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and she did not see any more Of him until she

and she did not see any more Of him until she
returned.
When examined by another juror she could
not identify the pistol. but she knew he found
an old pistol some time ago. Then she said
she heard her son tell the officer that he had
thing.
She told the Jury that she could not see
whether her boy had pistol in his hand when
he was killed or not nor could she tell whether
or not he took the pistol with hun when he went
out.
THE oRkSDNorHKR's VERSION.
Mrs. Julia Lomax. grandmother OF the de-
ceased, was next called, and she said she was
more than seventy years old and had never kissed
the Bible before in her life. She testified that
the officer ran in her yard. and when he
couldn't get in the house he fired a bullet right
through the door and IL made as much noise
any thunderbolt she ever heard. She first
ran out OF the house when she
heard the shooting around the corner. When
Charlie came in the house the policeman was
right behind him. She could not tell whether
Charlie had pistol in his hand not. but the
officer had one. for he shot through the door.
When the officer got in the house Charlie told
him that he had no warrant and could not
rest him. The officer, she said fired about
three shots while he was in the house. When
Charlie came in the last time he came IN a
hurry and slammed the door in the officers
face.
She said in answer to q question by Juror
that Charlie had had a pistol three or four
years, and when the pistol was shown her and
she was asked if she could identify IL she re-
piled: "Lawd. can't tech dat; l never does tech
EN-; de gives me de headache"
JAMES FLANAGAN.
James Flanagan testified that he saw a man
fire at the policeman and he was the man whom
the policeman pursued. Witness could not
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the officer pursued the right man, who lied in
the direction from where he came.
WHAT wa. YouSa SAW.
VIM. Young, colored, testified that he WAS at
tracted to the corner by the patrol wagon. He
was present when the woman WAS arrested and
when the shot was fired at the officer. lie did
not know who fired the shot, but he knew that
it was not Charles Lomax.
As soon as the man in the crowd fired the shot
the crowd started in an easterly direction and
moved along Wilson street.
In conclusion witness said that TO the best of
his knowledge and belief Lomax not the
man who fired the shot
WHAT THE PISTOL SHOWED.
DIR. Schaeffer examined the pistol alleged to
have been used by the dead man and he found
fresh powder marks in the barrel, indicating,
as he told the coroner and the jury, that the
pistol had been fired recently.
ALLEN LoMAx A WITNESS.
Allen Lomax, brother of the deceased, was
next sworn, and he testified that he was pres
ent when the first shot was fred and he saw
the man who fired it.
"Do you know who he is?' asked the coroner.
'Yes, sir." responded the boy.
"Who was it,
"George Page
"The man who was arrested?"
''No, sir; it was the son of the man who was
arrested"
As soon as Page fired the shot he ran along
Wilson street and the crowd went with hmm.
Witness did not think that his brother did the
shooting.
GEORGE PAGE FIRED THE SHOT.
Andrew Beverly, colored, testified that he
was present when the shot was fired at the Off
GERS who had the woman under arrest. He saw
who fired the shot and said it was George Page.
The officers. he said, were dragging the boy s
mother when the shot was fired. OH
Ger Mellen, he said, began tir-
ing as soon as he turned. The
Page boy went into his grandmother's house
and the officer lost sight of him and followed
Lomax. Witness said that the officer fired three
shots before be reached the house, and there
was only one shot fired inside the house.
GEORGE JONES SAYS IT WAS PAGE.
George Jones, also colored, testified that he
saw George Page fire the shot. He said he told
several persons that he saw Page do the shoot
ing, but he could not remember the names Of
any Of them.
Mrs. Harriet Taylor, colored, who lives in
Howard row, near where Lomax was killed, was
next called, and she gave evidence as to what
happened in front of the Page house. She
saw the officer when he fired at Lomax.
She heard Charlie tell the officer
that he had done nothing. Charlie
she said had no pistol and she saw the officer
cfrilxa inn vlfb a
fell. She said she heard one shot fired in the
alley one at the door and three in the house.
GEN. FRY AND MRS. STEVENS
Gen. Fry and Mrs. Stevens were sworn. The
former testified that George Page, the woman's
son, fired the shot at the officers when they
were dragging his mother, and Mrs. Stevens
told what she saw at the house when Lomax
was killed. She said she was in the alley
when the officer came through and
him at that time. Fry said he followed the
crowd to the Page house and said he saw the
officer club Page when he dying. Witness
said he told Sergt Daley that night that Page
fired the shot at the officers
Deputy Coroner Schaeffer testified to the
autopsy already stated, and produced the
bullet taken from the brain of deceased. There
were extensive powder marks on the face. but
there was no blistering. He thought the pistol
not more than three or four feet from
LomaX when the shot was hired.
Mr. Ralph Wormley, colored. was the last
witness called. He told of hearing cries of
murder and he also heard pistol shots, but did
not witness any of the shooting. Witness told
Of conversation he had with Officer Mellen
Just after the shooting happened
OFFICER MELLEN ExoSERATED.
The jury find that the deceased, Charles
Lomax, came to his death by pistol shot
wound at the hands of Officer Archibald Mellen,
and they further find that the said Charles
Lomax, at the time of his death, had pistol in
his hand and was resisting arrest Officer Mel
len is exonerated from any responsibility.
After the verdict was signed the jurors ex-
pressed a great deal of dissatisfaction about ii
as it exonersted the officer and wanted it
changed, blu: the foreman had left the station
house.
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