The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-13
THE TRIAL DRAWING TOACLOsE.
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no, UNDERSTOOD him to say he went
THAT route. i took his third Statement
about the way hewent as correct"
Miss Massio was recalled and de-
! scribed the clothes the prisoner wore
when he workediat- tho house.
M The prosecution then announced that
& this was all tho testimony they desired
to Introduce.
Witnesses for tho defense were next
scaIled There were three times as
many as ever mentioned before, and
many Of them were strange names.
4 Few were present, however. A. M.
Jones was the first witness. He said:
am sergean, of the police force. 1
was called upon the ed Of last Decem-
Der; l was told Mr.. Massie was as
saulted. went to the place in company
with w. e. Thomas. found Mr.. Mas
9 sic at B. Lacy Hoge's. DIR. Stone was
dressing his wounds. I asked him If he
knew who struck him. He said he had
no Idea, but that he had been paid some
money that evening by Redd and Will
hanson. They had paid him S14O each.
He thought only one person struck him,
but that there were two persons. went
atonce and examined the locality, and
found No. tracks running off in the
direction of the new houses. am sure
it was not over No. 6. On Mr.. Massie's
information had Rcdd and William
son,arrested that night.
u know when the prisoner was ar
rested, and do not think him Of sound
mind or capable of oonceiving plot like
this.
"The snow was very deep that nigh t
and the first track made by the man
who run Off was about three feet deep
did not follow up tracks, as 1 wanted
to mako the arrest. l was not afraid to
n it,rr II
to the place in half an hour after the
assault. We measured the tracks with
an envelope about five inches long. 1t
lacked about one and one-half inches of
coming to heel when placed against toe.
No. 0 shoe is about seven inches
long"
Here Mr.. Jones was requested to
measure Mr.. Smiths shoe. 1t measured
ton inches.
What size is that?" asked Mr.. Scott.
"That is about the size of the track
in the snow" Laughter.
"How many conversations did you
have with tho prisoner?"
II had only ono. He asked me what
he was looked up for.''
M. G. Morris was next sworn, and
testified as follows:
81 was chief Of police last December
and had been connected with tho police
force about eight years. | have had
considerable experience in detective
work. 1 have not had much convcrsa-
ton with this man. but l do not think
he would commit such q crime without
an accomplice. l had conversation
with him about the matter and failed
to get anything whatever out of him.
lie did not know what he was talking
about"
officer w. r. Talley-'I was in Roa-
noke last December and was on the
police force. l went with Officer Bower
to arrest man near Brick Row. We
arrested the prisoner. Yes, heard Mr..
Bowers statement Saturday. When
the arrest Was made / was walking he
hind to tho station. did not hear
prisoner say anything about tho old
man. He asked what he was arrested
for, and was told that it was for vag-
rancy. The man was right smutty, but
don't think he was BACKED on pur-
pose"
On being cross-examined, Mr.. Talley
said he had to keep crowd back which
was following, and the prisoner might
have made statements which he did not
hear.
j. L. Greasy was not in the State
when Mr. Massie was assaulted. l was
present when the prisoner was taken
out of the cell on one occasion. Tho
parties who had him in charge were
questioning him all the time. There
were with him Mr.. Wolfe, Mr.. Campbell,
Mr. Massie and myself. did not see
any violence, only Mr.. Campbell gave
him a little "chug" in tho side. lie
jumped up to my side. was few feet
in front. Campbell aid, Greasy, did
you see that? The prisoner was very
much excited at the time. He stated
that when he left Mr.. Massie's that he
came down the center Of Campbell street
to point near DR.. Gray's, when he got
Z on the sidewalk and continued his Jour
ney. He never changed this statement
that night. l am willing to say that
he did not admit having stayed at the
ore washer.
e. E Browning, who worked on the
case with Detective Tyler, was next
sworn. He said: 81 operated with Mr..
Tyler, being detailed by the chief for
that purpose. We made an 'investiga-
tion of the case as to the connection of
the prisoner at the bar with it." This
evidence was overruled)
y. IL. Traynham, city sergeant: 81
saw the prisoner last juno year ago.
He was locked up there as vagrant.
He has never given me any trouble. 1
think he Is man of weak mind"
r II. Fshburne-''I know the ac-
cused by sight l saw him during the
snow. lie came to my house and wanted
to get work. j showed him to another
house He could not get work, and
told him to go down town, he could get
Sl.50 an hour. lie talked like $1.5O an
hour was nothing. I took him 10 be
an idiot from the way he talked. This
was tho day Mr.. Massie died. saw him
Z also that evening at Mr.. Massie's
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