The age-herald., 1899-08-06

Attorneys Beddow and Shugart the de- fense. Justice Benners did not wait for the closing argument of the state, but stated that he would bind the defendants over to await the action of the grand jury.
 Testimony of Dr. Huey
 The first witness for the state was Dr. J. F. Huey. He testified that he went to the place where Edmunds was lying after the shooting and found him badly wounded The witness further stated that Edmunds told him that it was one of his own color woh had shot him, and that he did not men, tion the names of any of the white men,
 On Cross-examination pr. Huey stated that he had carried the negro to his house. The wounded mans brother and sister came to see him and he told them that MT. Clark shot him. The wounded man did not say which Mr. Clark and there are several in the neighborhood. This occurred about midnight
 George Hall, a negro, was the next wit ness. He stated that a crowd of negroes were coming down the railroad and that they met MT Clark, MT. Ray and MT. Mann. He said that the negroes were laughing and going on and that MT. Clark cursed them and told them to stop that fuss. In reply Tom Edmunds grunted. The white men then asked him what he said and he grunted again, and then the white men began shooting and Tom Edpunds fell. He stated that there was no row among the negroes, but that they were coming from ball game at Brookside. Edmunds 1ad fa1l off ha frai i,, nd had off and gone back to get him.
 Mack Moore, Will Parker, Wink Love and Albert Haynes all corroborated this testimony and swore substantially to the same facts
 Coroner Dallas was then examined in re- gard to the negro's death. He stated that he saw Edmunds shortly after his death. He also testified that the bullet which caused Edmunds' death entered the body to the left of the spinal column and lodged near the right nipple.
 With this testimony the state closed.
 Testimony for Defense
 Mrs Sarah Hudson was the first witness introduced by the defense.
 She testified that she lived between Bloss- burg and the tunnel, and on Tuesday even- ing went to MT. Rays office to get him to arrest a man named Ward for beating her daughter. MT. Mann, Mr. Clark and MT. Ray came back with her as far as Pinck- ney. She stopped here to talk with Mrs. Clark, and the men went on up the railroad until they were out of sight. Presently she started after them, but could not see them. About that time she saw big crowd of ne- groes coming, and she turned back. Then the shooting commenced. She looked back, but could see no white men in sight.
 On cross-examination she testified that she did not see the man fall, but thought the shooting came from behind the ne- groes.
 Alice Ward, daughter of Mrs. Hudson, was then called. She testified that she lived on the hill not far from Pinckney, and was at home at the time of the shooting. Whsn she heard the shots MT. Ray, Clark and Mann were sitting near her garden. She stated that they had come there to arrest her husband, and were waiting for him. That her husband had been beating her, end that a warrant had been sworn out for him.
 The attorneys for the state put her through rigid cross-examination, but her
 
 Going to Wards House
 John Lamount testified that Mann, Clark and Ray passed him about thirty minutes before the shooting. going towards home. He said that he got to the man who was shot shortly after the doctor. He further said:
 '.The doctor was talking to Edmunds when I got there The doctor asked him who shot him, and the negro replied, One of them negroes The doctor then said, Which one? He replied. I don't know. We had rukrs and one Of them shot me"
 z T. Hollans ond M M. Cracker both testified that they heard Tom Edmunds say that one of the ne5toes shot him.
 Justice Ray. caS of the defendants, was