Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-10
SUFFOLK.
sever Witnesses Testify in Favor
Of Sam Beale.
.Etysid.ence or ate. "s,nrp witness
s'iConntrnais,ed- Refused Now rrial
Citizens of smI,hneld Aroused
,yoodmen Incrca,o Mcmbcrsnip-
Personal Notes.
Especial to virglnian-PIlot.)

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& fifth day in the Sam Beale murder
trial at Isle of Wight Courthouse finds
\ the attorneys showing signs OF fatigue.
This is a case whose length and
4 warmth Of contest tries mems nerves.
The defendant is bearing up well under
the circumstances. Personally, he
seems little affected by adverse evil
dence.
The State this afternoon rested its
Il case, and the evidence for the defence
was begun. Seven of Beale's witnesses
z We're examined in quick succession The
q evidence may be all in by Saturday,
( thought the argument will hardly be
} finished before next week.
i NJ. L.. Wilkins was the first witness
E this morning. lie was a member of
a the coroners jury which was convened
q soon after the body of Mcdonald was
Il discovered. He told OF the corpsc's po-
p sltion, the legs being cut off, and other
details of the inquisItion.
The original coroners jury did not
4 say that murder had been done. The
members thought death had been dealt
by train.
S NOT KILLED BY A TRAIN.
PIC DR.. Gavin Rawls. who conducted an
> autopsy, gave expert evidence He was
+ strong witness for the State and
maintained his position, despite the ri
s gld1ty and cleverness of cross-eXamina-
ton. DR.. Rawls held, and gave scienti-
Tic reasons for the opinion that McDon-
AID mad been n corpse ten or fifteen
q hours before being put on the rails for
mutilation.
~ DR.. Rawls explained that there was n
marked difference between some of the
head wounds, Which were made In life,
4 and other abrasions on the body, which
were inflicted by n train after the blood
had stopped circulating.
AN EXPERT FOR THE DEFENSE.
DR.. John o. Phillips, of Suffolk. will
tomorrow go on the stand as an ex-
pert witness. He was sommoned by the
defense. He did not attend the autop-
4 BY, but Will make deductions from facts
s and conditions presented.
& The autopsy was conducted after the
\ corpse had been laying in the ground
twenty three days. McDonulds body
s was buried April II and disinterred
May 4. s
Isl When DR.. Rawls left the stand Wat
lins was recalled. The State here rest
ed.
WARREN CoNTRADIcTED.
The principal point aimed ut by the
"A defense in introducing the witnesses
put on this afternoon was to contradict
some OF the damaging evidence given
" oy Luke Warren. Part of Beale's wit
nesses declared that Warren had pre-
tyiously stated he didn't know whether
(. Mcdonald was white or black, a man or
IN q woman
Those who went on for the defense
& this afternoon were: w S. Holland.
Z ). III. Edwards, Jesse Whitley, e. Ed
y wards, j. II. Bryant. j. b. Britt and
j. G. Harrison.
ROBERT DOWNING'S PLAY.
There are so many plays produced
v nowadays which come hcrnlded as
great that the general public is becom-
ing very wise, and unless a play has
made q reputation it Is useless TO fry
q and do anything with IL. IAN Indiana
Romance" has made its reputation. 1t
will be here next Thursday
CAN'T HAVE NEW TRIAL.
III Willie Lawrence cannot get new
trial The Court of Appeals yesterday
refused TO grant the application for n
new trial Circuit Judge prentis had
previously sustained County Judge
:, lSlIby In declining TO let Lawrence have
another hearing.
Lawrence in December shot down
II John Melton at Wyanoke Ferry. He
+ was proven TO have been partially
+ drunk at the time. a jury in Nansc-
@ mond County Court heard the case in
January and gave Lawrence ten years
b In States prison.
Judge aKilby has good record dur
\ lns MS fourteen years on the bench
tS mere nave been comparatively few APP
4 peals from his decisions. He has ONLY
8, been reversed once.
SMITHFIELD AROUSING.
Smithic!d business men are waking
3 UP and organizing for further advances
4 81
i've crowd OF business people came to-
& gether last night. The following slrni
lleo their intention of joining: Colonel
Y. IT, Day. V. w. Joyner, Thomas ID.
Ms wright, II. S. Thomas. j. d. Jordan, C.
., Betts, Dr.. l.. C. Brock, j. Waverly
Ihomas. ID. w Chapman, a. r. Chal-
& mers. j. L. Cowing. George w Deli,
8 y. s. Warren, r. S. Thomas Jr. J. w
Holloway. ]. j. johnson, George X.
Nelms. ]. B. Grimes. r. M. Driver. S.
10. Delk, j. G. Wilson, j. NJ. Gwaltney.
s other business men who could not
come have said they were in warm
sympathy with the move, and that
sS they VIII do everything possible to
make it q success.
Smithfield has for long time felt
the need OF an organization like the
a one started.
MANY NEW WOODMEN.
Thirty new members were tonight
received by Rosewood Camp. No. Q.
Woodnen OF the World The degrees
were conferred by Past Counsel Com
mander j. II. Hardy of Elizabeth
sa Camp. No 3. Norfolk, assisted by c.
IL e. Cooper advisory lieutenant, and c.
Il Tumbleson, escort, of the same
camp.
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