The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-19

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sSSs%Did you have any competitor in the
g asked Mr.. Simmons.
5%S4HVitneSs said MIR. Jarvis started with
ID Inn, but fell down.
~ Mr. Simmons, recalling the fact that
q TINS witness gave in his first testimony
5E fhatthe a run over the ground. said
$to him: Q are h runner In this
case are you?"
8 This caused a ripple Of laughter IN
81 p court room. and witness said he
~ had been sent back there SINCE his hrst
II eSamination to do this running.
Es@SCounsel for State asked the witness
u inSwhat time could he have walked the
" distance, and he said he thought IN
Mabout six minutes.
S Next witness for the State was Mr..
s borated Mr.. Dixon's about the time.
Mr.. Simmons sharply questioned inns
witness also about the running ana
twiXed him with falling over n corn
stalk.
MI +. F. Cherry, who had also been
examined before, was recalled and gave
some new evidence. Seven weeks before
Is the Bonner murder he had found tracks
in his backyard near his dining room:
There was something in ii that aroused
his suspicion and he measured one OF
tracks. Finding those tracks III his
back yard caused him to he cautious,
when going out from his store nj night.
He was one of the persons. Creole said,
81 liz Rut1S Ittu tTlpu 10 Itb pciVic WY
Killed Bonner. Mr.. Cherry testified that
on the night Creole said they tried to
get him he found a small gate open
opening from his store to the street in
the backway, and that his clerk had
called to him that night, Just as Credle's
testimony gave 1t, saying that some one
n been in that lot Inc left the gate
open. All this testimony of Mr.. Cherry's
very nearly correspondent in detail with
Crcdle's story.
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sci for the Bell boys. Mr.. Simmons took
the witness, and then 1t was more lively.
Mr.. Simmons, Brantley's counsel, is
blind, and this, perhaps. makes him talk
louder and seem otherwise more vehc-
ment In his feelings than he really is.
Don't you have a good deal of feel
ing in this matter?" asked Mr.. Sim
mons.
Only for Justice" answered the wit
ness with flushed countenance.
With q few more lively passes the wit
ness was given back to counsel for the
State, who soon let him stand aside.
MIR. b. +. Mayo was the next witness
For the State. He e!so was one Vt the
persons whom the gan had singled out
70 rob-. He is postmaster In Aurora.
Y Creole gave in the story Of the gangs
effort to take MIR. Mayo that they tried
TO get n chance to rob him a certain
night when they heard him say to some
one that he was sleepy. as he did not
NNtt IN 5 peioIc. his IGSll-
mony corroborated Credle's In all this
n exactly.
Y Counsel for defense made objection to
some parts of Mr.. Mayo's testimony
Court overruled the objection and the
counsel for defense asked In an eXcep-
ton be noted. Creole had testified that
u. c. Buck had been in company with
Mr.. Mayo the'night they expected to rob
him, and so they dcsisted. Mr.. Buck
4 was recalled to ~corrobolate Crcdle's tes-
timony In that matter which he did.
MIR. b. H. Thompson was the next
Y witness for the State and he was "A,
important one. He lives ut Idaiia, one
and one-half miles from Aurora. and HE
testimony corroborated Credle's about
the night the gang went there to ron
MIN. This witness had been active in
getting up evidence for the State. so
his testimony was listened to with very
great attention both by court and spec
tators. Monday morning after Bonner
was killed he went to John Flowers.
where Creole and Brantley were, and
talked with them for some time. He
took one of them. to town. Brantley
asked witness on the way from Flowers
10 aurora II they had suspected any
one. and Thompson, to fool him. TOLD
MIN thai they suspected four or five
negroes In Bonner's farm. He hear
Brantley and Creole upstairs talking,
he crept into the passage and heard
thcm whispering. That was before bc
took Brantley to Aurora. Brantley told
MIR. Thompson that Creole STAYED with
him Saturday night. When he got Ia
aurora he sent Brantley and Creole
whom John Flowers. Jr., had brourh,
70 town, Into Will Thompson's office and
" there they We're arrested. Witness said
10 MT. John Flowers wife that he would
& not have his brother John know Mr.
Bonner was killed for the world. for his
&j brother would think he (Credle) was in
1t He said after Creole was arrestnf
and made his confession Lee Thompsor
said that the Bell boys were accused
and he was going to tell them. He ask
ed him not to do 1t. Witness saw RI,
Bell boys In the crowd and watcheC
them. He was later authorized to mr.
rest them. Ben Redditt. the deput,
Sheriff, called on him to help arres,
them. They took the Bell boys avn,
from the crowd and read the warranr
Q to them. and Uriah Bell said
FOL Gods sake, you do not believe it,
II witness told him he did not know wha'
70 believe. When he reached them ht
found about So in Uriah Bells pocket.
v and about SO in Sherrill's. Creole foil
( witness to so to Brantley's house ant
look under the wasbstand and the,
Z would find the knuclSs thai Rrantfe,
& knocked Mr.. Bonner down with. Mrs
= opened the house for Redditt
j He looked first under the bureau. hui
FOUND nothing. Then he raked under the
& washstand and found the knucks
fyYhen he did that Mrs. Brantley turned
U of the room and burst into n cry.
Creole also told that they could find
the shell in Brantley's fireplace. The
ashes were sifted by witness and Mr..