Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-28
when he went hunting on pulliam'.


farm.
In answer 10 question, the wit
ness said that he applied to the Met.
roEolitan Insurance Company for life
insurance. but later decided not to
take out the policy.
Did it for Wlmbush.
Then the witness went ON to say
that he was talking about insurance
at the shipyard and Willie Wimbush
said that that was just what he
wanted" Winbush said that he
wanted Il policy, but wanted It fixed
SO that his wife. from whom he was
separated, could not &c, the money in
case OF his death. He asked Daven-
port to act as his uncle and have the
policy made payable to him. He
Wimbush, could have the beneficiary
changed later. but in case of his death
Davenport should collect the insur
ancc and divide it with Wimbush'
children. He arranged to have the
policy written and the name Wilt
Thomas was used. Wimbush paid the
first one dollar aud gave the witness
the rest of the quarterly premium to
take to the insurance Office.
WAS Scared to Death"
On cross examination Newsomc
asked the witness TO state why H.
wrote To Rose Baglcy aud another
negro asking them TO testify that he
was at their house on the night oi
The murder until $50 o'clock, when
he had stated ON the stand that he
was reading AT his own home at :,
O'Clock. Davenport replied that he
was scared nearly to death in jail
and did not know what he was writ
ing.
When asked how he knew tina;
there was dead man at tho corner
when he had not been nearer than
two blocks to the spot, the witness
said he saw some people in the field
and Just supposed they were looking
for something like that.
Not Relation.
Nv "'Nii'FS Hdiu il'iidS NdS lION
related IN him, but was Il close friend.
For this reason Inc went TO the under.
takers To sec about having the body
buried. He did not know why VIM.
bush had the name Willie Thomas
put in the life Insurance policy. He
admitted telling Mr.. Harris that he
was Thomas nephew. but denied
that he told The undertaken that the
dead man was his nephew or that h.
had an insurance policy upon the
life Of the deceased
He denied positively that he saw
Jesse Booker at ~ minutes to II
O'Clock and told him that man
had been killed or had committed
suicide. In answer TO ii question from
| Mr.. Collier the witness said thar
the unknown man he met while re-
turning from the doctors Office was
! Jesse Booker.
Had Visited New House.
Davenport said that he and Thorn
as visited his new house two Sun.
days in succession before Thomas
was killed.
Examined by Mr.. Il; S. Robinson
Davenport said that he tried TO get
Ncwsomc to defend him. but that the
latter wanted s. and he did not have
| il To pay
The witness told of the trouble he
had with Johnson. He said that
Thomas had been going to sec Car
ric johnson when Sam Johnson was
away on II vessel.
Mr.. Robinson on Stand.
Mr. L. S. Robinson went on the
| stand TO testify that he, in company
! with Mr.. Collier and Mr. r.. J. Chris
| tian walked from Davenport's home
| To the new house at Thirty.sixth
street and Oak avenue and back to
| the scene of the murder last Sunday
| afternoon. 1t took just 81 minutes
| To make the trip.
w. A. S. Adams had not been found
when Mr.. Robinson left the stand So
court adjourned until 9 O'Clock this
morning
In spite OF the terrific storm which
ragged yesterday the court room was
crowded all day.