The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
NEWS ON TAP"
| FOR THIS WEEK
Much Interest in Durham
Superior Court
.CENTERs IN T|LLEY TRIAL
Tilley is a White Man Charged Win
he Murder of His Wife-Arthpr
Clement in Dying Condition. from
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Durham Matters.

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Durham, n. c., Jan. 2.-The Supe-
rior Court next week will be interest
ing Not only is there Il probability
of the Reuben Barbee case being taken
M BY the grand jury and the whole
evidence for the State reviewed, but
there viii be q number of other eases
that will claim the attention OF he
court.
The trial of w. IT. Tilley, charged
with killing his wife, will be one Of the
most interesting eve held in this
courty. If he was charged with the
same crime with the same evidence
in one of the larger cities Of the
country, his trial would consume sew
eral weeks and the expense account
would be something fearful. As it is.
| there IS 70 be a hard fight, and no one
thinks that the trial will less
than three days. 1t may TAX four.
will be q hard n and every point will
he contested by the defense and the
State.
Tillev is charged with the murder
-assassination-Of his wife. The
! killine occurred at the home, about
two and a half miles from Durham
| When the officers were the
woman was dead on the floor, a small
| bullet having passed through her
Dram. IllltS was tiic1t. he Sdld 1t
| was an accident. His story to the Off
GERS al the time was that he was trying
| to shoot a stray dog and that the car
| fridge hung. He tried to get this loose.
| and his wife, who was sitting in the
| room reading a paper, was killed. The
| story was so improbable that the cor
oner ordered his commitment even
| before the jury a passed on the
case. The jury, in their verdict, ask
ed for his commitment, and the mat
ter is now up to the court.
The state has, according to the evi,
! dence brought out by the coroner and
this has been strengthened since
then, a running story of trouble be-
| tween the wife and husband and sew
eral threats on the part of the hus-
band that he would end her life or
put her out of the way. Today the
Solicitor had certain made
to show the position of the man, as he
| tells it. the Woman and the dog that
he was supposed to be shooting at
| when he says. he killed his wife. This
will be in evidence at the trial next
| week.
The solicitor, who is on the scene
n directing this big fight in advance,
is having the witnesses summoned to
| appear before the court on WedneS-
day. 4 true bill has already been
IouIt dSdiiiSI 1ilCS :. IIllS MOtlo IN
dictate that It is expected that the case
will be called on Wednesday. There
are in the jail a number of cases but
the solicitor believes that he can re-
lieve this congestion before Tuesday
night. The general supposition now
is that a special venire from which to
select a jury viii! be ordered on Mon
day to report Wednesday,.
The selection of the jury will not be
an easy matter. Tilley has q great
many relatives in this county and they
are standing by him in the fight. The
dead woman, who was a Miss Adkins
before her first marriage. has a treat
many relatives and family connections
This wiz make it Verv hard to get a
jury. The best of the lawyers who
are not Interested think that it Will
take at least a day to get the jury ana
two days to tr~ the nan for his life.
Tilley lived originally in the edge of
orange county, not far from Durham.
He has a large number of relatives in
his county. He went out into the
West where he lived for several years
and then he came back here. Soon
after his eturn he married Mrs.
Richard Hanks, the widow of Richard
Hanks. who was first married TO Mr..
Sllas Gancey. Before her marriage she
was Miss Sallie Adkins. 1t was ms
woman who was either killed in a de-
llbefate murder or was the victim OF
an accident hat was fearful.
Realizing his position TilleV and ms