The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-09
WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION
BARNES FOUND GUILrY or THE
MURDER or JOHN W0ILENDEH.

trndicted In Tart Nv the I'risoncr's
own Statement aud Shattered
Completely bs the Hcbuttal Evi-
dence OF the statc-narue= said
uc never was wfth WoIIcndcr on
the Night the Latter Was Killed.
Circumstnnccs We're TOO strong
Against him.
eve. the jury ind the defendant
guilty" the verdict returned against
sylmon Barnes the now convicted muir
derer % John Wouauder. az 7.0 o'clock
last night The verdict hal been reached
IN Just twenty minutes.
demolished ana aunihiiated al.bl "a
responsible Tor the rap.dity. az least with
which tho jury agreed. Barnes sought 10
prove by the evidence OF witnesses tnlf
D. was nowhere about the house 81 Mar
garst Price al tho t.mo the homicide wac
committed. and that he could no, have
boon there. and when be was placed ON
the stand, 20 make a statement iu DDS
own behalf he said 10 had never seen
Woneuder in his lifo
The rcbuttu evidence introduced hv tho
state smashed this defense 90 pieces. and
90 evidently occurred 90 thc fury fhaf "a
man who was present w hen the fatal shot
was fired. a. The evidence showed Htrue
must have hoeu and 90 whom srcam-
stances. with ursrrlug Anger. po.Htad as
the slayer. who came into court ana en-
deavorcd % show. ard said himself that
he was nowhere about must b. troubled
by a guilty and accusing conscience.
The trial was resumed yesterday morn
ing. with Ada Price. the daughter OF tine
woman in whose house the quarrel hat
started and VINO WIS hessel. an e4c-"it-
mess 10 this preliminary aiihruity sou 60
the stand She was cross examined az
length bur She stuck To- The story of the
homicide ana its immediate Auteccdeuts
that eue had told from Tho stand on she
preceding day.
Tom crimson. a negro VINO was with
parr,r when tle latter Joined the sail-
ors. ana who aeO ompluied inc pAfif g"
the Price woman.s house, heard Barnes
ask Lowell and N,lieudcr Cor more money
than they bad given aim. and heard che
sailors refuse the request Tee 90"
Barncs attempt 90 draw revolver and
Woilender try 20 take tae weapon away.
Struggling together. Naues and Wolisu-
der had vanished through the door anu
almost Immediately upon their disapps ar
auce a shot had been fired.
ON being osF-eXamiued, Hrinsou re-
nented the experience mad witn the other
witnesses. 81 that he coutradl.ted them.
IND coutradlcted himself as Co various
matters connected with his actions dur
lag the night. Tic ODD 81 having drink
with Barnes and "Cuny' Butter latc-
10 the night After taking this drink.
liriuson said Barnes had accused him -
taking Sides with the sailors in the row
nt the Price woman's house and they bad
fought the matter out in the street. The
witness ACKNOWLEDGED that be had come
IN poor second in the encounter. Here
TIE state rested.
AZ II o'clock tho evidence for tbf de-
Tense began to be submitted. T. Leuhcr-
ser. pIwubroker. testified that Barnes
lad pawned a revolver " an him on Nov
ten days before the commission OF che
homicide This evidence was designed 70
support Barnes statement that be did not
have pistol AZ the time Woneuder was
Fioi
George Harris. who said that be- board
81 with the defendant m1shfr was tho
ear witness On support OF the aiihi Hc
said that bee ana Barnes were together
from 7'o O'Clock. on The u.Eht 90 Sow.
rs. unrl 1891 o'clock with thc exception
Of two mluutos during which time
Iarnes had gone into a harroom 20 get
drink The witness Acknowledged that
inter 1880 o'clock bis memory was be-
faddel hy tho drinks De had had him
t.lf
IS J. Carter. however. supplemented tho
story Of Harris. hy saving thlt he ana
Harris had placed Barnes, ia drunken
a. niitlou. in the house % Dis paramour.
Bapelle shcNall lie WAS also rcplcto with
remiuisccrce as 10 the events that tram
aI red between $50 and O'Clock. but 90
save hls soul hc could nat remember that
during the entire time Barnes had O. nrht
vs. th anyone Harris memory on this
Tsnf was equally detective
Julia Mauer and Repelle Shcftall said
fh8t Barnes had been brought 20 the
house Of the latter az l-.3l o'clock aud
fai stayed there several hours tie hna
teen arrested the women both SAID. with
ia few moments after leaving their
house. The Shcftan woman denied that
sfs was Intimate with Barnes
f'his was the auhi when Barnes was
placed on the stand 20 make hts state
ment Doe tore holes through tire evidence
- his own witnesses la a. general out-
llres bis story followed those told ny
y rris. Carter and the woman. but 90
ir portant particulars ~ was essentially
different For instance. Barnes said that
on the might Woucnder was shot he h1d
row with "Buuion" Chance BARNES
sad ne sttuck Chance because tho tier
cursed him aud that short time after
ward Chance had returned with "A pistol
ard wanted 10 shoot him. Barnes sail
that later tu the night. while he was take
in. a drink with curry Butler ana Tom
j. nson. he had become involved iu "a diff
ncllty with the latter and that he and
Crimson had fight
Tho accused man denied ever having
hcan with Wolouder ara Lowell ON the
night Of the homicide. denied that be had
revolver denied that 10 was ever in
the house OF the Price woman 10 his nfe.
denied that he had anything 20 10 with
the trouble. or was anywhere about when
81 occurred. He taid thl. when De was
arrested he had no idea or the chars
that would be brought against him but
supposed that be- was being arrested FOR
one Of the fights iu which ho had been
engaged.
The first witness introduced by the
state IN rebutiai was "Cumy" Butler.
"Cuny" IS "a watchman for a building
that IS in process OF erection near IN.
scene Of the homicide. and ts gvIicntlv
friend OF tho accused. lie said thai
Die had seen Barnes and Crimson Join the
three white men on tho night OF the shoot
ins. and so with them 10 the direction Of
tac Price wom1us house
arnes and Brinsou came back 20 where
tho witness was standing. within q Few
minutes Of each other Barnes being with
cut his hat he went back and returned
" th 81 The three men had "a drink af