The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-16

Jetf. Dooley was placed on trial in
the Hastings Court yesterday morning.
Judge Robertson stationed two police
men at the gates to prevent the citizens,
who were congregated about the court
house. from crowding the court room.
In the morning there was large num-
Der of whites in the vicinity of the
courthouse, but in tho afternoon there
were few white people there. The
negroes, however, were quite numerous
Eston Randolph and a. Blair Antrim
were the prisoners lawyers, and Judge
w. S. Gooch assisted Roy b. Smith
in tho prosecution, The time of tho
court was mostly taken up in tho fore
noon In securing jury. Thirty-eight
citizens were summoned as Jurors.
Most of them were not competent be-
cause they had previously expressed
an opinion. A jury comprised of r. A.
Pollard, Wesley Jeffries, negro, W.P.
Dupuy, j. l.. Fuqua, r. A. Hoal, w.
N. Hudson, r. Ingram. j. IL Franklin,
j. ID. McNamee, ]. w. Shields, G. l..
Cunningham and j. S. Turnbull was at
length secured.
When Clerk Brooke arraigned Dooley
the latter gazed intently at the clerk.
Dooley is about twenty years old, dark
brown color, has large. protruding eyes
and big flat nose. He sat in the court
room clad in pair of. ovorhauls and
stripped shirt. There was perfect de-
corum in the court room and nothing
happened outside to warrant special It.
| tentiOn.
Geo. w. Williams, the first witness for
the prosecution, testifedthat Little Mary
| had stolen S3.75 from him, and he swore
| out warrant for her arrest, which was
| given to Officer Mabry to execute
Floyd Miller and himself accompanied
the officer to Bunker hill, where Little
Mary lived. She resisted the officer and
made considerable noise When Mabry
| got her downstairs to tho doorsill sho
pulled back, and just as she did so jeff
DooleY. struck the officer with 4 stone
that felled him to the ground. Dooley
was behind Mabry when no struck him.
VIII Hickman called to Dooley to cut
him. Williams said that he had known
Dooley for eight years.
The lamp was blown out and Floyd
Miller relit it. Hickman was the
nearest person to the lamp. The win
dows and doors were so situated that
others conld see whatwas going on in
the next house. Williams said that tho
cry of cut him" from Hickman
frightened him and he ran upstairs
| "ASiO lOyo ul1llcE was, ana CueX
| jumped out of the upstairs window.
Floyd Miller's statement corrohorated
that of Williams, except that he did
not see the officer struck. But he heard
Hickman and Dooley cursing and
threatening him.
Mary Colwell. an old colored woman
! who hus been known as friend to the
| police, said that she saw tho trouble
between Little Mary and George Will
liams. The latter went for q warrant
FOR Little Mary afterward, and she saw
Officer Mabry, George Williams and
Floyd Miller came to the house. Her
windows were opposite the doors in the
house they went in. She also heard the
screams of Little Mary and heard her
say that some one was going to be killed
| before the night was over. She heard
Hickman and Dooley say, as they crushed
up the steps, that they would kill the
men upstairs as they had no business
up there.
She then told about the officer stand
ing with one foot on tho door sill and
the other on the ground. He had his
nippers on one OF Little Mary's wrist.
She could have put her hand on JEFF
Dooley when he drew his arm back and
struck Mabry on the back OF the head
with large width rock.
AO "iehOSo ooAo ohC saw DOOlGy DuU
tho rock in his pocket before the officer
came. Dooleyran off toward the church
when he struck. the policeman.
Aunt Mary said it was II o'clock when
this happened, and that she knew the
time because her clock was running.
"Pinkney" White, who lives with
Aunt Mary, was then brought in and
she corroborated the latter's statement
and said that Mary Giles woke hor up
to hear the disturbance Little Mary was
causing. She was certain that Dooley
was the man who struck Mabry, as she
has known him for some time.
DIR. Jones said that the wound Mabry
had received was the cause OF his death:
that there were two lines OF fracture
three and four inches long. The wound
was inflicted by d Hat rock or brick.
This testimony was corroborated by the
other physicians.
Mary Giles agreed with Aunt Mary
and "Pinkney" White in their state
ments about the blow, and said she was
certain that Dooley did it because she
saw him.
Zach Edwards, who is employed at
Hotel Brunswick, was at Aunt Marys
house that night and saw negro hit
Mabry. He looked at Dooley and told
him to stand up. He said that Dooley
looked like the man.
Capt. Terry testified as to the location
OF the doors and windows Of the two
houses. Officer Eanes also testified to
the location, Capt. Terry said that
George Williams came after him to ar
rest Dooley for striking him some time
before Officer Mabry went there.
Rosa Bolan, alias Little Mary, was
the first witness for the defense. She
is the paramount of jeff Dooley, and al