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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH:: TUESDAY MORNING, DitC-iMBER 20, 18S7.—1 WjJLVjS PAGES.
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[has struck me from Ike first a* * lawyer. | tory yells proceeded, bat “hang him!" ! theorists w at hand, tbst the day's pro- j It. Look npon the evidence with wisdom '(s
You arc told tbst Kiohsrd was a msn grown "bingbia>!”oamo tht fierce yell of
_ . of rage ! erodings would bring an end to tbe oontest | Search for the truth with undetstanding, upon which thl f. r ®“ 0D * b! e hypoth,,i
larger, tf anything, than the prisoner. If from the other end ot the room, and "bang and that another night wonld not pass with-1 and glvejuetioe to the dead as well as to the guilt ot the def.na . 0 “° except th
the prisoner had been contemplating mur- him." "bang him" was ra- ohoed from | out the case having at least passed into the living. tor wha has nrLnJj i “ Jou osu ao-onn?
dir, wonld he ever hare gone into hla fath the body of the bou-e. | bands of tho jnry, and m ny oCLtsnded The Solicitor-General took bit seat, hav- other reasonable m” n th '* c “*e in anl
tr’s room and left Bichard behind him to I Upon the first yell of fury, Sheriff Wes-' that they wonld not remain ont long. When tog spokeu four hours to all, and as he did guilt, then von «r» S n Der bs8l dej that ofhi!
either interrupt him and attack him in the oott, ever prompt and positive, bounded I the court opened up yesterday morning the so the feelings of hie hearers were worked Itwi'llnotdo ulmii nnd 10 “ti® 1 '. him
The epeeker also bandied with great <
asuua wo tuc uuiu uuouuor, air. UUOS | HUB1CU U1B ClCKlUg nrgUIUCUb. HO uutcini mem 14., ' 1UI JUfiUOL*. lucre WtiH HOI A at tile HHfflo timn nrr vu “Ulll a crime
great orig- Nash, of Twigga county. He was located into it with iplrit and determined force ot mother, father, meter or brother present denes of their mini ®°uce*l the evil
Inallty and persuasive force the subject of by Bailiff J. B Andrews and pointed out to diction, wsxlng eloquent os he proceeded, who was not reached by the penetrating are those that are mm ... . wor *t ciim-s
_ , „ „ P .. U Co the Court by the tracks found in tho honse and the lack Bailiffs Hnnnioutt and Bassett, who sue- holding hie vast audience spell-humid till spirit of hia eloquent ntterances, an 1 many itation and a m.Vik. with prerned.
Excited citis.u. Break up the court j of _ more track g. | oecded in getting him ont 01 the door with-| the olcSc. _ .. | wore moved to toare by the gr.pbio picture | nVeme lUho* «>om wt*
time
Violent Demooitratlons of Auger -
The Andlenco Terror Stricken
, by Numerous Wild Cries.
"HANG HIM
HANG HIM!
HIM !”
m - —- — —— a — |y —— - - - - # | - m 4 I Ulllt i iSULC.'t t.U i Hi It 11 j | lb *41101), t i 1111 It tnar, tL . • pltUlfiJ.
