The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-12

And then this child of 13 took the two children of her step-mother. both of whom were less than 1 years old and. one after the other. she rocked them. the frightened crying children. to sleep. And all the time she was playing the part of the little mother. she was alone in the house Of death, with two ghastly victims of the nights foul work. dying just out the door. John and Bob had gone on to summon the neighbors. Her younger brother. Agee, had lied to the cotton house to wait in fear the coming of the dawn. It was fearful story she told to ocme from lips so young q
 J. B. Stewart. the yung man who yF put in jail for talking to special jy< z of the case was released by Judgx& Ter late Friday night. MT. rt before adjournment. The judge said that he had viewed and considered q petition signed by 122 good citizens testifying to the young mans good character and high standing. The judge declared that he would not bear with any thing that looked li--e inter- fering with jury. MT. stewart had done wrong in talking of the case to special jurors. but he thought two days in jail sufficient punishment.
 Those who signed the petition of Mir. Stewart declared that they believed him when he said he did not know that he was talking to special jurors. that they knew him to be a good citizen
 When the mrning session began the State had completed its case with the exception of one witness. W. A. Me- Kinney, who had been recalled.
 MT. Mckinney testified that the night before the murder he saw Jim Andrews with roll of bills in gray sack. He told the witness that he was expecting his son John. and it John came there would be hell to pay"
 Cross examined by MT. Miller the witness said old man Andrews told him he intended to get rid of his present wife.
 Bob Andrews Testihes.
 The defense in beginning its side of the case introduced Bob Andrews broth CT of and co-defendant with John An drews. but who had not yet been placed on trial. Clarence Andrews came for the witness the Friday night to go to his fathers home At his fathers home Bama told the witness that old man Jim had been drinking and she thought he was going crazy. During a quarrel that morning Rama started to leave home. but that the old man told her if she went away he would Kill her. The old man told him to send telegram to John to come on the next train without fail and he gave him the money to pay for the telegram.
 The witness met the train that night at Schuster and went to the home of their father. The old man was sitting on the bed. but he got up and dressed. After John had some supper, which An nie gave him. the old man motioned 10 his two sons to sit down on the bed by his side and talked to them.
 -seThe old man said there was going to be hell to pay there that night" said the witness. He said he had tried to live with Bama and to live In peace with her, but he couldn't do it and he was going to get shed of her that very night Father was nearly drunk.
 we all went into the next room and father told Bama that # she hadn't have been on the back porch with q man that night at McWfllianls he would never have been arrested Bafna tried to say something. but he stopped her. John and me got up to go out. Pa told me to take the baby away from Bama. but went on Nike I didn't hear him. Annie got the bapy and come on with me and John and the other cfii- dren. When we got about fifteen steps down the railroad we heard the first shot John ran lack to the house, but I walked along behind. When got to the yard found Rama on the RTOuuu QCtAQs buL Rd was WAihlhS towards the house. but he fell
 John went for a doctor and I sat down on the doorsteps."
 He denied that he or his brother had taken the sack of mc~y from the dead body of his father and he denied that he had stopped down by the body of his stepmother saying, 'd-- you, I wish you could feel it." He contra dicted the testimony of AEee and Annie in all ftE essential details
 In his cross examination Colonel Quarles produced the testimony that Bob Andrews gave before the coroner's jury and pointed out contradictions be- tween the two statements made by the witness.
 Trouble at AEcHiIiiams.
 Charlie McLain swore he lived about sixty feet from the house in which Jim Andrews lived in at McwiIliams before he moved to Schuster Some days be- fore Andrews moved the witness walked one night while shooting was going on at Andrews's house. Bama Andrews and her mother ran into the house of the witness in their night clothes. Old man Andrews was arrested and put in the calaboose.
 About the 1st of November old man Andrews took a pistol out Of the shop of the witness. It was 32-calibre imitation Smith & wesson pistol. On cross examination the pistol of Jim Andrews was produced by the State and identified as the pistol of Jim Andrews by the witness. This pis- tol was 3S-calibre Smith & Wesson and was not the pistol taken from the store of the witness by the old man. H. II. Dale testified as to old man Andrews drinking and shooting 8 num- Der of times one night short time before he moved away from Mcwil- Hams.
 Miss Ella Andrews, full sister of John and Bob Andrews. and who lives with her mother at Laurel Miss. was the next witness. On the evening of December 2 her father. Jim Andrews, told her at Mcwilliams that Bama had caused him lot of trouble. He had bought a place at Schuster, he said and he was Going to get shet of her if he had to kill her He was drunk at the time.
 Miss Ida Andrews. full sister of the defendant told of the arrival of Martha Andrews. sister of James Andrews | the Sunday following the murder Mar tha Andrews has been charged by the 1 State as the principal mover in the prosecution and according to the tes- | timony of the witness. Martha Andrews went into the room where the dead body of Jim Andrews lay. She de- | manded of Annie and Aggie Andrews | who had done the iced. They said they 1 didn't know. that they were down the l railroad track with John and Bob and didn't see it. She grabbed them by 1 the shoulder and shook them. saying | You do know who did 1t: you know l Bob and John did fl. There was mo- body else here to do 1t and you've got g .NR