The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-12
state, weren't you?" he asked.
yes, sir" replied Sims.
Three IlOdffords on stand

yes, sir" replied Sims.
| Three DOdifOrds on stand.
H. D. Bedford, then his wife and.
at the beginning of the night session,
| George Bedford. were put on the
stand in the order named to tell about
! Potters visit to their house on the day
| that Bourquin was killed, about lend
| ing him a gun, and afterward about
giving him the turnips that he and his
witnesses state were brought to the
| city on his wheel. Each of the wit
| nesses were questioned closely as to
a sick child, that H. D. Bedford
stated had kept him in the house on
/ the day that the homicide occurred.
The testimony Of w. z. Bennett,
given at the former trial was read,
Bennett being no longer a resident of
this state. then f. NJ. Pitman was
called and gave substantially the same
testimony. Jesse Forgerson, a negro
shoemaker, told of having lent Pot
ter the wheel that Potter made the trip
to Bodifords house on. and swore IS
to the time the wheel was returned.
r. P. McGrath said that Potter had
been in his yard on the day of the
killing, between 1880 and l O'Clock.
and that he was then without a wheel.
Defense's New Witness.
Martin Chambers. whose affidavit,
made after the former trial, was in
strumental in securing a new trial for
Potter was sworn and made substan-
TALLY the following statement, elected
by questions from Judge Twiggs:
On the morning of Sunday when
Bourquin was killed, in company with
John L. Card he rode his wheel to the
Horn place to see it with a view of
either renting or buying it. He left the
Central depot at 1870 o'clock. city
time and on the way out he and his
friend met a number of people on the
road, among them w. ]. Potter, who
was then near the five-mile post, COM
ing toward the city, and had a bunch
of green's tied to his wheel.
He did not know that the man was
Potter, but near the conclusion of the
former trial he had read in the news
paper Potter's statement about meet
ing two men on wheels, he became in
terested and came to the Court House
while the trial was going on. There he
had seen Potter and recognized him
as the man they had met on the road
with the green's tied to his wheel.
Telling further of the visit to the
Horn place the witness said he and
Card had stopped at a house for
drink of water and then discovered that
they had gone beyond the road they
tination, had gone back to the right
road and crossed the railroad track,
leading their wheels as it would have
been impossible to ride them across
the track.
They were surprised to find a rail-
road at that place and so stood on the
track, looked carefully at the place,
after looking in both directions for
trains, then went on to the Horn place
TO-
about 2 o'clock. While there
he had heard number of
shots in rapid succession, fired in the
direction of the Dean Forest road and
somewhat to the right of the crossing
they had passed. In coming home the
trip had been made over the same roads
and across the railroad, but neither of
the travellers had glanced up or down
the track.
In response to questions witness
said that when he and Card first cross
ed the track had a dead man been any
where in the vicinity of where Fred
Taylor's body was found, he could not
have failed to notice it. When he
heard that Bourquin had been killed
he thought that it might have been
at the time that he and Card had
heard the shots, but when he spoke of
the matter to a Mr.. Christian, who
stayed III lIe HOuSe WIFI AlAAl bAtc1N
man had told him that he was in
different locality at the time he heard
the shots from that in which Bour-
quin was killed.
After the trial, during which he
had recognized Potter he had gone to
Judge Twiggs' office and told him of
the matter. To satisfy himself that
the body of Taylor could not have
been on the track at the time that he
crossed it in the morning, he and Card
had gone Back to the place and Card
had laid down on the track in the
place where the body had lain while
he had stood on the crossing. From
the crossing he could see Card as
plainly as one could see a man in the
street. That had satisfied him that
he could not have failed to see Tay-
lor's body had it been on the track
when he first crossed it.
Wouldn't Help States Case.
Solicitor Osborne made a cross-ex-
animation, but the witness would admit
nothing that he was not forced to by
repeated questioning. 1t was elected,
however, that Mr.. Osborne had asked
witness to call to see him, request
that was ignored. witness remaining
away until he was Subpoenaed to ap-
pear before the grand jury, when the
solicitor questioned him in his own Of
nee, anu Udu lllG CAdtttAlieiblOAl
geographically by Mr.. John NJ.
Thomas The statement then made
was read to witness by Mr.. Osborne.
| 1t developed that c. ] Wall, whom
the solicitor asked witness if he didn't
know was actively interested in the
case on Potter's behalf, is a relative of
witness wife and that he was with
Chambers and Card when they went
to the track the second time, to try
the experiment of viewing body from
| the crossing.
Judge Twiggs went on the stand. and
| told the jury that Chambers had re-
| fused to visit the solicitor at his di-
rection and request. John l.. Card
was put on the stand, but had given
hut 2 short statement, corroborative of
Chambers. when recess of court was
| taken until this morning, when he will
| conclude his statement.
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