The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-06-13

| the panel IN the case OF d. IL. Slnp-
son, Aharged with murder. were SCI
cured The new jurors are A. NJ.
Calder, electrician J. w Nance,
farmer. and George Clark. carpenter.
AS soon as the jurors had been put
on their usual oath the case was
gone into in dead earnest.
The first witness introduced BY the
state was Tom Oliver. the negro
hackman. The negro swore On direct
testimony that he had been tele-
, phoned for to serve young Simpson,
who was being shaved at the time.
in the barber shop Of Peter Gantling
on Bay street. swered the
can and when he kot Mere found
Simpson still in ths chaiA He went
away and returned HttH later and
found Simpson and Can 8ing in an
~Ssgment over the pay3 lent Of 60
I'cencs which Gantling las demand
ing for his service Witness swore
that he stood in the doorway and
heard The entire conversation. That
Simpson swore that he would Pay.
| the barber when he d pleased, and
that there was d man in the rear
that owed him money and that he
wanted to go back and see him;
that Gantlins advised defendant that
there was only a negro pool room
al the rear. but that he would go
with him if he insisted The witness
then lost sight Of the men until they
returned to the barber shop; that
Simpson started out Of the shop and
Gantling again asked him for pay
nent. whereupon the defendant re3
fused to pay him and starred To
leave; that Gantlng then detailed one
a. his bootblacks for a policeman,
whereupon Simpson pulled his re-
volyer and fred twice
The next witness for the state was
harris NJ King, Jr. He was passing
in front Of Gantling's shop about The
time Of the disturbance and saw Tom
Oliver and asked him what the
/ trouble was lie heard Simpson and
Gantling arguing about the payment
of a sum of money He did not see
the shooting and his testimony was
not material. except for the fact that
he swore that he saw Simpson walk
ing up and down the barber shop
with a pistol IN his hand.
Fred Hopkins, a negro boy en-
pIoyed as a bootblack in Gantiing's
shop, was next called. He stated
that the white man had refused to
pay Gantling and that the barber
sent him for policeman. and when
he returned the crime had been
committed.
M W. HarreH. night watchman at
the Downing Company was next
sworn He said that Tom Oliver
had told him that the man had shot
Gant1lng He went in the direction
OF the barbershop and saw Simpson
running across the tracks He went
between the box cars overlook and
arrested defendant and placed him
in jail. He did not see any Of the
shooting and knew nothing OF the
facts CONNECTED herewith
Hamp Harrington. well known
negro carpenter, was then put on the
stand. His testimony was not ma
rial except for the fact tlat it was
he who found the pistol thrown away
! ty Simpson after the killing. He
swore that he saw atnumber Of pep
pie striking matches on the railroai
tracks ana on. learling that they
were seert1ing 3or the lfstol, ioin7l
lr the search ard found tho pisio}
The state here rested its case.
The first effort Of the defense was
Ito tear down The testimony Of Oliyqr,
and lor Impeachment purposes if
troduced Megsrs. r. II. Mason, J. =
| Wright and Tom Hendricks, each oi
HON swore that they woua not 4e-
lligve Oliver on oaih TO rebuilt thls,
tho@ever, the state introduced Capt
lB. A. Fahm, Capt T. Newman aad
In. M. Halrel, who s~ore they would
believe any statement Of Oliver made
Under oath
The most important witness iuJto
daced by the defense was y. NJ.
Young, Of Laurens county. He came
over from Darien on the boat with
Simpson on the night Of the killing,
and swore that he was an eyewit.
ness to the shooting. In brief
| Young's testimony was to the eject
that he had left Simpson a. the
barber shop and upon returning saw