The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-01-19
1aE MURRAY TRIAL Ar plldAa
nesses - Testify ard II VIII es
Wednesday c. TksssesT esssrs re
Case Reaches the Jurr.

Durham. wsea cozsFt al
iournei ,hsa afteraoon 81 c'slcck.
carly adtoarnmeu, teing tsksn n Of
der TO slIow Judge PEBBLES opportunity
Of so!ag up so Hlllshoro 90 The astsF-
nom train 10 srsnd Sunday wi,h als
das ghter. TIE defence In the W Il
Murray iioHi.i.e cssa was po~hrFe
nesT the end ~ ,,s evidence.
During the day tseEty -ots witnesssz
were examined. nine beins sNorn aad
s&smined this aIteru0ga. I}r. X -
johnson. Who appeared On ire sesu4
tuEt at The cl6se cf TIE fatal nsht. and
who held the autopsy. Hss the last
witness called. His examination vas
not completed and he will be the lFst
one 10 be called Monday morning. II
II LOW evifeat that the case all aos
end before Wednesday ar Thursday ~
Text week. The defence wi!i not isst
tsefore some tine Monday afternoon
fLd then there viii he rebu,tal Icsli-
rronr. TIE state has much evidence
~ introduce yet. This aill take untii
tuesday. The argument Of counsel
3Ed charge ot Judge PEBBLES will taks
all OF two days. That will make Il
late Thursday afternoon before he
case can reach the jury. II may be
POSSIBLE to get the case - the jury by
Wednesday, but not earlier than IL al
time.
lntercJt In the trial of this case ctn-
tinues a, the same hign Pitch as has
been manifest s.nca IL was called. This
afte, noon the court roo WIS packed
10 the do6rs and every attention was
given 20 what the witnesses had to
say. During the afternoon eess!ol
nine witnesses testified. There was 10
new feature IN the testimony. IL was
along the same line as that introtug Ell
this morning. IL is understood that The
defence has some twenty o. thirty Wit
sssas to introduce before the end o'
Il e trial.
Tho State vii. rety much on what
these witnesses say as To the number
IT, be introduced. II Is said that the
State is saving some OF its hest vt
| nesses until the last. Just what tscto
Is in this cannot be learned.
Judge PEBBLES ISSUED instructions
| that the jury be looked after and ca e
/ for. and that papers he kept from them
| and that they cannGt be taken e
! church. IF they go TO church sad
! the Judge. the preacher may take o.
! caEion 20 preach on homicide or some
/ thing of that sort and 1t would not b.
right. If they read papers they Will &C
the expression o: some person, and tha
| would have a tendency to prejrGic'
them Give them comforts" he said
| and allow them all the Bibles thel
! want. but keep everything else from
them and do not allow them to talk {,
! any person
The defendant is showing the s.raiI
! under which he has been sabjecte
since the trial began. In the court room
I tfrnU oaTu anu IreuU-uTIy cOn51it
with his lawyers. but lie looks haggar,
and careworn. This afternoon while DR.
johnson was telling OF the autopsy an
describing TO the jury the range OF tn
fatal bullet, the widow ct the deceased
who has been present at every session
ot the court since the case was called
leaned over on the table In front Of he
and scbbed. Each day she has bcer
attended by her sister, tdrs. Duke. tn
two sitting close by the lawyers for ta
State
Yesterday morning the eviienc
given was more or less against III
prisoner: today the reverse is true TIL
defendants witnesses are now tellin
what they Know aout the tragedy an
tn sum up the progress made since tn
State rested Il case. the dofendan
las SHOWN by large number @: Wit
nesses that the deceased pulled h.
pistol and shot NJ the defendant. miss
ing his mark The fearful ftraggle On
sued. during which there were two CT e
shots. Then the final struggle ana ;h
lost shot, this being while both ne
had hold CT the pistol. From this evi
dence the fatal shot was more of an &C
sident = an otherwise.