The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-04
TRIAL OF ANDREWS
IT WILL BEGIN IN SELMA THIS
 MORNING.
Wiscex Cannty REan Accused of HZilifng Hts Fasher ana steRmether.,
 AtsacAments Issued Fer
 akissing Witness.
Advertiser Bureau,

selma, Feb. 2. I The case of the state againat Bob AndrAwe of Wilcox County, who is l charged with murder, was called In
 the City Court of Selma this morning. l Though the case against Andrews was l the only one called, slow progrsss was I made and If the case goes to trial it | will be long drawn out one and will | no doubt consume the tima of the | court during the entire week. Just before the court adiourned at | 1 o'clock for the dinner recess. Judge | ncupcement that the case would 50 to 1 trial. -
 Before the recess for dinner was ta-
 ken. the attorneys announced ready l for trial. When the case was taken up at the opening of the court. the wit nesses for the defendant were called. A large number of them answered to their names but several did not answer and Judge Mabry stated to the attor- neys that if they would agree to it, that he would issue compulsory pre-
 cess for them. The attorneys for the defendant
 asked that they be given few minutes
 for conference. After this conference
 had anded, Hon. J. N. Miller asked the
 court to issue the attachments for the
 witnesses. The witnesses for whom the
 compulsory process was tsAued are
 Robinson Andrews, Excel, Monroe
 County: B. j. Andrews. old Texas. Mon
 roe County; Charles M. McLain. Me
 Williams. Wilcox County; Perry Owens,
 ola Texas. Monroe County: Ida An
 drewh, Midway, Monroe County: Jim
 lawrence. near Pine Apple Monroe
 CountT.
 Sheriff Doherty was instructed by
 the court to serve the compulsory nro-
 ceases upon these witnesses as quickly
 as possible and to inform the court
 by telegraph. The court also announced that the absence of these witnesses
 would in no way retard the progress of
 the trial. but that the evidence would !
 De heard of the witnesses present f the state was ready.
 The court then recessed until o'clock at the request of Solicitor | ThompSon. who wanted to learn IT ne could reach some of the States wit uesses and find if the State would b" ready to go to trial.
 The regular venire for the week as well as that of the special venires in the Bob Andrews and Pompy McMillan eases were requested to be on hand promptly at 3 o'clock when the ceurf re-convened.
 when the session of the court opened thfs morning at II o'clock the court room was crowded. In the halls around the court room there also lounged a large number. The train last night from Pensacola brought to the city nearly one hundred citizens from Wil- cox and Monroe Counties who are in- tarested in the case and who were nresent this, morning when the session of the court began.
 : There is little doubt that the case will take up the entire time or the { court during the week and that each scrap of material evidence VIII De con tested by the attorneys on the oppoa-
 The defendant is represented by Hon. I N Miller and Colonel B. N. Jones' If Camden, and Judge c. H. Craig ot tfis cfty, The prosecution will De con aucted by Solicitor J. Y. thompson who witt be assisted ov county Sots0 for R. Fl. Mangum and by colonsl w. Ardrews took a lively interest in the oror~sdines. He often consulted wlth sis attornevs and seemed anxious Tor II 5is trial to begin. His two years or confinement in the jail Of Wtlcox Souh, sy seems to be telling upon niu ,,,af epnearance today that he did when ,e was tried at Camden. Andrews 70" iav looked slckly from his long con ,,
 The circumstances surrounding the murder of old man Jim Andrews ana 1tS R1fl WlIes WhASh S~S4AsSN Williams. wilcox County, nearly three ,ears ago and for which Bob Andrews a to be tried a second time, are we'll old Jim Andrews had se- ,ured a divorce from the mother of the wo boys, John Andrews and Bob An Irews and had married his girl wife, vho was living with him snd he was bout to transfer all of his property O the girl wife.
 lie sent for his son Bob and told him O 20 by a telegraph off1ce and to send yord to John Andrews ct Repton to ome to him. Bob sent the telegram nd attended to his arrand and got on he train to return to his fathers ome. On the train Bob Andrews met ohn Andrews and the two went to heir fathers house together. When hAy arrived at their fathers house hey found an old man and his girl rife in a quarrel and the two boys, lain that they left, taking with them ne or two of the old mans young chil- ren. They had gone as far as the rail Dad when they heard pistol shots and to the house they found the irl wife lying in the yard dead The oys then had a struggle with their lther for the possession of a pistol nd in the scufIe the pistol was ex- lodad and the ball antered the old ans breast. killing him almost in- .antly.
 Both of the Andrews boys were tried, ] Camden about a year ago for tho ,ime. Both were convicted and sen- need te the pentteptiary for Iif0 and