The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-11-26
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

The trial of Clifford Whitaker,
charged with being drunk and disor-
derby, was begun at IL o'clock today
in the Count Court room before Re-
corder E. E. Erwin, and was not COM
pleted when The Herald went to press
this afternoon.
There was perhaps one hundred
spectators and witnesses at the police
station when the case was called at /
10 o'clock today. Objection was
made to Recorder Erwin sitting on ;
the case, and one hour was consumed
in the legal hair-splitting that ensued.
By the time these formalities had
been attended to the crowd had in |
creased to such proportions that adj !
iournment was taken to the Court
House.
Prior to the adjournment at noon
/ the citys witnesses were examined,
it being pretty well established that
i on Saturday evening about eight
o'clock Oficers Morgan and Stages
walked across the Square to the Steph-
enson Brother corner; that they saw
the defendant standing there talking
to friend; that he later walked away;
that the officers then proceeded TO
Streets corner, where Whitaker soon
appeared; that officer Stages then at
tempted to arrest Whitaker, striking
him over the head with his mace;
that Officers Morgan and Stages start
ed to the police station with the prls-
oner, who protested vigorously; that
tea bystanders were deputized to as
sist. that the defendant was dragged
a part of the way and that he later
walked the remainder of the distance;
that an attempt was made 70 ind CITY
physician Biddle to dress the wounds,
and that between $3.50 and 10 O'CLOCK
Dr O. ]. Porter. who had been calleu
nv friends of Whitaker, arrived anu
rendered medical assistance.
oficers Morgan and Stages swore
that the defendant, when they at
tempted to effect his arrest, threw up
his right hand and thrust his left mana
in his front trousers pocket at Tue
came time using strong epithe''
,rb;s was the reason given for the
> blow on the head with mace "nicn
was struck by officer Stages anu
which one of the city's witnesses Ies'
tiled was audible thirty feet away
Dr Porter, who dressed Whitaker
wounds stated that there was al
> ohrasion of the skin on the foreneau
% .ho no;nt of the wound extending 'e
tho edge of the hair; that there was
slight injury of the ear, ana 'h"
:. tho natient had complained OF pain Il
- the head. near the crown. he gave :
= as his opinion that the WOUNDS coul'
= not have been made by the same DO"
- h,+ was unable to tell whether OF Nv
:, anv or all of the wounds were in"u
by mace n,ber n
T. was established by numDer y
. ..o..os that Whitaker had oeel
IL drinking. ontod h,
Tho defendant was represented "
n Dining and the city os va
Attorney Shelby Corey
" The First Witness
officer Stages was the first wl'ne e@
Al no stoted that Saturday night oetwee
y and 9 o'clock he arrested oiino =.
,yh,t+oler He was standing Oh ~
10 liner of Streets hardware SUI
- when Whitaker staggered up. D, "aa
IN WV, Wv him personally Had never see
u him before. Defendant was stahaln
ono door beyond Stephenson 5 w
store when first seen. turned - -
r~ont AWAY and shortly afterwai'
80 nm staggering, Said 10 mn
60 rove cot to arrest you" Deiel
A amt said mo, Cd d-n you ~
~" Defendant threw rleh' nc" :
re tito officers face and left manu- 49,
wards his pocket. Struck mn HI,
nth his mace Then arres,eo ,a,,,
T,amined pockets later ana lor,
hA '. ad come money. Defenda
ere want wan, reluctantly to Jail ana MI
,as was deputized to assist chat d
80. wa" ~ W. REORGANIZATION said tina.
"a on mas not disorderly; that
led had not seen him take