The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-09
NEWTON IS ON TRIAL
MAN WHO KILLED SAM LACY IN
 ELMORE COUNTY.
History of . Crime Which Was the
 Cause of Much Excitement at
 The Time of It's 0c-

Wetumpka, Nov. S.--tSpecial. )--The case of Harry Newton, the ex-convict, who is charged with the murder of smse 1s isos came acy yp 'f for trfal today. Both sides announced ready.
 The night of the killing Harry New New ton met MT; t, Lacy n in the pion p40nc which oa is situated about two miles south oI Wetumpka. Newton insisted on Lacy going to his home. MT; Lacy ,nH was per er- gro man and a boy accompanied them Newton is said to have seen drinking and after reaching eis fsr home tss e,,rbose Dosc on all taking drink.
 After. being at the house for some little time, Newton, 1t Is alleged, se- cured his gun and began shooting reck- | lessly, breaking lighted lamp which set the bureau on fire. The men ex- shooting a quarrel is said to have | started between Newton and Lacy, Newton commanding Lacy to put down had. The negroes became Frightened a desperate encounter was likely to ! occur.
 All of these incidents took place in a room adjoining the one in which Mir. Lacy's dead body was found and in | which, from the blood besmeared floor, he must have been killed. Newton went by the home of Judge H. J. Lancaster and told him that he had killed Sam Lacy, but Judge Lam eS eSer. r Crowd % was IS gathered and on going to Newton's cabin. they found ! the dead body of Mir. Lacy with sev- seral' cuts about the neck neck and with with Nearby was found a bloody axe with which the desperate deed had been done.
 Sam F. Lacy was a brother of W. F. Lacy. a successful merchant, and prom inent in all the affairs of this com munity. His slayer, Harry Newton, es- citing two days chase, Sheriff Robbins means of the rural telephone. ,o ceration in jail. several events have | transpired of rather an exciting na- ture. Once he was carried to Mont attacked the jailer as the latter opened the door to bring him food. Once Newton and another man planned an tive had not a fellow prisoner in- formed the authorities that they spent the the greater portion of each night were found to have been sawn through.
 Since Newton's trial before Judge Winter in 1904. several deaths have oc- cured of persons interested in the Supreme Court were in Judge Winters hands awaiting signature at the time OL lHe JuuBe Suuuen uealn f1OH. J. R. Wood of Tuskegee, who has passed to the great beyond, represented the defense in that trial.
 | Death has also claimed Mir Carlton, an aged man of this community, who was an important witness for the State.
 The whole of the afternon session of court today was spent in the selection of jury.
 The case of Wilson Alexander on trial for rape. an account of which ap- pears in today's Advertiser, was con cluded. The tIry giving Alexander the same sentence he received before, ten years. Inasmuch as he had served on his former sentence two years, he is in a more unfortunate position than he was before the habeas corpus proceed ings.
 Court adjourned this morning at II o'clock and B. B. Conner addressed an audience which displayed considerable enthusiasm He stated that owing to efforts which he had put forth the rate on branch line has been reduced and that after January 1st those of his audience who rode from Wetumpka to Elmore would only pay three cents a mile. This statement was received with applause
 His audience numbered perhaps one hundred and fifty or two hundred.