The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-14
MISS HANEY'S STORY
Woody Laughs While She
Gives Evidence.
ScowIiag Faces in the Courtroom. After the
Girls Cross-T examination Woody is
Sent Back TO jail,
Sent Back TO jail,
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Greensboro, n. c., Sept. 19-There was
another court house full of people as
sembled this morning, at the third at
tempt to have an investigation of the
charge of criminal assault by j. w.
Woody, on Florence Haney, the 13-year-
old daughter of T. A. Haney, of this city.
After an hours skirmish between the at
torneys as to sufficiency of warrant,
Colonel Staples of counsel for prosecu-
tion succeeded in obtaining an amend
ment, and Squire Glascock who presided,
announced that the examination of wit
nesses would proceed.
Miss Haney thus told her story:
The defendant Woody during the testi-
mony of the young girl repeatedly laugh
ed as if the whole occurrence was
harmless escapade. There were many
scowling faces in the court room, many
of evident horror at the scandal, others
of sympathy for the child who sat there
composedly before five. hundred men, and
was urged repeatedly to tell all about it.
When Colonel Staples sought to omit
that portion, the recital of which he
said was unnecessary, and the counsel
for the prosecution said it was too serious
a matter to the defendant to leave it
untold a gentleman sitting near this re-
porter, leaned over and whispered to
another: That's what makes lynching
justifiable in some cases." But after a
complete stop for several minutes, the
girl told as best she could that episode
of her trip with Woody to the park,
which has eliminated in a charge against
him of a capital crime.
On the day in question ]. w. Woody
wrote her note, saying he would be in
town that day and would be glad to
come around. He came to her fathers
home at $3.50 o'clock and spent the day.
He invited her to a trolley ride to the
park. She said she could not go without
her sister. She waited fifteen minutes
and her sister not coming, she went with
him alone. He stopped at a store and
got bottle of wine. After swinging at
the park Woody made her take a walk
with him to a spring in the woods, and
being afraid she could not get home I'M
less she made herself agreeable, she went
with him. He gave her some wine, but
drank none himself After walking in
the woods some distance he made a
proposition to her which she resented
body, and if you were to holler nobody
would hear you" Finally, after telling
her that if she did not submit he would
shoot her, he caught her by the throat
and then accomplished his purpose, while
she was screaming all she could. She
came home on the car with him and told
her sister of the occurrence as soon as
she reached home. Woody came home
with her, she having no other means of
getting home than coming on the car
with him.
On cross examination by Colonel Bar
ringer, great many questions were
asked the Witness clearly laying the
foundation for impeachment of her
chastity on former occasions. The wit
ness stoutly denied any former relations
of the kind with Woody or any one else.
At the conclusion of her testimony at
12:15 O'Clock, the State rested its case
against Woody. Mr.. Bradshaw an
nounced that application would be made
for bail, but Squire Glascock sent Woody
to jail without hearing this matter now,
saying he would consider it at another
time.