The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-08


 deter the commission of such crimes and to put a stop to reckless shedding of human blood and the taking of hu man life.
 Jury Is Charged
 At the conclusion of the arguments Judge Cahalan gave his charge to the jury Many of those attending court said 1t was one of the ablest charges ever given in the criminal court of Jeff ferson county. It covered all the phases of the law relating to murder. He told the jury of the different degrees ot murder and fully defined the same. He charged them to base their verdict on the evidence before them and ex- plained the law in reference to self de- fense. At the request of Attorney Com stock he gave the jury number of written charges and at 10:10 o'clock the jury retired to the jury room.
 At Il o'clock the jury reported they were unable to reach a verdict last night and were taken to the Jefferson hotel. It Is thought they will reach a verdict this morning.
 Pleads Not Guilty
 Entering a plea of not guilty by req son of self defense, and denying the de : tails of the confession, alleged to have been made by him to Solicitor Hefltn, Borden Burr. Sheriff McAdory and oth- CTS, Arthur Jones. on trial for the mur- der of John Holland, took the stand yesterday afternoon in his own de- fense and related the details or the gruesome killing.
 Only two witnesses for the defense were put on the stand-Arthur Jones and his brother. Walter, both charged with the same offense.
 The state closed yesterday afternoon at o'clock and the defense got through by 4:3O o'clock. A few witnesses were examined in rebuttal, merely to verify the alleged confession and the court adjourned until ' 30 o'clock, when the arguments began.
 The trial of Arthur Jones has att tracted a great deal of attention by reason of the interest In the Lewisburg murders. The court room was crowded ali day, but the trial progressed with much rapidity There was little or no sluabbling by opposing counsel, and Ju1ge Cahalan was seldom called upon for ruling. Contrary to general expectations. less than one hour after the court con- vened Arthur Jones was facing the 12 men selected to pass on his guilt or innocence. The preliminaries were very br ef a few words being sufficient to state the case to the jury. The pris- oner's defense was short
 A feature of the trial was the tes- ti>1ony of John Wade, who testified that ho was present when the negro Holland was killed, and he gave all the details of the circumstances that led up to the killing. This testimony was exceedingly dramatic and caused quite sensation in the court room. His. story was un- shaken on cross examination in de- scribing the details of the killing.
 Court Called to Order
 Promptly at 9:3O o'clock yesterday morn ing Judge Cahalan called the court to order and the selection of the jury be- gan. There were number of jurors ex- cused who did not believe in capital pun ishment or conviction on circumstantial evidence, but the jury was soon selected and the trial began. The following make up the jury:
 Louis H. Randall. farmer, Shades noun tain
 F. chappell Cooley. tally man. sO4 Cen tral street.
 John Simmons, carpenter. 400 Tappan street
 Lon l.. George. farmer, Arnold's Chapel. James G. Laird. salesman, SIS North Eighty-first street
 F. NJ Vines, merchant, Short Creek. J. Tol Robertson, farmer, Dolomite. Jeb Ware. farmer, New Georgia.
 
 William K. Kyle, farmer, Partridge x Roads.
 Thomas L. Bass. farmer. Leeds.
 John Wingrani. blacksmith, l9u9 Ave- nue I.
 Representing the state were Solicitor H. P Hefin, Special Counsel Borden Burr. Capt. Frank White, Circuit Solicitor Joseph R. Tate and Assistant Solicitor Hugn Locke. The defendant was repre- sented by Attorney c. D. Comstock.
 Jones' Mother Present
 Seated near the prisoner was his aged mother who took intense interest in the proceedings. On the table in front of tn. jury was package containing a few bones and portions of clothing said to have been worn by Holland on the day he disappeared.
 Attorney Burr examined all the wit nesses and sl1ilfully brought out the tes- tin.ony for the state. lie subjected the Jones boys, who were the only witnesses for the defense. to gruelling cross ex- animation in the effort to discredit their testimony. Solicitor Heflin and Captain White made suggestions during the exam nation. and ably assisted in the prosecu- tion.
 McDuff First Witness
 The first witness was Deputy Sheriff
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