The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-18
EDWARDS ON TRIAL.


MIS-. OdIIleT DOdIQlDB lOu9Cs
was eYiSen of assault. he also saw
blue marks on her throat. He stated
that DR.. Johnson had also examined
Miss Green.
Didn't Herr Any Disturbance.
Mrs. A. R. Mallette testified that
che is proprietress of the Marshall
House where the assault was alleged
to have taken place. On the day men
TONED she was engaged in moving
some furniture on the same floor where
Edwards room was located. She
would have heard any cutlery, or un-
usually loud talking If there had been
any. and she heard none. There were
fifteen or twenty people in the house,
and two people in the room next to
the one occupied by Edwards all the
morning; people who worked at night
and we're in the habit of sleeping I'M
til noon. She did not see Mr. Ed
wards and Miss Green go into the
room. but she saw them come out,
and there was no evidence of a strug-
gle having taken place. When she
first saw them Edwards was standing
at his door, locking it, and Miss Green
was waiting for him. Miss Green had
a bag, or package,'in her hand and
seemed to be in the best Of spirits.
Mrs. Lizzie Russell testified that she
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on the day mentioned she saw Miss
Green and Edwards come from Ed
wards room and go down the stairs
together. Miss Green was not cry
ing and seemed to be in the best of
spirits. She had a package in her hand
and stopped on the stairway and made
some remark about dog that was
playing near. l.
Another woman stated that she also
lived at the Marshall House, and her
evidence was the same as that of Mrs.
Russell. Solicitor General Osborne
asked her why she lived at the Mar
shall House. She replied because she
wanted to, and finally admitted that
she moved from st. Julian street be-
cause complaint was made against her
by some of the residents there.
Where Miss Green Boarded.
Mrs. Ida Garner testified that she
kept a boarding house at 416 Presi-
dent street, east. and that Miss Green
was one Of her boarders. She went
there some time in September. On
the day the crime was alleged to have
been committed Perkins telephoned
her several times, and finally came
out to her house. He had a whisky
bottle with him and took drink every
few minutes, Mrs. Garner said.
While Perkins was there Miss Green
came in and walked over to the table
where the whisky bottle was sitting
and took a drink out of it.
In regard to the hotel incident, Mrs.
Garner said that boarder
told her that Miss Green had told her
that they registered as man and
wife. Mrs. Garner remembered the
time Miss Green was absent and that
she had told her she was going to
Waycross.
1.-THE day we were in the room to-
gether, the same day the assault was
said to have been committed, Mr..
Perkins and Miss Green got to talk
ing, and I decided that it was best
for me to leave the room. When
she came in she had a bag of apples
with her Mr.. Perkins wanted to
know where she got them, and threat
ened to throw them out of the window.
asked them to give the apples to
me, and l used them in my dining
room. When l saw them again they
were both crying. One month Mr..
Perkins paid Miss Green's board in ad-
vance, and was still due her sew
eral days board when all of this came
up, and I told her that l thought it
better for her to leave my house"
Threatened to Lynch Edwards.
when 1 saw them come from the
room Mr.. Perkins said he was going
and get his railroad crowd and lynch
Edwards. 1 begged him to do nothing
rash, but to think of his mother There
was a PAW, I told him, that would
protect Miss Green if she has been as
saulted. l saw the spots on Miss
Green's throat the day before that,
and had reprimanded her for Them
Mrs. Ethel M. Giddens testified that
she had boarded at the same place with
Miss Green on Montgomery street and
had seen her sitting in Mr.. Perkins
lap, and they were having
some words. She said she had seen
the marks on her throat previous to
the Monday on which the assault was
alleged TO have been committed
DR.. Johnson testified that he made
an examination on the day the crime
was said to have been committed, and
quoted some statements made by Miss
Green. He saw the marks on her neck,
but could not say whether they were
caused by some one choking her or
not. He rather inclined to the belief
that if they had been caused by some
one choking her that they would have
appeared on both sides, and not so FAR
around.
hotel register, on which the entry
~. d. Perkins and wife, Jacksonville,
Fla" appeared, was submitted in evil
dence.
Mr.. Sharp of Waycross, where Ed
wards formerly lived, testified as to the
good character borne by the defendant
at WaYcross.
Col. ]. l.. Crawley, of Waycross.
testified as to the good character of
the accused.
The Prisoners story.
At the conclusion of the direct ex-
animation of the witnesses Edwards
was told to take the stand and make
a statement of his side of the case,
which he did, as follows,
Il did not know Miss Green until
she came to me one day and wanted
to borrow some money L told her
that 1 did not have it as 1 had to use
all of my money in my business. At
that time she wanted 81. She finally
asked me to let her have rs cents,
which / did. That was on Monday.
The next dav she came back and
asked for 25 cents more. / gave her
that also. She asked me to give her
a job. She stated that she had been
employed by the American Cigar Com
panyo and had left there because she
could not get along with the fore
woman.
II can neither read or write, and as
she had had some experience in the
cigar making business agreed to hire
her so that l could have some one to
assist me who could look after my
books for me. 1 agreed to give her SO
a week She went to work. l had re-
ceived a letter that day, and not be-
ing able to read it myself, l put it in
my trunk. and the next day asked
til / went up and got the letter for
han 20 nd to ma .E, 81