The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-23
roR EMMETT SIMMS' MURDER.
,,,uL pOss NOW ON TRIAL AT
THOMASVJLLE.

of the Prosecution Is That
noss Killed sinms' Because OF
,.oIousy of His Cousin, Miss Irene
go who was Visiting in the
citv-Evidence for the Prosecution
.,,o,vs Decided Jealousy on Part OF
=. Resides Very Suspicious Com
duct in other Ways.
,rzor,asviHe. Ca, April 22.-The trial of
nan Doss charged with murder of EN-
80 simms. student at Stanley's Bus
College. some months ago on a
might night, on "a public street in
.,,.,,,,syille. began this morning at 3
,.,o.l, Judge Fife is presiding, the state
-.,rasented by Solicitor Thomas, s. A
,,.aarbsrrv. e. p. S. Denmark and Mr..
n,ts the defense by Hammond & liam
,ord Jesse Walters and Arthur Patton.
-rs. lourt House was packed, many la
ates being in the audience.
The theory of the prosecution is that
mass killed simms through jealousy, the
,o,,rg lady in the case being Miss Irene
mss cousin of the accused, who was
visiting the Doss family in Thomasville
a., the time of the tragedy The jury was
occurred without much trouble and two
witnesses examined before dinner, but
nothing of Importance developed.
In the afternoon a number of witnesses
tsst6ed for the prosecution, among them
Mics Ada Moran, second cousin of
a n
Isv's and who boarded with the Doss
f,nilv. She said she was first told of
simnas death by Miss Hattie Doss. "a
sieter 10 the prisoner. She asked VIII
moss about midnight to send kilograms,
bp+ was told il was too late; was present
when Miss Irene Doss viewed the body
NJ simms Miss Doss was greatly affect
ed She once heard VIII Doss tell Miss
Irene Doss that If it had not been for
sjmms they would have been married
ling ago. Simms wrote to Miss Doss,
once in her care, because Simms had
written several letters, which never
reached Miss Doss. VIII Doss would
leave parlor when Simms called.
Miss Annie James, another Stanley stu
dsnt testified that she saw Simms fire.
ouent1v at the school and that he and
Miss Doss were good friends Witness
once had talk with Will Doss, when Doss
wanted the witness to use her influence
Ia stop Miss Irene Doss from going with
Sirnms Doss was engaged to Mis- Irene
al one time and Doss said he would all
way love and protect her. Simms told
her he was afraid Jones would kill him
self or some one else. Jones was drinking
Gones was another student and a visitor
of Miss Doss) Simms complained to wit
ness about his letters not reaching Miss
Doss. on Sunday before the killing.
oscar Lee, a clerk for w. L. Ball, dealer
in hardware and ammunition, testified
that he sold buok-shot shells two days
before the killing, to Will Doss. He load
ed the shells, putting II buck-shot in each
she'll The buckshot would make FIVE
impressions on the shells. Witness was
handed the wads and shot taken from
Simms' body and found nearby at time
Of murder. He said they were like the
wads and shot he used.
Lee said Boss bought a second lot OF
shell two or three weeks after the killing
exactly like those first bought, and that
Doss told witness not to say anything
about the business. Doss wanted them
marked. but witness did not mark them as
requested Doss said he had lost first lot
of shells. Doss asked witness if anybody
asked him about this business to say that
he had called to buy pow lines.
Witness tod Ball about the transaction.
He next saw Doss in Lawyer VIII Ham
monds Office, and Doss expressed himself
as expecting to be arrested for the MUIR
der Of Sims, and asked witness TO swear.
if he called upon him, that the last lot
Of shells was the first lot he ever bought
from him. Doss wanted aim to swear to
this until he was back in the face. When
witness concluded Judge Fite adjourned
COURT nnIiI 6 O'clock tn-rnnrrnM morning.