Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-10

body was foundg'
The witness could not remember
ny request OF the prosecution. wit
ness. by aid Of the map. indicated a.
near as possible. the point where the
tracks were first discovered. follow
Ing his course and indicating the
gate TO which the tracks lead al Bex.
ley's home.
7. c. oriner
held position Of night marshal al High
Springs on July 20. 1905. Heard shot
. between 10 and N o'clock near home
OF Mr.. Glass. Went Immediately 20
scene, and met Mr.. Goodwin: heard
struggling. and he and Goodwin found
Moreland laying on sidewalk between
home OF Mr.. Glass and Mr.. Futch.
nearer the home OF Glass. Moreland
was not dead. but did not speak. He
dispatched someone for a doctor. and
DR. Hodges came. Moreland lived
about fifteen minutes.
Witness stated that by suggestion
he arrested Bexley and Osteen that
night as NJ. p. Summers told him
OF the engagement they had made to
40 riding with MOreland and Miss
Glass, and that they could probably
give some light on the subject Az
ter the arrest witness sent for Mar
shall Bryant, who ordered them re-
leased.
Witness and Deputy Livingston.
together with Marshal Bryant. inves-
tigated the tracks the following morn.
ing. which resulted in the re-arrest
OF Bexley.
On cross-eXaminatiOn witness stat
ed that when he arrested Bexley and
Osteen, about twenty minutes after
the homicide. he found each at his
respective home. and in bed. Neither
of the defendants appeared to be I'M
duly excited.
Witness stated ON redirect eNami-
nation that when he arrested Bexley
the second time. on the morning Of
July 80. he took him (BexleyD to
home OF witness. as witness had been
up all night. and went to breakfast
Immediately following the arrest. !
Bexley wanted to know why be was
again arrested, when witness told /
him IL was by the tracks. He and |
Bexley were walking along one OF
the trails. and witness selected one
Of the tracks. Bexley voluntarily
placed his foot into the depression.
rcmarking. the witness said. 1t fits"
= hen asked IL he would swear that
1 Is was one OF the chain OF tracks
lowed, witness replied that he
q Juld not, but that the track was
T. critical with the other Of the chain.
aGd he believed IL was one OF them.
CrOss-examination: The tracks
v hich were followed to Bexley's home
i,d not enter the gate
The map was also used by this
mess in indicating points and dis
lCos
A number al people were cOngre-
s,ed about the body. coming and go
gg in all directions until the body
ls removed. about a half-hOur later
The night was dark.
Gould not have BeXley reached ,
is home by going through this path
arked No. 10 referring 20 map
I'd onto the back piazza" asked Al
rney Stripping Of the witness.
Objection was promptly made by a
he State. but was oyerruled. q
The witness replied In the affirm C
tive Q
J. L. Grimes a
sided IN High Springs ON July 20,
lOS. Heard a shot fred on that =
ate between 10 and lO:3Op. M Was =
bed. but arose. Knew spot where 7"
orchards body was found about 400
ct from home OF witness. Went 10
,ene Of homicide Witness dis
,yered tracks a short distance from
1int where body was found. Tracks
ere pointing north. There were ~
sets Of tracks. made by presum' 81
lly a No . or q shoe. Story on di. "a
90 examination c0rroborated the q,
stImouy of Livingston and Griner o
In the crOss-examiuatIon the map II
is again employed. the explanations te
erefrom differing very little from q,
Ose of former Witnesses 90 whom
e. plat had been exhibited, with q "
w minor eXceuti0u-. Ir5