Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-23
WADDY THOMPSON.
Examination OF witnesses for the state
YestcFday-Ths County Clerk Of
Upton TesTiGes.
what a Marine Knows About the Flight
Of rOiI-Why Carroll Deserted
Waddy.
The Technically of An Iron safe I'm
IOCked-BOaGmaR, Row NE Ger
the Ferry.

I the Ferry.
The Waddy Thompson case, now on
/ trial in the criminal court, has excited
general interest, and the courtroom il
| daily crowded with people anxious &c
hear al about the affair. The evidence
| of Homer Carroll, who turned States
| witness, has given a strange aspect tC
| the proceedings, and his statements are
| calculated to reflect somewhat upon
| more than one attorney of the Memphis
| bar. In view OF this fact, the APPEAL
| he's not published what he states as true
| and in this connection also omits the
| names Of the attorneys he speaks Of
| Yesterday morning when the court met
the interest of the people was manifest,
inasmuch as a large crowd Of citizens
assembled in the courtroom to hear the
evidence Of
THE WITNESSES EXAMINED.
The entire day was consumed in
! hearing the witnesses for the State, those
who testified yesterday being John
| Temple, q mail agent on the railroad
Mr.. Barrett, clerk Of the Upton county
court; Robert Brown, who knows how
| to handle pair 0f oars, and Mr.. Hen
dirk, prosecutor in the case and mem
Der Of the firm which Waddy ThOmp-
son is alleged to have treated with such
| feloniOus severity. 1t will be remem-
! bered that on the attachment bond ap-
peared the names Of Eliza Smith and &
| r. Carroll, each surety making affidavit
that he was possessed Of property in
! Shelby ard Upton counties in the re-
| spective SUMS of thirty thousand dol
lars. The county court clerk yesterday
proved that neither of such persons
owned property in Upton county, a
fact that would indicate that their affi-
davits were untrue.
PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE,
Robert Brown was examined relative
to the marine ARA gements Carroll had
negotiated for his flight from Memphis
at the time of the misunderstanding in
case the officers of the law gave chase.
He was to have skiff alongside the
ierryboat John OvertOn, and row Car
roll across the river, the compensation
being fifty cents an hour, and quite a
considerable sum in case he evaGed the
police bullets il the officers endeavored
to hinder his flight. After Brown, Tenn
pie and Barrett were examined, the
jury heard the
EVIDENCE OF MR.. HENDRIX,
who is a member Of the firm that
Waddy Thompson is alleged to have
dealt SO unlawfully with. Mr.. Hendrix
testified as to his business transaction
with Thompson, and his connection
with the firm. He refused TO deliver an
unlocked iron safe, because the attach
ment specified an iron safe locked. This,
OF course, caused some comment by the
audience, yet it was legal technicality
which he had right to claim under the
circumstances, as such a safe was one Of
the articles sought to be captured by
Waddy. The examination OF Mr.. Hen
dirk lasted from eleven o'clock in the
morning until four o'clock, or later, in
the afternoon. He was subjected to a
rigid cross-exsminatiOn by Judge Archi-
bald Wright, one of the counsel for the
defendant. Carroll was not recalled, but
it is probable that he may again be
placed on the witness-stand. The re-
sumption Of evidence will commence
this morning, but several days will
elapse before all the testimony is heard.
WHY CARROLL TOOK THE STAND.
Carroll, in his testimony Wednesday,
said, in substance, that sometime ago
he was approached upon the subject Of
turning States evidence. He WIS told
that Waddy Thompson was going back
on him and also on one of his counsel,
General Humes, anu that he ought to
take care of himself. In reply to a
question OF the counsel, Carroll said that
he had received upon different occasions
ten dollars and seven dollars from q law
yer of this city, and understood that the
money came from the prosecutor. He
took the seven dollars and went to the
house of his sister, in Kentucky, in or
der to avoid expense. The lawyer who
gave him the money was now in Ala
bama, but another lawyer also APP
preached him and made an offer for
him to turn States witness. Subsequent
to these offers and receiving the money
be told the Encouragement all ne knew
about the matter, and finally consented
to give evidence against Waddy Thomp-
son.
CARROLL'S IDEA OF PERJURY
has been evoked at length. He has STA
ted that before going on Thompson's
bond he consulted a lawyer as to what
constituted perjury, which the attorney
defined for him. In regard to the bond
in the replevin case, he had never sworn
to it. He merely signed his name to the
affidavit, but did not make oath in due
form as required by law. His brother,
Charles Carroll, signed the affidavit as
one of the surities, under the name Of
Elijah Smith, aud witness, whose name
is Homer Carroll, signed the name of B.
f. Carroll. They each represented in
this instrument that they owned thirty
" r1H ~ IN
Shelby and Upton county, Tennessee,
2Ie says he was induced to do this be-
cause Thompson promised him q posi-
ton in the penitentiary. He then un-
ierstood that Thompson had right to
the possession and removal OF the goods
and property held by Hendrix, M'Nabb
& Co.
SENSATIONAL REC0LLECTI0NS
seem to be cherished by Homer Carroll, |
who, after the adjournment OF the court |
Wednesday, stated that while he was in |
all, a certain well known criminal law !
yer, who was counsel for Thompson, APP
him upon the subject of turn !
ng States evidence. He corrected the |
statement that the lawyer now in Ala |
Oama was the first one who had ap- !
him upon the subject. When |
Archibald Wright, one of the counsel |
or the defendant, we are told, said, "All |
light; you be here tomorrow in court, |
IS shall have you upon the witness |
,tand." The courtroom this morning |
will doubtless be packed with people, as
he denOueDtent Of Carroll has excited /
general interest
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS
nay be made to-day, as the counsel for
he defendant will doubtless subject Car
oil to a thorough examination, and
,licit all that he can tell upon the subject.
An effort Will also be made to ascertain
'ow the deputy clerk OF the United
states court issued the process in the
eplevin case, and by what means Car
oil evaded making oath to the written
tatement of his wealth in Shelby and
Upton counties. How the process of
hat court issued without the required
ath being made, if indeed such was
lone, Is Carroll states, has been ex-
,lained by Mr. Andrews, who fully dis
redited Carroll's testimony upon this
'oint. From what we hear rumored, it
GEMS that Carroll did not consent to be-
ONE witness against Waddy Thomp-
On until Wednesday morning. The
light previous he had not, so 1t is
amOred, made up his mind, tut de-
handed that the State enter
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY
gainst him, He was not willing for