The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-23
Character Witnesses and Alibis
Take Up Most Of Time, With
Interesting Hints Now and
Then.

Hollowell case this afternoon Judge
Evans said in reference to the alibis
that the memories of alibi witnesses
were so remarkable they made him
ashamed of his memory. He said
the 2S defendants and two witnesses
for each remembered for ten months
before these suits were brought,
where each defendant was at a par
,ticular hour. He said In taking
notes he could anticipate the testi-
mony of man yof the witnesses. That
two members of the family were
awakened by the shots and looked
and saw the defendant in the house
ell said in regard to the evidence
that 1T ouse a slang expression"
put my money on the boy" mean
ing Price Hollowell, son of the plain
tiffs.
After 81 witnesses had been exam
ined besides the two plaintiffs ana The
2s defendants in the Hollowell $780,
600 damage cases for an alleged right
rider outrage near Lamasco, Cald-
well county, May 2, 1907, The case
was given to The jury in federal court
late this afternoon.
| The plaintiffs, Robert and Mary
Hollowell, alleged that the defendants
one of whom is Roberts brother,
John e. Hollowell, and another hs
cousin, John w. Hollowell, whipped
/ them and shot at Mrs. Hollow5ll and
drove them from their home to pre-
vent Mrs. Holowell testifying about
the Princeton raid.
| The defendants undertake TO estab-
lsh an alibi for each one. Testimony
was introduced to impeach the plain
tiffs, who introduced an equal nun
Der to establish their good reputation.
The arguments in the case Logan
at no 3d. Ruby Laffoon, for the de
Tense, opened in an argument of an
hour and was followed by Hon.
George DuRelle for the plaintiffs
Ward Headley delivering the closing
argument for the defense. John G.
Miller, Sr., closed for the plaintiffs
Itlis afternoon and the case will go to
the jury after the charge is given by
Judge Evans.
Strong argument was made in sup
port of the alibi
Judge DuRelle spoke but 30 min
utes. His attack on the defense was
principally in regard to what he term
Ell the absurdity of the alibis claim
ed. but his statements were general
and did not take up any particular
case. Aside from his reference to the
story told by Robert Hollowell. his
wife and child, his only personal ref
eTence was to the testimony given by
County Attorney j. Z. Baker, who tes-
titled that Robert Hollowell told him
on two occasions he did not recognize
members of the mob; that they were
Leavily masked. Judge DuRelle de-
livered a most scathing denunciation
of the attorney and declared that not
only did he not blame Robert Hollo-
we'll for refusing to tell the county
her of the tobacco association in
, Caldwell county though not a grower,
| the names of the members of the mob
but that he. like Hollowell. would
have left county, where such A man
vas the chief officer of the law. and
where so many outrages were com
mitted and the perpetrators never
punished.
Judge DuRelle closed by an appeal
for the supremacy of the law, which
no declared could be maintained to
great extent by the jury giving a
large verdict, and told the jury that
not only by that means would Hollo-
wells family be partially recompens-
ed but great blot on the state would
] be wiped out.
Hon. John G. Miller went into the
case more particularly In his closing
argument.
Plaintiffs Rebuttal.
| When federal court convened this
morning, the plaintiffs In the damage
suit of Robert and Mary Hollowell
against citizens of Caldwell county
for night rider outrages, began their
lrebuttal Robert Holloweil denied
telling County Attorney Baker, of
caldwell. county, he did not know the
men who whipped him. He told
Baker he could not tell him who they
were. Hollowell said George Petit
told him he "had to join the damned
association and work for IL to save
his hide and prevent his property
being destroyed"
| He denied telling Petit and others
that the mob was masked, and he
did not recognize them. HE denied
saying his boy stayed inside the
house. His wife went out first, the
boy next and himself last.
] When his brother Arch went to
him a week after the attack, and he
asked Arch why he did not assist him
that night when he needed assistance.
He accusad A rch of heinp pregent at