The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-25
CASE
 IS BEING HEARD Miss Cumie Paris on Trial for Concealed Weapons SIXTEEN CASES ARE SET Witnesses Testify as to coroner's Good Character In Rebuttal to
 Testimony introduced
 Thursday.
SIXTEEN CASES ARE SET

The several cases growing out of the
 Colley-Paris controversy over the crops
 on certain lands at Green Springs. were
 resumed yesterday in the second division
 of the criminal court. Judge Dan A.
 Greene presiding. Charges and counter
 charges have been made Nin this inter-
 family muddle, and sixteen cases growing out of it are set for hearing in the courts.
 The court room was filled with people yesterday afternoon and almost every cit- izen of Green Springs had been summon ed to appear on one side or the other After number of witnesses. introduced by Coroner Paris to testify as to his good character, had testified, the case against Miss Cumie Paris. charged with carrying concealed weapon, was taken up. After several witnesses on both sides had been examined the court adjourned to convene this morning at 9:30 o'clock. The testimony yesterday was amusing and times intensely interesting. The fea- ture of the testimony was the difference of opinion of the witnesses for the state and the defendant as to the position in which the pistol was carried. | Several prominent citizens from differ 1 ent parts of the county were introduced I by the attorneys for Coroner Paris to tes- | tify as to his good character, In rebuttal to the evidence offered by the Colleys | Thursday.
 | John Colley was the first witness called by the state in the concealed weapon case against Miss Cumie Paris.
 | He said:
 T had my gun drawn on Bill Paris and was ordering him not to cut the I corn off my land. when Miss Cumie Paris rushed out of her fathers house and drew | weapon on me-
 | On cross-examination he said he did not see the pistol in Miss Paris posses sion until she presented 1t on him. lie did not know where she got the weapon | from and where she had it concealed. 1 Mrs. John Colley testified as follows: .I saw Miss Cumie Paris rush out Of
 her house and draw a pistol on my nus hand She produced the weapon from under a light white coat which she was wearing at that time. I could not see the pistol until she had drawn it on MT Col | lev. In presenting the revolver she said, 1 You did think MT Colley that you were l the only one that had a pistol | Sam Wolf, witness for the state said: l "I was present on the afternoon that
 Miss Cumie Paries drew a pistol on MT. Colley. who was attempting to prevent Bill Paris from cutting the corn from , the field about which the dispute arose. l I did not see the pistol before Miss Paris drew it from the fold of her coat" l Mrs. w. D. Paris a witness for the defense said:
 | q followed my daughter, Cumie. to
 the field on the afternoon that MT. Colley
 had a pistol drawn on my son, William.
 She carried a pistol with her. but did not conceal 1t and held 1t in her right hand by
 her side until she came up to where MT. Colley and my son were standing Then
 she pointed the weapon at MT. Colley' | On cross-examiantion Mrs. Paris testi- 1 fled that she went to the house after l they started for the field to get an apron. but that she overlook her daughter before she reached the place where the trouble
 was occurring between MT. Colley and
 her son. She swore that the pistol her daughter carried was never concealed
 from view.
 Miss Gertrude Paris, a sister of the de- | fendant, said
 1 q accompanied my sister. Cumie, to the 1 field on the afternoon MT. Colley and my
 brother were having a dispute about the
 corn my father had cultivated. She car
 ried a pistol in her right hand which
 hung loosely by her side. MT. Colley had
 a pistol drawn on my brother and when
 my sister reached their side she presented
 the revolver she carired at MT. colley. al
 the same time saying: You are not the only one in this crowd that has pistol. J Miss Cumie Paris then took the stand in her own behalf she said
 'I saw MT. Colley have revolver drawn on my brother and procuring the pistol we keep in the house l went out to the field I carried the weapon in my right hand and when reached the scene held it on MT. Colley and said: You are not the only one that has pistol drop that gun or I will kill you
 l At the conclusion of Miss Paris testi mony Judge Greene announced that tht court would adjourn until s;so o'clock this