of more tracks. oecded iu getting him out 01 the door with- the close. were moved to t*ars by the graphic picture preme itation 0fln®*»ii- OO A ,nn ? t# lheia *ih
The murderers did their wjrk qnicklv, out much difficulty. The other offenders We give but a brief and unsatisfactory he drew cf the affeotion of motherhood and arranoe ao that h« !v the ■““e time
and tindiug that one member of the family were not positively identified at that time skel ton of his argument composed of brief the innocence and purity of infancy, th * the circumstances Sulk f 0 c°nvi°t*d—to
had escaped them and gone to give the and were allowed to remain iu the room, statements of the points tonohed upon, al- dependence of old age and tho purity and the ametiin if in q D 8 At
alarm, made haste to escape, and they were although closely watched as suspeots. thongh we have not used the exact words beauty of maidenhood as included in that manner ton 'can y“f r fe &3on%ble
gono before the poo’s of blood had time to When the fi rat fierce yell of rage was of Colonel Hardeman or those of Colonel sacrifice to the brutal passion of the base proven iu the cam* Kui * or the facta
>zq oat of the victims and form cn tho heard to ring through the onurt room, Rutherford iu bis speeches, as it waaim- butcherer. _ * kequii the defeTdaVL ““ »?« d «» «•
>or. Judge Gustin who, perhaps, more than possible to ooudeuse their long and elo- When Solicitor-General Hardtuun had besond anv reasnn.vj. j ^P. 081 h® Builty
At 12 o'clock the speaker paused, and any one else, felt its teirible import and the qaeut sentences to pablishablo compact- taken bis seat, the ciurt announced that a I ble donbt is on« om.i « *" reasons-
wiping his face and forehead, beaded with aw tul responsibility of the moment, was ness and do so. recess of an hour wonld be taken to give or want of evirien,.. if om *“® eT *dence |
perspiration, looked intently at the jury for not the only one to be startled. Everyone May it please your Honor and gentlemen him time to prepare the charge to the jury, mere vsone wa» P rin»s„-i. m ? 8tb ® 1 uot » I
a moment,and then in low but earnest tones in the house was electrified with horror, of the jnry: When Tom Woolfolk heard The twelve jurors retired to their room Loch a one as a mefmu’ " nt m ®' 8 be
went on: ladies trembled and held their breath from his position in the front yard that just after tho yndge, but with these excep- m »n can oive leZsnn.v!. a< £ npon > M »
1 am nearly through, and aeon the life of I with dread of a terrible oalamity, strong noise within the bouse, was it the ghost of tions, hardly a person of the many bun-1 reasonable man would act * nc “ * 008 83 1
I * uassasj * w ‘ I * 88 "" 8 v ' 8 ' ■ %«*»aa/aw GWWIUIIDUUll^ I UUIID WilUlU lUOUUUBC, WCMJ lb IUD f,uy.W Ut 1 11UUP, U4IUIJ U UtThUIl Vi IUO IUHDY UUU- I I MI S0X1 III 11! t man lMIll.l — ’a M U
Coniine rrom the Audience - Panicky the defendant will be in your banda, at leaat men started to their feet and turned pale, his murdered father or was it the form of drtds yielded bis or her place. All were retuse to act odou in.J 1 P on .» or
E , ^ „ A j so far as Ihe attorneys have anything to | and looked toward the door to see what | one of his vict ms arsing to tell the story | bent upon hearing the charge and the end | thebiaheat imnn»t*IL- mattor of hl8 OWQ of
Symptoms In the Crowded Court
Boom—Strong Men Grow Fate
—Women Terror Stricken.
■ay.
chance there
the room
no the charge ■
the highest importance.
was of clear ng of bis blood, and why did Tom hasten to go of the case if possible, and ao remained. The prisoner is
and they tnrncd I in then? Because be feared that bis work At two minutes before twelve, the judge ment in the case and that 8 tAt«.
JUDGE (JUSTIN'S CHARGE
detenaant against all the wftneises tbs
may be introduced against him, or you msi
h ‘« you mJy
THE FIBST TIME THE PRISONER
HAS SHOWN FEAR.
them been mode and a panic followed there Solicitor Hardeman went on to picture in believe him in nS. ~? et “ er > msy
i will was no telling what the awful aouacquenoes graphically eicquent language, pregnant To ,he Jur J' '** ‘** 0 F«no u . Trlat or Thom.. ° c ‘^ ve b “' m te *“ P" 1 “ 1™ Bay du.
Id summing np I wouldi call your atten- .iiuaeu i m mem ucueuse u. muiu ui»v uib xuin | m iwo miomes oeiore twelve, me juage i ment in the cum on a .. ITT—" |
tion to the loot that one favorable circum- mere pale when they saw there was none, might have been imperfeotiy done, and that was again in bis seat, and at two minutes may accent t ntitniv v * ut «>“*nt you
stance outweighs many adverse eireumstan- The doors of the room all opentd tow .td yet some of his viotims might, by some pos- alter, began to read the charge to tho jury, detenaant assinst btl,e ve tbs
ces, and if yon agree with me in one favor- the inside, and the crowd were ao jammed eible oversight of his, be alia to tell tho I I - - -R all the witn«...
able circnmstance the theory of the State is | against them that had a motion toward | tale. 1
broken down.
