Richmond planet., 1890-03-01


who stabbed him. | told Officer
Goodman that | saw Annie throw
the knife over the fence"
A LITTLE WHITE BOY,
Frank Porter identified the knife.
He was playing in the yard and saw
it when it dropped He took it and
carried it into the house. A police
man came and asked il they had
found the knife. Her sister took it
and gave it to him. He saw no one
when ii fell.
Coroner Taylor stated that he
found one wound in the deceased s
shoulder about X of an inch, the 9th
er to the left part of the back, entered
the lung about two inches HemOr-
rhage caused his death. He lived a
bout twenty minutes.
This ended the testimony before
the Coroner's jury. The prisoner,
Annie Taylor, had been brought up
from the jail, and was seated at the
sideof her counsel, Ger F5s g. IL. :
She apl,earcu -,nensfcerned sas; to the
result. At times the testimony OF a
witness would either provoke a smile
orcause her to whisper to her counsel.
The preliminary examination took
place at the Police Court, Wednesday
morning Justice John j -Crutchfield,
presiding. Edgar Allan Esq. repre-
sented the accused.
The following witnesses testified at
the Court:
l.. II. Tucker, white, said, "I saw
a man and a woman run out of a
door: i don't know who they were.
/ saw her strike him with her hand.
l saw nothing in her hand. She had
on striped dress"
GEORGE BAILEY
testified: "She caught a fellow in the
collar and pulled him down. He did
not want to go, and then, because he
refused to come she pulled him down.
When she pulled him out 10 the street
she stabbed him in the left side. |
was standing at the door. / passed
her and came down stairs. | had
been in all the girls rooms. Me, jim
and Davy went around there togeth-
er. l saw her when she stabbed him
somewhere in his left side. work at
the Petersburg factory, 22nd st.
We had not been there very long.
was upstairs in the entry when she
got there. When she came in she
asked where was Jimmie. She asked
Sally Gaines and Missile. Then she
asked Eliza.
When Annie Taylor was in Annie
Greene's room / was in there with
her.
went down stairs when they be-
gan to fuss at the head of the stairs.
L never had any idea that she was
going to cut him until saw her cut
him. She had the knife. She open
ed it in Annie Green's room. She seid
in that room that he CJim Ishculdn'
go up town. If he did he'd have to
go stark naked / did not hear her
make any threats upstairs. Sallie
Gaines was in her room, looking
out of the window when the fuss
was going on"
DAVID CARTER
SAL, "I know nothing cf the cutting.
l only saw them when he fell in
the street and said, 'Oh Lord, I'm
cut to death. / was in Mary
Eliza's room. / did not come out
before she came down stairs. The
cutting was done before / came
down. Indy Christian was in there.
/ went there with Jim and George
Bailey. saw him fall on Grace
street and heard Annie Taylor say
she struck him in the mouth. /
was following on behind. / was near
enough to him to help him up. She
asked me to help him up and helped
him. / did not see that he was cut
l did not see any blood, save that
which gushed from his mouth. /
heard the report that he was cut
when / was upstairs. heard the
women hollering out in the street.
That's why l followed them. Iheard
some one say, Look how Annie
Taylor is cutting jim ] didn't
know he was cut, only heard it. "
ANNIE WILLS
testified: "She brought him down to
the door and she stuck the knife in
him, and he said, Lord, have mercy
Then l went into the house and shut
the door.
CHRIsTIANA PAGE
testified.
! was standing on 10th street when
/ heard some one coming down the
steps / saw Jimmie and Annie conI-
ing down the steps. She said, You
d red s. b Come ont
She then cut him in the shoulder,
and then stabbed him in the left
side. l knew she stabbed him this
time because she drove the knife so
hard. When he got to the black
smith shop, he grabbed plank.
She pulled him so hard she pulled a
plank off the blacksmith shop which
he had hold of. 1 was standing in
front of Lessie Minors. Lessie was
not there. / heard him say, Lord,
have mercy He called for his hat.
Then she pushed him along up the
street. l suppose she thought he
stopped to get his breath. Then
she said, Come on, Jim Cd d
you.