The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-06-07
FRED BUSH GOES FREE.
Atlanta Man, on Trial, Accused of Send
ing Explosive Bomb to Young Woman,
is Acquitted by Jury.

ing Explosive Bomb to Young Woman,
is Acquitted by Jury.
At Atlanta Friday afternoon, after
being out one hour and ten minutes,
the jury brought in a verdict of not
guilty in the case of Fred Bush, charg
ed with sending an Internal bomb to
the Mccarthy home on the night Of
May 8.
The case went to the jury at exact
ly 2:30 o'clock, and at $40 the YER
dict had been made.
The state introduced comparatively
little new evidence, and none of it of
a direct nature. The defense, on the
other hand, produced no witnesses
whatever, although it had summoned
several. Its efforts were directed, for
the most part, in an attack against
the prosecutions testimony 1t was
largely battle of lawyers, both sides
making able and, at time, heated az
guments.
The state introduced three witness
es. They were Patrolman McGill, John
Ballinger, a negro messenger boy; and
Ed McGilI, a white messenger boy.
Patrolman McGill testified to having
seen Bush twice on the night Of the
explosion, and at a time an hour or
more after Bush had said he was in
his room asleep.
The negro boy said that Bush look
ed like the man who gave him a
package in front of 1 North Forsyth
street, on the night of the explosion,
He could not identify him positively,
however, and his testimony was ruled
out.
The McGiH boy simply testified as
to having taken the package from Bal
linger and delivered it at the McCar
thy residence
Bush's statement was in the nature
Of a general denial of wha. the state
charged against him. He protested
LlAdL HIS Wish W IuJCl4ClG Win ChO
proposed marriage between Doolittle
and Miss Katie Mccarthy, for whom
the machine was intended was a
business one, as Doolittle spent too
much time at the phone talking to
her.
Bush was unperturbed throughout
the trial Not even when Mr.. Hill
pointed him out to the spectators and
the jury as the guilty man did he
vince. He talked on the stand with
out nervousness, and deliberately. He
detailed all his movements on the
night of the explosion.
Mr.. Hill had characterized the rela-
tions between Bush and Doolittle as
strange ones, and said that the affec-
ton shown by Bush to Doolittle sur
passed that Of a man for a woman.
He made an able speech. Mr. Good
win, associate counsel for Bush, de-
cIared that the newspapers had black
ened the characters of both Bush and
Doolittle, but he was interrupted by
the court and told to confne his ar
gument strictly to the evidence in the
case. Mr.. Rosser, chief counsel for
Bush, also took fling at the argus
eyed" reporter.
On the announcement of the jury's
verdict applause broke out in the
court room. The judge cautioned the
spectators about making any display.
The deputy sheriff raped loudly for
order, and the judge demanded to
know who had applauded, but nobody
could tell him.
Il do not mean to say that APP
prove or disapprove of the verdict,
said Judge Roam. There has been a
fair and full trial, and twelve good
men have made a. verdict. | simply
wish you to understand that the court
room is not a place for any such dis
play, no matter what the verdict may
be"