Daily Republican., 1888-02-13
FOURTH EDITION
on rrIAi foi His Life.

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on the bench. Immediately after the
opening z franklin X johnson, oolored
indicted fer the mur rder OF George Will
liAms, aiso oolored, rs B)hemia Manor
near Middletown, December 10. was
brought 10 court abd the drawing Of
the jury to try his oRse was commen eed
by CLERK Cochran.
Over an hour was consumed before
this VIZ jted, and the following
ljurore caosS..
John Fl. Anderson, Robert l. TruAx,
Joseph Emerson, Richard l.. Price,
Henry Feldmeier, John Tay lor, Penro's
8. LynAm. Edmund Eokel, Joha A.
Mendinhall. Robert 8 Springer, Henry
Witsil and Frank Dsihl.
The following were challenged by the
defense: Thomas D. Vance, Francis U.
Dunlap, William ID. Windish, Henry
q. BulleD, Robert o. Whitlook, VIM.
Casey, John W EaudAin, Daniel ID.
Wilson, Jr, James Fisher, Josse
Boulden, John Il Hopkins. Thomas b.
5picer, HALEY Hill, Daniel ID. Meow
ern, James O GeaIs, GeOrgs N. Bright
GustAvus J. Gibbs George w. NNtti.
ford, John K. Kelly and Charles A.
DAlson.
The State made Dix chAllen ees ~ fol.
lows: james Stanord, Oharls, Green,
John J. MAhoneF, Charles JAnvisr,
Samuel Deputy and RIlwood Wood
ward.
The following having oonsoien o lous
soruples were excused: Henry Ii
Singer and Emory HioholfoD.
As coon rs the nry WAS drawn Clerk
Go lhTan again reId the long indictment
20 tho jury, after which Deputy Attor.
ney General Davis opensd the csss for
the State by defining the different de.
grees OF hom icide.
He said that on the i4.h day OF last
December the prltoner and George II
Williams lived with q man nam,
Whittook, st Bohemia Manor, near St.
Georges, On tha. day Mr.. Whittook
went away, and the two men went tu
the evening to tt d house of MARY Eoxks,
short diAtance Ga. The next morn log
the prisoner and deceased qnArrelsd
about drees thai the latter inten ded 10
give the womAu and taking . club
which he had in his hand struck VIII
liams on the head knocking him down,
from tho Effects Oh which he died thai
afternoon.
The examination OF witnesses foT the
State was then commenced.
Frank r. CarsWsll IVES sworn, and
identified . plan which he had N ade OF
the place where khS homicide was o0m.
mittsd and also explained Is TO the
jury.
VIM, o. KaranRr was sworn, and
testified that he ply siolan residing 9
at Chesapeake Cliy, Md. He made a
posimortem examinAtion On the body
OF George II. Williams, and found .
wnnnd on the right side OF his head.
After removing the top OF his skull
be found fracture Of the iRner table,
tho fragments Df which had laoerAtsd
the brain. There Was also blsod on the
hrIini and between the sKull and the
membrane. In the cpin ion Of the wit.
nets the man died frun the sffec1b OF
the wound.
At the rtquett Of HoNry O, Conrad
Esq the COUNSEL fer the defense, all the
witnesses were Excluded from the room
until they were called upon to testify.
AbrAm II. Wbitlook testified that h,
resides al Bohe mia Manor, Cecil ooun
ty, Md, and has resided there Aboa
nve years. Hd ha1 bnown the EriGoHs d
about l3 years, aud he and George W II
liams both worked for him. Hetfre,
George II. Williams on Doot m her Is
and on the evening OF the lam wen
with his wife 10 visit her sister, lenvini
the house In charge of George II. vii
llams and Mary Hoaks. When he re
TUNED about . O'Clock In the evening
Williams unharnessed the witness
horse ard then started with Maj,
Ncats 10 go I'd Rebscea RoRkb'.
George came back about o'c'oek th
next mornipE, ana Mary about
O'Clock, but they went away aRai
later in the morning. Mary oame bAol
about II O'clock, but George did no
oome until an hour later. The witner
was In the meat house At the time, an
Gs1rge came 10 him with . wound 4
hi9 head, from which the blood wa
running. Ht went to tha pump an
washed enc Of his hands, bat vas para
lyzsd on tho other aide.
The witnt OBJ told him he had bette
go iu and sit down by the 6re until h
got warm. In the afternoon be unde
took to shell come corn, but had no us
Of his letl arm, and could NOT bold On,
ihing in his hand. Later In tho nfts
noon Williams becsme worse, and IL
Wi.utsI had him rubbed, but as II d!
not seem to DO any good sent for 3 do
tor. Tho witness had q bed brougl
down In the kitchen, and made him
comfortable as possible. Abcnt 10;
o'clock thAv night the man whom /
ssnt for dc do:or cAmo back and said
WAS unable to get one.
The witness with his fImlly went
bod, and about 1,30 O'Clock on Il
morning Of the 18th he was awaken,
By tho gitl, who said that some OF
wag breaking into the houso. He g.
up and went down stairs and four
that Williams was dead.
DIR. Karsher was recalled ard stat.
thai from auch q wound as the deceas,
had received paralysis en- the opposi
side would follow.
Joshua Clayton testified that he !
sides IN this State, and knows u
prisoner. he has known him abo
Isven years, and had known Il
deceased about the same length
time. He was 9 email man, about
years OF aRs, and weighed about l
pounds. williams came to the WI
ness house on December Is about
O'Clock 10 the morning TO get son
money that was due him for hutkii
corn. He seemed 20 be IN q dszsd CO
d.tion, and the witness saw that hs Ll
wound On his bead.
About fifteen minutes after WiliiaI
left johnson, the prisoner, osm In al
told the witness that WilliaUs b.
come to RsbeccA Noska' house with
stick 10 his hand, and that be Bad ash
aim II he Brought that etick there
ahip him Williams did not repl
and Johnson said that be took the eli
from him and struck him with
WAen the witness asked him why
did it, lie said that on the previo
evening MT. Whiltook had so1e au
and left Mary and Williams ore
the houae. He said that MS. Eoa
did not believe It, but thought II
Mary and Williams had gone 10 Ches
to get mRrried.
Johugdn RAid that he told Mrs. NO7