The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-27
WITNESSES TO KILLING OF
 TAYLOR TELL OF TRAGEDY
The Jury.

. M. A. Watts, farmer. =
 = T. H. Collier. clerk.
 = T. J. Dickey, farmer.
 J. R. Mcdaniel. clerk. .
 = J. R. McNeill, farmer. | > W. H. Mead, farmer.
 | = L. W. Ashley. bookkeeper | > Robert c. Benjamin, clerk. .
 ~ ~~~~>>~>~>>~~>~~% l over his former testimony He swore that Taylor was nearest the Exchange Hotel door, and that Trammell was near the door to the Exchange Hotel saloon The witness was examined concerning a conversation he had about three weeks ago in Enterprise with Deputy Marshall Greene. MT. Pierce denied that he had told Marshal Greene that Trammell could not have done anything else but kill Taylor. He denied that he had told law yers for the defendant that he had not | seen either of the men until the first shot | was fired. Witness Pierce also denied
 that he had told Deputy Marshal J. w. Barnes that Trammell did not shoot until
 Taylor struck at him.
 MT. Pierce was asked If he did not de- mand $40 of Trammell to pay his ex-
 penses here as a witness. The witness
 replied that he did not. He said Tram
 nell told him he did not expect any of his witnesses to pay their expenses, He told Trammell the amount of his railroad fare.
 Examined by Solicitor Dent the witness said Deputy Marshal Greene saw him in Enterprise and asked him about the
 shooting of Taylor. He told Greene thar he did not see Taylor strike Trammell.
 He told Greene that from what he saw. Trammell did not have sufficient provo
 cation to kill Taylor, but he did not know
 what was behind the difficulty. MT. Pierce testified that he was sum- moned at the first trial by the State. He told of a conference he had at that time
 with lawyers for Trammell. He said he told them of what he saw just about like he had testified here.
 The witness said Deputy Marshal Barnes had seen him in Enterprise and told him that if he knew anything that
 would be of assistance to his friend
 Trammell. he would be glad for him (Pierce) to help him. At that time the
 witness said he thought Barnes was a United States Deputy Marshal. Mir. Pierce testified that on Wednesday
 he told Trammell and one of his law yers that he could not stay here on ex-
 penses several days, TrammeI replied: If you are my witness. I'll pay your expenses"
 Re-examined by defendants counsel, Mir. Pierce testified that he once con-
 ducted a saloon in Phenix City. On objection by Solicitor Dent, Judge
 Thomas excluded this testimony. Id Corners. Ed Corners, dry goods clerk, in . Montgomery department store, who was
 an eyewitness of the shooting, was next called.
 Mir. Corners testified that he knew | Trammell and Taylor by sight. He Is a resident of Montgomery and was standing | at the ladies' entrance to the Exchange Hotel when he saw Taylor coming up
 the street with Trammell following him | and shooting. He saw Taylor make his | way toward trunk before falling. Tram nell was about fifteen feet from him. So
 many shots were fired that he could not count them. He did not hear any loud | talk or see any difficulty prior to the shooting. He saw Taylor catch at the trunk and saw a policeman assist him | to the sidewalk.
 Cross-examined by defendants counsel, | MT Corners said he only saw Trammell | shooting at Taylor. He did not notice | whether Taylor had on a hat. Trammell had on a Panama hat after the shooting
 Taylor stopped and caught at the trunk before he reached the ladies' entrance to | the hotel
 On redirect examination, Mir Corners
 showed the jury how Taylor fell on the trunk. Te was then excused, and Dr. s. J. Steiner was called.
 Dr. S. J. Steiner. | Dr. Steiner was the first surgeon who
 reached Taylor after he had been shot He swore that he was coming up Com-
 merce Street from the depot and just as
 he was opposite the Silver Dollar Saloon FhA GWf~. A-A- loon entrance and waited until the shoot
 ing was over. He heard some one scream
 Look out they're shooting.'' He heard
 some one say: "I'll bet that's Charlie
 Taylor and I'll bet he's a dead man." Colonel Wiley for the defendant object ed to this testimony as hearsay, and ar-
 gued the point.
 A wrangle between the lawyers ensued
 which was stopped by Judge Thomas. Solicitor Dent argued that the testimony
 of Dr. Steiner was relevant as the State
 might undertake to show that there was a conspiracy and that others were cognl- zant of what was about to occur when
 Taylor was killed.
 Judge Thomas ruled that the testimony
 would be left in the record for the pres. ent The defense objected and an excep- tion was noted.
 Continuing his testimony Dr. Steiner Sdiu WHen nc lOOh6O out or the SllV0T Dollar saloon Taylor was falling He went up and made an examination of Taylor. He was shot twice in the Jeff
 breast, once about the base of the heart and twice behind. just below the left shoulder blade.
 Colonel Wiley stood up and pr. Steiner, using his figure, illustrated where the bull lets entered Taylors body. Taylor Had Pistol. He testified that Taylor was uncon- scious when he got to him and died in three minutes. He was the first person to get to Taylor He found a pistol in
 Taylor's right hand pistol pocket. He
 went with the body to an undertaking es- tablishment where an autopsy was held.
 At this point Solicitor Dent introduced the clothing worn by Taylor at the time
 of his death. which were identified by Dr.
 Steiner. The shirt was almost completely
 stained with blood.
 As the lawyers gathered about and ex- amined the blood-stained garments ex
 hibiting them to the jury tears stood in the eyes of J. L. B. Taylor. father of Taylor. He did not leave the chair in which he had sat throughout the trial.
 Dr. Steiner testified that one bullet which entered the back passed through the liver Another bullet passed through the heart Either wound would have proved fatal. The only bullet which he was positive entered the back was tn, one which passed through the liver. Tn indications were that the bullet In the heart entered the front of the body.
 Cross examined by defendants counsel pr. Steiner testified that the point of exit of a bullet was usually larger than