I have about finished my task; your
do me the juetioe to say that I canid not I might have been. ' I with touching pathos, the Terrible midnight I
bare raid what I have said unless I had While the audience trembled under’the hour when the 1
seriously thought I was defending an inno I ominous buzz of excitement Judge Guetin I wooutolk raniLT was botchimd, . . . _
cent man. maintained his seat. He took in tho eitua- and the community of Macon, the Bute of placed upon trial b«fnre you Thomas G.. --r ™-1
When the evldenoe of theSUto was being Uon, and as soon aa order had been partially Georgia and the civilized world wai out- wo-lfolk for the murder of Richard F. p 8 “°7' D 8 “J p ® t80n . 8 w ^° «J*y
TouchloE Demonstration of sisterly Affec-1 takon from that stand, I, sitting here in my restored allowed Solicitor Hardeman to con- I raged by one of the most revolting crimes Woolfolk, bis father. Hois on trial " ow 0 uah t not to ba hKlinv^A th ,l ,llf f I
* , oboir, overheard a whisper behind me. It I Unne his speeoh, and thaa oonfldence wai | ever known. for no other effanse than that one. You 08 ‘n«y nuy bsl
tion hy the u.rolc Mrs. Edwerd. | was w hen the witness was testifying about partially restored, although ths fever of He took np the evidence and argument of I b»ve teen empaneled to try him, and you Th Tl, "J l “® 88 “® 4lnd of evidence. I
the mortgege given npon the chime of the tearful expeotsney was still high. the defense. What diff tronco does it make have taken npon yourselves an oath that "£•'“ n8 ' . m, y get upon the I
defendant upon the eeUte of his father, and Another feature of the episode was the with the guilt of Tom Woolfolk if there you will without bios and pnj udioe against 8 S“" 8 * e ” *“ ow *'Og« of his I
some one whispered to the Attorney-Genera bravo and heroio action of Mrs. Edwards, wereoUnr accomplices in the crime? him. You have token an oath that you will . °‘ n * * 0, “ a no ‘heheve himupoal
told him to ask to wnom the prisoner's sister. With the keen Does it make any difference with the perteotly, impartial y between the State and -W” 1 ‘he xtiod and
Georgia, by action of'its'grand jury has „ r ^» tn ^ 8 l e8 j 0ll u heimpeaohed in a cue b»
■ ■ ■ J q I proof of bad character. They msybeim-
to Shield Her llrother From
Threatened Violence.
and
tuav luoriKu^o manual ui ana snsciion nwm nvmecce im.unsi 10m ooiioik ii me i uocu. mu nsaumm, . thuv vnnM KaIiowa h« m »
be, noble, high minded man tost he waa, grasped the sitnaUon upon the insUnt of interpretation of the defense do<s make it tho most snored trust that could possibly | “ e “®J® n P°“o»th.
Vaiisrday wss s""tber stormv fiay, not with a trus tense of delicacy and honor, the flrBt yell, and, springing forward with a possible that there was one other person devolve npon any person. The life ot this | . -T.- o!y””*
. , h ' — „tcnrnl( Dicil world tut elao I waived bis tight to do so and let a chance smothered cry. threw her arms around Tom connected with this prisoner in the crime? man may or may not be In your hands. wouldn’t believe him
only iu the me eorolcgical world but also ^ ^ do ^ ciuee , ome „ d „ notment Woolfolk'. nook and covered hi. person The ueieuiv promUcd to prove to ynn that You have sworn that you will try him fairly >®“ b A“' t
in the history of Tom Woolfolk who * or I oonfese, gentlemen, that I trembled then; I with her own, thus placing him under the the prisoner had two changes of olothes, and impartially. .. 8 ° 8 ® 8U ““‘“ e d so “‘® t 7 0DW0D ldbe-
nine long days has stood or sat in tbe 8u- that for a moment I, sttting here in my proteotlon of butwberoare they? Dothey aooount for Thereisnota great deal of law involved ®.® “*. 8n ® 8 ® ."® T ne8tI ® n > wm rest
Derior Court of Bibb oounty defending chair, trembled frrm head to foot for fear the sokctiti or woman them? No, when the prisoner was token in this case, tbe responsibility is mostly “ “ e J ar y' ““ “«dut) of
P en ®‘ . . . hn wf.iilA dean, lint be did not. nnd now I as cnc nf thA mnat nnr.nt fnrA.a amdnat I it, a t *aar, andent will, that oNlrt I UDon von. and not nuon the mart. Your I . ® ) Qr J Iu . 0 trial of a cose to glvecredtt
nsentlesi devil incarnate
this outrage, upon tbe
distent pagan lands,
Ohrlstisn community
shadow bos been cast
seen yesterday all
the heavens were cvercsst I sive j.leading that ali'eriy love was oapsble I believer in Tom's guilt and although Judge I uponthem and have been proven to have'been .
