The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-16
THE HEARING IS
NOW IN PROGRESS
All Of the Forenoon Was Taken Up
With Consultation With Witnesses.
-sy Garner Loses His Staggering
Air.

The audience of colored citizens
began to gather early this morning
in the county court house TO hear The
/ proceedings before Justice of The
Peace Bolton in the hearing of the
preliminary trial Of John Akens. 81
Garner and Charlie Gordon on their
connection with the shooting and
killing of Emma Holston on Tuesdly
night, June s, at a negro church npat
the saw mill Of the Griffin Land AMI
Lumber Company, about one mile
north of Make, Miss, a station cn
the Mississippi Central Railroad.
Monday nine-tenths of the audience
was composed Of colored men and
men and they occupied all parts OF
the court room, but the appearance
this morning Of quite a number o.
white men who desired seats, naces
stated a request to the colored reo-
PIE that they occupy the gallery an.
one-half of the seats surrounding HeI
bar so that the white spectators could
find seats on the other half This re-
quest was responded to and Quickig
the half set aside for the colored |
people WAS filled up. All the colorel .
women held seats down stairs. n-ne /
today appearing in the gallery until /
the late comers had to seel. seats
there.
Justice Bolton was promptly on
hand ready to begin the hearirg at
1890 O'Clock. But there was quite
n delay on calling court to order. This
was mainly due to the fact that Dis
trict Attorney McLaurin found it nee.
essary to consult with witnesses for
the state which come. mp this MORN
ing from the place where the shooting
took place some of them being eye.
Justice of the Peace Ran
lall, of Make, was also on hand with
he district attorney in the lonsu;tin-
Dom.
Sy Garner was The only one Of the ]
hree defendants who was brought
nto the court room. The others were g
n a consulting room for the attorney q
or the defense. Cy = lost the con S
idenL air and self-assumed manner /
+ indifference he exhibit d in th7 5
ourt room Monday. and whao he en- P
cred the court room this morning he L
ave the appearance of ha -ing passed
nything hut a happy time cf it since
Ionday. His face wore an expression Z
t the intense WEAKNESS of q man
Tho had not had any too mucn sleep. u
nd he quietly took n scat IN the step
n front of the judge iesl5 survey.
ne at times in a lan-vil way the
lass Of his own race who confronted
i'm across the bar and mp m the eal.
'ry. His mind appeared to bl en-
loyed by more serious affairs than
n Monday and during the general :,
uspense Of the waiting audience hc :
ms possessed with tine restlessnoss =,
f q mind not at ease, without a smile i,
D hri-hteu a saffron complexion y
-hich was brightened during the Mao- N
ay proceedings by a muscular p'av :,
nil physical act'yity which brought =
We blood to his face p
The expectation Of even the berin- 8
ing of the hearing waned as the min +
tes went by until it became a mere q
uestion whether or not there would +
e an early adjournment for the din. a
er hour. The big clock on the First +
Iational Bank Of Commerce, on Main )
treet had scarcely ceased the stroke q
II when Sheriff Magruder relieved {
he session of the audience by an /