The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-12
THE NEWS OF MOBILE
Advertiser Bureau,

-. s.~,'. Mobile, July II.
 At 9:30 o'clock tonight the jury in the case of The State vs John Ellis asked for supper. after being out since 630 This was taken as an indication that no verdict would be reached to- night Solicitor Webb closed his ar gument shortly after o'clock. The Judge was long in charging the jury and at 6:30 they retired. The argu- ments pro and con. were masterly and listened to by an immense audience. verdict Is not looked for until morn Ing
 Never, perhaps, in the history of the criminal end of the City Court. since Judge O. J. Semmes assumed the wig, has there been as much interest mani- fested in a case as has been evinced In that of the State of Alabama vs. John Ellis. indicted and placed on trial yes | terday morning for murder. His victim was Frank Joullan. q well | known Mobilian who, according to the statements of witnesses placed on the | stand last night. testified that he was | of a desperate and turbulent nature and | one who was quarrelsome. Ellis, the | defendant, railroad contractor. was, | at the time of the shooting of Joullian. engaged in filling a contract for cross | ties for the Mobile. Jackson and Kansas | City Railroad. + Letters testimentary
 
 | the defense. On the stand Ellis did | not deny shooting Joullian. though. he | declared, up to the time of his arrest the same night, he knew not if he had | hit the man, much less inflicted fatal | wound.
 The wife, son and daughter of the de- fendant came to Mobile Sunday night, as noted in The Advertiser, from the Indian Territory and were present dur | ing a major part of the proceedings. | The wife of the dead man. clad in sombre attire. was also in the room.
 This morning Solicitor Webb opened for the State. beginning at l0:30 o'clock | and concluding the opening argument | shortly before noon. He was follow ! ed by J. W. McAlpine. of the defense who, in his prescntment of the facts, | made an earnest plea to the jury At | the conclusion of his remarks q recess was taken and at the reconvening of tic court, Hon F. M. Robinson, for the defense made, as the hearers declared. the talk of talks of his life. Solicitor i Webb closed for the State, the judge phase necessary and the jury retired to deliberate - I J. w. Cowrat, a white man, engaged i,. business at the northwest corner of Conception and Selma Streets, was ar
 rested late last night by policemen, l charged with assault 10 rape.a
 Lillie Smith, d youthful negress. was complainant. The case was called be-
 fore Recorder McAleer this morning and continued, the court ordering
 COwart held without bail and the com
 painant to be subjected to surgical eX-
 animation.
 Tonight in his special car Col. E. l..
 Russell, Vice Preside2t of the NJ. and
 O. Railroad. left for Verona, Miss" his
 old home. With him were General
 Manager F. V. Taylor, Freight Traffic
 Manager Haiden Miller, General Agent
 J. T. Poe, Secrctary-Tre1surer Henry
 Tacon, Auditor w. s. Cooke, Genera
 Passenger Agent J. NJ. Beall. Superln-
 tendent of Transportation Horace w
 Clarke, Foreign Freight Agent J. 5.
 Taylor, Superintendent C. A. Pigford ol
 the Mobile Division, Superintendent F. l w. Moore of the St. Louis Division, Su-
 perintendcnt of Motive Power G. S'
 Mckee. Trainmaster G. l.. Hungerforc
 of the Jackson Okolona Division Henry
 Martin. Trainmaster of the Mobile Dl'
 vision; II Hatcher, Colonel Russell
 secretary; Marion Wise, Secretary t' General Manager Taylor. and Messrs | E. B. Boone. Max Hamburger Jr, an' J. B Frazer.
 Colonel Russell's trip to Verona IS | the invitation of the townspeopie O l that city, the home of his childhood
 the place from which he went forth t'
 fight as a boy, for the stars and Bars
 of the Confederacy; the place where n d wooed and won the lamented helpmat k !wha cheered and urged him to grea