and during moat of tbe day rain fell atead-1 o: not to take this oaso, not to defend that I Gustin bad called nim np to the bonoh and Richard’a and Ibo defence failed to prove Ilf
, „ , puuiie wuou « mu, juj mjouuu, iuo aiwe oi lino ana oroiuer or away mo Iasi nope ot me unmiuin, j.i,i«,iba nn,™ a. m l,
day, but own , ute , b e g 8 ed me with all tbe peraua the murdered man. Mr. Woolfolk is a firm The drawers witb tho bloody hand print it would ba impossible to ascertain upon I *® d“ te '“ l “j-d upon the guilt ttein-
cvercsst | .ive pleading that atseriy love was oapsble | believer in Tom’s gnllt, andalthongb Judge I nnouthem and have been proven to have been | what theory sou acted. Test is to^eay, ^betber they will or will not recommend
t theory
you should
_ . iuni ■ uumm uuu oaucu uiui op m mo Donou ana i mcnaru s ana ioo aerenoe raiiea m provo i Jattempt .v . h-imiskamil Snv l<(>
ily. . I young man thero in that chair. I knew told him that he mnat keep quiet, he re- that ho had them on. When he called for law tt oonld not be ascertained by a higher * “® °® .‘“P” 8 ® “ °*L““
But the storm of outside outdoor nature that pnblto sentiment was against me when I peatedly made his audible exclamations nn- that enp of water, when he was lying on the tribunal. Yon will take the law as to ad- ““tlr..!» with \rm-whether von »
thodsy in his bihalf, snd later from thoBe Ueetly. I this time only from the osrner near the I that water in that oup what was in the well? sible. it t, ■Rntn^ho oower of°the iorv afi«
of Solioitor-Genetal Hardeman, every one My brother Olay, who at the beginning of clerk’s desk. Again, when he wanted breakfast, be said The first question that yon should inquire “ “ ‘?® P 1 ?*" , h „
o! which was a weight greater or smaller in the trial, was one ot tbe strongest boltevers Jndgo Gustin immediately ordered the I go to one of the negro booses and have it into in this case is as to whether the de-1 Jr®*, j^ 8 ®»SL lD 5»s»AS»tit ' tVautAx
one side or other of the balanoe, by tbe tip-1 in the miaoner'a guilt, baa since come to man put oat, and the sheriff having identi- cocked. ceased has been murdered, and whether I , “ n ® c *“ c ®“ 1 *“®. “®* e “ u ““*'
bis morning kiss before they took theirs.
Tbe court room was not crowded ' ”
as It vu an honr or two later.
"Col Rutherford, proofed,’ suu nuage i any youug man ooeia ue me perpeiraior ot | o’clock until » o'clock this morning. I the defendant himself don't tell you so, i teroai oircumaiinors capauio oi pron. i — I-lI.ri .—.—it
Gustin. Col. Rutherford arose and to- Iso base a crime that with which Tom In tbe meantime, however, ho bad oom- and we have no reason to presume there Malice shall be Implied where no ooustder- . * n “” d**® 1 ® 11 *® *® < J . . .
