The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-29

Keep the Peace-The Jury VIII visit
the Scene of the Murder To-day.
NEwBERN, Va, Oct. 2s.-[SpecialI-
Court convened to-day a few minutes
after 12 o'clock.
Judge Bolen directed the acting
sheriff to bring the prisoner into court.
Feagles came in with light-colored
overcoat hanging about his shoulders.
clay pipe in his right hand and his
crush hat in his left hand. He an.
peared much at his ease, sitting part of
the time twirling his long moustache,
smiling and exchanging chances with
his acquaintance and friends.
Acting Sherin Rhoads made return of
his venire, and Of the men summoned
on it fifteen answered the summons and
seven were accepted as jurors, namely:
VIM. r. Upton, j. D. Sloan, Albert Fl.
Allison, G. II. Lyons, ]. D. Chumbley,
John Palmer and E. c. Gannaway.
After the dinner hour one of tho
latter, Albert II. Allison, was set aside.
on the testimony Of one VIM. Morris.
that he had expressed an opinion on the
case, Notwithstanding tho fact that he
had said he did not recollect so doing.
Another venire was issued. and by order
OF the court the sheriff summoned
jurors from among the bystanders.
VIM. Henry Harrison Allison was so
accepted as a juror. Tho court then
took recess for dinner.
In the afternoon c. S. Owen and Jos.
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jurors. Counsel for the prisoner were
allowed to retire to the iail in oompanv
with him and the sheriff to consult as
to the four men who should be striken
from tho jury list to leave panel of
twelve. The men so excluded from the
list wore: w. r. Upton, j. d. Chum-
bloy, Il. c. Gannaway, and w. Fl. FL.
Allison.
Three mon answering the venire were
set aside because Of conscientious
scruples against capital punishment.
One, j. p. Smith, neglected to appear.
The others were set aside for having
formed or expressed an opinion. One
was on tho grand jury that found the
indictment against the prisoner.
Tho jury rs completed was as follows,
William II. Chumblcy, Walter G. Brown,
Chas. S. Kirkwood, Robert Grogg, Geo.
w. Summers, Il. w. Covey, w. r. Bur
ton, Q. Ii. Lyons, j. D. Sloan, John
Palmer, @. s. Owens, and Joseph Cont s.
While prisoners counsel were in con-
sultation concerning tho jury General
Walker and Mr.. Wysof left the court
room in company, and went to the Bar
ker House together. There they saw
W. j. Morris, whom General Walker
had referred to as u ''chlmney-corner
lawyer" and Mr.. Williams, the prison
er's counsel, bad objected to tho express
sion. Goneral Walker, on his return to
court, Informed Judge Bolen that Nor
ris had assaulted him, called him q
id liar, and offered to draw n pis-
tol on him. He was arrested by ono of
the acting sheriff's deputies and
brought into the court General
Walker thought he should be jailed and
his pistol taken from him. Judge Bo-
len said he would attend to the case
before adjournment
The prisoner and the jury wore then
directed to stand up, the jury to look
upon tho prisoner and to hearken to his
cause. The Indictment was the read by
Col. Robert D. Gardiner, clerk Of tho
court. 1t charged Feagles with mortally
assaulting the late John II. Caddalf
with shot fred from rifle gun, and
also from pistol and with rock.
The first witness on the stand was
Rev. Amos Akers, who, with his son,
Washington, first found Mr.. Caddall's
horse loose on Thorn Spring road and
then discovered his body lying in the
road on the hill near the railroad track
on the afternoon OF the murder.
He testified as to tho unconscious con-
dition of Mr.. Caddall when he and his
son found him; described his condition
and testified that Feagles and w. f.
Farris, of Newbern, were the first per-
sons to arrive on the scene after word of
the murder had been sent to Newbern.
He also testified as to tho track of n
man and dog being found on the bank
near whore the body of Mr.. Caddall was
discovered. The body was found with
the head down hill, tho hat some feet
away covered with blood, brains and
hair. 1t was turned around a pillow
made of leaves and placed under tho
dying mans head. Caddall died about
O'Clock on the night of April /, 1890.
The court then adjourned until O.
o'clock tomorrow morning.
The jury will be taken to the scene of
tho murder tomorrow.
When the jury retired from the court
room w. j. Morris was arraigned before
the court, and Judge Bolen fined him
$40 and put him under bond OF 5000 To-
| keep the poace for sixty days, Atsthe
request of General Walker he RENTED
| The fine.
Argentine Financial Measures.
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