The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-24
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! fred the night. where his buggy had
broken down on the road. he took his
buggy whip ana that explained why he
had Affords whip.
Saturday morning. the day of the
murder. he got up at O'clock at his
brothers. place. About O'Clock that
i day Brantlcy came there and he and
Brantley and Sheriff. Bell sat In the
sitting room playing with Mrs. Best s
baby.
Brantley say i'll the passage there that
day Il thought we'd give him ~ sere-
made to-night?''
He said he heard no such thing.
IF you did hear him say So" asked
Mr. Moore. was 1t in reference to rob
bins any one?"
NO"
The night Of the murder he and
Sheriff. Sell after supper went down to
Aurora about dark. They met Ben
Jones, the man Sheriff. had been board
Ing with. and Jones asked Sheriff. II he
was going TO stay with him that night
Sheriff. told him, yes.
Witness here showed by the map how
he went into the town. He went to
viii Th"mpson's store, then to his bro
Tiers. and got the buggy whip from
back porch and carried 1t to Fred Al
fred. He stopped in front OF Brant-
ley's house and called him. and asked
him about settling for some timber
they had been interested In together
He did not e. into Brantley's house.
Went to Lee ThompSons store, then
went to barber-shop. and stopped on
the way and settled with Gaskins for
his horse and buggy the night before.
Went back to Lee Thonpsons ana
Th@mpSon asked him to help him wal,
on his customers. He did so, twenty
minutes, perhaps. then went to White
hurst's store, but did not see MIR Bon
in, I,a,. m
Bonner's store. Soon VIII Thompson
came In where he was and as ThOmp-
son went out to Chcrry's store witness
went TO Or Smithwick's office. He
started to pass by the ofiice-was going
nowhere in particular, when Charlie
sparrow called him and said: Where
you going. Sporty?". He turned In
to DR.. Smithwici's Office and soon Will
came in, and all remained
there good while. When Matthews
finished his jokes some one said, "Uriah.
can't You meet that?" And he said
he could not. Witness and Sparrow
and Matthews went to Jim Gardeners
"A colorcd man's--a mile from Aurora
drunk four quarts of wine and wit
ness got dead drunk. He scrambled off
somewhere. he did not. know where
and near day he went back tc Gard
ner's house and told him to let him
come in and warm for he was nearly
frozen. This corroboratcd Gardeners
statement about that. He asked Gard
ner what time IT was and he said II
was almost day. Witness then went
to Wyatt Bcst's, to his room there, and
slept until 9 or 10 q. M. next day Next
Best came up to his room for
nm To so to breakfast. and he was too
sick and stupid TO get up or know any
thing. Later Best came up and said,
Have you heard the bad news?" Wit
ness said no, what was it,. Best trld
him MIR. Bonner was murdered to get
UP ana let's go down TO town and see
about it. lle told him he was too sick
TO go anywhere. Then Brnntley came
there and he and Sheriff. Bell and Brant-
ley went out through the fields uo the
woods. He lay down and went to sleep
ut once and did not know what Sheriff.
and Brantley talked about.
In the afternoon lie went to Aurora
Went to his bnother's at supper time
but ate nothing but some cake
Witness detailed movements of that
night; how he stayed In Bonners store
with Henry Bonner and Wallace Gull
ford. They We're Watching, expecting
that perhaps the person who had stolen
the key from Mr.. Bonner's tiJdy would
try to go in that night. He did not
see Creole that night at all
Next day Creole ana Brantly were
arrested. Tuesday Lee Thompson met
him aud told him Creole had confessed
and said that witness and Sheriff. Bell
helped him and l'rantley kill Mr. Bon
ner. He told Sheriff.. He said to Lee
Thompson, What shall do?"
II know nothing about law but |
know that ! have not done anything
and ID il III so anywhere"
Soon Deputy Sheriff Redditt arrested
him and Sherrell, took them aside with
Ben Thompson and read the warrant to
them. Witness said: For Gods sake
you do not believe it?" Rcdditt sajd he
could not believe it. They were brought
TO Washington and this ended his state
ment.
1t was quite clear and connected and
accounted for almost all his movements
At the trials Creole said he was I'm
conference with the gang.
URIATI BELLS CROSS EXAMINA-
TION
In the afternoon Brnntly's wife. who
had been absent for two DAYS. had rc
turned with him into court and looked
pale and wearicd
Mr.. Warren OF States counsel c,n
Quoted the cross examination. II wa,
observed that there was perhaus =
larger crowd than had been al any tim,
since the trial opened. except wher
Creole was on the stand. and perhap,
as large as at that time.
The cross examination at first referred
10 witness attending negro festivals;
shooting at various individuals. to ~,
latter Of which questions he answered. /,
thc negative. Witness said he neyrI
was dead drunk but twice. The secont
,iihe was Mt Jim Gardncr's the night %
inc murder. Upon being questioned b,
q Il Mt