Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-18

and woman were reclining, by Police
man Lewis Whitley. II was shortly
after 4 o'clock In the afternoon, the
witness said. and a bright day. He
observed the two persons on the
grass, the man with his arm about
the woman.
The man had his back toward the
witness and he was unable to Identify
| him. His coat was off and he could
! not tell that 1t was blue uniform
| coat. Norman was supposed to be off
| at 4 o'clock. The testimony there
| fore, even IL Identifying Norman,
would not serve TO convict him OF i'm
| proprieties while on duty
Mooros testimony was similar.
Asked If It was Captain Norman he
| saw, he replied. q supposed il was. |
had a pretty good idea 1t was he. but
| wouldn't swear to H. Whitley asked
| us to so down there. We got about
twenty feet from them. The man had
his back to us. | did not know the
woman"
Policeman Lewis Whitley declared
that he had seen Norman and the
woman together a number of times,
sometimes sitting on the ground, at
other times on the benches ON sew
| eral occasions, he said, he saw Nor
| man wheeling Mrs. Christman's baby
carriage. and on others he saw them
together in the park swings He said
| that Moore and Mills had reported to
| him that they had seen Norman lying
on the ground while Mrs Christman
| was sitting up. He had kissed her
and embraced her. and she had kissed
| him. they had told him, according to
| his testimony.
Attacked as "Hearsay" Evidence.
Under further questioning, Whitley
| related even more racy Incidents
which he said had been told him Of
| the aged captains conduct with the
! woman.
| Attorney Thomas objected to this
| line OF testimony as all hearsay evil
| dence and not at all according 10 the
! testimony of the young men who had
! just appeared on the stand
| Mavor Woodward asked II the
| young mems first statements had been
made under oath, and was told that
| they were not, but had been made in
! formally TO Captain Poole and Cap
| tain Mayo Whitley said that Nor
| man was not on duty when Moore
| and Mills spied on him, but that he
| often had seen Norman and Mrs.
| Christman walking about the park
| and sitting on benches when he was
| on duty
Attorney Thomas brought out IN
! his cross examination that Norman
! and the woman were sitting within
making no effort TO conceal the fact
! that they were together.
| Policeman Grler gave probably the
most damaging and direct testimony
| against the former police captain.
He represented that he had been a
| witness or highly interesting oscula-
| tory performances between Norman
and the woman.
Tells OF Kissing Bee.
Norman kissed her and she kissed
! him he said.
More than once" he was asked.
! "Oh. yes"
Well how many times did she kiss
/ him."
! 4 can't say didn't count them %
! he replied The spectators laughed
! and Norman looked serious. His wife
/ and daughters looks aSsailed the Wit
ness. but he gazod steadfastly in the
| opposite direction. He had been a
/ witness of these occurrences on two
| occasions he testified. August is and
/ August q
Digs Into Family History.
| Attorney Thomas went into Grier's
private and family history in his
/ cross -examinat ion procedure to
/ which Grier very strenuously object
| ed Thomas attempted 10 show that
Grier had been guilty of conduct even
more reprehensible than that charged
/ against Norman.
/ Charles c. Howell. formerly a So
! llcitor for the Boston Dry Cleaning
7 establishment, furnished the bulk of
. I'll
/ was represented by Thomas as
I Young man who had imperSonated a
member Of the vice squad and had
/ gone about the parks with a pair of
I field glasses on a gumshoe hunt for
/ svoouiug couples
! am . member Of society that