The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-13
IvERSoN GOES UP FOR LIFE.
Continued from Eighth Page.

He met Charles Coles told him he was
going after the card, and they went to
the house together. On arriving at the
house they found George Golding, who
drew his pistol and fired at him. He re-
turned the fire. Golding fed and Beeca's
mother said that he had shot her daugh-
ter. He denied this at first, but when
Becca corroborated her mothers statement
ne SAID, We'll, if 1 shot you, didn't mean
to, and / will shoot myself"
Il never regretted an act more in my
life" said Iverson, in concluding his tate
ment That woman was my best friend"
The prisoner assumed a dramatic attitude
as he said; Il swear to you, gentlemen,
that l would willing and gladly die if l
could bring her back to life. I am sorry
that such an act was committed by my
hands. 1 was attacked and had to shoot.
loved Becca in her life and 1 love her in
her grave. l thank you, gentlemen, for
your kind attention"
Golding had not been considered a par
ticularly important witness and had not
been summoned by the state. AS soon as
Solicitor General Osborne saw the effort
that was being made to bring in a third
party as a principal in the case, it be-
ing likely that the claim would be made
that 1t was his bullet that caused the
woman's death, he saw that Golding was
a necessary witness, and the court bail
ifs did some tall hustling during the din
ner hour to locate Golding. They found
him at work and brought him before the
court.
AS had been expected Golding's test-
mony did not corroborate Iverson's state
ment. He admitted being present, but
denied having done any shooting, and
claimed that he vamosed the ranch as
soon as he possibly could after hostih-
ties had begun. There was no other tes-
timony to show that Golding had any
hand in the shooting, and VERSIONS statea
ment on this line evidently had little
weight with the jury.
Iverson was not mistaken in his sizing
up of the jury. 1t was generally agreed
to be above the ordinary for intelligent
appearance. The defense exhausted all of
it's twenty strikes in securing the jury,
while the state struck only five. Eight
men went off for cause, as being opposed
to capital punishment, among them one
negro. The following gentlemen composed
the jury: James p DusenbuTy, r. K.
Bragdon, Luther B. Greer, John A. Pear
son, Fulton Saussy, Harry Palmer, j. c.
Clifton, J. H. A. Willie, John w. Manning,
Albert Furrer, J. P. Wheess, D. B. Nor
gan. 1t was noticed that every member
of the jury had dark hair and two of
them are one-eyed.
The case went to the jury shortly after
O'Clock As no verdict had been reached
at 7SO Judge Falligant and the attor-
news left for supper, the judge leaving
instructions that supper should be ordered
for the jury. 1t did not take the jurors
long after getting supper to reach their
verdict
The verdict of the jury was that 1t
found the accused guilty of murder, as
charged in the indictment and recon-
mended that he be imprisoned in the pen
itentiary for life. Judge Falligant i'm
mediately passed sentence upon the pris-
oner in accordance with the verdict
Iverson's attorneys expressed their thanks
to the Jurors as the latter left their Seats
being very well satisfied, evidently, to
have their client get off with life sem
tence.
Iverson is the first of the five murder
cases on the docket for this term of the
court to be disposed of. The case of
Isaiah Scott, for the killing of his wife,
Marie Scott, will come up to-day. The
killing appears to have been a particu-
larly cold blooded and unjustihable MUIR
der. As i'm VERSIONS case, the cause of
the killing was evidently Jealousy, and
in all probability the same defense. that
of accident will be set up. Scott will
be defended by Attorneys r. M. Lester
and w. r. Johnson.
Tomorrow the case of William Failon,
charged with the murder of James Ma
guire, is set for trial. There is a great
deal Of interest in this case, both the
accused and the deceased being well
known and having friends and relatives
in the city. Twlggs & Oliver viii defend
Fallon.