The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-05-29
Testimony He Spent Night
at Home of His Dying
Father-in-Law.
MANY WITNESSES
TO THAT EFFECT
Effort to Discredit the Cred
Utility of Davis Even
Under Oath.
MRS. DAVIS CONFIRMS HUSBAND
AS TO MOST OF HIS TESTIMONY
--DEFENsE EVIDENCE OF LONG
BEING IN TOWN WHEN THE
STATE WITNESSES SAY THAT
HE WAS IN THE COUNTRY.

The trial of John +. Long for al
legged conspiracy, attempt TO incite
witnesses to commit perjury, and to
remain away from court. got as far
yesterday as the introduction of a
part of the states evidence in rebut-
tai after the defense had been made
on the ground that Long, instead of
going to j. c. COwan's and J. X
Davis's between midnight of Satur
day, April IS, and morning of April
IA, and taking breakfast at Davis's
house Sunday morning, had been at
the home of his dying father-in-law
the late c. II. Darlington, from about
IL O'Clock Saturday night until
O'Clock or thereabout the next morn
ing.
Davis and Mrs. Davis.
Davis had testified on Monday that
Andrews and the accused reached the
Davises' home early Sunday morning
and remained to breakfast with the
family. Mrs. Davis yesterday testi-
fed that Long had gone to the
Davises' with Andrews, and that An
drews had remained to breakfast. She
confirmed her husbands testimony.
however, as to Andrews and Long
having conversation with Davis that
morning.
Line of Defense.
Mrs. Long and several other mem
bers of the Long and Darlington
families all testified that the accused
had spent the night at Mr. Darling
tons. where everybody was sitting ND
owing to the critical stage of Mr.. Oar
inston's illness. and the date was
fixed in the mind of each of them by
the fact that he died exactly a month
later, on May 13 Quite a number of
witnesses swOre also to seeing Long
on the streets Of Pensacola Sunday
morning about o'clock. giving va
rious explanations of why the date
was fixed in their minds
RebuttaI Lines.
The defense introduced some wit.
nesses who swOre that Davis had A
bad reputation. and that on the
of ii they would not believe
him under Oatn. Against this, the
state introduced rebuttal that the
various Witnesses knew Davis and had
heard his character discussed and had
heard nothing derOgatOry TO him.
The defense introduced number of
good character Witnesses, but all of
them testified that in the past two
years Longs reputation had not been
as good as formerly
In the testimony in chief, the state
had introduced cumulative evidence
in support of the statements made
the day before by Cowan and Davis.
hat Long and Andrews had visited
Cowan's house about midnight Satur-
lay and Davis s about 6 O'Clock in the
morning of Sunday.
The important question of distance
was testified to by Sheriff Van Pelt
1t about II miles
~ the state calling Station Keener
Kramer, who identified a sample OF
1Ong's handwriting on a bill
Mrs. j. x. Davis.
Mrs. J. K. Davis testified that she
lad been present during a part of the
between ]. X. Davis and
IOng and Andrews. the later remain
ng to breakfast with the Davis
amily. She said she had not been
fered money to testify in any par
ocular manner in court
Marion Cowan.
Marion COwan, also testified to
eing present at the time Long and
andrews visited the home of Tx.
'avis. Witness underwent a severe
ross examination by the defense.
'hich did not shake his statements
hat Davis later warned him 10 re-
AIKEN place between J. NJ. Andrews
nd Mr. Davis. He said that all pres
Mt excepting Mrs. Davis had been
rlnkinS considerably during the
forming. On other points, his mem
y was poor.
Wesley Fell
Wesley Fell when called by Jhs
'osecution said that James VI. An
-ews had introduced him 10 Long on
pril 10. Fell was employed at the
me al the car shops at 81 day.
Ong, he said, offered him job at
'.65 per day, and during the CONVEX
tion he asked Fell if he were called
a witness before the grand Jury
the Andrews investigation. Upon
Ills answer in the affirmative, Long
said. said that "a man could forget
great many things" Fell replied
at he did not know whether he was
lie to forget or not.
The defense moved to strike GU