Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-11-21
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ordered Jerry Carter, who was
placed in the Jail for contempt of
court for shouting out during court
Thursday night, "Hang the S. of
a b." released from Jail. Jerry
says he did not mean any contempt
| of court but felt what he said and
could not hold it in, but will be
more careful in the future. The
| jury did not 60 to church but took
a long walk Sunday morning. Most
of the time was spent in discussing
the tariff, and tariff reform came
out way ahead. The punishment
for rape may be anything from FIVE
years in the penitentiary to death
by hanging.
o. II. Brooks, of Montgomery
City, testified: g Dusenberry's
character was good up to the time
of this ofense. l never heard him
talked about"
| Charley Hamilton, a druggist of
| Montgomery, testified to the same
effect.
Joe Rosenburg testified the
| same.
| Several other prominent citizens
of Montgomery were examined in
regard to the character and all
testified o. K. up to this trouble.
Some twenty-five or thirty men
all testified substantially to the
same effect.
| R. B. Hensely testified the
same.
| Thos. Ferguson testified: "Dusen-
berry was bartender for sometime.
His character was ali right up to
| this trouble. l heard about this
| trouble the day it happened and
| told him he had better get out of
the way for a few days, as Prose
cutting Attorney Hughistt had told
me there was a good deal of excite
ment about the matter and that he
(Hughlett) would hold the warrant
for few days until he came back.
He lett on my advice. [ expected
him to come back and give himself
up as soon as the excitement was
over. There is a pistol in the sa-
loon, but it is in my private drawer
and I had the keys at the time
of the trouble. Dusenberry would
have to go through three doors to
get the blanket referred to, as it
was in another room. Dusenberry
could not get into the drawer where
the pistol was he had no key |
don't know whether he had pistol
or not ; he said he had no other
one. The pistol in the drawer be-
ionged to Dusenberry. Hughlett
told me to tell Dusenberry to keep
out Of the way until after election as
there would be a crowd in town
and there might be trouble. I did
not know the policeman had war
rant for him. I gave him $40 and
told him 10 stay away until the feel
ing died out"
| DR.. McAlister, of Columbia,
then testified: live in Colum-
bia am professor of surgery and
obstetrics in the State University"
The Doctor then explained to the
tjury the anatomy of woman. 81
think the laceration referred to
might have occurred without the
use of force or intimidation. l
think if intelligent physicians ex-
amined d woman they could tell
better than physician put On the
stand with a hypothetical case
whether a woman had been raped
or not.''
Hon. Sol. Hughlett, Prosecuting
Attorney of Montgomery county,
testified: "I told Tom Ferguson
there was a serious charge against
Dusenberry and told him what il
was 1 told him next day was elec'
tion day and that Dusenberry had
better look out. 1 never said ]
would hold warrant ; I issued
the warrant promptly on Monday ;
| was not trying to let Dusenberry
get away at all. l did my duty
, as fast as l could and only wanted
Dusenberry to keep out OF the way
of an angry populaee until he
could be arrested and protected by
law"
Col. Gatewood, of Montgomery
) testified s. I know Dusenberry
his reputation, as far as I eveI
heard, is good. I don't know
: whether he has been gay and fes
tive with the girls or not.'
I Several other witnesses thel
testified to his character, amonl
} whom were Mr.. Pegram, Mr.. Tenn
: pie, Mr.. Suggett and others.
DIR. Pinckney French testified
:. have practieed medicine sine
1873. I am connected with medi
cal college in st. LOUIS Th
Doctor then gave very interesting
, and intelligent description of tn
anatomy of woman. He said LAGER