The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-10
GREENV7LLE lMYS7ER !
 NOT SOLVED BY JURY

,s- !, i,.- | 1ss ' n li sl'-l l7s , M siciau. expressss the opinion that no other vekptn wab used. Before the is completed. the body may z bs <zhunsd to ascertain this
 The fstnsr of the youth, sives ss his, reason for his refusai of psrmiastoD for an autepsy the desire to save tf boyss mother. who has been under physioian's cafs sincs the discovsry of : pf! Psrdue. County. Physician. made an sxsmipation of the. body. He. says he found no evidences of wounds or bruiaes4 other than on the head. Ills ststemsnts also Indicate that he be- lfeves the wound wac c&used by gun preessd closely against the head
 On the other hand. the jurors found diKsrsntiy this morning. Tn an exper- ,,ns IF % w,sa ass sss ssms ssn uoUn plsSs linG the yeqpd vas made when the shot was nre6 about four feet from the object r !.
 PssatiSs eS Murder.
 Never dtd crime seefn more devoid of motive than In the Bafsden case. Members of tho boyss family are deep Y grieved ever msntion of the suicide theory .tf<ff k3.sE t /. t~ tsil
 'I am positive my boy was murder ed.y declafed Homer Batsden." He had absolutely nd reason to end his own lifes He had not been rebuked. sither ats home or at school. as was said He and his mother were almost corstant companionS. ana his home life seemed to be without . care. am going to the bottom of the thing. I am . man or moderate circunstances. l owe no man . dollar !, cannot meet. will De as peuper before wifhdrew from my search for the murderer. must know how my boy met death. !" TnQuiry concerning Iva ;Baisden's reps utation revealed the fact that . moro quiet. unassunfng and manly lad did not live in Qreenville. Especially high were the tributes paid by the minfs- ter and fofacers of the Methodist Church In which he was an earnest worker. He had always expressed his intention of5entering the ministry.
 Eauaiiy lacking ID rnotive is the murder theory. Regardtng this. Mr. fss .sss ss,ssr sd s of any personal enemies. especially Of those who would take such awful re- venge upon a father,,s
 A theory has been advanced that death may nave been the reeuit sof ( stray shot from member of 'possufn huntinx party, several of which are said to have been in the vicinity at the time. Stray shots are; seldom placed as ffiis one vas. and are not followed by the surroundins circum- stances s,s ss @ 1s <
 if the theory of mnfder is accepted. as 1t is.by a majority Here. the sup position is that the crime was con1- mitted at the point near where the hst was found. IL is arEued that. after driving with his victim for q mile or so. the murderer crouched in the bot tom of the buggy, end was partly con eealed by q quilt. The lines were found fastened in tho holes of the dashhoArd It. is tnfprobA ble that the horae wohia ifAvss NIioNsd the course is st e :,ss <, Sss sss sys,;ss }. z sGsnsy s,ss a dnfihs It fs1r mia isiis trip q; sss M cause Of tas f6u xhp6ss of tiie route Hecauss Of It's position when found the body could not possibly have fallen from the buggy.
 May ExAunze Body.
 Tt is reported that the bullet from c sl-caiibrs Colt revolver has been found lodged in fence along the road taken by the. boy, and it is understood that tht8 fuxnor Wilt De tnYestiEaLed by the jury tomorrow. Should doubt arise as to the kind of bullet embedded in the boys brain. the authorities are empowered to exfiune the body for an sexArninxtion. gs ssu
 Discussions of the tragedy here su- persedes by far any other subject. Ru- naors of all kinds are being cast hith- CT and thither. and shorts are being made to run each of these to it's source. One report had 1t that the boy had run across an Illicit "stflr in. the woods. and had suffefed4 death for. his mis- take. This Is discredited by the au- thorities,, who claim no such thing has or does exist near Greenvilie.
 While non-committal Sheriff ". s. Watson will not endorse the murder theory. i,ssss. .9 !
 Meanwhile, at the .ldarkened homo Of tiie bereaved family. altnost surmount- ing the grief of the hour is the spirit Of ferreting out the truth scoTcernins the death of the rnissipg. member. The sorro wing parents are determined to Know the facts and to demand justice. if necessary. f E. H. r