The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-06
TELLS MURDER
STORY AGAIN
Bob Andrews on Trial
in Selma.
TERRIBLE CRIME CHARGED
Wilcox County Man Accused Of
Killing Father.
Young sister OF Denfsndant Relates
Scenes At schuster Home when
Father And Mother Met
Tragic Death.

Selma, Feb. ESPECIAL. AT 8
O'Clock this evening Solicitor Thomp-
son In the case of the State against
Bob Andrews announced that the State
had concluded.
Twelve witnesses were examined
during the afternoon session and with
the opinion OF the court tomorrow
morning the defendants side will be
presented.
To a jury of Dallas county citizens
shortly before noon today witnesses
began telling the story of the killing
of old man Jim Andrews and his girl
wife, Bama Andrews, at their home
near Schuster. Wilcox county, on the
night of December IL. 1904.
During the morning session of the
court four of the witnesses for the
State were examined. Each had told
his story to a jury three times before
and there appeared a sameness about
the testimony which was new to the
twelve men who were to Judge
murder of his fathers wife, Bama An
drews.
DIR. Roberts Testifies.
The first witness called by the State
was DR.. W. p. Roberts, of McWil-
liams, wilcox county DR.. Roberts
told how he had been called to the
Andrews home on the night OF the
tragedy and explained infinitely the
location of the bodies of Jim Andrews
and his wife. Bama Andrews. He told
of a pool of blood beneath the body
of Bama Andrews and of the finding
of strands Of hair which were clotted
with blood and how a knife had been
picked UP in the yard which he had
used to split some pine with to MAKE
a torch and had afterwards seen stains
upon the blade of the knife.
The cross examination failed to
bring out anything new in DR.. Rob
erts's testimony to contradict him.
The second witness was an old ne
gro, Primus MeCoye. The old negro
on the night of the killing was in
his house not far from the Andrews
home and distinctly heard three shots.
He said that about an hour and half
after hearing the shots John Andrews
had come for him and told him that
both his father and his fathers wife
were dead and that he wanted him to
20 for a doctor. He followed John
Andrews back to the house but when
he saw the body of the woman lying
In the yard turned and ran back to-
wards his house across the field and
did not go back there.
Postmaster on stand.
]. w. Stewart. postmaster at Schus-
ter, said he was at the station on the
night Of the killing when the Louis
vile and Nashville train from PEN
sacola arrived. The two Andrews
boys, John and Bob, had gotten on
the train on the opposite side from the
platform and had emptied bottle OF
whiskey and broken 1t against the side
of the train. They later went to his
store and asked in which direction old
man Jim Andrews lived and when told
had gone in that direction.
Mr.. Stewart told of having heard
three shots that night about . o'clock.
Preceding the first shot he heard a
scream as IL from q woman. There
was a pause between the first and sec
ond shots but the second and third
shots were fred rapidly. He said the
first shot sounded as II 1t was muf-
fled or fred in a room but that the
other two shots were clear and dis
tinct as II fired in the open.
Some time after the shots one OF the
little boys came running down the
railroad track and said that both his
father and mother were dead and
that his mother was burning. About
two hours later he saw John Andrews
or heard him talking to his son asking
the latter to go for a doctor for him.
Mr.. Stewart said that later he went
to the Andrews home. He told of the
position in which he found the bodies
of the man and woman. Bama An
drews's body lay in a pool of blood
and a tuft of her hair was lying about
two feet from the body. The clothes
of the woman were scorched in the
back as II they had been on fire.
When the States counsel had finished
with him, Mr. Stewart was cross-exam-