The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-04

always considered the DR.. q very
sensitive kind Of y man.
The Court here adj 'urned te Sat
uraay.
SATpRDAy-C. w. Hayes testi.
fed, saw Hannum night Of murder
At drug store and also on Wilson,.
| porch.
J"hn NJ. Armstrong, Sheriff Of
Blount County, found HannIm ut
Bryson City, N. G. Saw Hannum
in MHryville the same nay he left.
The DR.. had told me several times
after Wilson's death that II I want
ri him to send for him. At his re-
quest ! went tn his office one day
and we talked about Wilson's death
and Ofhis being accused OF the XIII
ling The DR.. clainIed tn he inn,,-
| cent OF the crime. Claimed to have
bren laying on his bed In the Office
when the shouting was done. Wit.
nesa t0k 81, on in money from Han.
mum md delivered same to r. N.
Hood. also identified the pistol TAX
en- ft0gn Hannum when he made
tho arrest. The DR.. explained II
him IN hurt on his forehead rs
having been done by the limb of q
tree. Since Hannum1 incarcera-
tion q the county jail . lOkiug
glass was sent in ostensibly for the
use OF the prisoners, between the
back snd glass was found q saw
about four inches long. There were
six or eight prisoners In same cage
with pr. Do not know to whom
the saw was sent, some of the bars
had been partly cut In two. Saw
two mon at work cutting bars, new.
er saw the DR.. ut work, and on be-
ihg shOwnsthe saw he claimed ~
know nothing about 1t. At anoth. r
time stood where could see the
men vt work, cutting the bars.
Heard Hannum say he would MT
g. ifthey did succeed in cutting n
hol could not say that Hannum
knd was there.
,Sinnel A. Walker, deputy sheriff
identified the pistol as the one he
Mad hAd ch6rge of.
I Aaron Fulton, the coroner of
fBlount County, held the inquest
Iover Wilson's body. Trotter testi.
fed before the jury that he did not
recognize the man who came out Of
i Wilson's house. Had seen the ball
taken, from Wilson's body drop
through the pistol taken from Han.
mum several times.
! Allen Beals testified that the ball
taksa from WilsOn'ssbody was, he
'tthouyht, from ! ss-cslibfe cartridge
although rather small. Here the
State rested their case.
DIR. HANNUM,
! the man accused of the murder Of
H. o. Wilson, testified as follows:
. II will be flfty-seven years of age
on the fifth day of February. AND
: came to Tennessee with my parents
when only two or three months o.
. age. My father died in 1916. re-
, ceived my education in Maryville
and my medical education in Phil
, adelphia and Nashville. ] gradu
ated at Nashville in 1861.
| l then came back to Maryville
and enlisted in the confederate
army and served in its runks during
the entire war. After the war
went to Middle Tennessee where
. remained seven years and then
returned to Maryville where have
enjoyed a moderate practice as .
physician ever since.
In 1854 l married daughter o.
Col. VIM. Martin, Of Jacksonville
, Florida, and seven children have
, resulted from the union.
Previous to Wilson's death, 1 anG
some friends went on q fishing ex
, cursion leaving Maryville on Thurs
, lay and returning Saturday. l was
, sick while gone and on my return
! went to my Office.
My acquaintance with the WON
an, Nan West, has been very init
, mate and improper. She has q by
which have every reason in tn,
world to believe is mine. She ha.
lived in house back Of my Office.
KNEW before going on that hunt
ing excursion that Nan intended
going to Coal Greek to see her sister
= who lives near there, and I had as
scented to 1t. On my return I me
Charles Gates and he asked me II
s knew Nan had gone away during
my absence.
Some one told me that she wen
from Maryville In buggy on Thurs
9 day night and I at once began h
n investigate matters and found GU
q that she did not 90 on the train.