The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-09
MISS TURNER'S
LETTERS READ.
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IL i LIMO NLAD
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Witness had left word at a store which
sGiliigan was supposed to frequent to put
morphine In whiskey, and when Gil gan
went to sleep that he (the sheriff. be
notified In rep.y to a question from
Juror Branch, witness said he did not
rem mber whether GilliSan told MN the
time of the shooting.
DIV. L. Warde, a witness, VINO salu
he lived two miles from the deceased
home, had word of the killing ABOUT
q quarter to IL. He arrived at the scene
at $50, and casually viewed the corpse
in the office. The next day, about
q. clock, he made an examination at us
Coroner's inquisition.
THE FATAL SHOT
Witness said the bulk of the charge
of shot entered the right side of the neck.
Most of the laTynX, all but the postef,or
wall. was torn away. Inc shot emerged
from the left side. a ragged wound, an
inch or more in diameter. was mace.
Sheriff r. A. Edwards put on the
deceased's coat for demonstration.
few shot went into the right shoulder.
Witness thought the man fell where he
was shot. 1t would not have been pos
sible to walk far. Witness thought death
was caused by asphyN9-. a lew NO.
shot were picked out.
Dr Warde declared that from deceased's
wounds he may have been IN line OF ooser-
yation but not within the line OF ldentlh-
cation.
That means he may, by rolling his eyes,
have seen the man who shot him, but ne
could not have recognized him. Sheriff
Edwards and witness. stood up il, the sup
posed position of the deceased and the
man VINO shot him. On cross-examinaticn,
the witness gave technical explanation
about vertebrae, carotid artery and jugu-
lar vein. Neither the artery nor the vein
mentioned had been severed in the case
Of the deceased
A shotgun was brought into court for
demonstration. It was found that one bar
rel was loaded and they sent it out very
quickly.
Court adjourned at 1:2s for dinner, with
DR.. Warde still on the stand.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Court reconvened al 2:4I with DR.. Warde
on the stand Attorneys for the prosecu-
ton had gotten a gun that was not load
ed, and at 8 o'clock are demonstrating the
positions of Giligan and the deceased.
Court reconvened a. 2:4I O'Clock. The
attorneys for the prosecution had secured
gun that was not loaded. Mr.. Holland
took the gun and represented Mr.. Turner.
Col. Boykin was supposed to be Gilligan
They showed in the courtroom how the
two men were supposed to be standing
on the fatal night. DIR. Warde, the wit
ness, repeated what he had said about Mr..
Turner not being in the line OF iGenitn-
cation. Witness said Turner was about
four or five feet from the guns muzzEe.
DIR. TURNER.
DR.. W. D. Turner, nephew OF the de-
ceased was put on the stand. On the
,S,o- 1x-iT
Washington, D. C. He got back the night
of the 9th. Witness home is three miles
from the deceaseds residence. The wit
ness saw the body Friday morning. He
saw a scar on the left cheek Of the de-
ceased. 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 fence. He looked
for tracks and found some large ones
He soon lost them amng numerous others.
He found three tracks near the stable,
two round-toed and one sharp-toed. He
saw no other tracks of that description.
The witness was handed diagram OF
his uncle's premises, and he located the
tracks. There were horse tracks seen.
Witness took horse, and its feet CORE
sponded with those found. The tracks
were very distinct. Witness said it was
very cold, and the deceased must have
been frozen when buried.
COULD NOT SEE ASSAILANT.
Witness showed on Col. Boykin's neck
where the shot entered and where they
came out. He could not have seen from
the position whether an object in the
place of the man who shot him was a
COW, horse or tree. CDR. Turner was fin
ally convinced that the deceased never
!! knew what hit him. f. Angus Turner
was recalled. He stated that he had seen
some blood, that seemed to have dripped
on the ground and made hole.
w. P. Wilson, known locally as Little
Boy" Wilson, was called to the stand
Col. Boykn asked about a conversation
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 being argued. Col. Boykin said he ex-
pected to prove by the witness a threat
made by Gilligan, to-wit: That Giligan
had said if Beverly Turner crooked his
finger at him, he (Giligan) would drop
him.
There was long argument by the attor-
neys. The court decided to admit the
evidence.
MISS TURNER'S LETTERS.
The jury was brought back into the room
at 4:03 Witness Wilson was asked to re-
| peat the conversation. Gilligan had come
| TO MIN and was talking about Isabel. lie
| pulled out a parcel of letters. Witness
| told Nick the letters did not prove any
! thing; they were not signed. He showed
! witness a letter signed Isabel" and told
| witness he had the dots on her. Witness
! told Gilligan he was on dangerous ground
| Gilligan replied: IF Beverly Turner crooks
! his finger at me I will drop him Wit
| ness said he saw a letter reading: Dom
| come TO my window any more" 1t was
| written in a back-hand. Judge Hinton
| asked If witness was a member of 6
| church, and on being answered in the
| affirmative. cautioned witness he was
| going to read a letter showing that thu
| language was different.
| Witness thought his language was cor.
rect as we'll as he could remember Hin
| ton thought the witness was biased. ant
! brought out that he knew something abou
| the employment of Mr. Holland to aid The
| prosecution.
ENDEARINGs TERMS
| Judge Hinton istled through a bunch o
| letters and produced one. from which ht
| read as follows:
My Dearest One.-Cannot allow you t
| come to the window. because think thi:
| negro knew Won were here the ut her ric} +