The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-11
WEPT WHILE SON WAS TRIED.


fA0NliNAfl from AtNtN faHfl
ant 81 the states witnesses was Eliza
Black fHe mother u the dead boy ana
an witness 81 the homicide. She Is a
small. sh1rp-sqoken woman. with tho
mark of h1ed determination and unre-
leuting disposition So her swapping eyes
ard tiEhdy compressed lips
Under the quesil1nlng Of the solicitor
general the witness told Of her acquaiut-
ance with Nell and detailed the
principal events leading up 90 and imme-
diatcly preceding the homicide.
The homicide had occurred al Twelfth
and West Broad streets. on oct :
The witness said she had lived in Sarlu-
nah four or i've years before the. com
mission OF the homicide. Her son wouid
have been Is years old last
July. Her daughter. Annie, had mar
ried Nell Before the marriage her
daughter had adopted little Girl. which
she got from the city Exchange. This
little girl lived with the Mells at the time
Of the homicide The witness said the
child Is about or years old. Her name
IS Anita. About 3 O'Clock. on
the afternoon Of the homicide.
her daughter Annie Nell, had
a5me TO her house. situated two or
three blocks from the house in WI. tho
Mens lived and asked her 20 go
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refused TO give up. Her soH. Jimmie. went
on ahead. and when the witness and An
ME Nell reached the house, they found
the boy already there.
Annie Men opened the gate and asked
them all 20 come IN. At the time Jimmie
vas IN the street On front OF the gate.
and Nell was standing on the porch.
raised about four feet above tne ground.
The child was playing about on the steps
/ that lead from the gate TO the porch Lula
Taylor. a young woman who lived IN the
house with the Mels was looking out Of
a window. % the rsht OF the house door.
When Annie Nell invited her r7other
and brother TO enter the house neither 81
them accepted. Nell said. with an oaih.
that he did not want either 81 them. The
witness then said she had come for the
baby As she said this she reached over
the gate and picked the baby w on tie
steps She placed the little one down In
the street ard Jimmie picked her up IN
his arms
~ you don't pu, that child down" The
witness swore Nell sald 10 Jimmie. IN
shoot you"
shoot then" the lad responded. y am
not afraid % you
As the boy made this response Mel
fred the first shot The baby was stu
hred II went wide Of les mark. and the
witness snatched the snild from the arms
Of her son. Then Nell fred the second
shot and Jimmie fell. bleeding 10 the
ground
The witness said that she paid no fur
Their attention TO Mel. who went away
Immediately. bur devoted her time 20 car
ing Tor her wounded hoy. some men
came up az about this time. and with
cab ard driven TO the home of tho Wit
ness. She .ild that he lived. she thought
about an hour after he was shot
In response 10 questions OF the solicitor
general. the witness said Jimmia had
started that day 10 attend the Hen y
Street School and when his sistei
came 20 her house. the boy was showing
/ her his school hsoks.
The witness was rlsidly cross-examined
/ hy Mr. COldlng After long urging. she
] Al last reluctantly admitted that befor,
her marriage she was known as Jennie
Buzbee. She confessed that on the last
trial she had said that she was nevel
known by this name. and explained mi.
lapse from the truth by saying she al
not see what v hsd 10 do with the case
"Dii YOU ever run an designation HOUSE
In savanuah?" asked MIR Colding.
NO" said the witness.
! Didn't you run one In Augusta, be
fore you came 20 savannah
NO said the witness. and n did 4
has nothing 20 do with this case"
wasn't your daughter an inmate o.
both OF these houses Mr.. coidinl
queried.
.she was not" the witness answered
because 1 never ran them"
Another Important witness.
Mr.. Osborne next introduced the evi
dence OF Mrs Lula Smoke. Mrs Smok
was formerly Lula Taylor. and was liv
ing with the defendant ana hts wife, q
a sort OF companion TO the latter. al IN
time OF the homicide. She was the mos
important witness at the last trial an
she proved TO be Just a. valuable 70 n
state az the one now IN progress. She s
one Of the few witnesses Whom the de
tense made no EFFORT 20 discredit or I'm
peach and she told her story with
simplicity. clearness and fairness tina
made a most favoEabie impression on IA
jury.
she said that AZ about 2 O'Clock on IN
afternoon or the homicide. Nell came 2
his home The little child Anita. wa
playing ia the hack yard and Nell ha
picked her up IN hiss arms. The chill
began 90 cry and Mrs. Nell asked De
Husband TO put her down Nell refuse
This request two or three times and che
Annie Nell left the house. saying thai sh
would Ect someone who would make hiT
put the child down.
In a few minutes Jimmie came up. II
told Neil that ~ had come for his si.
ter'e child and Nell. with an Dash SAT
that neither ne nor his sister could Il