The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-29

Tho ooou--o The local train arrived
Eddie Jones. another colored boy, tesu-
fed that he sat ALONGSIDE 81 , ncc,,rr.r 80.
pr 1N,6os witness pobbIe Johnson, was also
with them Witness saw a man In dark
clothes hold Atwell and hit him with
stick. Another man In Isn' oVeISo a,
fired the pistol. Inc. Inc i' stood behind
him and Atweli tried to get around him
The man let Atweii go after the nrst shot
had been fred witness did not hear any
one holler until after me shooTlns' hov-
vas taken until Ais T.. NJ Po-
lice og SSgn 8 NV ". Holdcraft was the
first witness called in the afternoon ne
stated. as on the previous occss, S,,d nov
he found the body, anu eva examined the
clotes OF the deceased. found no weapon
not even pocket knife' ne AFRO re- -
iterated how the stick had peeH nlhu t,i ~
him rear the electric He"' -
The e Commonwealth c'rr here rested.
WITNESSES FOR The DffEScr.
The first witness called by the defence
was Mrs wilkins. who llEes ~ tienIlso
county, near Barton he d5S Co.,. ia
moved i'm September. 1873 ithess na ~
known GauI for about twelve months
before the shooting occurred, SIhce ne
boarded at her house. IduI al 10 - :,
had only two coats, pid'h IN ,i'i "
brown one She knew that distinctly pc
c.Use she mended Gauls clothes. On
December g9tb. when McNamee TOOK
Gaul with him. the latter wore the
brown coat He had no III -
saw the same coat WhIe III Ja'i, ~ ~
August when witness NlSIleu pau gu III
iaii she nut a patch on the lett sleeve
Of his brown coat Glul was peace
able man and never had any IouDle
with anyone. AT the UNI mi T''t Tho brown
coat and bought the othcr one '"e O'a'h
one. just before Christmas; 49, u.os
Citv Sergeant Charles II. bpps was
then called by the defence. lie testinea
that Gaul wore the Dro"h C3d.' ~. ~
was shown in court, on the day OF !he
orr,,rence and also Turing his stay
I'm Jail Witness had known 'Iaui lor
aho1t dftoen years and had never heard
anything against him. lie dld ho' hHo"
GaUl to be a fighting HAL n,ail. Atu,eu for
William II. GOdsey Knew N'"el ~ ~
about two years and worked under
him on the railroad He ala not see Hau
when the latter came TO inc uooI Oh
the shanty. He did not see &c NOV beyeY te-
he saw the ARRAY only moment OF
two before the shots were iIed- low
ever, he could not say that only Two men
were there. Gaul might nave peJn pg
a
Shelton stood n little away from witness
and might have seen d third man. II
NunnaIly. Shelton and others sald they
saw three men there, he certainly was
not prepared to say mat thls Was not
true.
DID NOT SEE GAvI.
George Hankins, the next witness, sald
and Danvine railroad since January 10,
1870 He was an engineer. On me hlBht
in question witness was on ms ehs!ne
near the water tank, Just DelO" tne
shanty, and could plainly see the am,
Guilty Witness and Atwell were good
friends, and had been raised together as
boys i'm the same neghborhood. lthtsS
saw but two men. lie khe" one VI theIH'
AtYell. but not the other, and could
NOT tell how he was dressed. That man
WAS from four TO five feet away from
Atwel. He did not see Gaul atter ne
had come TO him ana asked Wheie AtWtlI
could be found. Witness told Gaul That
Atwell was in the shanty eating ms sup
per. whereupon he left. witness finished
his supper on the engine. ara, AFTER TAX
ing a drink Of water from the engine
spicket. he looked out 10 the front ana
saw Atwell with his lamp on his left
arm with MCNamee standing IN front OF
him Neither of them moved Tor rev
moments, and witness next saw AtWell
throw up his hands over his head. and
heard him holler twice. II Gaul had
stood behind him at the time witness
thought he would have seen him, and II
any one had been within six or eight feet
Of Atwell he would certainly nave seen
him He could not explain why AtWeil
threw up his hand. lie did not see AtWell
strike any one. nor did he see any one
strike Atwell He did not see AtWell
when he got out there, ana ne did not
knew what happened at first. AtWell mol
Tered twice before the first shot that
witness heard. He thought he heard two
shots only, and when he saw Atwell the
latter was running.
sfHAMEE on THE STAND.
Thomas y. McNamee Was the next wit
ness. lie repeated almost verbatim the
evidence which he gave during his own
trial. He stated IN addition that Gaul
and Atwell were not acquainted with
each other. When witness had the diff
cui.v with AtwcIl Gaul was about eight
feet away. and did not touch him. wit
rCss fired the shots and also neld the
stick. Gau did not know that witness
had Il pistol and he assured the former
that there would be no trouble. He
only told Gaul Of the difference he had
with Atwcll after they left witnesses
house after supper.
on discrimination. Mr.. Richardson
asked If witness had not been tried and
convicted Of the killing Of Atwell, and Mr..
Carter objected to the question, which
vas then Withdrawal. Witness thought
Atwell had coupling-pin In his hand,
which he, however, handled so deNterolS-
~ that witness could not see 1t. Atwcll
struck at him about three times, and
once he hit the stick in witAcss's hand,
which then broke Subsequently Atwell
witness thought. either dropped the coup
lng-pn or threw II at witness. anu then
reached with his right hama behind MN;
as witness believed. 10 shoot him. Gaul
never came within Atwelfs reach, and
MIR Hankins was mistaken in what he
said about the blows that had been
struck.
Mr. Clyde b. West. reporter for the
Dispatch. was then called by the defence.
vino read the statement Of Mr.. shelton ~
the coroner's inquest as it appeared in me
Dispatch at that time. The publlcatloh
was almost Identical with the sworn tes-
timony i'm the possession OF the coroner.
I'm that statement shelton appears 70
have said that he did not see Gaul hold
Here the defence rested, and the court
adjourned until this morning al " CLOCK
INK ROY UHO sHOT HIS AUNT.