The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-02-24

felse there besides Moses wife--"dic
Iyou find the pastor of the Brookhaver
Methodist church, the pastor Of the
presbyterian church, or Bro. Pur
Eser of the Baptist Church, or any
other preacher or goUd Christian
man there?" queried the Court.
No sir, I did not" promptly
answered the witness.
Then who did you find. if any.
body2' persisted the Court.
| well, in one little room sitting
at table, continued the witness,
Il saw Bill Hardy, Arthur Tibbs
and Meier Bleecker.''
Anybody else?" again queried
the Court earnestly.
No, nobody else was there wher
commenced the search, answer.
ed Marshal Blue, but before got
through, two more came in. and
from what know of them / guess
they were looking for booze. -
WHO were they?" asked the
Court.
dick Mason and young man
who works for the Telephone Elk
change know him when I see
him, but I don't know his name."
Mrs. Ligon was the next witness
placed on the stand and told of her
humillating visit to Moses place
and her appeal. She, found his
wife first and had her to call Char
ley Moses out to the gate where she
made the object of her visit known.
Neither Moses nor his wife directly
confessed to having sold the hus--
band of witness any whisky, but
frankly admitted that he was Wis
itor to the place and solemnly
promised not to let him have any
liquor in the future. 1t was on a
Monday evening the latter part of
Januarty that witness visited
Moses place and she was told by
Moses that her husband was there
the night before Sunday and
wanted something to drink, but
didn't have any money at the time
to pay for it. Before witness had
left Moses gate, her husband walk
ed up as if on his way to the place
again, but she influenced him to
stop and started on back with him
in the direction of their boarding
house. On nearing the Forest
church, her husband told her he
owed Moses dollar for some liquor
he got the night before and wanted
to go back and pay him. She con-
sented to this and waited for his
return, and when her husband re-
turned, he said he had paid what
he owed Moses and seemed, if any
thing. more under the influence of
liquor than when he started back.
L. B. Ligon, the husband, was
next placed on the stand by the
State. He bore evidences Of man
who had been on long debauch
and his mind still appeared badly
clouded. He was manifestly very
unwilling witness. After a little
sympathetic talk over his condition,
and good many questions, the
Court drew out Of him that he had
obtained liquor number of times
at Moses house and paid for it.
Who sold it to him, he could not or
would not tell. He explained that
he would go there and get a bottle
of liquor and leave the money on
the dresser or mantle, without
knowing who placed it there or
who took the money. He reluct-
antly corroborated the testimony of
his wife, that, after starting off
home with her that evening in Jan
uary, he had spoken of the money
he owed Moses for whisky SOLD the
might before when Moses had told
Mrs. Ligon that he was there with
out money, and went back to the
house to pay him, but he persisted
that he did not know who he gave
the money to when he got there
his mind, he declared, was blank
right on that point. but he paid it
to some one. Impressed by his
manner and extreme unwillingness
to testify, the court finally drew
out OF him that after Moses arrest
and his being subpoenaed as wit
ness, vague threats of personal vic.
lence or death had been made
against him if he came into court
and told what he knew, which in
the befuddled condition of his brain
had evidently made decided inn
preston on him; but he either did
not know or was unwilling to re-
veal the identity of the party or
parties who made these threats.
Policeman Buchanan, who, with
Marshal Blue, had hunted Ligon
up and found him in Frog town"
after he had first failed to appear
as witness and then kept surveil-
lance over him, testified that LigOn
had told him about these threats
before he came into Court, but had
not mentioned any names or iden-
tilted any one in that connection.
This, in substance, was the
State S case.
The defendant was represented
by Messrs. Shelton and Wood, at
torneys. DR.. H. E. Conner, color
ed. was placed on the stand for the
defense to prove that he was Char
ley Moses family physician and
that he had prescribed whisky for
one Of his sons, who was alleged to
be suffering with tuberculosis.
On cross examination by the court,
however, he admitted that he had
never prescribed liquor in any such
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