The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-03

keeper al the columbus Hotel All
mex. Lola's father died in the Kan
kakee Insane Asylum.
Witness stated that she was run
ming the McCanu Hotel in Chicag
in 1901, at which time Lola was he
dIning-room girl, Witness notices
that young men congregated at
poolroom across tn e street, AM
learning of the plaintiffs caper
knew the reason. She reported tn
conduct of the girl to her mothe
and Lola was sent to st. Xavier
Academy. In 1902, one night abou
IL o'clock, Lola came to house o
witness and asked to be taken in
saying her mother had whipped he
and she had left home.
A CREOLE.
The Walker-Edwards case opened
Monday evening to good audience
the first act being the placing upor
the stand of Sam Carter, Pink Ben
nett, Reb Lockert, Mayor Walker,
d. N. Walker, cashier of the Com.
mercial Bank, Col. Hume r. Field,
Postmaster G. T. Taylor a nd a
number of other prominent citizens
to prove the good character OF Col.
ID. A. Edwards, defendant in the
suit, and his principal witnesses,
J. d. Porter and Roy Martin. All
OF the witnesses gave the gentle
men good regulations for honesty,
morality and virtue, and their word
that they believed the three en-
titled to tull credit and faith upon
their oaths in court of justice.
County Court Clerk Howard was
next called to the stand and pro-
duced from large calendar a sheet
of the month of August, 1908, the
month in which the Colonel met
Miss Walker in Asheville, and the
latter followed him to New York a
few days later The calendar will
be used to prove important dates in
the case. This wound up the evil
dence for the defense, and then be-
gan the rebuttal evidence by the
plaintiffs counsel.
Objections were made by defend
ants counsel to the evidence of
Hiram Lindsey going to the jury,
and t he stenographer's carefully
-ook down the objection, which
Judge Swiggart slowly recited.
Witness denied having made cer-
ain statements derogatory to the
OF Mrs. Cullen and Mrs.
and when cross-examined,
against his protest, gave his ac-
cunt of what he claimed was
Matchmaking scheme.
Hiram is a citizen of Asheville.
lie stated that he was at his store
me Saturday night when a colored
lackman brought him note, tell
ng him that the writer thought he
would like to have good time, but
o say nothing to the hackman
bout it. He asked the hackman
Who wrote the note. who replied
hat he did not know the lady's
ame. Later some one called him
YER the phone; he recognized the
dice as that of a woman, who
sked him when he could meet her.
lie informed her any old time, and
he sooner the better, and at 9.15
hat night he left his store, took a
God drink, went down Walnut
treet and around into another
treet to the place to which he was
lstructed to come. Upon entering ,
he house he found good-looking
reole, whom he informed he did
OF expect to meet. She informed ,
i'm that she had often wanted to ,
leet him. He heard noise on the
ront porch and said he believed he
Iould go out the back door, but he
ound the back door locked, so went
ut the front way. He had walked
ut little way from the house
hen voice hailed him and wanted
} know why he was in such hurry.
lie replied that he wanted to catch
car.
The next morning the husband
the woman called upon him. The
usband, who went by the name of 2
ap, probably short for captain, in
'rmed Lindsey that he didn't blame
i'm. as most men would have acted =
) he did, but that be, the husband,
idn't want to live with the woman I
ny longer, and that Lindsey must 9
i've him twenty dollars to send her 9
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