The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-02

squatted down 10 keep from being shot
he said he saw Walker sap owens ana
I knock him down. stephens, ne sald'
/ ran. while the short man said: Run,
/ you -. run" and that man. ne said,
pointing 10 Walker, ran after MIN an9
Z fired two shots. The men came BACK ana
] up 20 the car he said. with the pistols
I in their hands. The second time ne said,
he was positive Walker was the man
Screven was sometimes called mayor
I by the boys and some amusement was
caused By referring. 70 him during the
/ trial as the mayor Of Woodviue-
/ On the cross-exsminatiOn an ef1ort vas
made TO catch him on the number OF men
l ne said boarded the car at the coal
Didn't you say at the coroner's in
| guest that fve men got on the car there!
Il toIe en- four screvsn said. and that
was all that could be gotten out OF
I him. Screven denied that be previously
pointed out Connolly as the man who
collected fares on the car, one being one
OF the four. No negroes were standing
on the back platform. as the four men
wouldn't allow ID, saying the negroes had
been running the car long enough, and
they were going TO run II that night.
Screven contradicted one or two Of the
statements he made at the coroner's in
quest, especially as regard 10 numbers.
He was positive, however. about Walk
er'S light gray OverCOat. Another OF the
men. he said, had on a dove colored over
coat.
William Baxter. eolored. positively iden-
tilted Walker as the man who did the
shooting. He said Walker slapped Givfns
down, after which Guest fired his pistol
in the air Givins then got up and began
to run, when Walker ran after him,
Guest saying Shoot the Walker
followed Givins, he said and fired the
shots. He spoke of Walker being in
on the cross examination Baxter ad-
mitted he was some distance away, that
the night was dark and that the lights
ont ~ he T. mw.fsa g Sc. l.
insisted that he was certain Walker did
the shooting. g. All of the men had on
their conductors suits except Walker,
who had on his overcoat. Baxter contra
diets Screven's testimony in several
points
George Jackson told practically the
same story with regard to the trip. Ste
phen Givins, he said, spoke of how bad
he had been treated on the car, when
these men came along. and a tall man in
the light oVercoat came along and slapped
him. He said this man then kicked at
Stephens, who then attempted to get
away, when one of them said shoot the
black - -" and the shots were fired,
the two men running after Stephen.
on the cross examination he said four
or hve shots were fired, but he couldn't
tell whether one man fired all of them
or not. He heard no quarreing or ours
ing on the car before il got to the end OF
the line. He did not hear any whooping
by anyone. He was not aboard the car
the Saturday night before. An effort TO
ma such a witness seemed rather unsuc-
ceSStul.
James Jordan told practically the Same
story, saying Givins was talking to him
and jackson. Givins made some remark
about there being a row on the car, when
one of the men, the tall one in the light
colored oYercoat, who overheard him,
made a reply and struck him, knocking
on his hat. Givins ran, and was followed
and shot There was no lighting or ours
ing on the car, he said. He was uncertain
as 70 just who did the shooting.
AZ one point on the trial it seemed APP
parent that the defense was eudeavor-
ing to prove that neither of the four men
indicted had anything to do with the
shooting, the insinuation being made Nv
some OF the interrogations that Borders,
the motorman, inquired somewhere. Walk
er sat In court near his counsel and was
accompanied by his sister and father.
After a consultation with the court the
mony, to stop the case until this morn
ing at 10 O'Clock, when the state will re-
sumo the examination of it's witnesses.
| The jury was taken care of and carried
| to the hotel for the night