■umed his argument. Ho made the point Woolfolk wo. charged. munioated the state of affairs to Mayor were any. ablo provocation appears and whore all *>» I ««*■«■■* *° B ,T ® ln ™
’ ' Id eloslng Cob ltatht rforiVa laogutge was | Prioe who Immediately dispatched a squad | Gentlemen of the jury, that man, Tom | cirounistances of the killing show au aban-| n , B j Qd g e Q a , t | n p»n >6 d and Ukin
that Mr. Dinenberg said ln his evidence
he jnry. The dm
•i:n like ihe one ns testified to by Mr. I tbe jnry he told them in aabdued tones end I building to prevent any suepleious person I cross sbovo the head of the erno fl id Savior, I murder. If you find from the evidence I P* H
Dsnenbsrg loll uenoe you in thU case. I language that he left tbedislny of Tom going in. but they do not differ as to the mesntr g of Mr. Blehsrd F. Woolfolk was killed iu that I ducilon ot GobKathetiorfi, ani^^
'JoL Rutherford piotured a family jar as 1 Wooltoik with them and their God. I As soon as tbe court was it journal the the inscription. These witnesses differ I manner and nnder those circumstances I “F r ®‘® I ®l‘ c ®. ‘ v 1
most any one baa seen at some time or As Cob Rutherford sat down at I o'clock prisoner, in charge of three umed cfficera, I slightly in tbe wording of Tom Wooltolk’a I while eleeplng In his bed cnmmlttiog no sot ** w D 1 )0Q
another in order to show tbe weakness ot I p. m., tbe court ordered a recess until 31 was hustled into the upper story of I expression about tbe “flying everywhere" I and making no demonstration against any-1 ... , “T* ”
os unguarded threat that Woolfolk may o'clcck, and tbe court room was soon I tho building and guards placed upon the of his father’s blood. I body, Ispprobend it would be necessarily a w “![®*“® 81 “®J”'
have mad* against any or all of hia family. | cleared. _ _ I stain until the crowd bad dispersed, when I I will read you an Ulnitralion of oirenm-1 ease n ’ *nm.rjut* I ine court nsa mo pp
. . illustration of oircum-1 ease of murder against aomabody. | xnecoute reaatnepapstssw,^
Gantlemau, I see you have your eyes on When OoL Rutherford oloaed, the foot I be was takon out by tho rear exit and hur-1 stantial evidence. I will read it from the I Tho queation, of oonrse, as to f®®'**"® ®“ d 'Ucorporstea e c
‘ “ - ■ ' ‘ - ... i ' 1 - - ' lch my brother read. I the person ogoinat whom it would ““«^®d to “eenuaiM
ths record now befots me, (alluding to the I that the last possible bum so (ffort in hia I ricSly driven to the jail and lodg-d safely I same book from which my
largs family Bible that lay on the table be- I behalf on tbe iarl of his attorneys did not I in bis cell. Mayor Prico last night gave I Ho told you that some of the
— I instructions to the ohitf ot police to I anonymons. Tbst is so.
fere him) but I assure I shall only u*algo effect tbe prisoner pcroeptibly. His I instruct! . _
a pigs or two of it, so don’t be impatient.” I fooe did not change In fssturs or mnscle, I have bia men ready for ao'ion at a mo-1 over the name of Phillips, bnt
e oases here were I be murder is a separate queation for you to I tw .°.P/- , tb !“ P? 8 ®?- b S is
They are given I try. I do not mean to way that it creates I qaallfjiog word or phrase, and in
mt yon are re-1 ^* A P>**UDpUon of jnutdsr ot uytUu^of | *“D^‘g7hU tiii* Ho'ltdtor Osnsral Hs
was preparing a counter rtqu
be court fiulsbed reading the ooci
the defence, banded his nqm
ox ms nsua u ne naa aune me uecur min. — -- -1 oe rnsae io an violence, nnfriu ueaioou i rcaa to newiiaer you ou ciroumamnuui cvi■ i uuur. eircatuswuct-e iu» uo wuiu uo sum- ■ . . , . _ u ineeruors'i
■Woolfolk had only a tingle blow, while Fow.rlat and Eieaa.nt Exrdluin by and M b u deputies and ball'ffs spent tbe denos are cases of dircot proof, and hia ef- mittinR no act against anybody, would nec- *“ “® b » D ® 1> “ d It also was tn«npo ^
Pearl, ^tiUe Uosebud and Annje bad sev-1 ^ Sollcttor-Oenerel llardemaa.^ J night In vigils at the Jail. During the eve-1 forts aro worse thin lost. __ | esssrily be^murder by somebody. ^ _ I Hsving fi'l-hcd, Judge Gusdu stid^
"Gentlemen ot the jury you may not
