The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-10-06

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ternoon, and she was given her J
liberty.
Mr.. j. r. Mercer signed the {
bond, having received a telegram I
from Mrs. Atkinson's father, j.
+. Bronner, of Pavo, requesting I
MIN to arrange for her freedom. )
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the moor, and that he attempted to
get him up, but he would throw
MS head back in a CONFUSION in
sucn way that he was not able to
handle him. In the meantime a ne
gro woman came in, also Mr.. Edgar
lodd, who helped get him on the
ped and undress him. The witness
stayed there about an hour or so.
ana left Todd there. He was not
present when Glaze died, nor when
the doctor came. Glaze was hay-
ing commissions occasionally, which
would last several minutes. Witness
did not hear him say anything as
TO what was the matter with him,
nor did he remember hearing Mrs.
Atkinson say anything about it ex-
cept that after breakfast she was
going out to milk and asked Glaze
to come help her. He was then sit
ting on the porch, where he was
found, but Glaze said he was sick.
Edgar Todd testified that he lived
near the Atkinson home, and was
called by his wife on the morning
on which Glaze died and told to go
over there. He did so, and found
Stephens, a negro woman and Mrs.
Atkinson in the house. He helped
get Glaze up off the floor and on to
the bed, and stayed with him. Glaze
was having commissions. Witness
could not say what the relations
of Mrs. Atkinson and the deceased
were, but he heard fussing over
there a good deal. He heard her
say that morning that Glaze did not
eat much breakfast; that he drank
just one cup of coffee and claimed to
be sick.
Left Store to Get Breakfast.
Mr.. Clifton was called to the stand
and said Il run a store in Chicka-
sawhatchee, and saw Will Glaze in
the morning on which he died. He
was down at my store, and seemed
to be in good health and spirits. |
saw nothing the matter with him,
and he was as we'll as usual. He
told me at that time that he had not
had breakfast, and that Mrs. Atkin-
son had not gotten up, but that he
was going back home after awhile
and get breakfast. He went from
my store over to the store of Mrs.
Brown. Yes, l have heard a good
many rows between Mrs. Atkinson
and Glaze, the deceased. They We're
fussing over there a good deal l
had had some rat poison at my store,
and put it out a month or so before
this, and cannot say whether it was
out in the store at this time or not.
| know Glaze did not have an oppor-
tunity to get any of it that day"
Joe Brown testified as follows:
"Will Glaze was over at my mothers
store on the morning of his death,
and he was as well as | ever saw
him. l wanted him to go fishing
with me, and we got to playing, and
he took me and threw me around
He was well and hearty and there
was nothing the matter with him
then. He bought a nickel's worth
of tobacco from me and went home
l did not see him any more until
after he was dead.
Could Not Say Poison Caused Death
DR.. Elm Collum testified: Il was
called into see Will Glaze on the
morning of the 23rd of August.
reached him about five minutes be-
fore he died. l did not give him
anything except a hypodermic of
morphine. He was having convul-
sions, his muscles were rigid, and
his head and feet were drawn back
l did not observe him sufficiently
long to make a correct diagnosis. |
suspected strychnine poison, but
cannot say that he died of that. The
next day DR.. o. G. Crawford and my
self performed an autopsy on the
body and removed the stomach,
which was placed in that package
there identifying same) and sealed
it. That is my name on the pack
age"
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