Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-04
FOWLER TRIAL ADJOURNED The Defense Wants to Examine
 MT. Carper. STATE WILLING TO ADMIT Stenographer Dillon TeSti6es That Letter Was Dictated to Him-Greene's Character
 Gone Into at Length.

R. Il. fOWler, cndfSeu WlIn dSSdull WllH intent to murder P. B. Greene, has pass ed and the end is not yet. number of witnesses were examined yesterday and court at tbe end of the days examination of witnesses adjourned insofar as this case was concerned until Saturday morn ing at 930 o'clock.
 The prosecuting attorneys held a con sultation previous to going into the pro- ceedings yesterday morning and mapped out a plan of procedure.
 Judge Feagin intimated desire to push the proceedings as speedily as possible with view to disposing of the case.
 Capt. Will Weir.
 Capt. Will Weir of the police force was the first witness to take the stand. He said he was called to the Louisville hotel on the evening of the shooting. There was no light in the room when Greene was carried into the room after the diff ficulty. A lady brought in a lamp and Fowler came into the room and requested me to search for weapons. MT. Greene asked Fowler why he did it. He said: You have done killed me. Now shake hands with me and in the presence of these officers tell why you did it. He seemed to be suffering considerably.
 Cross -examined-I got into the hall be- fore the scufIle had ended. I had hold " Fowler came into the room before Greene laid down. Greene asked Fowler why he shot him before Fowler requested the room searched for weapons. The defend- ant had nothing to say in reply. There was considerable excitement about the place at the time.sI did not see any knife in Greene's hand or in Fowler's possess sion. Fowler was in his shirt sleeves. l saw no knife on the person of the de- fendant. Greene was undressed except his underwear Tine evening was very warm one.
 The Letter Identified.
 w. T. Dillon was the next witness call ed to the stand. He stated that he was employed as stenographer by J. w. Warrington & Co. He identified the let ter brought into the case yesterday. He said it was dictated by MT. J. W. Worth ington and signed by him. The letter was delivered to Mr. Fowler. I tran scribed the letter.
 Cross-examnation-T understood that Greene was the leader of the strike, but cannot say where I got my information, whether from newspaper reports or not. I cannot say whether Fowler was in the office or not when the letter was written.
 As to Greene's Character.
 w. c. Veitch was next examined by the defense. He said: I live in Birmingham. I am not in business. I was a short while back deputy sheriff at Ishkooda. MT. Greene was on the committee among the strikers at the ore mines at Ishkooda. There was strike there, and the miners had committee of twenty-one or twen- ty-tWo I do not know whether Greene opposed the settlement of the strike. I heard of no threats made by Greene against parties who carried him to Chica- go. MT. Carper told me of threats. but I do not know of them of my own knowl- edge. have known Greene eight or nine years. I know Greene's general charter. If man insults Greene he will fight him. A man insults Greene will have him to whip or get whipped I would not say Greene was a revengeful man. 1 told Fowler that Carper had been to see me several times, and I told him (Carper) that he had better leave Greene alone and drop out of the case I told Carper if a man did Greene an injury he would come back to see him. Greene will resent an insult. If man did Greene an injury he would want to know why he did 1t. I know Greene's reputation In the neigh borhood where he lives. I would not con sider Greene revengeful man if some one did him an injury.
 More About Greene,
 H. A. Turner on taking the stand said. live at Ishkooda, and am superintend- ent there. I have known Greene about a year. Greene was in the strike there a few months back. My best information is that he was one of the leaders. I know
 
 where he lives for turbulence, violence and revengefulness. It is bad. He is considered a dangerous man.
 oss-examined-Greene was master mechanic at the mines when I went there. He remained there a few days and resigned because of a difference be- tween us. Greene was never arrested for participating in the strike. I have heard almost every man on the works discuss Greene's character. Vetch discussed Greenes character. This was before, after and during the strike. After hear ing Greene's character discussed he re- ma ined in the service of the company. Haynesworth also discussed Greene's character. He is boss of No. 2. He said Greene's character was bad and that he was a dangerous man. Dickson. another mine boss, discussed Greene's character. Haynesworth and Dickson are in the em- ploy of J. W. Warrington & Go.
 CD. Haynesworth.
 The next witness called was c. D. Haynesworth. He said: I am mine boss at Smiths mine and am in the employ of J. w. Warrington & Co. I have known P B, Greene four or five years. He is considered dangerous man and a fighting man.
 Cross-examined-He was guilty of no crime during the strike. He was one of the leaders in the strike.
 Diversity of Opinion.
 MT. J. w. Dickinson on taking the stand said: am mine boss al Ishkooda and am in the employ of Worthington & Co. I know Greene's character in the neighborhood where he lived. I cannot say how his character was considered. I can say nothing against him, Some people speak good of him and others speak bad of him. I cannot say he has a bad character. He was supposed to be one of the leaders in ths strike as Ish- kooda.
 Greene's General Character. Mark Barrett testified as follows: live at Ishkooda and am an engineer at No. 2 mines. I went there in January. worked under Greene. I have heard peo- pie talk about Greene. It was half way between, not very good and not very bad. His general character is very good as far as know. Some people say he is a little overbearing with people working under him. I don't know enough about Greene to say whether his character is good or bad.
 John West. John West said: live at Ishkooda and am miner. I know Greene. I know his character. know nothing against him. I hear some people say they are .,P m