The daily sentinel., 1907-10-31
IS
!. NOW ON TRIAL
Very Little New Evidence introduced Against the Poll
ice Officer on The Murder Charge---Few New Wit
nesses---Hearing Will Be Completed Tonight---n-
terest Intense

This morning at 10 o'clock in the
county court room, before Justice of
the Peace Joseph p. Sweeney, Frank
A. Mahnney, the night police officer
at the union depot who shot and
killed Wade Johnson, u negro. on
the night of October o. in a scu0lc
with the negro, who was attempting
to 'beat" his way ON train. was
arraigned for preliminary hearing ON
the charge of murder.
The complaint against Mahancv
was fled by II. p. Langdon, friend
of the dead man, but not a witness
in the case. The colored people OF
the city have interested themselves
in the prosecution of the officer.
The Attorneys.
In order to assist Deputy District
Attorney Fry in the prosecution. Dis
the city last night.
Attorney ]. S. Carnahan. at the
request of Attorney Nourse. the law
partner of the late Atttrney Thomas
c. Brown, has charge of the defense
of Officer Mahaney. Owing to the
recent death of Judge Brown and
the many matters incidental to the
settling up OF the estate. Attorney
Nourse could not personally conduct
the case.
Mahaney has been ia the county
Jail ever since the killing. IT, will
be remembered that the coroner g
jury, after hearing much evidence
returned a non-committal verdict
neither blaming nor generating Ma
haney. Mahaney entered a plea of
not guilty, and both sides announced
ready for trial
Selig Objected.
Attorney Carnahah asked that all
witnesses, except as they were called
to testify, be excluded from the court
room. Attorney selig strenuously
objected for time. He did not want
an exclusion of the Witnesses, all
though it has long been a custom in
such cases here to exclude witnesses
if one side or the other made such a
request. After some argument Judge
sweeney ruled that the Witnesses be
excluded.
Few New Witnesses.
When Deputy District Attorney
Fry called the roll of the witnesses
for the prosecution It was noticeable
that very few names other than those
Of witnesses before the coroner's
jury were called. The list called was
as follows: DIR. Parker. DR.. Day,
II. C. Holman. r. II. Holman, j. J.
Hickman, j. L. Cramer. A. q. Dill
lon, N. u. -sEssaa.sJL Pippie, J.. A..
Howell, T. p. Langdon. II. -ti5-.i.-iar
and Tom Fields.
Only about seven of these Witness
es came forward to be sworn. a few
others came in later. and during the
morning subpoenas were issued for
two or three additional witnesses.
1t is said that two or three OF the
witnesses who testified before the
coroner's jury for the prosecution,
and who were expected to be present
this morning, did not show up at
all.
DIR. Parker Called.
DR.. Thadd Parker was the first
witness called. His testimony was
about the same as at the coroner 9
inquest. He described the Lature Of
the wounds, the position Of the body
as il lay In the railroad yards; said
that there were evidences Of a scuf-
fle; told OF finding a pint bottle one
third full of whiskey, a box partially
filled with cocaine. matches, cigar
cites. keys and few other personal
effects on the body; saw loaded re-
volver on the ground; told OF the
negro having on several extra gar
ments.
He was n Dope Fiend.
DR.. Parker testified that there
were evidences that the negro was a
dope fiend. He saw numerous hypo-