The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04
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 no statement of that sort.
 Where was Miss Nellie Armstrong at this timeT' was asked.
 T do not know" was the reply of the witness. et
 was she in your roomr' was asked.
 "If she was I was not conscious of 1t, although she might have been" was the reply.
 Did Miss Allie make any statement?"
 "None except when she was lying on the door,"
 Questioned by Solicitor.
 On cross examination by the Solicitor, she said she had asked Bailiff Hayes. who swore out the warrant but she did not say that somebody was meddling too much and that it was nobody else business to have Ralph arrested if the family did not want it done. She didn't remember saying, Allie loved Ralph like a brother, but he wanted her to love him like a sweetheart"
 Owen Akin, apparently about 1 years of age, a young man of Notasulga, testified that Ralph Armstrong was drunk on the afternoon of the shooting. The witness saw Armstrong drink some wine. Arm strong had a pistol buckled around his waist.
 Henry Delbridge said that he had spent all of Friday with Ralph Armstrong. They had gone in a buggy to Reeitown. and to some other place in the country. Ralph had a quart of whiskey, and took two or three drinks. The whiskey gave out when they got within three miles of Notasulga. They then got about gallon of wine. Ralph drank a great deal of the wine. He appeared to be a very drunk man.
 On cross examination by Solicitor Brew CT. the witness said that he was a grand son of Mrs. E. E. Delbridge. The quart of whiskey had come to Ralph from Ope- lika on the train. He last saw Ralph at MT. Zachary's stables.
 Plan of the House.
 James Delbridge, son of Mrs. E. E. Delbridge was the next witness. He tes- tified as to the arrangement of the house of his mother. The house had eight or nine rooms. A hall divided the house. A diagram of the house was declared to be correct by the witness. The diagram was shown the jury. The witness ident- flied the rooms occupied by Ralph Arm strong and Miss Allie Armstrong. The witness saw Ralph Armstrong at his gin house Thursday afternoon before the shooting. Ralph took supper with the witness and afterwards went to Mrs. E. E. Delbridge's house. He next saw Ralph Friday night at his mothers. Ralph was drunk.
 The witness with Ralph and Miss Allie Armstrong went into the sitting room be- fore supper. A few minutes afterwards supper was announced. Ralph did not eat anything. After supper all three went pack into the sitting room which was occupied by Allie as a bedroom. Allie went back to the dining room to clear up the supper table. The witness did not know where Nellie Armstrong was.
 The witness and Ralph went out to the lot where Ralph had hidden q pint bottle of whiskey. Ralph drank all the whiskey.
 They went back into the sitting room. The witness remained in the room a few minutes. Allie came in and shortly aI- forwards the witness left. The sitting room door was left open. Witness left the house and went home. The witness met Ralph in the road after the shooting.
 On cross examination, Solicitor Brewer asked MT. Delbridge:
 Did you not tell John Lyons of OpeEka in the sitting room of your mothers house the Sunday following the shooting that when you met Ralph in the road he said. T have Killed Allie and am damn glad of it?''
 T did not" replied the witness
 The witness was asked if he and his mother had not taken a deep interest in behalf of Ralph Armstrong. He replied "No"
 Did not you and your mother keep any one from seeing Miss Allie while she was lingering between life and death?'
 The State objected. but not before the witness had answered in the negative.
 Ralph Armstrong Called
 At this juncture Ralph Armstrong, the prisoner, was called to the stand. He was on the stand only a few minutes. The defense closed with this evidence.
 Pete Connor of Tuskegee was called by the State to testify as to a statement made him by Ralph Armstrong while in the Macon County jail. The witness testified that Ralph Armstrong had told him in the jail Sunday following the shooting that he had been drinking. but was not drunk the night of the shoot ing. The defense objected to the testi- mony, but the objection was overruIed.
 The witness was severely cross-examin- ed by MT. Barnes for the defense. but no change was made in the statement.
 Depty Sheriff George Lamar swore that Peter Connor had been admitted to the jail at the request of Ralph Armstrong. Armstrong had requested the witness to bring MT. Connor to the jail to see him. Armstrong had told the witness to allow those he named to see him and none other.
 The witness who brought Armstrong from Notasulga to Tuskegee, testified to remark made by the prisoner while they were in the buggy on the road to Tuske- gee.
 ''I asked him." said the witness, "how did this thing happen?" He replied. Tt was an accident"
 J. s. Ramsey, of Notasulga, testified that he had seen Ralph Armstrong on the afternoon of the shooting, about 5 o'clock III the afternoon. He was not drunk then. Armstrong was in buggy at Notasulga and had asked the witness to take a drink, an invitation the witness declined
 The witness had seen Armstrong the morning following the shooting and he was sober then.
 On cross examination Mir. Barnes asked the witness if he had not taken a great interest in the case and if he had not ad- vised the Solicitor as to the selection of certain of the jurors. The Wyifness re- piled that he had not A snirited col loquy between the witness and Mr Rarpes aroused considerable laughter. Tudoa Denson reproved the disorder of tbe crowd. '''
 Was Glad of the Killing
 J. B. Lyons. of Opelika, testified that James Delbridge had on the Sn,da,- ,S.at morning following the shooting ,n tbe house of Mrs. Delbridge told him tbat when Ralph Armstrong met him in tbe road directly after the shooting ba said I've shot Allie and I'm damn glad of if ,'
 Jesse Zachary on the stand said that he had seen Ralph Armstrong about half an hour before sun down on the evening Of the shooting. He was drinking, but was not drunk. Armstrog was in a bu1- gy belonging to the witness.
 William Malone swore that he saw Ralph Armstrong at clock on the Fri