The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-12
nor showed a decided tendency

NOR showed a decided tendency to
giggle.
Richard Kelly, colored, who claims
to be 10 years old, was the next wit
ness. He told of the distance from his
house to the various points that figure
in the trial; said he had heard the
hunters after deer; that an hour after
deer and dogs had crossed the railroad
cut headed for Pipemaker Swamp he
had heard five shots, three small
shots, then two loud Ones" and that
shortly afterward his wife, Candace
Kelly, who had been gathering wood
near the railroad, came running into
the house. He was not allowed to tell
what his wife had told him at this
stage.
Held Watch on Witness.
In the cross-examination Judge
Twiggs was anxious to know how long
it was after the shooting had been
heard before the woman came into the
house. The witness replied between
and 10 minutes.
Let us see what sort of judge of
time you are, said Judge TwiggS, TAX
ing out his watch.
"The shooting is going on now" said
the attorney to witness as he show
ed the time to the solicitor, then wait
ing for awhile he asked:
Nov how long has it been?"
Five or ten minutes" came the ans
wer.
"Wen it hasn't, its been just one
minute" said the examiner showing his
watch tc MIR. Osborne before he re-
turned it to his pocket.
Kelly was Intercepted at length as
to his various statements at the for
mer trial. Some of the things said
then ne admitted readily while a num-
Der of others he denied. There was
some sparring between Judge Twiggs
and Mr. Osborne as to the propriety of
admitting as evidence what Candace
Kelly had told her husband Immediate
ly after reaching the house. During
this sparring Kelly took the lveliest in
terest in the proceedings, watched each
speaker in turn, nodded his head sagely
though the question at issue was one
of legal technicality, and chuckled to
himself and slapped his knee between
times.
Candace Kelly, Richards wife, and
the only witness, who claims to have
been an eyewitness of the killing, fol-
lowed her husband on the stand. She
told her story which is familiar one,
and then underwent a most searching
cross-examination at the hands of
Judge Twiggs.
She admitted that she had at first
denied that she had seen the killing
because, as she explained, she feared
that some one would kill her If she
told. In telling how the shots were
fired she said that three were fired very
close together by Potter. and the other
two by the other man. After she had
replied to question the attorney asked
her TO repeat II as he wanted the jury
TO hear the answer.
"Well amt they heard It," the old
woman asked ENORMOUSLY.
As in the case of her husband she
denied so many of the statements
given in her former testimony that lat
err. when the state had rested it's case,
rot only was Kelly put back on the
stand by the defense, but Judge Twiggs
read to the jury the former testimony
of both Kelly and his wife.
All Evidence Destroyed.
The most sensational testimony Of
the session was that of Mr.. E. w.
O'Connor who. after testifying to dis
tances between various places. stated
that he had visited the scene of the
killing again last Sunday. and that the
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