The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-01
The FEAGLES MURDER TRIAL
A Bitter War Of Words Between The 0p'
posing Counsel.
LARGE NUMBER OF WITNESSES EXAMINED
An Effort TO Connect the Bullet Extracted
from the Murdered Mans Head With
Those OF Fesgles.

PULASKI. VA. Oct 3l.-lSpecial. The
sixth days trial Of the Feagles-Csddall muir
der case was largely attended and several
ladies were in court as spectators. Jonathan
king the first witness. testified as follows;
Feagles told me he WAS all through the Alex
ander wool tue day Of the murder and that
the day was clustering. IL WAS No day Tor
hunting and he Feagles went back to New
bern and saw Caddal leaving.
C. s. Fitzhugh said be helped pull down
the fence at the scene of the murder for
Feagles 10 60 TO iuDlin feagles tod him ne
WAS out there lust before Caddall was killed
and heard the shot when he got down in the
cid. and ii he had known any one was killing
Caddall he would have come back and killed
him. Feagles tlen cooked his white handled
pistol. II was ab ut three hundred yards
from the body to the field pointed to.
n /. Kidd, engineer on the Norfolk and
Western railroad said he was on passenger
train No. IS April /. 1891. in accordance to
schedule the train was due at bublIn flve
III nut.s 10 ]: was three or four minutes
going from Thorn Spring TO Dublin. As the
train neared the Thorn spring cross ng .
horse crossed the track. running rapidly with
n saddle and bride from towards Newoern.
He wh,stlel at the post three hundred yards
was ten minutes late.
J. /. Book said he came from Csddalls
burial with eagles who slowed him where
he crossed the road some three hundred
yards from the body. As he saw he did not
90 into Alexanders woods. The witness
thought the day little windy.
K f. Hartman. Caddall nephew. identlhed
the watch chain. Caddsll had 1t some three
OF four years, TO the hest of his ielef: Az
did James Is. Caddall his brother. and Is. r.
Morehead. Twas Caddal's or one exactly
like it.
Henry Houston said: | found the chain
eight aud half feet from the dirt pile OF
Paris formerly Feagles store a little to
the right of the path. Moses Porter wire,
Rachael. was W tn me. said nothing about
finding it till | got TO Porters store. The
chain was dingy and dirty when found.
offered 10 sell It for 81 | was prisoner IN
Newbern jail when Caddall was killed.
never o. cred 10 clean out tho cellar
Dir. Jordan said Feagles told him he was IA
Dunlap woods on the day Of the murder. and
that be met Caddal coming out OF town as
he came in Another time Feagies said he
would have found the murderer had he re-
NAMED where he was half hour longer:
He examined the BODY on the spot, and could
see a bullet-hole in the back of the head and
in the scalp. Just below the crushed place IN
the head. The bullet went through and
lodged in the thickest part OF the skull; IL
would take a strong gun to shoot through the
skull there This was conicsl all. lie had
shot a good deal The ball was shot by
strong weapon. q very strong pistol.
Mr.. Williams at this Jun ture asked; rs
this the skull Of white man, negro or
animal z"
Witness: can't tell.
Williams: on. a physician. can't tell this
Witness: No it might be of mixed blood.
Loud laughter by the audience.
Williams. Then would such person be
white OF coloredy
Answer: Colored.
Williams: Then what made the cattle laugh?
Wysor You call them cattle. Cattle don't
laugh in Southwest Virginia.
Answer Asses do.
Wysor: Then you had better laugh; We will
hear an ass bray.
Williams / can pass by such behavior. 1t
is disgrace to a courthouse.
W. sor: You first insulted the crowd and
are to blame.
The Court: Some days ago ordered there
should he no demonstrations. II must cease.
his ended the spat and the witness stood
aside.
Il. Whit said: April |, 1890, | got sons
cartridges from Feages at his store showing
them in court 10 use in p. Halls pistol.
J. II. Scales said Feagles had some 30 RIM
fire short cartridges aud some 80 long VIM
chester repeating arms and marked III
when Farris bought feagles out. Witness
saw no Remington rim-fire cartridges. L
don't know the bennington he said
II. NJ. 7. Hunter said only four companies
manufacture cartridges in the United States.
I he Mon natalie has small ring around
the base and is OF a cOncave b Sc all the others
are smooth. The witness examined the ball
from Caddalls head and said il compared
with the Union metallic ball And he has no
doubt it is Caddalrs ball Ii seemed to DO
thirty-two short cslibre and shot from astrong
gun.
This ended the testimony for the day and
the case went over until Monday.