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

II ESDAIs JUNE 30, 1903.
years. would get up here and tell you
that Morgan had n good character. Nor
gan tells you that be was IN hls room
about fifteen minutes after the shooting. |
H. then tells you that ne was on The
street for a half hour after and then
vent to Cora Duty'>. Geo. Bats aud
Groom. one Of the defendants. tells YOU
that Morgan came TO Cora Duty's q quar-
ter or ten minutes after one. Have We
any other evidence against Morgan? Yes.
from one OF his own friends. Luther
Barnes. the circumstances OF the hat.
marked L. Morgan which unquestionably
connects Morgan with the killing. To ex-
PLAIN his Morgan said he gave the hat
70 Allen. Look at them. Allen Il great
big 200 pound man and Morgan a small
man Morgan'S hat would hardly cover
the top Of Aliens head. Gentlemen. il was
gong on the saying. a poor excuse was
better than none.
We do not find Morgan taking part in
the killing, but he i the power behind
the throne. When he was on the stand
he vas asked II he ran a gambling house.
He refused to answer because it would
incriminate himself. This furnishes the
motive for wanting Jones out OF town.
and Morgan used these impulsive men 10
accomplish his purpose.
What about Allen? His statement j.
pltiful. He tells you that he went to
Geo. Morgan's room TO tell him about
the revenue officers. He got this infor-
nation about TO- 40. he says. and it being
important he did not go to Morgan's room
until 1870. Is this reasonable? While
lqGSlnar Io,.-s 210r 800 ~n, -, -
nearly to death and he fell into Jones
room. lie then got up ANA staggered down
on the street. Is it not strange that he
should have met Plver and Barnes at the
foot of the steps. Gentlemen. OF the jury,
We have proven the charge against these
men. We have forged every link IN your
presence. The eyes Of Wilson are upon
you, they expect you TO be brave and do
your duty. You may elect your officers.
! but unless jurors do their duty laws are
! useless"
ARGUMENT OF Mr.. POT.
j Mr.. Uzzell was followed by Mr.. Jas. H.
Pou for the defense. He said in part:
Before | begin my speech l want to
thank Mr.. Uzzell for giving these defend
ants such good characters. We have in
reduced character witnesses but Mr..
! UZZell is our best. Another thing | want
to take up-Mr. Uzzell said that the hand
of God was in Percy Jones coming to
Wilson. He did not remember that the
people CT Wilson were outraged by a
man bedding up with negroes, and | there
fore ask Mr.. Uzzell to withdraw his
statement.
why have both brothers for the prose
cutiOn asked you, gentlemen OF the jury,
- - H.
that a Wilson county jury can be de
pended upon to do It's duty.
IN looking at the testimony in this
case you are to consider that these five
men stand before you innocent and you
are to so consider them until the evi
dence in the case satisfies you to the con
trary Evidence does not consist of preju
dice, of frenzy-you must be satisfied thai
these men are guilty beyond Il reasonable
doubt. Has the State brought forth evi
dence to prove that these men are guilty
OF this high crime? / tell you, gentlemen
that such men as Mr.. UzZell described
these men to be do not commit such
q crime as this think the
State has made out a weak case. They
say Will Ward is a brave man. He i
brave and he is not the man to go to q
mans room in a body, twelve to one. il
the dead hours of the night and commi.
murder.
What is the evidence in the case? [
is circumstantial evidence. This is thu
most uncertain kind of testimony. The
State tells you of discrepancies in time
IN the statements OF these defendants
There are but two fixed times in thu
evidence, one IS the hour of eleven, whe1
the bars close and the other one O'CLOCK
when Jones was killed.
They have brought some other kline
, of testimony in the shape Of a confes
sion from null headed Bill Barnes. TIL,
State brought out this evidence gingerly
They were afraid to either open or clos,
/ their case on this testimony. They were
afraid you would not believe Barnes 5,
they put on evidence for two days to ge
you ready to believe Barnes and then twt
days after his confession to make yol
forget it. because they believed he hat
told a lie. There is condemnation for
man who sWears against his friend, wh'
; has won the disgust OF every one. Barne
sWearS to you that the killing took plac'
some where between the hours of IL ant
II while all the witnesses swear tina
the killing took place about one O'Clock
: The State makes the proposition that /
the witnesses do not cOrobbOrate Barnes
testimony they are willing to throw asld
t Barnes testimony. I therefore ask tn
: solicitor for Il verdict Of not guilty"
} A reference having been made by TIL
T speaker to some popularity in the bill
of Indictment under which Barnes wa
held, objection to having this bill oil IN
r dictment read before the jury was mad
l by the State and the jury was takel
, from the room. After a discussion o
? this point the court decided that the pc
culiarity and the bill might be read be
| fore the jury. The speaker continued:
: ''The reason Bill Barnes was swearin'
was because Solicitor Daniels had tn
+ hanging words in the bill of Indictment
: and to save his neck he peached. Tn
whole thing was planned and Barne
came up to his ra~t Il the contract
;. The State have discussed fully the eli
: cumstantial testimony that they hay
;, found no one except Barnes to connec
! the names of Rich, Allen, Ward and MOI
oan with any knowledge of Percy Jones