The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-28

attack on the virtue OF the Defendants
wife. IL would De time enough 10 pu
the character OF the deceased in evidence
he Said. when such testimony was brought
out
Mr. duBignon thought the position TAX
On by the solicitor general related purely
20 cases Of self defense and had no bear
ing on such case as this. Judge aili
giant decided, however. that he would moi
admit the question al that stage Of the
case.
AIr. Iilzell said DE know Mrs. Davis 10y
sight He had seen he meet RuWls on
| several occasions
Did EaWla or I'D he not ever say %
YOU what he could accomplish with amy
married woman il This community ASK
ed Mr. duBignon
Mr. Fraser objected % this question,
and the objection was sustained.
on the redirect eXa miuation NNkeu said
! he thought Eawis and Davis were init
mate friends as be had often seen them to-
gcther Mrs Davis. lee said. did the mar
keting for her family. He had seen Rawls
meet Mrs. Davis on the corner about half
dozen times. lie said. however. he had
seen nothing wrong in their talking to-
gcther
You didn't expect TO see anything wrong
on the streets. ala yOug' Mr.. sduBignOn
! asked.
no. sir" replied the witness
ness, said ne lived at No a. West Broad
street, and knew both parties. Bawls had
rOcmed at his house and was taking his
meals at George Schwarz' 8. IaWls, he
said, worked at tho Central Press at the
wharf and would so straight down West
Broad street To his work Davis, ne said,
had frequently called on ilawis AT his room
and would sometimes come in with him.
Thomas j. Grice, one of the witnesses
to the shooting. gave some rather i'm
portant testimony. lie knew both parc-
les. He was employed az Tlauh's store,
near where the shooting took place. At
ter hearing the first shot fired he looked
70 see what was going on. He saw the
second shot fired, and then the third, ~
which time Rawls had retreatod nearly
to The middle of the street. Rawls then
walked into YounElove & Goodmau's
stables one shot, he said. had strucG
him in the side of the face and the other
In the side. Mr.. Goodman took charge
of him when he went 20 the stables. his
brother came up a little later lie saw
Rawls take some letters from his pocket
and give them 10 Mr.. Goodman just be-
fore he got inside the stable. He did nor
know how many letters there were or
anything about them.
DR. W. II. Elliott said he attended WI
liam BaWls for his wounds on the morn
ing Of April 6. about 9 o'clock. in the Sa-
N'+AAAAAAAA
was in the left groin, the ba.. going in
sideways inward and slightly upward.
He did not rccoilect the wound upon the
head. Rawls, he said, died on April Is.
He died because he was shot.
The wound" he said. caused what
we call an areurism, and he died Of THAI
aneurism. He was operated upon on sun
day morning and died Sunday night. Il
was certain death if the operation had not
been performed
In answer to questions from Mr.. du-
Bignon, DR. Elliott said the shot caused the
aneuIism, and that Rawls' death was due
TO a hemorrhage caused by the aneurism.
Mr.. duBignon went into a scientific discus
sion of aneurisms and artevetis, his object
being TO show that Rawls' death was not
due directly to the pistol shot wound. The
object of the operation was to prevent
Rawls bleeding 10 death by the bursting
of the aneurism
I'VE succeeded IN tying the artery above
the aneurism, Dr. Elliott said, but by
that time he had lost so much blood /
don't believe he ever recovered from 1t.
The aneurism was cut in getting at the
artery. was not desired, but was neces-
sary in order to get at the artery"
Mr.. duBignon asked about the consti-
tutioual treatment mentioned in Whites
work on surgery. DR. Elliott said he had
heard of that treatment. but he said it
The surgical operation did not do him
any good did it," Mr.. duBgnon asked.
at seems not" DR.. Elliott replied.
DR.. Elliott said the operation was abso-
lutely necessary, and was performed in or
der to give Rawls n chance for his life.
DR.. William Duncan gave very similar
testimony to that of DR.. Elliott. He spoke
of the wound in the groin.
what, in your opinion, caused his
dpa n -" Mr. Fra ser asked
His death was due" he said Ito ex-
haustion consequent upon hemorrhaSe,
which was. caused by the operation. The
operation was necessary to save his life.
He would have died in a short time from
the bursting Of the aneurism if the OPP
GRAFTON had not been performed"
Mr.. duBignon questioned DR.. Duncan
scientifically. DR.. Duncan said all the
precautions were taken. He said the con-
stitutional treatment had been tried in
Rawls' case, but the patient couldn't
stand it, He said Or. Elliott was the
chief operator, assisted by Drs. Charlton,
Owens and Norton. He gave him the an
aesthetic. DR.. w. w. Owens said he was
present at the operation. He said it was
IN his opinion, skillful operation. The
patient, he said, would certainly have died
without il.
T. j. Grice was recalled. lie said he was
about fifty yards from Mr. Goodman when
Mr. Rawls gave him the letters men
toned in his former testimony. He said
he could not identify the letters. Mr.. Good
man, he said, was not now in the city
The state closed at this point and the
defendant and his counsel were allowed a
few minutes for consultation. When they
returned the defendant took the stand to
make his statement.
Mr. duBignon told Davis he would not
be allowed to ask him any questions. The
defendant began in a clear steady voice,
which was often emotional. He spoke
with much earnestness and feeling. and
was listened to intently by everyone pres
emit
Gentlemen of tire jury" he said this
man Rawls that ] shot to protect my wife
and family, pretended to be friend to
me for years. 7 had known him about
twelve years. About ten years, while
was keeping a barber shop / shaved him
and cut his hair. l married my present
wife in 1885, and have four small children
by her
"Rawls often Dragged TO me about the
married women he could get, and said he
could get all he wanted, and single ones,
too. without going to the public houses.
There are plenty Of people here 20 prove
his reputation in that respect" and the
defendant read a list of those he could call