The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-10-17
/. L.ESTELLF0RDIOHANG
For the Murder OF r.
NJ. Cloy.
HE is FOUND GUILTY AS CHARGED
IN THE INDICTMENT
DECEMBER /, NAMED AS
THE DAY FIR Exc
CUTION.

"Guilty of murder as charged
in the Indictment" s. say twelve
men, goo AMI true, of l.. e 'tell
Ford.
The names of the twelve men
whu performed this duty a 8:
l.. A Phelps, i. w. O'Mara,
J. G. Price, j. ID. Afford,
j. w. Williams, Walter L.Frlder
jesse l.. Yawn, L. f. Ellzey,
Perry Dunaway, n. X. Stoval,
JohnFurtenberry, lmmer Ball.
When the case was called Fri
day ia The circuit court, Judge w.
7. Cassed,, p idng, the 8 ate
through it's representatives,, Dis
trict A t0rney +. A. McLai i,
Hoa. r. N. Miller, If Hazlehur,t,
and Hon. j. O. Lamkin, OF Sum-
nit, ann unce itsef ready for
trial.
The counsel for the defendant,
Hoo. Hiram Ca sedy, Of Brook
haven, ami Hon. S. Il. lockwood,
OF Magn lia, mnde application for
cunril mlnce, u sed on the absence
OF two win e-ses, Maj. H.her
C.ait ana sam Woodruff. Tne
tormer had been duly suhpenaed
-,he after cOull not lie found.
The c urt ,verlulrd tie motion
and fined Mr.. Craft $50 for non
atte dance, aud at request Of de
icndaat's counsel an attachment
was i,sued for him.
Tnedcf d ,nt tn II made amotiou
for i change OF We u, supported
by tn ailid Wits of G. w. and j l..
Andr W. ami G. s. Kellogg, who
sworr they did no, believe the de-
tri dant coud get fair aud I'M
ia tial tri.l in Pike couut,. This
mOlion was $50 promptly over
ruled by the court.
The nexi step was motion by
drf.nda t Ia qulsh the vrnire on
IL gtonnd that there We're not
sufli ie ( names in the jury box
from which it was drawn. After
hearing te .timOny aud argum ~ ,
pro and con. he court tDok the
motion under advis ment, AID adj
journed Tor dinner.
When court rr.asSembled at 2
O'Clock, Judge Cissedy announced
tn It the motion would be over
ruled. The d fense gave notice
that except ms would b. taken tu
all the rulings Of the court, aud the
trial proceed d. The remainder
of day was occupied in select
ing t Jury. lie ntire venire 0l
hfty was exhausted and eight
Jurors Of the regular panel for the
week were ex mined before tn,
iury was compet d, as above
given. At $3.50 o'c ,ck cou'C ad'
iuuru Il til Q O'clock Saturday
morning, the jury being locked III
for the hight ia TIL" court house.
The court room was crowded
s turlay with sp ctators from al
over the county, who listened a.
4 ntively to every syllable of the
testimony. The family Of the slaiI
and The slayer we've present ant
W re the observed OF allnbservers
The hrst Witness intrndnced by
the S ate was William McCOlgAn
VIII test fl Il that Oh the d,y o
the HON, de ClOy aud Ford me
M the corner Of McCOlgan's Hotel
and Cloy (who was city marsh +,
and TAX coll ctor) asked F 'r'
when he would pay that privil &
tax. Ford replied ''net ill yoI
work that street" Clly told hin
the street commissiO. er had charg
Of The business of working tin
streets. Then Ford said 81 dom
believe you have any use for me
a.y Nay." AMI CIOy replied ''no,
guess not, no more than yon hav
Tor IN - Ford then told Cl6y
he would PUT d 'wn his 5 ick h
YOU Il whip him Cloy hrOpIe,
ia, 5 ick AMI said, sit you hit mp
I'll shoot ynu." Ford snid Ill g
hone and get my gun" and i'm
mtuidlelA itit tHt fi'ttN' LIS ~.
ver.aticn occu d about twenty
five minutes before the fatal sllu
was fred, aud the witness s'i
DO Ii men seemed to he pertec !
sober AT the time. Cloy RENAME
on the reefs soma time and
for his home FIVE minutes b. fOI
For passed going in same dires
iion with gun ia his hand. VII
II IS tried 4, sioa him bnt coul
not. He next saw Ford VIII
under arres', md "a the oiii Ell
pAsSrd ia notei with hin, For
sadto witness: swell, got him,
On cross examination witn' {
stated that he b d known For
TIN years and n,yer saw hiI
drunk, and regarded him as