The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-19
SECOND PRELIMINARY
 TRIAL IS HELD

Linden, October 1s.-The second prelim- mary trial of George c. Etheredge was held in Linden last Monday and resulted in the discharge of the defendant, as at the former trial held before Justice ot the Peace G. E. Small. Judge Edward J. Glider of the Marengo law and equity court presided at the second trial and County Solicitor E. E. Taylor represented the state and Canterbury & Jones ap peared for the defendant.
 At the beginning of the session Solicitor Taylor stated that he had investigated carefully into the evidence against the seven negroes that had been arrested in connection with the crime. and that he Cullen Lotion, Henry Ryal, George Trippe, Eugene Jackson, Jule Jackson. Jack Doss and Peter Lott whereupon they were discharged
 On the 27th day of September the sher- iffs office was notified that Peter,5D. McDonald had been killed at his home near Nanafela and upon investigation, it was discovered that one of the boldest and most dastardly committed crimes | that has ever stained the pages of the history of Marengo county had been per
 
 l down in cold blood in the presence of his wife, who held new born babe in her arms, and without the slightest cause or apparent motive.
 The evidence produced at the trials | showed that there had been several cows shot in that neighborhood because of ldepredations upon crops and that on the evening of the 26th of September a man appeared at the gate of MT. Mcdonald and accused him of having shot the cows. Mcdonald was a common day la | borer atNa turpentine still, and had no crops to shoot cows about. and protested 1 his innocence of the charge, stating to l the accuser that if he had done it or krew who did do 1t. he would tell him. whereupon he was shot down without a l chance for his life. The state relied upon ! the evidence of Mrs. Mcdonald, who testified that she had known George C. 1 Etheredge for several years and that she l was absolutely certain that it was he ! who had killed her husband, but upon l cross examination she admitted that she could be and might have been mistaken 1 in the identity.
 The defense produced witnesses who l testified that Mrs. Mcdonald had pointed l out to them where the man had stood and I the direction he went, and that they had | found track which appeared to be run I ming that wore No. s shoe, and the de- ifendant was shown to wear NO. II. The defense also set up an alibi which was I well supported, although he admitted hav- | ing passed the Mcdonald home and had 1 gone on to his fathers home when he l heard the report of the gun, and tbat he 1 and the members of his fathers. family l aud some farm hands remarked upon the 1 shooting of the gun, supposing 1t to be
 some one shooting cows.
 Jasper Finney, another white man. wll" i had also been arrested charged with the l murder was ordered released py JhuSe ! Glider sufficient evidence not haYnlS ! feeu SC cured to warrant his detention. all l though a negro, Jule Jackson testlfiedl that he worked at the mill oi MT Dan Ryal where Finney was T fofemah; that l Flnney came to the nill on the day of the murder and called MT. kyal off for a l conversation and that ne heard MT Ryal fell him mot to do itr Finney went off