Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-06
THE TRIAL OF HARRIS
Second Days Proceedings II This Sen
satiOHal Case.
,,,ponTA>r QUESTION.
continuation of the Testimony ior
the commonwcaIth-A Number VI
Witnesses ENamincd-A
co.rs,tion-Thc Fatal wound

D. n
lspecial) when the Hastings '0." -
mis- morning at 10 o'clock 'ho , r'@
= II Harris FOR the murder Oh " 49, -
:, ,,.no,,, was resumed I'D we" "a
-, - interest felt in this triD "'e
- .room WAS packed with spec'a'o'S'
,.-l..ce OH either side were eN-
- ~, either side until cahed lor'
49,. ,..,or,ble mother Of the prisoner
-, ,,i,d and apparently much dis-
,rossed. sat on ono side OF the "e0u''u'
,.npe ON the other side sat his young
,,.,fo who. TO all appearances Was more
.1,, THE record OF yesterdays pro-
Il ..,,.,..s io the case was read, after which
a.. termination Of witnesses for the
commonwealth was continued.
NATTER or INTEREST.
c,,,monwealth's-Att ". u. Jones
4 ...t.g 10 the Court thai matter Of
inheritance mad just been brought 10 MS
.tfonfion. when he deemed necessary TO
lr.ft TO the attention OF the COurt-viz.,
fhaf ono of the jurymen had expressed
himself on several occasions as being OPP
posed to capital punishment. The de-
fence disc.uImed ever having heard OF
the matter. and claimed that no chai-
lcnge OF juror could be made after
the Jury had been sworn. Judge Mullen
said that he would examine into the mat
ter.
THE COMMONWEALTHs TESTIMONY
q. A. Clark testified: on the night OF
the murder / went home about 1873
o'clock. and went TO bed. A few mini
utcs afterwards l heard voice on the
street say, please so away; ] have not
troubled you" This voice sounded IKE
Mr. W. j.. Mallory's. Tie repeated me
words several times. Ia few seconds
] heard four or five pisIo-sh0ls.
Jumped out OF bed and raised the VIM
dow, and saw "a man leaning against Inc
house. saw some one run across the
street. and take hold of the man, ana
cased him down on The sidewalk. put
on my clothes and went out and saw IL
was W. =. Mallory that was eased down.
Upon being cross-eXamned, Mr. clark
said IL was very darl, at the point where
the shooting took place; that Wrights
drugstore opposite. was closed, that
when he reached the spot some one had
hold of Mall0ry's right hand; he no.
ticed "a bag of candy near by. that he
recognized L. G.. Young, T. King. and
Robert Davis standing around the body;
There were others. whom he did not
4 recognize The electric-light at the cor
Ior OF Boilingbrook and Second streets
was burning. lie could not remember
whether the light i'm front Of Bowie's
was or not hut he thought IL was.
Mrs. Ella Clark. wife Of the above wit
( ness corr0borated his testimony.
Mrs Lucia Poarch testified Fhat she
lived over Robert Daviss bar-rOom, just
across the street from the scene OF the
Shooting. that she heard Mallory exclaim
several times. please go away and let
II..
ihe firing began-three or four shots in
'apid successlon-she knew Mallory's
voice
WELLINGTON MORRIsETT.
Wellington Morrisott testified that ne
VAS ia his room. over Newcomb's store
when his attention was attracted by
shooting; he Immediately looked out or
the window. and saw Mallory staggering.
and ne then ran down into the street;
mat Ne met John Dixie, who said NAL
Tory was shot; thai be saw Robert Davis
run 20 Mallory's assistance; that when
ne got TO the scene Davis was feeling
Mallory's heart: that some one suggest
"a thaI there was shooting ON both sides:
that he felt Mallory's hiD-pocket and
that there was a handkerchief or some
soft substance i'm b., but no pistol lie
also looked for q pistol on the ground,
but did not find any.
H. A. Tcnch testified. ] was coming
from BlandfOrd; when opposite the oat-
tc-pcn the clock struck 10; / came up
Bohingbrook street. and went into
paNiss bar-roOm. and got glass OF
beer; saw Dixie there: went 10 the front
and purchased package Of cigarettes;
Davis came by me. and said. Let me
get out, there is going TO De trouble;
Davis had only been out about five Sc
conds when ! heard a pistOi-shot ] ran
out. ana saw Harris fire two more shots;
went over. and saw Davis bending over
Mallory. Davis did not cross the street
until after the shots were fired; dd not
SEQ Mallory until after ne was shot, re-
,oguzed Harris by The fash of the pistol:
Davis. T.. Hing and another person Were
standing over Mallory when he got 10 The
body.
T.. KING.
p. King testified: ] heard shots on the
nisht in question: 1 heard rapid foot
steps pass my store; / went down to
where the shooting occurred. and saw a
man lying on the sidewalk asked who
ho was. and was told by some one in the
crowd that it was Buck Mallory. | made
"a careful survey OF the body. His left
hand was under his body. and his right
hand clutched a bag of something which
j afterwards found 10 be candy: q half
hat did not lind any. The body was not
turned over while / was there: / was
there ten minutes There were six or
eight persons around the body when / got
there
H. G.. Young testified; ] was I'm Marx
Morsos when the shooting occurred. NAL
Tory came into MOrso's about 10I5 and
ate am opossum sandwich. Harris came
in and got "a glass OF beer and went out.
fMN H.sHat HHra.s 90. "a
glass of beer. giving Morse some choco-
late candy out of The bag be had. lie
then went out, and in about four minutes
after 1 heard about four pistOl-shots in
rapid succession. I went out and ran
down Bollinghr0ok street; met Harris be-
tween MattoX's stable and the Appomat-
toX Hotel. and asked him what was the
matter. and he made no reply. / kent
ON down the street and when opposite
Tschcrs shop saw Mallory lying ON the
ground Only Fischer and Robert Davis
were there when I got there; ] felt his
pulse Mallory had a hemVrhage while
was there When took hold of MallOrys
hand didn't notice whether there was
anything in g. but there was q bag of
candy lying right between the wall ana
as head.
The court then took a recess for dinner.
Afternoon session.
When court assembled for lbs afternoon
iossion the building was packed. Judge
Mullen ON taking the bench. announced
Mat be had carefully considered the
statoment made by Commonwealth sat
ioiney Jones az the morning session in
.C.ard 10 the juror who had expressed his
opinion In respect OF capital punishment.
ANA had decided 90 allow him TO remain
ON the jury. although he might have ex-
cludod him ~ the statement had been
,rtatI. u hin, whom Tho aafE frr,r ,,t,c