The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-13
ANGLIN DENIED BAIL
BY Mayor Daughtry, After a
Preliminary Hearing Monday.

Preliminary Hearing Monday.
Full Synopsis of the Testimony
Before the Committing Court.
The preliminary trial of Moses An
Rlin for the killing of Patrick G. Null
lin on Dec. 9Th, came up before Mayor
Daughtry last Monday, sitting at the
Court House as committing magis-
trate. f. F. Brennan, Esq, appeared
for the prosecution and Cassidy & Cas-
sedy and A. G. McNair for the defense
On being arraigned on an affidavit
sworn out by Officer r. G. Ratcliff.
charging him with the murder of p. C.
Mullin, Anglin pleaded not guilty.
The examination of witnesses and
the speeches of counsel consumed the
entire day, and after the closing speech
by Attorney Brennan, the decision of
the court was promptly rendered, re
handing the accused to Jail without
the benefit of bail to await the action
of the next grand jury.
As already known, the killing occur
red in the building on Monticello
street, Immediately back of the express
office, occupied by Moses Anglin as
gun and variety shop and A. ID. Huff
as blacksmith shop. This building
Is about 81 or 40 feet long by II or Is
in width. A partition cuts off the rear
into room with ground floor 15x16
feet. The front door of the building
opens on the side walk on Monticello
street. and there is doorway 81 or 1
feet wide in the partition, which con
meets the two rooms. The blacksmith
forge and anvil, which were used by
both Anglin and Huff in their work.
was situated in the front room just to
one side of the partition door. There
was wide entrance to rear room in
the east wall, opening on vacant space,
through which horses were brought to
be shod and the south and west sides
of the rear room had no openings.
Having presented this description of
the scene of the tragedy, we give be-
low the testimony delivered before the
committing court, as taken down by
a short hand reporter of THE LEADER
and then condensed:
A. D. HUFF.
the blacksmith. was the first witness
He testified that he met Mullin on the
street in the forenoon on the day of
the killing, and Mullin referred to An
made no threats and used no harsh
language. Mullin asked him if he
could shoe his horse, and he replied
yes, and that afternoon. he brought
the horse around to his shop and then
left; said he was going to the postofflce
and would come back directly. Anglin
was not then at his shop. He went to
the postoffice and was back again in
short time. Witness said that Mullin
soon left again and after he had left
this time Moses Anglin came in. Mr.
Huff. when asked if he had held any
conversation with Anglin, said: He
asked me whose horse | was shoeing
and | told him and told him not to have
anything to say to Mr. Mullin. and he
said, Mr.. Mullin ought not to be mad
with me- and said that he got five dol
lars for taking Friebe away" Witness
said that when Mullin came in Anglin
was standing in back of the blacksmith
shop. Mr.. Huff then repeated that the
only word he heard during the alterca-
ton was "Anglin," spoken in a harsh
manner by Mullin. Did not know how
many shots were ared Was STOPPING
over trimming the horses hoof and
when he got Strengthened up it was all
over. He noticed no weapons but
knife, which was grasped in Mullins
left hand. When asked in regard to
the location of the shops witness stated
that his and Anglin's shops were used
in common and that he was in the habit
of using the anvil in Anglin's portion
of the shop. He said there were two
doors in his shop, one opening into
Anglin's and another side door on the
east side, and that these two doors were
the only ways in which Anglin could
have got out of his the witness
shop. Anglin was standing in the back
of his the Witness shop when Mullin
came back the last time and Mullin
came through Anglin's shop. When
he first noticed him he was standing
between Anglin and the door to his
shop. After the shooting when he
looked up the two men were about two
feet apart and Mullin was between An
glin and the door opening into the lat
ter's shop, while the horse was between
him and the other door. Mullin was
still standing and walked a few steps.
Witness. said there was negro in the
shop at the time by the name of Arch
Cooper and that he was in the south
west corner, and could see the affair.
A. W. HANFORD
testified that he was in his office writ
ing out money order when he heard
shots at the shop and went to the door,