CoL Ratberford then took up ths I ulatlon to you that you aro drawing eo close | source, 'and as nothiog happened to I raovni BT an lofuo'l TBSTIICOET, I Who tu the murderer? That is tho quta I ,lr ?,'v» mcca'j
TEnTDCoar or doxb dsvis, I to ths tnd of ths most famous trial in the prove that they had any authenticity, it la when he tells you what took plaoe tion to which your minds most be directed. *®° 8 “® n ° r ( *“• uiaicuncni,
oiliing attention to the foot that Bone Dsvls I criminal history of Georgia. I believed that they were mere rumors and I on the Sunday before her You are authorized in the first f l-toe to I “• „ ,, .a.M-ft
stated that Tom threatened tbe use of fire I Famous because it involves the murder uotbiog more. death and only two days after Tom take Into consideration whether or not any . . ul ” “ *®‘b® u
against bia father. But there was no fire I of nine ptrsoni; famous bcosnse the pits-1 The military of ths city were put on no- Woolfolk went book to hi* father’s bouse. 1 person bed any motive to take the life of ?® D *“* a “® . n Imwcd
n.i-d. The naa of fire would have been I oner at the bar is one of the family; famous | tioe, and Mayor Price expressed himself ia I OoL Rutherford oaks you if thoie I the deceased In this nose. Wh«th«» n,., I has hung over n oouoie use au i 1"“.
tbo destruction of the aame property I beceuoe it hi
that Mr, Danenberg’s teatimony we* put up | of the ablest ^ tuu_ luugest scguiueuts | umawrui violence aua to preserve tnopeioe | mat sxa by one man. a nan noar alter | locnugs ur at-juiiug ut mat urn. P°“ V® I — "The"jnry*iben~tiassed~»olen!nly
to ahow he waa eager to lnberit.
ever made in behalf of a prisoner by a I at oil hazard.
Col. Ratberford appealed to tbe jury to mao, who for devan long boors has argued
weigh with unerring jadgmtnt tbe nature I before you tbe question cf the prisoner's
of the threats reported to have been made guilt or innoosuee,
by tbe prisoner. Bafore I get tbrcugb with you I shall
"Gentlemen, if there bad been a single show you that there it not the Itaet possible
unkind word or aetlon on the i art of Tom, doubt of this prisoner's guilt, as that obis
those witnesses would have told you of ii" attorney for the difeuse has tried to oon-
Ue continued to pick the testimony since you.
of Bono Davis to pleoea with that l It is a notable trial, tor another reason,
ot John Oeens, who mu*, sail that he] It is the first time, I venture to say, that
was pointing that house white now, [ you ever heard the oonvensuoo that lies
but he would paint It red aooo. gone ou between olient and prisoner—
Next earns that of Mr. Howard, the aged dragged into court to prore the innocence
and venerable father of the murdered wo- of tbe aooasel
man. Col, Rutheifod dwelt some time up-1 In tbe peroration ot a grand speech as It
on tbe suffering and disappointment of the was he brought In the eonvenation of a
old gentlemen, gritf-atriokeu ae ha was, but man outelda ths anbjeot of this east,
colled attention to the general character ot I would not brlrg this matter np again, but
hi* testimony biased os it most have been. I that gentleman wishes ms to stats to you
"My brother Guerry bos pictured in elo- thet, although he has elded in this ossa by
quenoe tbe eowanlioe of this defendant ia I making suggestions, tbe showing of tbe de-
jumping through the window and saving I fense bu not aerved to shake his opinion
mt oen life." Us says Richard went to his I as to the guilt of the aooooed.
father's assistance as did Charlie also, and The air of this world is pregnant with the
were killed in their attempt to lend succor. I farewells cf the dead and tbe dy-
Bat Tom, who awoke in lime to start to I tog. Rachel weeping for her
the reuue, bnt a Bee-1 children and will not be
ond cnly behind Biohard I comforted, but where will you find a case
whom he heard fall to death, in erder to | of sueh farewells as thou of such deaths as
ssvs his own tits Inroad back sod fled | those?
through the window. Hod Tom Woolfolk I TUomss G. Woolfolk, for the purpose of
been a few seoonds quicker to start, he to- revenge or tor inheriting that property com.
day would hare been where Rickard Is and I milted that murder."
