The morning news., 1889-04-25
SANFORD VERY sKEPTICAL.
ALABAMA's GREAT TRIAL.
The Stories Hawes Told About His
Children.

me Stories HaWeS Told About His
Children.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, April 24.-The
twelfth juror in the Hawes case was secured
with little delay this morning The uni
versal comment s. that the jury is unusu-
ally good in general appearance. The ex-
animation of witnesses was begun and CON
tinued throughout the day. The case now
on trial is for the murder of May Hawes,
his Oldest daughter who was last seen
alive on Monday, and whose body was
found floating i'll East Lake on the next
morning. Coroner Babbtt the first wit
ness, testified to the general facts of the
finding Of the body, and the examina alton
he had made. Keith, Ragsdale and Boyce
testified to finding the body, and that no
water came from the mouth and nostrils
when it was taken up.
NO EVIDENCE OF DROWNING.
At the afternoon session the first witness
was W. W Laslie, sthe undertaken who
embalmed the corpse of May Hawes. He
said he saw no evidence of violence, and
no froth was exuding from the nostrils to
Indicate drowning.
Ors. Wilson and Parke, the physicians
who made the autopsy, testified that death
resulted from asphyxiaJion, which might
have been caused either from drowning or
smothering. Some symptoms of drowning
were lacking. AS a rule the body of a
person drowned would not have risen under
forty eight hours.
DEATH RECENT.
DR.. Wilson testified that he thought the
child had been dead about twelve hours
when brought to the city from East Lake.
and also that there were some scratches on
the cnild's nose. Both physicians said the
If ha gfr
indicating recent death.
Ragsdale Boyce and Laslie identified the
hat and shoes worn by May Hayes when
the body was found. DR.. Jones had seen
the body the next day and had noticed
scratches upon the nose and an abrasion of
the skin on each side.
Eliza johnson (colored), furnished meals
to the Hawes family She had seen them
last on Sunday before the killing.
ENGAGED BOARD.
Mrs. T. A. Grambling had seen Hawes on
Monday evening before Mays body was
found. Hawes said he was going to get
married. He said his two girls were in a
convent in Mobile. Hawes came to her
boarding house on the Saturday before the
finding OF the body. He engaged board for
himself and wife. She objected to boarding
children. Hawes said no had one
little boy in Atlanta. He would be married
neXb Wbek anu WOuIu lou HBT know DY tele-
graph when he would arrive Hawes pro-
posed to furnish his room himself, and sent
the furniture on Monday motion to ex-
clude this entire testimony was overruled.
On cross-exanination the witness said she
had agreed TO board the little boy.
DUNNED BY A COLLECTOR.
Charles Schapman, a collector for the
Singer Sewing Machine Company, had
gone to collect n bill on Saturday, and
found Hawes and his three children at
home. Hswes told him to call on Monday
at Mrs. Fuller's, which he did. Not finding
Hawes he went again to his house, where
he saw Fanny Bryant, now indicted for
the same ofPense with Hawes. The other
children were present. Fannie Bryant was
packing trunks
Baralee Gardner (colored) knew the
Hawes family and lived near them. lie
went to the house on Monday. Hawes,
Fannie Bryant and May were present. She
welt to collect some money due her
Hawes said his wife had gone TO Atlanta.
She had been there on Saturday before and
saw all the family. On Mondays visit sho
had heard Hawes tell Fannie to take May
home with her.
c. F. BRooM's STORY.
c. r. Broom lives at Oxanna. He did
not hear of the finding of Mays body till
Thursday. On Monday Of the same week
he met Hawes in the office Of Timekeeper
Newman, Of the Georgia Pacific railroad.
Hawes said he had been to Mobile where
he put his girls in convent. He said he
was going to marry on Wednesday next
and that he had obtained divorce from his
first wife in Atlanta.
Charles Newman timekeeper of the
Georgia Pacific road, said Hawes had ap-
applied for his money before IL was due,
and said he wanted to get off from duty, as
he had 10 take his daughters 10 Mobile be-
fore he went 10 Columbus to get married.
Court adjourned till 0 o'clock tomorrow
morning. Crowds Of witnesses are present
and the room is packed with people, all
white No ladies except the witnesses are
present. Hawes has lost whatever indiffer-
ence no ever had.