Daily Republican., 1882-05-24

in rendering verdict OF guilty., Where
the punishment is death, if the evidence
warrants you in so doing?' If the
Juror answered in the affirmative he
was excused, but if in the negative he
was to look upon the prisoner and the
clerk asked the counsel for the defence ::
"Do YOU challenge him ?" and If an.
sw cred in the affirmative he was dis-
missed, otherwise he was sworn. Inc
defence has twenty per-emptory chai-
lenges, but the State has none.
Forty eight names were called before
| the jury were selected.
The following were challenged James
C. Powell, George A. Cleayer THOMAS
McIntirs, Jr., john M. Philips, George
W. Currinder, Frederick Il. Racine,
James Mccoy, John H. Roberts, James
I. Webster, Thomas Ogram, Walter
Ford, John B. Vandegrift, John W..
Leatherbury, j. +. sharpley, Andrew
9. Crowley.
The following had formed and ex.
pressed an opinion:
George NJ. Heisler James q. Hudson,
Joseph Hanson, William F. Neate,
Daniel Draper, McComh, Clayton,
James ID. Holt, jesse Sharpe, John
williams colored, John G. King,
james G. Shakespeare, Mark h. Davis,
| William NJ. Coyle, William ID. Church-
man, +. L. Herbert, Robert Haw thorn
and -. W. E.liason.
James A. Anderson colored, Wills
Passmore, John Latferty and David II.
Smith had conscientious scruples
against capital punishment.
The following vwere sworn in as Jur-
ors: Maniore McFarlin, Alexander M.
Sparks, Edward Woodward, Thomas
Lindell, Moses Rumbley,J B. Chris
ty. Joseph Paul Brown, Eli Davis
Samuel b. McCarty, cOlored, Will
liam Clark, Atwood Wilson and John
Allen.
Mr.. Sharpley asked the Court to
direct all the witnesses to leave the
room, until their names we're called 10
come forward and give their testimony,
and the request was complied with.
Alexander b. Cooper, Esq, Deputy
Attorney General opened the case for
the State, and after reviewing all the
circumstances said that if they should
prove what they expected they could
they would ask for verdict OF guilty
at their hands. The examination o.
witness then commenced.
Sarah J. Purse testified that sh'
lis going on fourteen years OF age
and lives near Odessa with ner fathe
and mother, was thirteen years ole
lin April. The house where she lives
about fifteen or twenty feet from tn
road, and there are only two room
ldown stairs. The witness then descri
bed how the rooms were situated, an'
the furniture they contained Ih
States Attorney told James Redden tt
stand up, and then asked the witness
:, Iif sbe had ever seen him before, whel
she answered in positive manne
eyes sir" She then stated that OF
, Thursday, FEBRUARY 23d, she was alon
in the house with the exception OF
baby.
Her father had gone to Smyrna tn
day before, and her mother had gone t
= the village to see sick person. Afte
washing up the dishes she swept IL
the floor, and about ten O'Clock in thu
morning, sat down with her baby sil
ter n her lap. In short time co
D ored man named Alfred Way came i
1 and after getting a drink of watel
went out again.
4 Between II and IL o'clock, jaime
Redden, whom the witness had nevt
n seen before camsiu, and after sayini
n good morning sat down alongside
+ the stove, and asked her for somethin
= to eat. She got up and cooked hill
,. some bread, fried some shoulder an
IL made him some coffee After he VIZ
'r done eating two coloreo men name
" Frisby Lloyd and Charlie Brister wei
l. along the road and Eedden put b
] head out the window and hallot
u ''hello bub;" the men halted for a m
r. ment and then passed on. Shortly a
ter a white man named Tucker passt
s. along in a wagon, when Redden sa
7 that he would wait until he came bat
II and ride to Odessa with him.
i'll The witness watched until she "a
Mr., Tucker coming back, when q
J told the prisoner, and he was not reat
W vet. He then went to the window al
J looked up and dow n the road and t
lr witness started TO 60 into the kitch'
u when Redden caught her by II
lu neck and threw her to the door, a
ct az she struggled with him, he told b
that If she dared to make any noise
lr would kill her, as he had knife in
~ pocket for that purpose. The witnt
~ here described the outrage, the facts
le which are of course unfit for public
p. ton.
S Afterwards she got up aud sat in
r. chair by the stove, when Redden ask
her If she intended to tell her moth
n and upon her replying in the affirm
tive, he said that If she did he wo'
n cur her throat from ear to ear, a
showed her that he had knife; he IL
went away, and when her mother ca
w home the witness told her what /
Ell happened, bat she did not believe
y until she had examined her cloth
. The baby who was just learning to Il
also told the mother that big mig
had come IN and thrown sissy dewn
the floor, and torn her clothes 8
made her CRY, and cried too
During the time the child was Civ
her testimony, she broke down seve
times and burst into tears. Both
oar States Attorney and Mr.. Sharpley
entitled to the greatest credit for
kind and delicate manner in VIII
are they asked her the necessary questi
.EN respecting her testimony,
Ing. The cross-examination by Mr.. Sha
lev although it was conducted In
= searching manner failed to alter
" direct testimony in the slightest
Frisby Lloyd, colored, was sworn |
testified that he lives naar Townse
hf knows James Red den, and identi
VI the prisoner In the dock as him.
on the day the outrage was conn
ted was going to Odessa, and pas
IN, PURSES house; saw q colored man
there, who spoke to Charley Bri
who was with the witness; think
= said, is that you Charley, and he
herr t Cross.exsmined Ivy Mr.. sharple
NV" Passed the house between IL u