Rd-o-h e-r-d would have been there to I Solicitor-Genera! Hardemtn then went cn
that chub acccsed or mucdeh I to draw a grapkie description of thu sur-
and defending bia life. roundings and scenes of the murder, sud
The orator took up ths subject of pre-1 when, on reaching s climax ot denunols-
parabor.« for the picnia thet was to lake I tion npon tho murderer, he mentioned the
place the day gfter the murder at Moot-1 nemeef "Tom Woolfolk the prUoneret tbe
pelier Springs. bar,” solemn stiltoem at tbe time enwrapped
Us dee ribed Tom's careful preparation the entire assembly lave the ringing tones
to dressing and shat log tbe night before. I of tho orator, then come a sudden and
and aek<d if bia actions were not thou nf startling cry of
a natural man expecting to spend a gala day, I "ua-no him! mis him
He also asked where were the provisions esme from tbe eoruer of the court room
found on the next day that you, gentlemen down behind the clerk's desk. The face of
of the jury, are told the family had pro- Judge Guetin blanched and hie eyes started
pared for the picnic? I ae be seized hie gavel, and leaning forward,
Ko where; they wen never found. rapped for order, at the eame time looking
Again, gentlemen, there is a petot that I to the direction from whence tho infiama-
tha noise was heard at the house cfCapt. authorizid to toko into consideration the 8 “® F" i “?L 8 ° E - ,d
ixciDErm or the TStan. I Woolfolk by the defendant's own testimony that may have been delivered on I }“® l ' ,80, “*“^ n8 , ” , ,“ l ®“\.
Many fair women graced tbe court room witneesci, Lou Oooper and each aide of the matter. Whether any per- Jh!I°f?, , i i*, T |f» hid dii«ptx u
yesterday. Am Jcnee, he had time to make I son waa without a motive. and whether any I | b ®“' , h n ‘, 1 ' ,h ®,“J 1 ?. .wncs to k.t>
The galleries were given over to tbo thoee wenuds and to oompleto tho blooiy person bad unkindly feelings towards the I Lni?ino^»ihe last a»pe*l>
blocks who seem to be deeply totereited in work If a spark of life yet remained dioseied. Whether the defendant on trial J*,’,., 0 ™!:”® “f^WAfdfnlkorbirin* 0
the trial in those bU victims it was ton it was ex- or onjbody else had say reason to desire W» 3
‘ uguished. his death. And to that connection you o° n,d ®V. r Si
My brother says that bs did not mean to may take into consideration tho evidence , 5 D , w .“iP®rfiiieminl *
y thar Jerry jiolllV testimony was ^not m to tte otheir persons "ho may have been ^15*.*2“ 0 b , d no t d.i„; •»
Soltoitrr General Hardeman was rstber ttognished.
