The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-10
BIRMINGHAM.
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alternate days. Twas here last Saturday.
got here Thursday and started out FRI
day morning; had collision and came
back and laid over. | was here until Sat
urday night at ll:l5 O'clock. first saw my
brother on Friday morning at the shed be-
tween and O'Clock. He brought his
little boy Willie for me TO carry over home.
lie got on the train and the collision oc-
cured in the yard land he took off the boy.
next saw my brother at the show about
o'clock. Saturday night about II o'clock
Dick brought the boy TO the shed to have
me take him. ! left with him at ll:l5. We
got to Atlanta at $40 in the morning.
went straight home, distance OF about
one-quarter OF mile. ] was at the house
by o'clock. left Atlanta at LOS yester-
day and got here last night at $40. Willie
is now at my house. There Is no arrange
ment 10 put Willie in convent. lie told
me that he was going TO marry and come
through Atlanta on his trip and bring
Willie back here. He had been married
TO Emma Petts eight or nine years, nine
or ten perhaps. have seen the body and
recognize il, May, the oldest child lie
told me on Saturday night that he was CO.
ing 10 take the other two children and put
them in q convent. Dick said that Mrs.
HAYES was going to her aunt in
New York; that he had given her
$500, / got back here again about 7l0
Monday morning. spent the day. / saw
Dick from to o'clock that night. met
him at Mr.. Wells store, where he was
buying an overcoai, a valiso and some
underwear 1t was after dark. He was
with q man named Wiley. saw him
again about 10 o'clock MS went to the car
shed. lie was Mt the bank corner. He
went down with me. lie left me some
thing after II o'clock. On Monday he said
that Mrs. Halves had gone the same night
he brought Win 10 me. | asked him
where, and he said he did not know. lie
said nothing about the little girls. They
did not live happily together. | heard
them both speak OF domestic trouble before
they left Atlanta, three yesrs ago. i have
never been at their house since. The first
| knew OF the trouble here was from the
Atlanta Constitution. ] never got message
from my brother, though | understand one
was sent. Before they left Atlanta Emma
Pettis sold the property that they had
there. Outside of this, | don't know OF
their owning other property in Atlanta.
lie was making about from $3.50 to 500 a
month. know but little about his family
affairs. / don't know OF his having any
money accumulated.
This was the last witness examined dur
ing the morning session. and the court at
~ o'clock adjourned until SPIN.
Promptly at tho hour set the jurymen
were in their places and the first witness
called was Ruben Butler, who testified as
follows
Ruben b. Buller-I live on Eleventh
street aud First avenue aud work at the
electric light station. ! do not know X.
Il. Halves. went 10 the Jail this evening
10 see him and had him pointed out 10 me.
| met HAYES last Monday night at East
Lake. | was on the coach and saw him
get on and sit down in front OF me. II
was about 200 yards from the pavilion,
aud IL was about $50 o'clock. ! did not
get of the dummy but came straight back
10 town. Ilawcs WIS not on the dummy
when went out. We engaged in con-
vcrsalion ~ soon MS he got into tho car.
lie commenced the conversation by say.
ing that he had been waiting for the
dummy about one hour. The conductor
came in and he said about the same thing
TO him, and the conductor said, 81 CUES.
YOU have as they have taken oil one
dummy" During the trip TO town, just
this side OF Ruharna, lac began the con
versaiton again, saving that young lady
had been at his house very late during IN,
evening aud hc accompanied her 10 Eas
Lake, her home. | said 10 HAYES that
was getting sleepy and was anxious to ge
back 10 town, aud told himI was engnee
at the electric light works, and lac told IN,
lac was also an engineer ON the western
division Of the Georgia Pacific. lie mad,
no further statement ~ 10 the cause OF hi
visit 10 East Lake. lie was dressed in
mixed grey suit, standing collar, blacl
derby hat, wore no oyercoat and carried {
gold-hcadcd umbrella. | had no CONVEX
sation with him nj the Jail. lIawcs wa
brought out Of his cell TO the Jail lobby II
the light, where ] could see him good
today. Mr.. Thompson went with me.
examined him closely, and told Mr.
Thompson hc was the man | met on tn
dummy. The reason | know IL was Mon
day night | met him, | had been aslee
all the evening and was out walking 70
exercise, aud was standing In front O
Nabcrs & Mouow's, and remarked 10
friend, bob Pcgg, that | believed that
would go ont 10 East lake for ride.
then boarded the dummy. There wcr
I only three OF US on the dummy, the con
ductor, MIR. HAYES aud myself
Mr. ]. I. Glover have lived In thi
city nearly four months nm clerk Il
the Office Of Hewitt, Walker & Porter.
ilst saw n man giving his name M Richar
b llawcs about three months from to.mol
row. lie stated that he wanted the frr
10 get a divorce for him. Our letter boo
shows that we wrote 10 his lawyers, Messrr
llokc 4 Burton Smith, in Atlanta, (
whom he stated hc had formerly applied
aud ~ whom he claimed that he had pai
/, S2j NJ part compensation. 10 wanted {
. know Il our firm could get aspccdy divorc
Tor him. Ito called nc our office subs,
qucntly 90 know what the substance OF IN
pply wo had received was. lilo told u
ho was an engineer on the Georgia Pacific
have been to the ail aud have seen Il
r. Halves. lilo was the man who sai
@ came to Hewitt, Walker q porters oilic,
i Sarah Lctt-l live ut Mn worlhin,
b tons, on Thifticlh street. ! know FannI
Bryant live about two blocks from hcl
/ went TO fanny's Monday night bclwce
!, aud s o'clock. | stayed there about tw
houn. Fannie and May llaWcs wei
there when 90, there. Ills child is IN
one Mr.. llawcs came about half an hot
after did. lie stayed about five minutes
4 lie said, "DaugltcL you thought pap
9 was not coming, diln't your" She sale
{ ono, ar, | did not think YOU we're n,
J. coming Fannie asked him when Ii
q was going on lie said 3 O'Clock In III
morning Then May kissed Fannie an
A., Mr.. Hawus told The latter 10 come dow
!. Ia town the next day and clean u? III
: room. Fannie askcl when he would 4
y hark and BIO aid La lLL NOT know. On