The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
Friday Mornings Session

FRIDAY morning 8 session
When court was opened this morning
Mr.. ]. r. Uzzell continued his argument
began On yesterday. He continued say
ing:
IF Bill Barnes statement was not true.
why did they not put Piver on the stand
and disprove it? We have put on forty
or more witnesses and Bill Barnes would
have been the smartest man on earth II
he could have told a tale which has been
supported and corroborated by most Of
these witnesses. The counsel for the de-
Tense have not been satisfied with trying
to blacken Bill Barnes character, but
they have made an effort to blacken the
character of the man who has been butch
cred and can not defend himself. They
have told you that Jones was arrested
about a negro woman, but was he not
tried and acquitted on every charge? Is
not the evidence that Rich and Morgan
We're at Cora Duty's? Why then should
this class of men be called on to run a
man out of town because he was living
IN adultery? Does the evidence show that
these men have a right to question a man
who IS living IN adultery? What motive
prompted anyone to kill Jones? We know
that Jones was killed. but nothing points
to this motive except the statements of
Geo. Whitley. There is one Of these de-
PENDANTS who had a higher motive for get
ting Jones out of town and he took
advantage of Whitley's drunken condi-
ton to get clear of Jones. You know this
man. He is IN the court house. You
know that VIM. Barnes told you that
Lawrence Morgan was the man who pro
posed to go off and fire a pistol to attract
the attention of the police. This IS the
man who was behind the whole affair.
Mr.. Woodland told you that all the evi-
dence was circumstantial These witnesses
have gone on the stand and established a
line of circumstance which points with
unerring accuracy to these defendants.
They have argued to you that Allen was
shot with a rifle, when the testimony OF
all the witnesses is that he was shot with
a pistol and the same one which shot
, Jones. Gill Ward shows to you that he
was a man of good character, but from
these same witnesses it appears that Ward
was charged with killing a woman and
that he was acquitted on account of the
lack of evidence. Take these defendants
! up and see if the evidence does not fit
him. Did not r. d Alley tell you that be
7 saw Ward and Rich on Branch's cotton
| yhld. NJ oIIS you I'D liz WdS lItlC
They were there for a purpose. The next
5 time you see Ward he is going below the
railroad with Tom Bass. and Ward is
bareheaded. When Geo. Mumford told
that he saw Ward here he did not know
that he would be called on to tell these
facts IN court. He had no reason to tel
o a lie. Bill Barnes swears to you that
: Ward was in the cotton yard and that he
. also went into Jones room. They argue
. that Ward made no effort to hide his
q movements after the killing. Have We
O not evidence here that all of these mel
thought that they were in the hands o
their friends? Did not Whitley 90 ever
q to the police and ask them to turn theil
+ backs. Ward went down a public thor
= Oughfore because he did not care whether
he saw Il policeman or not.
what about Rich? He has proven {
: good character. But has his own statement
showed you that he was a good man. He
! went to Aliens bar and from there tC
! Cora Duty's. He gives you as a reason fol
\ his being up town at that hour of tn,
! night that he wanted to see Snak
enburg. When he found the man 70
/, whom he was hunting did he stop anC
speak to him? No, but passed him with
i surprised, Hello, chief His presenc,
: there on Branch's cotton yard is corobbo
: rated by r. D. Alley. Rich says he turned
down Barnes street after a few minutes
when he heard firing. He turnet
up towards the firing when he met Pive
and Barnes. In the testimony of Barne'
we have a confederation Of this fac
Ones testimony is as good as the others
I Barnes IS swearing to get out and Rich i
0 doing the same thing. Why did Jone.
Z 1850 f,a,, 4hn ,r,1l, f - a;
! in the Friar building? Sometimes we vii
know. In the words of our martyred Nc
: Kinley, it must nave been Gods way.
Probably it was for the purpose of awak
ening the lethargic minds of the people o
Wilson county.
e "Why did Rich want a black jack OIL
the night of the killing? He was not IL
n the oil mill where he had many hands EN-
ployed, as he tells you. No, he wanted !
s to whip Jones. He did not, | believe, in
tend to kill Jones, but the unfortunat
t man is dead and Rich must answer Will
the other conspirators for this crime. TAX
the pistol balls FOUND in Rich's possession
: they are OF the same calibre, same weigh
and same allay as the one found in Jones
body.
'What about Whitley? Did you eve
:, see a more convenient memory: He re
! members everything which does him good
He remembers going to Jones room. II
does not remember making any threats
His memory goes well up to a certain
: point and then he does not remembe
q anything.
what about Lawrence Morgan? TIL
h defense have proven the good characte
c Of Ward, Allen and Rich but not
z soul comes here to tell you that Morgal
has a good character Not a person, ate
n a sojourn in Wilson for two or tire