Daily Republican., 1888-02-14
THE TRIAL or JOHNSON.


Summing Up-mr. COnrad's Mastery
Argument.
| Yesterday Afternoons session Of Court
ecAEened q, 3 O'Clock. with Chief Jus
tiee Oomegys, and Aagocists judges
Houston. Grubb and Psynter oa the
bench. Franklin K johnson, this prie
oner, was placed in the dock and his
trial resumed.
AbrRm NJ. Whittook was recalled,
and testified that before he left home TO
visit lis wife's sister he shut the win
dows tight and locked them, ard that
no one could possibly have seen In from
the outside
Mary NoAks, colored, was assisted 10
the witness box by her mother. Her
bead WAS tied up, and she was evident
ly quite tiok or feiRning illnets. She
testified that she knows johnson and
also know Williams In his life time.
She was present when johnson struck
Williams, md remembered the day; 1t
happened oa Wednesday, December ID
Az the limo Williams was struck be
WAS standing alongside OF q meat bar
rel with stick in bis hand, A stick
about m inch aud hslt In diameter
and about three feet long was exhibited
+, by Mr.. BIRgs, and identified by the
) witness ns the one Williams had In his
hand). The vi.noss then resumed aud
snid that johnson came cut of another
room and snatched the stick out Of
! WiliAms' hand, and as be was trying |
to get ont Of the door struck him over
q tbs head with IL Daring the time VIII |
D llatns WAS In the room he did not say or
do anything.
Ga cross-ezamlustion by Mr.. Conrad
tho witness taid that when johnson
:. struck Williams he fell, aud his coat
A. a ..E. .la fz1 In. Ia
!, pocket. He put his hand back TO 1t,
Q bat the Eitnets thought he did that to
|, keep " from falling cut. She knew
}, THAT Williams carried q revolver, as
10 she bad fro qlenJiy seen it. The stick
tina. Williama hAd 10 his hand, ard
With hioh lie WAS afterwards struck
u was picked ~ By him as lie was pass.
g. 5g Mr, Whittock's y ood pile.
osI John NJaks, GoloFed, was aworD, and
~ testified thAs he Knows johnson and
7. also knew Williams He WAS at home
At his nother's, RebeocA Eoake, the
day Williams was struck, and johnson
WAS up stairs hanging up coma meat.
ID When Wll!ism5 came in he eto0d by
d the barrel; he had n stick in his hand,
ard whom johnson came in the room he
asked williams II he had brought thst
6tlok for him. The witness and the
Others, vita tho exception OF Williams
.te ate breakfast, and right afterwards he
ar lhsnEd q lick strucE; he looked Rround
Aud saw WilliamB going towsrds Mr.
lCiaytoh's, hu. JoansJn came back In
tho house.
vi Rsbecca NoAks was sworn, aad testi
Ia 6sd that she knows Johnson, and that
~ he had lived at her house over two
years. Sha know George Williams, and
he too make his home ut her house
NT.lF ~ IL d
Ia came 20 her house with the atlSk ehow'
81 10 cour, in his hand, and stood insid
the door near the hs;Tel. When John
on first cane IN the room uhsre wa
liams wss he said, "Well, George" bu
when he ca1n3 iu hgGin he said 'di'
- yon bring that sick TO beat me with
"a II thought you dId. would fail tn
dlckens out Of yo1"
Williams replied, "Ii had cauRh
you Watching RroCnd hr. Whiltook'
~ last night could have shot yol Tn
T. vi5uesl then told Williams that 81
had gog Jehnron TO GO to Mr. VIII
- locke TO sec II he and Mary had goE
- away together.
lui JOHNSON continued 10 tall, but WI
liems did not say tnythinR more, eut
the wl.aesg weat ont IL tho other rOor
10 set hsr breakfast. A feI minute
ater she heard nOise, and ucon go!n
an to Ghe door raw WllllGm9 down on tn
co. grcuah, AID sha sezsd JOHNSON, VIII
L. had tho stick In ht5 hand. she ga
Wilkins when his coat hsS up, bu
idld rot ace zny pistol.
tce MeOomb Clayton testified that he la
dep1!y shef u OF Tits county, and thI
from Information which he received h
went to Rebecoa NoAks' about o'cloc
lck or th6 morning OF Deoem ber 16sh. b
% I al hWF ~ tlNnA aR
ON, nnd when he knocked at the door an
seized ier Johuaon, he replied that
WAS not there, bat lad gone to B.aC
Csces.
re- After some time he got In ard o
ION. Feptbd tie oTienner. The witness Hei
Stu, to Mr.. WEi.teok's and sAw the def
cen man, while hr. Cra1dOok took q
,,cn ipasoner To MiddlstONu. Before Johl
Itch Son etatisd he gave ths witaess Il
lary stlok thai hs had struck William
ally WlIh.
1ro, Isaau Ctsd3ook testified that he Is
its pol.co { Cfli3sr Ia MiddloioHp, and We
with Hr Clay ton to arrest johnson, {
zoe road to MlddlstoWn he admitted
lhe witness that he struck William
yez. Niih the club aud That he used DO
lag hands. He said tina. ho would ha'
,srs. struck him again had nos Mre. Eoa
and stopped him. H5 slso said that
,kss struck him for fear WnliAms wou
nya shoot him.
,oua The Gate closed with this witnes
> to and Mr.. Conrad, ior the dsfenFe, 81
la. p" thai he had no witnesses to offer Al
aow would let the case go to tho jury wi
tue assumption that the State h'
fried TO show that nSlice which W
necessary to insure conviction Re
stands indicted.
ared Deputy Attorney General Davis 50
10 that there was but oae point on Whi
atss he intended to ask the court TO char
lay Ibs Jury, and that was that where
Ilent do,ntv weapon ia used the law alwa
tDis presumes there WAS malice. He col
MIN memoed his argument 10 tho jury
'aAy 4.40 &C och aud closed a. o'cloGk wi
or appeal 30 the jury to render VI
dist Of guilty as indicted.
He Was followed by Henry G. Ok
, has rad, Esq, for the defense, who ask
to tha court to charge the jury that
cod press malice undsr tho law IL not to
lock, inferred that 30 convict the prisoner
!, in murder in the fret degrees, tha Ju
spin. must 10 satisfied thai there was NAL
aforethoueht and intention to Kill u
when a iatRl ttrOke is given by an
lonal styument not likely to kill, less p
r,,lar vocation will be sufheept TO reduce
e,,. offense to u granddaughter; that when
= re. killing was the rsBuls OF quarrel
N up tTeen pattiee, WIN NJ ,. oViuenvo u y y
der In either degree, bus manslaugh
EI,s anIaaa fha tprv eh0uld