The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13
EVANS TRIAL
ON WEDNESDAY
MUST ANSWER TO CHARGE
OF SHOOTING "DoC- RosENTHAL
WITH INTENT To MURDER

ENahs DENIES SHOOTING During the
ARRAY Two Loaded RevoIvers
Were Found at Time in Adjoining
ROOm-JudEe Cam Assigned Cases
Against RosenthaI and OdeIl,
Charged With Gambling, for same
Day-Au OutgrOwth of Doss shoot
ing Anray-FOur other Murder
Cases Assigned.
On Wednesday the last OF the cases
remaining as the outgrowth of the
shooting ARRAY in the Congress Club
early in December, as a result of which
James Doss and Thomas Reynolds
were killed, will be heard in the Su-
perior Court
The most important OF these is the
case gainst Nat Evans, charged with
assault with intent to murder. Evans
was in the employ of Doss at the time
the shooting occurred, and on that
night occupied the lookout chair. JUL
ius Rosenthal, one of the players, was
shot in the hip. 1t is this injury which
Evans is charged with infiicting. Ev-
ans denies that he shot at all during
the ARRAY. while Rosenthal swears that
his injury was received from a re-
volver In the hands of Evans. Two
revolvers, which, it is claimed, have
been identified as the property of Ev-
ans, were found by the detectives in
a room adjoining the gambling room.
On the same day the case against
Julius Rosenthal and Charles Odell,
nh xzfft1
The case against Odell has already
been once before the court. but re-
suited in a mistrial. The case against
Rosenthal was postponed from the De-
cember term to the March term, on
evidence adduced to show that i'll
health prevented the defendant from
appearing for trial
Case Against Henry Greene.
The case against Henry G. Greene,
charged with assault with intent to
murder, was yesterday assigned by
Judge Cam for trial on April IL.
Unusual interest attaches to this case
owing to the circumstances under
which the shooting occurred.
Patrolman Collins had arrested
Greene and counter charges were filed
against the officer by Greene. The
hearing was set to take place before
| Mayor Myers in his office in the City
Exchange. No attorneys were allowed
either side.
During the course of the hearing
Collins was asking Greene questions
which had been written in advance.
One of these questions so enraged
| Greene that, without warning, he drew
a revolver and shot the officer. Col
Inns reached for his revolver. but be-
| fore he could draw it, others in the Of
flee had interfered and prevented fur
| ther injury.
The prominence of the defendant, as
well as the unusual circumstances at
tending the case, will make this one of
the most interesting of all the criminal
cases assigned for the March term.
other Cases Assigned.
Besides these two cases four murder
cases have been assigned for this term
| of the court. The case of the state
against Eddie Wallace is assigned for
| Friday.
The case against Benjamin F. Dick
erson, charged with the murder of his
wife, is set for April II. Dickersor
claims that he only whipped his wife
with a switch. and that he could not
thus have inflicted the injuries which
proved fatal. The dying testimony oi
Mrs. Dickerson, in which she accused
| her husband of her death, and the
marks and bruises on her body, con-
| tradict the statements of the defend
| amt.
Dickersons little son was a witness
| to the trouble in which Mrs. Dicker-
son was injured. and he will probably
appear as a witness for the state
against his father.
Henry Martin. charged with the MUIR
| der of Tebe Gardner at Snyder, will
| be tried on April 13.
Walter Lloyd. Willie Bland. Willie
| Jenkins and Willie Ferrebee. indicted
for the murder of Wylly Jones or
| Christmas night, will be placed or
| trial on April IA.
Besides these cases a large number
| of criminal cases were assigned by
| Judge Cam yesterday. The calendar
runs through the month of April.