The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-23
IN THE HANDS OF JURY
TWELVE. MEN, GOOD AND TRUE. TO
DECIDE TIE FATE FWNA1EE.
The Mother-in-Law and widow OF the sisih
Man Testify Abe Argument ny '""n-
ssl-Ths Jsry Again Locked Up

lie as the proceedings pi"b' V'''"
II possible. even greater yesterday
on the previous days. Long before ."'
court opened yesterday moTh'"h
crowd gathered around the corIiuoiIS no, ~
the CIV Han and II took but "A lc" M
mems 10 mi every seat in the court
room and the available 6tdhulnb 80,
was also taken up IN a Tei"d'N0"''
time at
tempt would be made at dispIoNme
assertion that Atweli had ustI Wy is
Euagc towards Mis-. MG.\ amt. ,.rij ser
the way II was done. The co'oIeu. 80
want OF deceased VINO has slI't 49,
another d0mICAc was PdScl o. of
stand. She had heard the iast pa and
the conversation between AlW'" 49, o..
Mrs NcNaucc. She was positive '""'
deceased never used such langu"Se'
coYnonoHArrso HER sTArEMASI.
Her statement was fully corrooorated
and made much stronger by 'nc ne, eN Mrs
OF Mir. Atwclis mother IN la~, ~
TAYLOR who hal heard me "hIl' ~,
xsrs4fion But not satisfied WIN 'Ilat'
the prosecution called on MIS- AtW'H'
the widow OF the siam man As soon az
This fact was armour ccd q general sur
vent through the courtroom, ana every
eye was eagerly fixed upon the iigure oil
The little lady. dressed IN decp mOuIHlUS'
as she emerged from Clerk LaWton
,.rivafo office looking as pale as a sheet,
and slowly making her way 10 the VII
upSs-staud. Her COuutcndnce showed the
traces of deep SITIDN ana great nervous
ness was manifested about ner mouth and
ewes She answered all questions In the
simplest and most direct manner, IN fun
harmony with the statements made 10y
the two preceding witnesses.
When the court took a recess for din
ucr two Of the closing speeches OF COun-
rel had been made and long before the
time set for re3ssembling TO rear the con
Guiding speeches the crowd had again
gathered around every door leading TO
The courtroom, and it increased rapidly
as the time for the RECOMMENDING OF the
court drew near. When the doors were
finally thrown open there was a great
scramble for admission that was fright
ful, and even endangered good many
who were .wedged between the doors.
thcer HoldCrait. who was stationed AT
the door nearest to the staircase, eN-
perieuced good deal OF trouble III man
aging the crowd.
New Haven. Conn, and Lawyer r.. Il.
Aryine. OF the same city, were again in
ttrested spectators and remained with
Judge witt until the adjournment OF
the court.
LAWYER SAM PAGE ON THE STAND.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the Hastings
Court opened again yesterday morning,
bat the disposal Of the usual routine
business before the McNamee case was
reached took up twenty minutes. Coun-
sci for the prosecution then al once start
cd ia with the rebuttal testimony.
Lawyer Samuel Page, who was first
called 10 the stand, stated, IN substance
the following
Il have never been counsel for Gaul
ana never received any communication
from him, as counsel. / did not 80 to
the station-housc or JAIL 10 see him.
never had any communication with him,
eNcep- at one time. for five minutes
] did not know him then, and had no
expectation then 10 be retained as coun-
sci by him. lie showed every dispOsi-
ton not 20 talk 10 me. / advised him
% keep his mouth shut. / did not know
him. i went % the coroners inquest. as
then thought. as assistant counsel for
Witness was then asked whether he had
advised Gaul. who had stated during the
trial that Dee knew NCNamee fired the
three shots to say at the CorOners in
don't know who fred the shots. / could
not tell O. save my life. Mr.. Pages
roply was, 1t is false lie then con-
Il stepped into the hall and asked
Gaul. when ! saw him there, II he had
been with NJ Nance. and ne replied i'm the
affirmative. l told him that ! expected
60 De- counsel iu the case. and advised
him TO keep his mouth shut
br. William II. Taylor. the coroner
was then recalled. and Mr. Richardson
mentioned the fact to him that Gaul had
said In his testimony that the statement
which he had made before the coroner
during the inquest had not been read TO
him before NE signed H. Dr. Taylor
said that I'm his opinion. this was not 50.
1T is invariably the custom be- said,
.'to read out the testimony TO every wit
ness. and this custom has existed for
improbable that omitted on This occa-
sion 20 read ms st1tmeut TO him. and
should DE very much surprised if / did
not do IL. However. IL is 50 long ago
mat / cannot say positively that 10 vas
read 20 him. II is one of my invariable
rules. which is carried ont almost auto
maucaiy. and / have no reason TO be-
hFf flr IaI d I. ID
DID NOT SEE AN oyFEcoAr.
Il reached the scene Of the killing about
o'clock ON that eveulns. ! cannot
say with certainty that Atwell had ON "a
long oVeTcodt with long sleeves coming
down over his hands. as stated by Mo
Nance, i'm his testimony. ! did not cX-
anime his clothes until the next day. at
Iaubc'e undertaking establishment, when
the inquest was held. II ne had an
oVercOat. with a bullet hole In IL / would
clothes. II Witness SheltonS statement
during the inquest was o. the effect that
ne did not see Gaul hold AtweH but saw
him hit the same, NE must have SAID so.
or IL would not have gone into his teSti-
monv. When il was read to HIM. how
ever ne might not have understood #
After speaking in regard To some ir-
relevant discrepancies I'm Nunnally's
statement during The trial and at the
inquest. br. TAYLOR stated that as a
RUE. ITO f'tlu Is htiil 10y MN III inc at
ticl"s found on dead bodies. There was
no requirement FOR 1T I'm the law.
Mr.. Nunually. who was also recalled,
stated that Atwel did not wear an over
coat at the time when ne was shot He
was sitting at the table eating his sup
Ter when he was called out, ana he went
ON the street with ut his CVcTCOut. Wit
ness never said "kil him or kill him.
Lee" nor dld he hear any such cry. as
both McNamec and Gaul sNore had been
uttered The only remark hc did hear
was after Atwcil had been killed when
shol~oD cried out "NrN"r'cn hns killed
Uncle Lee" Atwell owned a dark over
coat.
CopToroRATING TrsTII 0NY.
Neesrs. Godsev and shelton. who were
then recalled fully corroboratcd the
statement made i'm rebuttal by Nunuallv.
ard added that they themselves did
neither crv. XIII him or kin him,
Lee nor did they hear any such cries.
Nelson Gardner who was produced In
court for the first time, stated that he
was al the scene Of the shooting. sitting
AZ the time on the engine, which was
stardiug on the track near the shanty.
RE hoard the firing. but heard no CIV Of
xii him" No one ran AFTER the parties
standing near the electric light post before
tho shooting took place lie did not hear
anvtbing until the first shot had been
Grcd He did not see the first shot. but
saw the other two. He only heard some
one cry ont ar the tire or the nrlhg or
Immediately thereafter
Mary king. Colored. was the next Wit
ness She made the following statement:
live In Manchester and DpGem-