The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-04
EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENSE.
Feagles Was on Good Terms
With CaddaIl.
Sharp Contest Between Counsel Charac
terizod Yesterdays Proceedings of
the Great Murder Trinl-A Small At
tendance on Account of Election Dav.

NEwDERN, Va, Nov. 3.-[Special.lE
To-day being election day, it was not
surprising that tho audience in atten-
dance on tho Feaglcs murder trial when
the court opened this morning was
smaller than any previous day. During
the greater portion of the morning ses-
sion there was no. above twenty persons
In court n side from the court officials,
the members OF the bar, the prisoner,
the jury and tho newspaper men
The defense had the whole day to
themselves for tho introduction of
Innocence Of the prisoner.
The first witness was w. &. Farris,
who bought out the mercantile business
OF t'oagles and who first suggested look
ing for footprints at tho scene of the
murder on the day of the killing; testi-
fed that Feagles assisted i'll tho search
for the same. He described at longth
the position of the body when first seen
by him.
Witness carried whiskay ,camphor and
rags to the place where the dying man
was. Feagles had bunch of rags in
his hand. He had talked for long
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for his store business; would have
closed it earlier but the prisoner was
treating with the Alliance ON the sub
ject. Witness also describe the various
C eanings Of the cellar Of the store.
On cross-eXamination said he was
interested in the case. He did not
know that Mrs. Gardner gave the
camphor and rays to the prisoner that
the latter carried to the scene of the
murder.
Through II. L. Stone, the next wit
moss, the defense sought to show
friendly relations between Caddall and
the prisoner This led to lively legal
deba to between counsel on both sides.
General Walker claimed that friendly
feelings in such case as this proved
nothing The murder was on the high
way and for robbery.
Judge Brown, for tho prisoner, con-
tended it was important and material,
and that the defense had right to
show what they had attempted to show
subsequently, however, the objection
OF counsel was withdrawn and the wit
ness allowed to give the testimony
offered.
On crossexamination witness was
asked If he had not known that Caddall
had loaned Feagles money and held his
note for the same. Was the act of beating
out the brains of such man friendly
act? Was smoothing his hands and lay
ing him out q friendly act?
The testimony of the next witness, Il.
Il, Barker. as to what Caddall said in
his store as to why he did not pay for
tooth brush and SPAWN, caused another
tilt between counsel, and the declaration
OF Caddall was ruled out as irrelevant,
unless it could be brought home to the
knowledge of the prisoner.
The defence reserved it's objections.
y j. IL. Hicks testified that he saw
Feagles pull a county claim FROM his
pocket and ask Caddall for money on it,
tho day of the murder. Caddall said he
had no money; would have to give him
acheck for it. Witness is q brothcr-in-
law of the prisoner.
On cross-examination: Thought that
at the previous trial he did not saw that
Feagles said to Caddall, Can you give
me money on that?" and that Caddall
replied, No: can give you a check"
Told this the next day and communi-
Gated it to the Pulaski N WIS.
Mr.. Wysor asked witness if he did
not think he was writing to paper
whole lot of stuff he did not know to be
true.
Witness was contradic ted in his state
Gpent by notes of counsel on both sides
made at previous trial.
Bird Witt testified to seeing sus-
picious characters at Watson farm at
or o'clock on tho afternoon of the
murder.
j. A. Birchfield railroad conductor,
on April l, 1890. saw two men coming
from Alexander's cut. That was the
afternoon of the murder. One of the
men had gun. He couldn't describe
the men.
Cloyd Smith described two colored
mon, who came to the house where he
staid the night of the murder, that of
Goings, who was tried with him for the
murder of Caddall. They had been
woodchopping at Newbern. That day
he was at the lime kiln and over at Mr..
Watson's shooting birds. Was at Mr..
Brookman's when he heard the passon-
ger train go by.
He saw three colored men on the rail
road going towards Dublin. He went to
Watson's house between three and four
o'clock. He had been borrowing q gun
from Watson right smart. He was ar
rested the next Sunday. He was kept
in Jail five months without warrant.
/. Walker and Phlegar defended him.
Wysor testified for him.
j. B. Alexander saw suspicious char
acters near the Alexander cut on after
noon of the murder.
Mr.. Anderson, the messenger who
carried the news of the killing to Cad
dall's family, also testified to seeing
three men going into the woods north CT
the railroad track.
In the afternoon j. E. Wicks was
recalled aud testified as to the charac-
ter of the guns in the store OF Feagles.
John M. Feagles, brother of the
prisoner, gave similar testimony. None