The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-24
MIsTRIAL.
The Jury in the Carter Case Out
Nine Days.

Il
court Besides a number of civil
cases the greater portion OF the
first week, the past two weeks have
been given to the trial of several
important criminal cases. In order
to dispose of these Judge Swiggart
caused the court at Paris, which
should have convened this week, to
be postponed,
After wrestling for nine days
with the case OF Mrs. Belle Carter
for poisoning her husband, the jury
could not agree, and the Court en-
tered another mistrial. The jury
stood seven for conviction and five
for acquittal.
The case of Lee Patterson was
also given to the jury this week,
no decision being reached yester-
day. The killing of Askew occur
red October 10, 1899. The proof in
the case has been given publicity
on several occasions, but probably
there are few who are not famil-
lar with it.
Fred Waggoner came several times
to see Patterson's sister. He was
distasteful to Patterson, and was
one day ordered away with threat
ening language. Patterson threw
a brick at him and warned him not
to come back. On the evening
of the same day e. F. Askew
stopped at Patterson's front gate
and hallooed 1t was alter dark,
and Patterson, evidently thinking
1T was Waggoner returning, went
down into the hall of the house
with Winchester shotgun, and
seeing the form OF a man in buggy
fred at him through the transom
on the inside of the hall near the
door The shot entered Askew's
side and head. The dying man cried,
you have killed me Askew- and
came to tell you the mill was
afre." Patterson was arrested and
gave bond for his appearance.
The counsel are Moore & Wells
for the prosecution, and Pierce &
Son and Ownby for the defense.
The following is the jury
G. P. Cloar, It. II. Trauber, S.
c. Johnson, A. Fl. Sandifer, w. T.
Morris, P. S. Clack, ]. J. Gray, w.
A. Caudle, c. b. Jones, H. Hickok,
]. w. Green, S, H. Epperson.
The jury came in this morning,
rendering verdict of manslanghter,
and fixing Patterson's punishment
at two years in the penitentiary.
His attorneys at once made a mo-
ton for new trial, the sesult of
which we cannot give at this time.
The State VS.. Junius and Walter
Caldwell is now in progress.
Junius Caldwell is being tried for
the killing OF Otie Mcclure on the
1st OF May, 1899. It seems that
Walter Caldwell and Otie Mcclure,
both boys, met on Wednesday even
ing and had a quarrel over some
disagreeable stories circulated by
Mcclure, as a result of which Nc
Clure slapped Caldwell in the face.
Young Caldwell ran, and there was
no further trouble until another
meeting occurred the following
Sunday, Junius Caldwell was pres
ent and seeing Mcclure, the pros
ecution shows Caldwell struck him |
with a singletree without a word.
The defense claims that Mcclure
had come prepared tor trouble, hav-
ing knife about his person. From
the blows inflicted with the single
tree Mcclure died in few hours.
Caldwell gave bail. D. J Caldwell
and Lannom s. Stanfeld are repre-
senting the defense, and Ownby &
Kellar are assisting Col. Lewis
with the prosecution.
Other cases were the State vs.
J. H. Lennox, carrying pistol;
continued.
Dake Evans, murder; continued.
jeff Bumpass, murder of Tom
Taylor at Troy; continued.
Lee Pruett, disorderly conduct;
fined $1.00 on plea Of guilt.
John Dillon, abduction; set for
Monday.
]. H. Roulhac VS.. Lizzie Harris
and wife; continued.
Ellen Bagsby VS.. Noah Bagsby;
decree for divorce.
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