The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-29
Cor. New Orleans Picayune.

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in the city court here today OF
affidavits that charged him with
carrying concealed weapons anC
with exhibiting a deadly weapor
in rude and threatening manner,
and went hence from the crowded
courtroom without delay.
The affidavits had been made By
members of the police force on in.
formation, and the chief and only
witness placed on the stand was
Hazel Redmond. the young woman
from the redIight district. against
whom the threats were alleged ,tC
have been made.
Hazel proved a very unwilling
witness. She did not have much
Of a memory, and her eyesight was
evidently defective, wherefore she
did not see where Rev. White got
the gun he threatened to kill her
with-she could not or would not
tell whether he got it out of his
own pocket or not. The first she
saw of it was when he pointed it
in her face with the threat that if
she did not return him the money
he had paid her, thirty dollars, he
would kill her.
When the case was first called il
was stated to the court that Hazel,
the chief witness, was sick in bed
and could not come. Police Justice
Thompson sent policeman to see
if the woman was sick, and he re-
turned with the announcement that
she was in bed, surrounded by hot
water bottles. The court then
sent DR.. E. H. Galloway, city ply
sician, to the bedside Of the wom-
an, and he returned with the state
ment that the woman was not sick.
and that she had said she was not
going to come to the courthouse.
The justice then dispatched couple
of policemen after the witness with
orders to bring her into court, and
she came, apparently in very bad
humor. It was evident she had
been weeping, and after being
place on the witness stand did that
stunt some more
The court room was crowded to
suffocation, even up to the judges S
stand. The defendant, Mr.. White,
sat within three feet of the witness,
but she never turned her eyes in
his direction except when ordered
by the court to identify him as the
man who threatened to shoot her,
and then she gave him a mere
glance. However, she stated he
was the man, that she had known
him some time. that he had spent
good many evenings at her house
in the rediight district. and had
paid her goodly sum of money
first and last. but she kept no ac-
count and could not tell just how
much.
The testimony as given by the
woman was that she had known
White some time; he was at her
house the 18th of April, had pis-
tol; didn't want her to go to Mem
phis; he was in a room with her at
the time. She saw the gun for the
first time in his hand; did not know
where he got it; she ran out of the
room when he pointed the gun at
her and threatened to kill her. He
demanded back $50 he had given
her that day; did not know how
much money he had given her in
all; kept no account. She went out
to call the police, but found none,
and after other woman went to the
room she returned; left for Mem
phis that day and had no further
trouble with Mr.. White.
1t was about o'clock when
White came to her house on North
Parish street; it has two rooms.
White came in a back way. Stay
ed till IL o'clock at night; she met
him at the back door kitchen door
and she entered her room with
him; he had no pistol in his hand.
She had no pistol. She was dress
ing when White pulled the pistol
on her. She did not know where
he got the pistol; she was at the
dresser and White was walking the
floor. fussing at her about going to
Memphis: threatened to kill her if
she went to Memphis without Civ
ing him back the money. It was q
rusty gun. she declared.
Asked to look at the defendant,
she identified him positively, and
court rested.
On discrimination hy Attor-
ney Jack Thompson for the defense.
the witness said there was another
woman in the room when White
drew the gun On her.
She had never made it clear
where White got the gun, and the
court took up the questioning, but
got nothing satisfactory.
Asked what she did with Che
gun. the witness said she sold it id
Memphis
The witness was excused and att
tofney FOR the defense moved the
court to dismiss the case. as i had
not been shown there was any cen
cealed weapon
On this Attorney w. j Groom,
for THE prosecution interppsed
strenuous objection. declaring 4
clear case had been made out. and
drew picture 81 what would have
happened Il snli white, che