The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-18

interests of the accused woman. took up the fight for the boy. He served notice on Probate Judge Reynolds that he would not.permit the child to be taken away from his present habita- tion, which is with Sheriff Catts. The case will be heard Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
 Around small white flour sack the defense put up plea, this morning for the freedom of the accused woman. Inl this sack was found the bloody cloth ing of the woman. upon which the State has pitched its case. Although 1t Is contended by the State that the clothing of the alleged murderess were thrust into that bag. simply dripping, with the life blood of her mother. the white sack was exhibited in the court room spotpless. Not blood stain was to be found1 Son the .fiimsy material and the defense used this point In an en- deavor to prove that the clothing was dry when put into thes bag and that they were put, there by someone else, other than the defendant. \
 Sympathy of Women.
 The women of Clanton are in sympa- thy with the accused woman. This was noticeable as Attorney Middleton dramatically led up to the finding of the bloody garments in the trunk and then exploded the theory of the State that they had been hurriedly thrust in- ! to the bag when wet with blood. by the exhibition of spot1ess sack. There was hush throughout the audience as the brilliant young attorney riddled the theory. Women who had not be- iieved 1t possible that any woman could have slain her mother in. cold blood, as was charged to Mrs. Pope, offered 8 sigh of relief as 1t was the first thing h.u frnr hA 1AfA In of h | damaging circumstantial evidence which had been gathered against the woman. More was expected from the defense, but MT. Middleton had all ready declined his right to put witt 6esses on the stand and was content with this one thrust. which had weak ened the chain of circumstantiai evil | dence. *. Although, it was known that but few | witnesses would be heard. farmers left their fields fifteen and twenty miles away, to hear more of the evidence in the case. Every inch of the big court | room was crowded, fully 200 women 1 being present. So deep is the interest In the case. that women with babes left their homes and journyed to the court room. The infants at times break in upon the speechmaking of the attorneys with 1usty voices, crying l for neglect by their mothers in the haste to get good seats in the court | room. Inside therbar, over 100 women 1 had gathered and these scarcely tooR | their eyes off the unfortunate woman who will, two months later. go or trial for her life.
 Mrs. Pope Unmoved.
 1 Without a friend to comfort her | without. person to converse with other than her attorney, Mrs. Pope sat through>-the hearing utterly un- moved by anything she saw or heard She was Ndressed in black. Her ha' was such as is commonly seen on tht poor country folk. black imitation vel vet with shaggy feather as plumage Around her neck was cheap tmita tion of a black fur, and her dress wa! of very cheap quality.
 Without funds of any kind. the wo man made herself look as presentabl' as possible. So dressed. she did no look the part of the hardened crimtna that the State had painted her. Herr is 8 sQuare-set face. with moutl that hangs down in such a way as t give her most sober look. Her eye are clear, but as far as could be no ticed, she took no interest in anything around her. <,
 Throughout the hearing she kept he eyes glued to a vacant spot between the witness s chair and the seat of thu judge. Apparently she never moved al r eyelid, and when Solicitor Adams be gan his summing up for the State, sh did not turn her head.
 The solicitot painted the crime a one of the darkest in the history O Alabama and the South he referred to the feelings of a daughter wh' would so fouily slay her own parent he reviewed the damaging circum stantial evidence and in closing de nounced Mrs. Pope in the bitterest o tones. He turned toward the defend ant as he painted her in the blackes of language. The woman. then. fo 1.-the first time. turned her head. Sh looked. the solicitor squarely in tn eye. not more than eight feet away and her gaze never faltered. evei though the solicitor begged the cour to send her to jail without bail. s
 that she could be tried for her life and pictured a scene, with a moose fo the woman before him. as the objec swinging therefrom.
 Two Witnesses Heard.
 But two witnesses were heard thi morning. score or more were hear last Saturday. when the hearing con
 tinued throughout the day. 7. Mrs. J. Pope, mother-tn-law of tde accuse' woman, proved to be the star witness that the State desired to summon from Tallalega County. but when he
 testimony was done. the case of tn
 State had been but little benefited.
 The witness was hard of hearing an
 Solicitor Adams stood beside her t
 ask her questions. She said thaS tn accused woman and the murdere woman had visited her home at Child ersburg a year ago. last September and that on that occasion she hear quarreling between the two women She said that the accused woman ha
 stated to her that she wished that he mother was dead, that the breath wa out of her body. Sbe said that sh