The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21
Verdict in Dozier Case a
 Surprise.
REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE
Story of the Killing of George Chambliss at Warrior Stand.
What Wftnesses in Tuskegee Murder Case Said on stand to Show that Dcfendant was Not
 Justffed.

xens of Tuskegee, The Advertiser here- with publishes an account of the evidence for the State in the prosecu- tion of ze<e Dozier for murder at Tuskegee. the account published last Sunday proving to have been an in- complete statement of the case. The statement follows:
 In The Advertiser of Sunday, April d4. appeared write-up of the trial of the State versus Zeke Dozier, charg- cd with the murder of George W. Chambless at Warrior Stand on October 96. 1906. The article referred to. Ignored completely the testimony of the States witnesses. and sought to leave the impression that the defen- dant Killed Mfr. Chambless in order to protect himself and children from the pistol in the hands of the man who attacked him while he was quietly sitting on his porch with his children dn is lap.
 The publication of such a statement ds stigma upon the memory of the dead man. and the evidence which supported such a statement came only from the defendant and his little son, billiard Dozier. aged twelve years. Those who knew George Chambless in his life time, and knew his character and habits. do not believe s.ch parti- san testimony few. if any. outside of
 
 this case. believed that the defendant and his little son were telling the facts about the way in which the trage- Ay occurred
 The States Testimony.
 The tragedy occurred on the 18th day of October. 1908, in the little vil- 1age of Warrior Stand, about fourteen miles from Tuskegee. Mir. Chambless ran public gin, which was situated about 200 yards from the store house of the defendant, who was a merchant. The parties to the tragedy lad lived In the same community for many years, and had always been good friends.
 The evidence for the State showed that about 12 o'clock on the day of the killing a rr:or difficulty occurred at the gin house of Mir. Chambless. The details of this difficulty were not gone into In the final trial of the case, but in the preliminary. which was held few days after the killing, ali the details of this difficulty were fully brought out. The evidence for the State showed that the defendant went down to MT. Chamb1ess's place of business. entered into a quarrel with him. abused him and cursed him, and fualiy drew his knife and started to- wards him, when MT Chamb1ess. whose right hand was swollen and tied in bandages. drew his pistol and told him to get away from his gin house and let him alone.
 The evidence then showed that the defendant at once left the gin house and went back rapidly towards his store, on his way back the two wit nesses heard him say that he would get his gun and kill Chambless. Dozier then got his pistol and started back towards the gin house, when he was met by his little boy. Willie Dozier. aged about seventeen, and w. T. Pumpkin, white citizen of Warrior Stand.
 The evidence showed without con fiict that MT. Lumpkin and the little boy both struggled with him and en- deavored in every way possible to keep him from going back to the gin house; the defendant, who appeared perfectly frenzied with anger, showed them aside and said over and over again that Chambless was the second white man who had ever drawn as gun on him, and he promised himself when the first one did 1t that he would kill the second.
 He went on down towards the gin house, stood out in front of It some few yards from where MT. Chambless was standing at the window, and the evidence showed that he again cursed Chambless and invited him to come down and shoot it out, and threatened to kill him if he came down to the ground
 The State proved in the preliminary all the details mentioned above; In the final trial last week these details were not gone into. but witness after witness was put up to prove the threats made by defendant after the prior diff ficuIty at the gin house and during the day leading up to the final trage- dy of the afternoon.
 Story of the Killing.
 After returning from the gin house with his pistol, the defendant went