The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-18
Sentenced to Eight Years.
Appeal to Be Made
FUNERAL Of DR.. YATES
Last Honors Paid to Distinguished
Resident of Durham-MusicaI Pro-
gram by Y. NJ. G. A.-Stray Load
Of WhiSkey Found on Street of
Ciry-Othef News.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Durham, n. c.. May 15.-At 9:O5
tonight the jury in the Tilley case
brought in a verdict of manslaughter.
Judge Long Immediately sentenced
Tilley TO eight years in the peniten-
tiary.
Counsel for the defense gave notice
of appeal and appearance bond was
liked at $4,000. This bond. counsel
say, will be given tomorrow or Mon
day.
The Tilley Case reached the
jury this afternoon at three-thirty
o'clock after one of the ahrdest
days of the trial hat began on
Wednesday. The work today was all
IN the nature of speeches by the law
ye3s- and the charge of his honor as
the last feature. There were three
speeches today. Three were made
yesterday afternoon, making a total
OF six. The average was about an
hour each.
II. 4. Ioushee. attorney for the de-
PENDANT, who argued the evidence and
h ~inprobability of the crime being
committed. He argued that it was an
accident and showed how he could
have did the homicide by accident. The
rifle was used to demonstrate thai
tile accident occurred just as claimed
hy the prisoner. He ridiculed the
contentious of the State and attacked
the testimony of the boy. Donald
Hanks, only son of the dead woman
and j. Fl. Barbee, the strongest wit
ness for the State, except the boy.
lie was followed by Solicitor Full
Ter, who made n of the best speech
es t.lat has Yer been made in the
court house here. His arraignment of
the defendant was terrific, and at
times he had many of those in the
court room crying. He made a
straightforward argument, reviewing
the evidence and the attitude of the
man after he had sho down his wife.
It was not the natural act of an innO-
cent man to u off from his Wife,
leaving her in her blood and struggling
fer life. He lie not even awaken his
little step-son, but went off, and the
son was awakened by the struggles Of
his mother, and made an effort to
pull her from the pool Of blood. Then
on returning he did not enter the
room, although his wife was still liv-
ing, IA he asked that a neighbor lady
go in and get him a plug of tobacco,
then he sat and talked about selling
q hog. Later his attitude while in the
room Us q prisoner he showed such
L~nconccrn as TO be noticed by all. The
fuses. Guarrels, the threats and whip
pings we're gone over. e. the acct
dental gun theory was gone into at
some length. It was a great speech
and won many admirers of the young
solicitor " h has met in this case bril-
liant lawyers and fought them to a
finish.
Ex-Solicitor Speaks.
A. L. Brooks. eS-solicitor. was the
last speaker. He spoke in defense of
the defendant. The speech was a good
one, but Mr.. Brooks was not at his
best. Most of his speech was given
in ridicule and in attacking j. II. Bar
bee and Sheriff Harvard. He assault
ed Mr.. Barbee from the beginning to
the end of his speech and tried to
show that the baby boy a been
coached into telling the story he told
on the stand. At times the ELOQUENT
eX-sO1icitor assumed flights OF oratory
that attracted the attention Of every
one in the house. He argued much Of
the evidence and handled the gun IN
demonstration of the claims made by
the s.. t.L. +r-
He finished JUS at l o'clock ana
was the last speaker. The court tlleL
adjourned for one hour SO that the
jurors could get dinner and exercise
and the charge vas delivered 1mmedl.
ateIy after 9 O'Clock, lasting for Q
an hour and a quarter. me laWSels
did not insist that the court read over
all the evidence and the charge was
given in the usual way. the court re
viewing the evidence and then cnarS-
ing the jury as to the Jaw. This was
SO we'll and ably done that both sldes
were fairly we'll pleased. one OF the
attorneys for the defendant said alter
wards that Judge Long did not charge
as to the contentious of the defend
ant as fully as they had hoped put
that the explanation Of the law was
all that could be asked.
Mr.. Bryant's Speech.
In all the Speech-making in TINS
n q ava &C <lo Ir;11tnyo f ond P1-