nnfnrtunnto in beieg interrupted ao ft - I Uy broth
quently and so effeotnolly in his exordium I say thar Jerry noma irsumony ™ not i ■»> »v i« u»»i |a,™i> wu-. mnj u«g uaeu ■ - , ,
yeateraay. Bat be began bts argument ia I truo. Njw, gentlemin, tt was either true I killed at the same time. Whether any per-1 ‘‘? c d b ? r 1 nmh ritv of
a must able and telling manner, and a dl«-1 or it was false. If (true it is a fact that the I aon had any reason to desire the death ef I *“® •“f * ,• °* “J , * Waolfclk,
pley of unusually powerfal uratoiy will bo | bloody hand print was on those drawers oLd j all of them. Whether there waa any par-1 00018 l : 8t ;_* hinder, fl
heard by all who aie present to-day. ba saw it there. The bloody bat was to the Hculor object to be accomplished by ths j ,- d if tksN
It U said tbst Colonel Rutherford retired well also. It bed blood on it You beard I defendent to killtog them, or by anybody | thl r to* n *h J™ * **■ n .. rt tieri<
directly to his room ii the L inter House Dr. Cliiton’s teetimony. There wse blood I else to kilting them. I oner walisi'a that eBewss
lost night after he bid finished his supper, to the but; then was also blood that hod You may take into consideration it the ttolt todicUed as mack,
and did not appear again during ths eve- been trodden into the bottom of thoee time the opportunity of acoompliehtog the I " .hTi^k if firmness end r** 1
| socks. I deed. Who was in the position to have I .i nn oml h,.M his heed erect ss even w
Deputy Sheriff Menard says the Woolfolk It matters not about theories: those done tbie deed In the manner that tt wee ikld hi otonee towered. »•* 11
{•toe mcst_aastly managed jury he ever | eotentifia_ witnesses were put on | oommttted. Who best knew sb jut the tm-1 th" scen'e of operwions had cbsngeJ i
handled. They obey theordereof the court the stand and told you about theories I plemenU with whioh it was cjmmittod. If 11.® *° e °* -P*. m. —find °P
strielly and conseientiouely to t man. and were not one of them asked toextm- yon believe It was committed with any par- fa 5 ' J
Jadge Gatlin auted to a TauEoaora rep. ine those garments but Dr. Oltf ton, and not tioular instrument Who had possession of I xweivs minutes had sUps«d
rcsemative that had further demonstrations ona of them disclaimed tneaccnraoy ot Dr. that implement when it was last seen. And .aao. hid become a seen*
of violence been mode he waa about to order Clifton's eonoluilont as to the blood eor- all other eireumstan nee that maybe con- "hdStd ^hdM^fualon when sa<M*«
the prisoner to be placed on tbe benoh puecles found on them. neeted with that ImplemenL You may take „nnf the indiciol (!•«*'
pUtform behind him, and would have When the evidence comes from so many into consideration alto, gentlsmenf who ? oL wsi tostsnUj I'd*
shielded him by the sacred ermine. ways, what possible presumption can make knew beat about u“pU£i“es “hi ieThia h *Y.i d T
| this man tonocem? I murder was commlttoi Who could best l^skVriff WestcottsoM: “YourHonor,
To Bu Hanged by the LTlSr&M
Neck Until He is Dead, ctrcum.un,iii1|- tJ1
knew oil the facta and circomr.oncea aur-
I they i
His handling ol Bible doctrine of blood I rounding that' household!"^tESho*Sh’sii I Tb ,. T ^JS£ I !!2i£fd
for blood snd life for Ufe. Go's for vour oonsideratlon ona wey or ihe i( ,, r( .h; u scraliuy as they enured »nd
were Dertnent. savins that when nth,, ..... r_. ' I sesrenicg ecruiuiy »» i
Ths great Woolfolk trial, that hat been j were
the
_ , pert nerri, .tying that when I other. You may also take Into coi.idera-1
<x.-iitir of all thought and the topio of all J°® exeented person is osnt to e.ernily he has tion any expression! that may have been r Q , Pl ,i T t0 tbs question of the *.«
discussion to Mvion. and l.ege.y so trough- ^ri^^ ri^oX^tot.^rto^Vv 0 . 1 ^. t
cut the State, for the last ten days, Herded, can plead the justification of Ufe for life people of their ^ive*. You mistake oU ^fcave tbe jury cslU«L
and Thornes G. Woolfolk last night slept «ud blood for olood. the evidence that thura may bo In that con- Rntljer-ore?" aakea the court,
in the cell of a condemned felon. Fo»t« ' | “ "If ^ H “or p’—'' _
Jorcr
touted tbe State's cause for conviction. I lire to npholiL ' You are colled upon to do | to*
Yesterday morning every one felt that a solemn duty, which rests upon you. Do I it
mown oe- ( 0 ; dtd paper benaea
guilty, but vey anldeUbto»»»)lMfoU«d
evidence Woolfolk w.lcktdUo
— he raedin clear, calm to—.