Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-20


witness said. He saw nothing when tn,
first bullet knocked him down.
He heard three more shots later
He heard williams say:
''Oh, Mr.. Bain," and then Don't, Mr.
Balm" These remarks followed the sec
Ond and third shots. He couldn't say
whether Williams uttered these words ly-
ing down or standing.
AS soon as he could arise, Beardsley
says he tried to take the pistol from
Balm. He finally got the weapon in room
Sl2 He was dazed by the wound on his
wrist and didn't remember passing Mr..
Williams body.
ADVANCED on Balm.
Mr.. Beardsley said that Williams war
slowly advancing toward Balm when he
| made the remark about somebody troub-
ling his papers.
Mr.. Williams wasn't advancing to Close
the door.
It seemed to him that the advance was
such as a man would make wren in
heated argument.
williams had said nothing about VIII
put certain card on his desk. Beardsle"
| identified the card. Part of the handwrit
ing. he thought, was williams He didn'
know who wrote AT Milledgeville" on tn,
card.
Benrdsley identified the pistol.
| MllllaIlS never QeIlle0 ndhiA6 HAdPbth
Bain's face ,Beardsley said, on eross-ex-
animation OF Mr.. Arnold. He also said
| that the last time he saw Williams, the
/ latter was advancing towards Balm. He
didn't know what Williams did after he
1 CBeardsley) turned his back on Williams
and started towards Balm
HE DIDN'T REMEMBER.
He didn't remember whether he said.
at the inquest. that Williams said some
1 49, "a
didn't think Balm wrote cat Milledge-
ville'' on the card williams left on his
desk. at which Williams took offense
/ williams, he said, was much younger
/ and more powerful than Balm. Balm got
/ hold of his pistol quickly, He sup
i posed Balm was facing Williams all the
/ time. Not seeing Williams, he didn't
know whether he had weapon or not
| Beardsley said his own blood was
| scattered all over the room and in
the nall. He couldn't say whether 1t
/ was all his blood. Everybody in the
| office. he said, liked Balm. but Will
Iams. He had heard previous quar-
/ rels between williams and Balm, and
as far as he could tell, Williams al
! ways started them.
ARCHER HEARD THE SHOTS.
w. s. Archer. the next witness. said
he was sitting in room sos when ne
4 d
/ Beardsley and Balm standing in the
door. Beardsley was taking the pistol
/ from Balm.
At this moment a torpedo exploded in
/ the street. The coincidence made eY-
erybody laugh.
WILLIAMS NOT ARMED.
He saw williams body on the floor.
His head pointed toward Bain's desk.
| The two desks were about nine or ten
/ feet apart. There were no weapons In
williams hands. He found fiattened
bullet under Williams body, but no
weapons of any kind, either a knife or
pistol.
w. B. Burke, who was In an adjoining
building, heard williams cry when Balm
fred.
John w. Pearce, brother-in-law Of VIII
liams, and the prosecutor in this case,
/ Identified a diagram he had made of the
| room where the shooting had occurred.
THREE WOUNDS. ONE FATAL.
| DR.. willis Jones. one of the physicians
who performed the autopsy. said there
were three wounds In Williams body.
| The first was on the back Of the head,
ranging downward to the shoulder. This
was a superficial wound. The second was
/ in the middle of the back, ranging TO the
side The third was on the back of the
L
sternum. The last)was fatal.
WAS any wound inflicted in the front
Of the body?" Colonel Cox asked.
NO, sir, no gunshot wound"
| Dr. Jones thought the wound in the
| head must have been indicted while VIII
Iiams had his head between his legs. He
thought the same Of the second wound in
| the shoulder.
SKELETON TAKES PART.
/ III IL
adjusted this to show how the bullets
were fired. Colonel Cox acted the part OF
Balm. pointing Rain's pistol at the slkele-
i ton which represented Williams.
/ Illustrating the first wound on the back
1 of the head, DR.. Jones bent down the
\ head Of the skeleton until II was below
4 the range Of Colonel Cox's pistol. 1t was
impossible, he said, for Williams eyes
TO have looked into Bain's when this shot
| was fired.
Showing the second wound, in the back,
DR.. Jones turned the skeletons back to
Mr.. Cox. Demonstrating the last shot.
| he laid the skeleton on the floor on its
! stomach. the head pointing toward Col
onel Cox.
HOW SHOTS WE'RE FIRED.
/ According to these Illustrations. VIII
I Iiams was shot FIRST with his head bent;
\ second with his back turned to Balm, and
third after he had fallen to the floor
On cross-examination of Mr.. McClel-
\ land, DIT. Jones said It was his opinion
that williams was first shot sitting in his
1 chair. bent over, with his back toward
I Balm, and the second and third times as
/ he fell over.
! COULD HAVE BEEN ADVANCING.
Replying TO Mr.. Arnold. DR.. Jones said
1 his opinions were surmises. He also adj
| mitted that the wounds could have been
/ inflicted as Williams advanced on Balm,
/ head down. He said he made the au-
topsy at the request Of relatives of 5hc
dead man
on redirect sxamiDstiOn DIT. Jones said