The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-19
BOWLING GETS BAIL
BOND OF WEST END MAN FIXED
AT d $50.
Judge Thomas Clears Court Room
While Revolving Testimony II
Given by Daughters of the
Carpenter.

AitcI nearing tasting ali Oh yeSter-
day, Judge W. II. Thomas of the City
noon, granted Eugene Bowling the
privilege of making a total bail of
$1.050 for his release from the County
jail. Bowling did not make the bond
last night but his counsel said Ii would
be made today
Judge Thomas held Bowling in two
cases to await the action of the, grand
jury. One of them charges incest while
the other charges an attempt at GRIM
Daisy Bowling and Dora Bowling. The
bond in the first case was placed at
$3.50, and in the second case at $500.
Downing. who is a white man of West
End, is charged with an inhuman
crime committed upon his daughters
Several days ago he was bound over to
the grand jury without bail by Justice
b. c. Young and the hearing yester-
day was to ascertain II he should be
allowed bail.
morbid crowd filled the court room
but they were disappointed when. early
in the proceedings, Judge Thomas or
dered the court room cleared of spec
tators
The Bowling case was called for trial
by Judge Thomas al 1875 o'clock yes
terday morning. Witnesses for the
OtatS WSIt ultCteu 10 one OF the DeIlt
jury rooms while those for the defense
were taken to the opposite jury cham
Der.
Solicitor s. H. Dent announced that
the State would offer the mittimus oil
the justice court and rest. Counsel or
both sides asked for the rule and al
witnesses We're sworn.
Eugene Bowling, the defendant, was
the FIRST witness put on the stand a,
% T.
displayed no unusual emotion and, oc,
casionally during his testimony. smile
would steal across his face. Hard
lines shown plainly on his face. his
eyes were sunken and he was unshaven
He wore no collar and was poorly
dressed. He appears to be about AZ
years old.
On direct examination, Bowling ties.
titled that he had never had impropei
relations with his daughter, Daisy
Bowling. He had lived with all his
children in the same house at West
End and had taken care of them. He
declared emphaticaIly that he had dis
charged his duty toward them to the
best of his ability.
On cross examination by the Solicit
tor. Bowling said Daisy Bowling was
is years old and Dora Bowling was IA
years old. Their mother had been dead
death, but was not living with his last
wife. She quit him two years ago be-
cause they couldn't agree. The dis
agreement was not about either one OF
the children. but because he wouldn't
allow her to rule the family.
He has four children, he testified
further on cross examination. and the
family occupied two-room house. His
daughters occupied a room adjoining
IN Inf hntp
often to see his children, sometimes to
see If they were Ill and sometimes to
have buttons vsewed on his clothing
His daughter, Daisy, ran away from
home last January and stayed with her
aunt. On questioning. he admitted that
Daisy had complained to her aunt OF
improper relations with him and that
the aunt. Dowling's own sister, had
written him charging him with such a
crime. He denied ever having consult
ed physician regarding an Illegal op-
Grafton on his daughter.
On denomination by the defense. II
was sought to establish through BOWL.
Ing the bad character of his daughter
Daisy. but frequent objections to such
questions were sustained by the court
Bowling admitted that he had once
whipped Daisy with a strap. his reason
being that reports had reached him oil
his daughters improper conduct. This
concluded the testimony of the defend.
ant
Counsel for the defense called Henry
Bowling, the manly and intelligent IL
year-old son of the defendant. He said
he knew what his father was charged
with. The boy said he slept in the
room with Daisy and Dora, his sisters
His father slept in the kitchen. He
had never seen his father have any
thing improper to do with Daisy.
Solicitor Dent called Eugene Dowl-
ing, the defendant, back to the stand
and asked him If he did not say, on
the trial before Justice Young. that
his daughters were, virtuous and that
he would kill any man who would i'm
pugn their character. He practically
admitted that he did say something to
that effect.
George Lamar, constable, and
Hugh Watts, deputy clerk of the court
testified that Bowling did make such
a statement.
Solicitor Dent then announced that
he would call Daisy Bowling to the
stand. Immediately there was eager
ness among the large audience. but
they were disappointed when Judge
Thomas directed Bailiff Whiting to
cept the witness. counsel. officers of
the law and newspaper representa-
tives. With the court room emptied,
the 16 year old daughter of the de-
PENDANT was called from the witness
room and she underwent lengthy
examination
She testified that she was Is years
old. Her father. Eugene Bowling. had