Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-01-03
WOMAN IS HELD
ON MURDER CHARGE
Sent to Jail to Await Grand
Jury Investigation.
OTHER DEFENDANTS SET FREE


sgfseIent Evidence to Convict Mrs.
stamper, But Enough TO Warrant
Further Investigation.
Atlanta, Jan. 2.--After a thorough
Investigation OF the evidence against
Mrs. Willie Stamper. r. A. Jordan,
Mrs. Bessie Carey and Miss Addie
<soss, held by order OF the coroner's
sjury for Investigation as 20 the muir
Der OF John Dodgen. Judge Roam on
Monday ordered Mrs. Stamper re-
manded 70 Jail pending an inyestiga-
tion by the grand jury. while the
three other defendants were released.
The defendants In the case have
been under arrest since the morning
OF Dec. 16. when DOdgen was found
dead on the rear porch of Mrs. STAN
psr's home on Marietta street with a
bullet through his head. The hear
ing before Judge Roam was the re-
suit OF an application for commitment
trial fled by attorneys for the de-
fendant last week.
In ordering Mrs. Stamper held. the
Judge said:
Il am inclined TO the opinion that
this is a case for the investigation
OF the grand jury. There Is dead
man In this affair and II should be-
prObed TO the bottom. The fact that
the defendant Is being held. however.
should not prejudice the case against
her. for IL requires much more evi-
dencc 10 secure q conviction by jury
than Il does 10 secure an order 10 be
neld for investigation. In the for
mer case all doubt should be remov-
ed"
The question OF the bloody gar
ments found In the house after the
murder and the blood spots on the
fsoor was traced TO another source.
and from the evidence adduced 1t is
not believed that they have any con-
nection with the matter.
The evidence. which consumed
practically the entire morning In the
Rearing, differed little from that at
+. the coroner's inquest. the only ma
tsrial point Of difference being about
che number OF pistol shots fired on
the night Dodgen was killed. Mrs.
Bessie Carey and Miss Addie Goss
testified that there were two pistol
,shots fired and that Mrs. Stamper
fred them both. At the coroners
inquest the witnesses testified that
~ one shot was fred.
when asked by Solicitor Hill why
changed her mind as to the num-
Of shots and II she had been
threatened n she did change. Mrs.
sarey replied.
I Mrs. Stamper told US she waned
rs all 20 swear for her and said she
would give US trouble II We did not
I she said II we swore there was more
s-vhan one shot Il might make II hard.
Or on her"
How did she say she would make
Il hard for your" inquired Solicitor
Hill.
she did not say" the witness re-
piled.
Mrs. Carey. who was the first wit
ness on the stand, stated that she
went TO the home OF Mrs. Stamper on
Saturday night OF the killing Tor the
purpose OF spending the night with
her. and that about 1 o'clock they
heard Q noise as II some one vas try
Ing 70 force his way into the door
opening on the back porch. Mrs
stamper asked who IL was and. re-
eeiving no reply. declared she would
shoot unless the party or parties dis
closed their identity. According 10
the witness. the knocking continued
and Mrs. Stampsr fired through the
door. Then she walked 10 the door
sad placing the weapon in q hole
nred again. No effort was made %
open the door of the house as the in =
mates feared that robbers were on
TIE outside.
>. A. Dodgen. father OF the mur
oerec man, told OF visiting the sceua
hh fpa's death. and OF taking
a'1 a e Aow tae wound