The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-27

arrested, I've rot the old boy. I'll have to get new suit of clothes. A man who is getting e reward of $32s can afford a new suit"
 The wife testified to the same story.
 A. J. Clements another brother Luker told me he thought his son Gib should have the reward and Gib said he thought so. too."
 The case win likely go to the jury tomorrow night
 Court Reom Filled.
 There was another packed court room today. more interest being mani fested in the trial than on the first day.
 Bob Clements's aged father sat in the court room with his son today. but Clements's wife and his seven small children were not present in the court room this morning.
 Bob Clements's sister, Mrs. Rufus Luker, whom it Is said will testify against her brother, is still said to be sick al her home near Woodland Mills and 1t Is not known whether she will be at the trial or not. It is claimed that Bob Clements confessed to her, telling her the same story as her hus- band and son swore yesterday that Bob Clements told them.
 At the morning session several wit nesses were placed on the stand, but their evidence had no tendency to break down the story of Rufus Luker and his son, who testified for the State yesterday.
 The first witness for the defense was Will Clements. who said he was half nephew of the defendant. He testified that Bob Clements was man of good character. that he had known Clements practically all his life and that he lived about mile from him.
 The witness said he was at Bob Clementss house the morning after the fire and saw no blood about the place. Three weeks later he was there again and saw blood there. How the blood came there the witness did not know
 Three days after the fire I assisted Bob to move, and was all around the place and saw no blood there then." said the witness. Tom Edm ondson was a simple minded man, but he was not easy to get mad. l saw him It, tie mad one time. Tom Edm mondson's wife was free dealer. she had control of the property. She objected to Tom making any business deals without her consent"
 On cross-examination this witness said: When I went to Bob Clementss s three days after the fire. l didn't go there to find any blood. I went there to help Bob move. I didn't make an examination for blood on the door fac ing and other places l didn't see any ashes or pieces of cloth. I heard that some cloth with blood and maggots on 1t had been found at Bob's house, but l didn't find any and didn't see any.
 Tom Edniondson was & good farm CT, but I don't know whether he knew now to transact business or not. He was rather simple. l never heard of any fuss between Tom Edmondson and his wife shortly before the Killing and the burning"
 Tom Roden Testines.
 Tom Roden, of Valhermosa Springs, was the next witness. Valhermosa Is not far from Woodland Mills.
 T was at Bob Clements's twice af-' ter the fire," he said. The first time I was there all the blood I saw was on the front porch. This looked like hog blood to me. Bob said he had cut up a hog there. About two weeks later myself and four other men went to Bob's and found blood on the outside of the house on the ground and found something that looked to me like wal nut stains on the door casing. saw ashes in the fire place at Bob's and we raked them out on the floor and found little white looking lime in the ashes. We found no bloody cloth in the ash es.
 On cross examination this witness said he made no examination for blood the first time he went to Bob Glenn entss house.
 We found a piece of cloth." said the witness, with something on it that looked like tar to me but not like blood"
 The State showed him a piece of blood-stained cloth which had been of- fered in evidence and asked him if that was the piece of cloth he had found. or If he had ever seen this piece of cloth before. He said 1t was not the piece of cloth found by him and that he had never seen this piece of cloth before.
 I. B. Turney testified that he lives about a half mile from the Tom Ed mondson place, and that he was at the fire. He said before reaching the fire he heard man and a woman holler and heard bell ring in the direction of Tom Edmondson's house.
 Said the witness: T helped Bob Clements to move three days after the fire. and I was all around his place on that day. saw blood on the front porch on that day but saw no blood at any other place. I was told this was hog blood on the porch, where Bob had cut up a hog. l saw something on the door facing, but didn't know what 1t was. It didn't look like blood to me Since that day I have seen blood, or what was said to be blood, In several places around Bob Clements's house, that is where he lived at the time of the fire.
 On cross examination this witness