The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-12-15

regard to LOOKING for Mr.. WeD6 ut thu
station and at the corner of Broad ant
Spruce streets and elsewhere IN REGARD
to going C. the home of MIS- black
man, and in regard 10 the arrangement
to meet at Papa place for dinner
That Rountree told him II want Il
find Mr.. WebO and get rid of MIS-
Reaves and tnen II ne foot loose.
| Witness lett ROuntree and Mis-. heaves
on Church street about Twelve o cIocE
and did NOT sea them any more while
they we're in Nashville.
CROSS. EXAMINED.
The witness sAld ne knew how to
go to a city directory and md the al
dIe ss of anyone living In Nashville.
DID not remember tnat either or them
told him Mr.. and Mrs. WeDD wSfe 20
sCay az Mrs. iaylOr's that night, and
probably would not nave tnUught OF
going 10 the city directory TO ma her
address. If they mad.
MR.. LUCIUS P. BROWN,
of Nashville, was called and testified
as to the standing, character and abil-
ity of DR.. j. W. MalIet, of the Uni
versiIy of Virginia. Said he was one
of the most prominent chemists and
scientist IN tine world. Testified as
to Dr.. Mallett physical CONDITION and
rs 10 his eyesight. Witness testified
that he MAD recently made test by
applying benzine to human blO0u AMI
that toe DenZine nau practically
no chemical action on the Ul0od. he
WAS questioned ana cross questioned at
considerable length as 10 the AGILITY
of DIR. MallatG to discover blood nau 1t
been i'll the samples sent nlnI, ana also
Ls to the ability OF Dr.. Louis Leroy
and the various tests made by them.
Questioned by MIR. Garner as TO DR.. lie.
roy 8 reputation as chemist, witness
stated that "he had none, SO far as
know"
MISS FLORENCE BLACkMAN
of meta, was the next witness. said
she 10 ,eived message on the day of
the killing from Mrs. Reaves in regard
to flowers tor the funeral. mat she
wrote a note to know what kind of de-
sign was wanted and that che received
an answer by PAT Robertson from MI.
Rouutlee IN regard 10 the matter.
Testified as to the good reL utation and
cnaIacCer of the defendant before the
killing, ana also as to the good chaIac
ter and verAcity OF Miss Magic Lou
Ragsdale.
SMITH DALTON,
". W. Stanley and j. NJ. Choate were
mem bers OF the coroner's jury, which
Investigated the killing of John Reaves
Their iestimoy was al practically the
same. They etateo that henIy Thomp
k,af
that he was not positive anout the coat
RuuntIee had on at the lodge, but was
under the impression tnaU it was a
dark coat. mat Miss Maggie Lou
Ragsdale testihed herOre the July that
sne was positive that Kountree mad on
the grey vest, out was not sure ABOUT.
wnas coat ne wore or did not know
what coat ne wore. They did not
remember seeing Miss Maggie Lou
RBgsdale go to the window and say
There is Buddy now with the very
suit on he wore last night Tney
testlhed as to the good character OF
Mr.. Thompson, Miss Ragsdale and also
as to tine good character OF RountIee.
previous to the killing of Reaves.
Friday Afternoon. VISA
VAL En- DO L.
Lives one mile from the Reaves
home Testified that he met Henry
thompson at the McMeen mines,
few Gays after the murder, and had a
conversation win him aOout the kill
my; that Thompson stated to him then
tnat ne would not De positive but he
(Tnomps0n) thought Rountree had on
dark coat at the lodge tnat night.
Asked in regard 10 the statement of
Mr.. Thompson IN regard to his Bur
nett's) calling hun out at Kittrell's
store since tie last trial, witness said
he dld have sucn conversation with
Thompson. and that he told Thompson
he would apologize to him ii ne mad
Done MIN any wong. That Inomp-
son and he had previously had two
conversations ABOUT the killing, before
the last thai, and that it was in the
last convention that thompson told
witness ne coul1n t talk. -
CALVIN DODD.
Lives a mile and a hair from the
Reav,s home and was there the morn
ing after tine killing, saw trail of
blood, but did not STE anything to lndi
cate whl,h way the boIy n I'd been car
rIed, from the IOnt gate 10 the barn
gate, or III the other ulIectIon. saw
EIoOd on a rock near threeher shed.
Witness had no particular conversation
with Cox, tnat witness remem oere0
Testified as 10 the theory ne offered
tne morning If the killing. Tod mis-
theory to several, among them, R0un-
tiee. Witness stated the theory he
gave, and that theory was practically
the same as repDrte0 by DR.. Cox as
advanced by tine defendant, on tha day
OF The KILLING. Witness stated that he
the theory before Rountree
or anyone else did, and that he (Dddd) |
was the fist to say anything about the
thresheI sheet and was sure he told |
Rountree of his theory in regard to o
WOUNDED man being carried away
in it. Witness sald that he
and Elmer Reaves went together to
look for the sheet, but did not find it.
and it was not found that cay. Wit
ness heard no one else advance the
theory THAT is that keaves had teen
killed by two or three Or en- a: the barn
gate and that Reaves wounded one Of
them) but himself.
DIR. T. A. Wharton, of Columbia,
graduate of the University of Virginia,
u.a an ohor xrafnoCo for Of