Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-09

house and Scotland wharf. On cross
examination Sheriff Edwards said he
was one OF the officers who sought to
arrest Gilligan. Witness said he had
never claimed the reward, and did not
expect any.
Witness said he sent Gilligan word
that il he would surrender to him he
would take him to safe prison, and
try to protect him from any violence
which might be offered.
Witness stated on further cross-ex-
animation that he had read the much
talked Of love letters at a store in Surry
county.
Witness had left word at a store
which Gilligan was supposed to fire.
quent to put morphine in whiskey. and
when Gilhgan went to sleep that he,
the sheriff, be notified.
In reply to n question from Juror
Brouch witness said he did not remem-
Der whether Gilligan told him the time
of the shooting.
DOCTORS TESTIMONY.
DR.. w. l.. Whrde, a witness, who said
he lived two miles from the deceased's
home, had word of the killing about
quarter to eleven. He arrived at the
corpse In the office. The next day about
o'clock he made an examination at
the coroners inquisiuon.
Witness said the bulk of the charge
of shot entered the right side OF the
neck. Most OF the larynX, all but the
posterior wall, was torn away. The
shot emerged from the left side. a
ragged wound an inch or more in diam
e'ter WIS made. Sheriff r. A. Edwards
put OH the deceaSed's; coat for demon
stration. A few shot went into the
right shoulder.
Witness Thought man fell where shot
1t would not have been possible TO
walk far. Witness thought death was
caused by asphyxiatlon. A few No. G
shot were picked out DR.. Whrde de-
clared that from deceased's wound he
may have been in line of observation,
but not within the line OF identifica-
ton. That means he may have, by
rolling his eyes. seen the man who shot
him, but he could not have recognized
him.
Sheriff. Edwards and witness stood up
in the supposed relative position of the
deceased and the man who shot him.
On cross-examinaton The witness
gave n technical explanation about YER
teTbrae, carotid artery and jugular vein
Neither the artery or vein mentioned
had been severed In case OF the de-
ceased.
1T WAS LOADED.
shot gun was brought into court
for demonstration. IT was found that
one barrel was loaded, and they sent
1t out very quickly.
Adjourned at 1:2S for recess with Dr.
Warde still on The stand
Court reconvened at PAT o'clock. The
attorneys for the prosecution had Sc
cured gun that wasn't loaded Mr..
Holland took the gun and represented
| Mr.. Turner: Colonel Boykln was sup
posed to be Gilliean. They showed in
the courtroom how the two men were
supposed to he standing on the fatal
Night DR.. Warde. the witness, report
ed what he had said about Mr.. Turner
not being in the line of Identification.
Witness said Turner was about four or
| five feet from the guns muzzle.
NEPHEW OF DECEASED.
DR.. w. d. Turner. q nephew of the
deceased was put on the stand.
On the 9th of last December wit
ness was III Washington, d. G. He cot
back the night of the 2Sth. Witness
| home Is three miles from the deceased )
| residence.
The witness saw the body Friday
| morning. He saw a scar on the left
cheek OF the deceased. He examined
the scene of the killing. He saw the
imprint of the head in the snow, and
| saw flesh and what he took to be blood
on the fo0ce. He looked for tracks and
| found some large ones. He soon lost
them among numerous others. He
| found three tracks near the stable-two
| round tocd and one sharp toed lie
| saw no other tracks of that description.
The witness was handed a diagram OF
his uncle's premises. and he located the
| tracks. There were horse tracks seen.
| Witness took q horse aud It's feet cor
responded with those found. The tracks
We're very distinct
Witness said it was very cold, and
| the deceased must have been frozen
when buried.
Witness showed on Colonel Boykin.s
neck where the shot entered and
where they came out. He could not
have seen from the position whether
an object fn the place OF the man who
shot him was n COW. horse or tree. DR..
Turner was firmly convinced that the
| deceased never knew what hit him.
II. Angus Turner was recalled He
stated he had seen some blood that
seemed to have drpped on the ground
and made a hole
w. +. Wilson, known locally MS "Iit
| tie Boy" Wilson. was called to the stand.
Colonel Boykin asked about a conversa-
tion witness had with the prisoner six
or eight months ago.
The defense objected to the question
and the jury was excluded while the
point was pelnS argued. Colonel Boy
kin said he expected to prove by the
witness q threat made by Gilllgan, TO
wit: That Gilligan had said If Beverly
Turner crooked his finger at him. he,
Giliigan. would drop him.
There was long argument by the al =
torneys The court decided TO admit
the evidence.
The jury was brought back into the
room, at 4:03.
GTLLIGAN'S THREAT.
Witness Wilson was asked to repea,
the conversation. Gilligan had come
there and was talking about Isabel. He