The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-31

mas opened. The short links are en-
graved. The bar seems to be missing.
The chain was shown to the jury. 1t
Is standard l4-karat gold. Witness
nrst impression was that it was Mr..
Caddall's.
county treasurer. Did not notice
whether Caddall wore his watch and
chain the day he was murdered. The
inside OF the chain has not been bur-
nished since it came into my posses
sion.
Mrs. T. LIE Williams, of Lexington,
va, testified that her husband was
principal of the school at Newberne.
The day of the Caddall murder we were
boarding at Mr. Humphreys. walked
TO about the middle of Dunlap's field.
MT. Caddall was at the bridge. When
got to the macadamized road l heard
the report of gun and whistle of the
train. Went to meet my daughter, who
had rode out there. l came into the
Thorn Spring road above the gate, sup
posing the train was tho O'Clock train.
At Farris' house heard gun in tho
direction of the railroad. Have walked
over the same distance | walked be-
tween where / heard the report of the
gun and the whistle in fifty. two seconds;
to humphreys house to the middle of
the field and back again in thirty-seven
minutes.
1t took fifteen minutes to walk to the
place where l met Mr.. Caddall. Heard
no other gun; saw no one hunting in
AleXanders fields. Passed no one going
either way but my daughter and Mr.
CaddaI. 1t was n very bright. calm
evening. AS | went down the hill Alex
ander's Held was at the right facing
me-"
Cross examined II was at Mrs.
murder, 1 think it was about one-half
hour from the time saw Mr. Caddall
till l heard the messenger who an
nounced that he had been hurt.
DIR. w. II. Bramblitt of Pulaski, was
tho next witness. He testified: made
an autopsy on John II. Caddall The
body was taken up day or two after
the burial. | found posterior part of
tho skull on the left side very much
broken. So far as tho head was con-
cerned could not say where the bullet
entered. The ball lodged over the
light eye. 1t was bullying the skull in
that region. l suppose either the shak-
ing or the fracture of his skull with n
blunt instrument would have killed
him. The ball weighed eighty grains
w iiiJ oS"iSS az uluShl. am SaUlSneu
l got the entire ball. One or two pieces
wero very small, like mustard seeds.
brought them here and delivered them
in court. The small pieces were lost
The skull was fractured in various
| directions radiating from the point. The
whole top of the head was fractured.
| Cross-eXamination: / think there was
notch in the skin which showed where
the ball entered.
In tho afternoon Moses Porter, col
ored, Marion Clark, Burwell Houston,
colored, and j. D. Smith testified to see
ing Feaglcs with gun on the afternoon
of the murder
L.. j. Shelton testified: mako Now
born my home. Have been living here
since 1877. Was here tho day John Cad
dali was killed. Was at Frank LYONS
house. About O'Clock / came down
the street to tho hydrant at the corner
OF the courthouse, when heard tho re-
port of a rifle in the direction of the
Thorn Spring railroad crossing.
About thirty minutes after that
saw Feagles coming up tho street be-
tweed s. II. Stones and Bakers store
walking in tho middle of the street. He
had gun under his right shoulder.
thought at first it was n single barreled
shotgun. | saw at q second look that
1T was rifle. | went to Feagles' store
and came down to Mrs. Lyons and was
asked if l would cut wood for supper.
heard horse up the street and some
one say John CaddaH was knocked in
head. l rushed on the street, but saw
nothing Of Feagles after that.
had asked to borrow shotgun from
teagles in December, 1889. He told mo
he had none except the Winchester
rife; said he did not care to lend it.
The rifle shown in court looks very like
the gun saw in Feagles' store. This
gun has no magazine. He said, have
no gun except the Winchester rifle.
Witness showed how FeagleS carried
the gun going towards his store When
he entered he saw the lever that throws
out the she'll. Feagles was walking
rapidly. The muzzle of the gun was
towards him as Feagles came up the
street; unless his eyes run them into
one there was but one barrel to the
gun. When it was ascertained that
Caddall was shot with rifle 1T came
into his head that he saw Feagles with
the rifle that day between shutdown and
! dark.
Cross examined live here when
not at work with L. S. Lyons. have
made this my homo since 1877. Had
been living here prior to the killing of
Caddall. went to Harty Falls in Jan
uary, and came hack here in March,
1890, and remained till the Cd Of April.
When went to Feagles to borrow his
gun did not examine mis- gun. had
not put lead pencil into that gun be-
fore l came into court. have not
measured tho calibre of the bore or put
lead pencil into it..
The witness said he was detective
since July l6 and had taken active part
in he prosecution, but he had no preiu-
dice against the prisoner. lie was not