The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-03-03
ON TRIAL FOR HISLIFE
SOL JARRETT CHARGED WITH
A SERIOUS CRIME.
The Prisoners Lawyers Are Fighting
for His Life-The Details of the
Trial Are Unfit for Pu ublication.
The Prisoners Story.

The trial of Sol Jarrett, col, for rape
on Emma D )uthit, col near Bethania,
took up the whole time Of the Supe-
rior court Saturday. The case was
called Saturday and the following
jurv was enpdnnelled: E r Oliver,
w E Harris. j w Marshall, + Mar
shall, TIE Day, WO Warren. G W
Hammock, A Padget, w b Mecum,
l. A Brewer, NJ Clemmons, aud A
r Sides The court then adjourned.
A great crowd assem- bled thls morn
ing to hear the filthy and Indecent
story that came from the mouths OF
the witnesses. Such as is printable
in decent journalism and only enough
to give to the public the legal points
in the case, will be printed.
Sol Jarrett, ginger r-bread darkey
with some appearances of being an
idiot, sat immediately behind his at
torneys. Messrs F. t. Baldwin, and
J. W McNeill and E. B. Jones were
attorneys for the prosecution This
legal array was backed up by dark
cloud of colOred witnesses.
THE VICTIM TEsTIFIEs.
The first witness who tonk the
stand was the victim, Emma DDuthit,
auosher gingerbread darkey OF no
fascinating appearance She was
very timid girl, the prosecution hav-
ing hard time to pull out or her the
real eliminating facts. Hery story
was that she met Jarrett at her sis
ter's house; he asked her when she
was going home, she replied that she
was going home that evening. jar
rett left the house about 20 minutes
before she did. She left and went
down the road She saw Jarrett in
fence corner ostensibly waiting. He
walked uD to her and asked If she
hadn't said he had insuited her. Sine
declared she had rot He then made
an improper request which she re
fused, whereupon he assaulted her
She kept telling him other people
were coming. THIS was On the side
Of the road. lie then dragged her
| inbD the woods, accomplished his pur-
pose-uuder threats OF her life. She
then went out of the woods and told
men whom she met TO kill Jarrett if
they saw him.
The defense, upon cr0sS-eX3mtng
the girl, tried TO show that she
was over 16 years old and battered her
as to her age considerably. She was
asked concerning improper relations
with other men and she insisted that
she had been virtuous woman all
her life. Why she did not accuse Jar
fett of rape at first in the magistrates
court was explained by her in an un-
satisfactory manner. Said she was
scared was the reason she only had
him warranted for assault. Other
witnesses were called to coroborate,
girls father. Ruben Douthit said she
was 16 years old. Was at home the
evening of the crime. The girl came
| home and told him of the crime fisher
| Clark testified as 20 the condition Of
| the girl after the affairs.
PRISONERS STORY.
The State rested it's case, and Sol
| Jarrett, the llisoner, took the stand
| He talked very weak having severe
| cold, seemingly the consum ption. His
| story was deliberate and well told 1t
made good impression at first. From
| start to f1nish, it was story Of a plot
| between the two to meet at that
| place, aud of Emma Douthits com
| plete consent. Cross, examined, pris-
| oner denied all questions seeking to
| implicate him with other women. He
| proclaimed his former virtue. But
| when Mr.. Jones pressed him with the
question of why he took bis wife aside
| when he got home and told her SOM,
| secret, the prisoner said he told his
wife that Emma had paid him
| This testimony was followed by
numerous character witnesses on both
sides, all partie. being able to prove
| both good and bad characters. The
| defence rested its case at 8 O'Clock
| when the prosecution began its re-
buttal evidence.
In'the.afternoon the!State introduced
| rebuttal testimony to show that EN-
ma did not consent and that it wa.
no plot to meet on the road. Witt
this evidence the case was closed.
The jury returned verdict OF guilty
of attempt to commit rape.