue did not think of anything io ternbla,
and was not alerated.
Dr. ItoHatton waa rrcdled by tbe de
fence and quo? . i ed expl * Uly » « to acin»-
pointa in hu sri-ntific ixpUiMition of the
blood teats, to the ch^neva for »*u
accurate ttat up< u blood-sUn;*. 1 garments
u-rider the circumstances in which tbe tea.
was made of them no win c nrt as evidence.
D.i k’ii AirON OS TSS STAND.
CoL Katticri^rd miked: “Docuzr, fud-
posi- u tbrtt ) at had b n in tbe ^1 f O
- -3 v ,:-., r-
ie 7 h or btb of
chi it bteVft li .ea p'j-rible for
;*• FbUleffi d<> a u apoi* it from the
taWtn put in the * ell »>na re-
*-re fr>Lu twelve to ei^hie^u
ini cle*r 'hrougb the fei‘. and
d both ni'lea of it:”
“I be wilnens :• with you.
C ilouel Hardeman, in th'
tbe court has ruled that tbe testimony is I b e Hat suddenly folding no tbo p.*p
inmdmisdble.” - 1 sod layios tbesdsAora aei e, be asked ibe
"Call in Mr K tcbap,” sail CoL Bather-1 counsel if they h«d any objections »o that
ford, as he tc^k ni« i* nt. p .p & r (".olding it op) being paaetd to tie
Judge Gostin “I wiU a-k C L Rutherford 1 j ary, stetiug ihat hi had clipped from it
of Mr Kitchen u toe s»*mo I evcr'th ng that ha l bearing* on Ihe trwi.
if the teaLmony <
tb tt b an alrtady been < ff red iu th*
lor continuance b^rd iu clumber*’t"
Col Bath erford— 1 “The u*i.mob y oi
KltekeoleeddliloBel'to thst**
ita-j'.ry again seat out fn ore
11. ■>, .r: ^ fi.• io I.- .. - 1 rD
abo
looking 1
r Mr. Kitcb be was
everything that hal ba*rir.g* «
The counsel readily agreed \» tbe f rop*
aitton, and Hneiiff Wseteoll beaded
the sheet ■ of- mental food
to tbe nertn •» joror to 1 iu , a1. h > : « lo<1
to b • Mr. AdUun Ttn*!‘ y.
Mr. Hi n:ey tcok tb* ;• ; r • / lv. and,
having txbihttid the ;• - y in-
was not I «hiie
alter:.' >i ! .. * *, .. l i
t ur ji* -r
ail
Lilly of di-vr.ff K tt;':.*;'.
lunng which tbe ptUoutr x«
ar.Li d, tn* coIiuj:*h o: tbo
r ,kun The q lost lion ic.
Kitotn«.*’n Ckidt-UCA wen
Jrt.cfc I Mb rise, and tu me:-