The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-22
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/ ton. but saw neither uriah nor Sheriff.
/ Bell there. She went To the ball Thurs
! day nl:ht ana she thought Uriah Bel
! wuIs wastHini, when she got there abou
S o'clccl. Saw him through the night
| lie went home with her sister. Ma,
! Cruwford. The ball cc'rcd about
| o'clock. Griah He'll WAS not related L
| her but she was. II second or thiT,
! cousin to Mr.. Bonner.
Her cioSs-eNainination was short.
| The next witno&t. was Miss Carri,
| Harvey. She remembered the BALI
spoken Of. Urinh Rel was not 1T III,
! ball Wednesday night. and there wa:
no ball Friday night
She left li0une for the ball about s
O'clock Thursday night, and she fount
they had just stopped Waiting whe,
slIs got there. The bail lasted until
! about O'Clock, and she had no rccol-
lection OF uriah Bells leaving the hal
until the ball closed.
At the conclusion of this witness:
testimony all the ladies retired from the
court-room.
Tho next witness was l.. c. Guilford.
Was 1T Thursday nights dance: ar
rived there about O'Clock tIrinh Brll
was there tina; night. He remembered
until the ball closed. lie said there
was intermiSson IRON, three 10 five
minutes between The dances, General
~ IN" sets We're hair an hour long, bu;
/; wav not nScCsSary that cvc,sy one
should lie in every dance all ihc time.
lie said his aunt married Hugh Bel.
brother OF the defendants
5rAntlcy'S counsel asked him no uuc;;-
tinms.
The cr"ss-eSamiuatiun by the states
attorney was short
Mr.. kcdman~ OF counsel for state
asked him II his father ~ brother had
no, bccn active fOr the defense in This
case and he said not rs he know.
Witness was asked to name the per
SnEi who were al the bail, an,: hc nam
III. 1850
man. of counsel for state. "thnt I'ri,h
Zen did not Leave the halt at all thai
night"
"Nn. sir, viii not" answered the
Mrs. liugh Hcu was recalled but
there was norllinE material brought on,
in her testimony.
Sia:c'e counsel asked hay If Irriah
heil same to her home the dan. of MIR
honner'* DEATH. In; she lil moi know
ilr c:,Gir - her huliSa about Il o'cl rk
~ nl@hi: hut .hc did not igne,.r .y.iia;
he did nor whc,, h" went nft.rwn,ds
| 3hr had Just Lighted the l:i:nur 40
care 10 he" home Monday night about
dark, ate slipper, went out ANA rrturn-
| cd III about half an hour. ShcYrcu RclI
80 '"Cl' ans" tilii night. and lid not
There was some delay of the cour. +.
| inc Wline Sos FOR the defense were mn
| az hand every time
Col'uSei for defense asked at IL noo,,
| ipr adjournment to o'cluck "a ,:iyr
| mem tlmS 70 get their witnrSs,, to-
| S"thcr. as they had gone home ON sat
urdhy, ana had no, yet reached The
| courtroom ''''
At the afternoon session il was OH
served that Rraniley's wife was not
| win hiin. 1t was the first time t:hnt
| S"e h"d nc"h ahSrn, since The trial
| commenced. and she came in later, IN,
had I" leav" again She seemed slcl,
| ana exhausted
Mrs. Hugh EEL. wifi, of the Zen boy,,;
h:other shook hands with ihom MS She
Wa gong from The comr, room III the
CLOSE OF the forenoon session
The sixth witness IT the defense. y,s
l.. r. THOMPSON.
| His testimony was also prodJcnd IN
nave nm albi for the Erll boys. uc
! testified to t'rinh Belts bclnct;ut Tho
dance on Thursday night Of the week
prior IT, III" murder He started to The
| dance hail about s o'clock Irrinh IIriI
was ON the platform outside OF Inc
ho2r ~ top OF Steps when he reached
The hall tie stopped In nay store. ANA
changed his shoes fo! slippers Ilc
thought iriah Zen was at the bah ain
through the night unlil Ii closed, when
tFcdlr ana braEtley were arrested. lie
'nlked with them after The arr, 81 at
about o'clock
ON III" night of the murder he saw
t,riah Zen He saw him FIRST dime
about O'Clock. He came into witness
store for settlement fur some wor;, he
had been doing for him. tut they did
not h;tNc the settlement Had bought
som" hay and corn from triah. uc
SAID trah came in Two or three times
| 'fhc second time he stayed some little
time, IL saw trlah al Or. Smithw!ck's
Office after . o'clock. He stayed there
until ir!ah went out with two other
young mcr.
ON Sunday after the murder The wit
ness came 10 Washington after the
Coroner and 10 Telegraph for blood
hounds. He was in Aurora when Credlr
and itrantiey were arrested. lie talk
90 Win them after tn" arrest.
Asked Mr. Hcckwith: What was
said To Creole by lii Fowler lending,
10 induce him 10 confess or intimidate
him?"
MIR. Fowler urged him TO admit if
and told him he Nigh, rs well come ont
and make q clean breast Of It. for n
man In the fence conner saw ii an"
Learned that Creole had made con
ir2sion to j NJ. Fowler. ana in about
on" minute after the confession, IIow.
crs told witness.
Witness. in S,nsequcnce OF what
Flowers told him. looked for Uriah ;?cu
{" inform him thas Creole had inpli-
Gated him ana Shcrrl. He had known
The boys since 1856. and their general
character was good,
hir Simmons counsel for I.rantlev.
asked him what other means he heard
MI. FoWlcr say he would resort 10 in
a. ,1r.I. -, y 10, ia Il.