The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-01-29
THE MARSHALL TRIAL
The Examination of Witnesses
By Tie State and Defense.


Objection was made last Thursday t
)'tryman Cary and he was deposed, ant
Sol Ward, Of Pleasant Valley, qualified
The panel now stands: Joe L. Rogers
"a! II. Briggs, IA. Alphin, r. 7. Preu
ett, J. M. Davis, W. D. Hargett, F. P
Campbell, J.B. Akin, r. j. Fielder
John O'Donnell, Sol Ward. Officers
T. ] Branham, w. 7. Matthews, Iry,
Lippard.
The trial Of Ed Marshall, chsrgeS
with the murder Of Capt. RanKin, wal
begun Thursday aftcrhoon, ithe STATE
introducing the first three witnesses,
The defendant, Ed Marshall. is az
companied during the hours Of the tria
by his wife and several relatives ans
friends and appears to besconfident y
acquittal.
Attorney wv. M. Miles was sworn il
as attorney general pro tenn.
z, G. Gordon, Of Dyersburg, has been
retained to assist the defense,
Lee Cary, juror III the Marshall ease,
was removed upon the testimony Of his
relatives, DR.. wv a. Mailing and Ed
McAlister, who testified that they had
heard him express opinion concerning
the case. Counsel for the State agreed
to make no contention. He was re-
placed BY Sol Ward.
The first witness examined was Hon.
Seid Waddell, a wealthy member of the
West Tennessee Land Company, WHO
arranged with y. F. Carpenter for Capt.
Rankin and Col. R. Q. Taylor to go to
Walnut Log where the murder oc-
e1lgsed. He testified that Arthur Cloar,
serytencaA to hang, was standing near
and oVtfheard the arrangements made.
The theory of the State is that Cloar
carried the news to the Clayton crowd
df Nightriders. j. w. Carpenter, law
b5er and lumberman, corroborated Wad-
'ds1l, also relating his trip to Walnut
log, where he was to lease land to the
company on Grassy Island. Carpenter
was arrested soon after the murder,
charged with decoying Rankin and Tay-
lor to their death, but was honorably
released.
Ed Powell testified to the mob arous-
ing him TO wake Ward, proprietor of
the hotel, in order to get Rankin and
Taylor, describing the trip in detail.
Among the mob he recognized Frank
Fehringer, Roy Ransom, Tom Wilson,
and Garrett johnson, the latter COM
pelling him to take the Nightrider oath.
Major Holmes is conducting the ex-
of witnesses.
Marshall is surrounded in court by
many lady relatives and friends from
some of the best families in the county. |
According to Frank Fehringer, self
confessed Nightrider, who testified in
he trial of Ed Marshall, Marshall was
With the band at Walnut Log when the
occurred and tried to dissuade
,thers from killing Rankin.
Fehringer was one of the most im-
,ortant of the States witnesses during
be previous trials, and frankly admit
ed the part he played in the killing of
sankin and other raids of the band.
He declared he had frequently seen
Iarshall on these occasions.
The testimony Of the other witnesses
las merely to show that a band Of
Tightriders existed and that they killed
.ankin because of his connection with L
le West Tennessee Land Company. u
Ransom Slinkard and G. Russell did
OF respond when their names were |
slled. II
Ed Powell, who was on the stand
hen court adjourned Thursday, was
called and subjected to a severe cross
but he maintained his 5
'iginal story. r
Col. Taylor Testiies. In
Col. r. q. Taylor, the survivor of the a
agedy, positively identified Frank b
shringer as a member of the band I
ho killed Capt Rankin. This state \
ent OF Col Taylor corroborates Fehr- n
ger s version Of the murder.
When describing the murder Of his ;