Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-29
HEARING EVIDENCE.
Progress of the Avant Trial In
The Criminal Court.
Witnesses Tell What They Know About
the Case In straightforward
Manner.


The AVant murder trial in The
Criminal court was gotten fully I'M
der Roadway by two O'Clock last ev-
ening.
There were four State Witnesses eX-
amined yesterday, chief among
whom was Thomas Davie, one of the
leading citizens OF the Fourth dis
trict. The evidence given in by him
was in the main circumstantial, but,
he being the first man to reach the
Avant residence after The death Of
Mrs. Avant, it is strong against the
accused. The circumstances sur
rounding the case were detailed at
length. Mr.. Davie reached the house
a few minutes after the death Of
Mrs. Avant. lie met Avant at the
door and proposed going or sending
for. a doctor. Avant strenuously
objected to this, saying that
she was dead and nothing
earthly could bring her back to
life. Davie still insisted that a
doctor should see the lady and make
an examination. Avant became
furious and ordered him off the place.
He also detailed conversation he
had with Mrs Avant before her
death. She claimed that her hus-
band was cruel to her and that he
had
THREATENED TO KILL HER.
She said that she was afraid that
he would attempt her life and that
she wanted Il divorce from him.
This conversation was heard by Miss
DaVie, neiCe of ThOs. Davie, and
her testimony corroborated what Mr.,
Davie had said ON the stand. Two
more witnesses were examined who
testified substantially the same with
references to the circumstances sur
rounding the case. All this was in
lr0duced to show that there We're
suspicious circumstances surrounding
the death of Mrs. Avant.
TO.DAY's PROCEEDINGS.
The court convened this morning
at O'Clock and the hearing of testi-
mony for the prosecution was re-
sumed.
The first witness put on the stand
this morning was JOS. Bagby. He
testified to the position in which
Mrs. Avants body was found, and
also to a conversation he had Wits
Avant the night after his Wife's
death. In this conversation scvcral
questions were asked him which
aroused his suspicious. His tcsti-
mony summed up was that AVIAN
seemed in very great hurry to get
the body under ground,
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