The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-01-30
MADE THREATS
AGAINST WIFE
STATE ENDEIAVORING TO SHOW
CONSPIRACY BETWEEN BROTH
ERS TO MURDER MRS. DAVIS.
THE TESTIMONY YESTERDAY
Evidence Strong Against J. r. Davis,
But Little Has Been Introduced Con-
Meeting v. n. Davis with the Crime.
State Rests It's Case.

With strong circumstantial evidence
against ]. r.. Davis, a brother Of V.
H. Davis, who is on trial in the supe-
rior court charged with the murder of
his wife, whose body was found near
Thalmann ON Nov. IA, and with some
0ircumstantial evidence tending to
snow that the husband was connected
with the crime, the state rested last
night at $3.50 o'clock and the defense
Will begin its testimony when court
convenes at o'clock this morning.
Summing up yesterdays testimony
the state has proved, by the dozen or
more witnesses introduced, these i'm
portant facts:
That the body found was unques-
tionably that of Mrs. ". H. Davis.
That she was last seen on Oct. 29 on
an A., B. & A passenger train with J.
R. Davis, brother OF the defendant
That they lett the train some time
after Z o'clock at night at Blount, a
small station south of Thalmann, a
short distance from where the body of
the dead woman was found.
That a telegram had been sent by
tne brother to Mrs. Davis, who was
at Hortense, requesting her to come
to Brunswick.
That the brother has not been seen
since oct. 20, and that Mrs. Davis was
not seen from that date until her body
was found ON Nov. IA.
This testimony of course, is all
against the brother, who is still at
.arge, but the state is endeavoring to
show a conspiracy between the two
brothers to murder the wife, and cir
cumstantial evidence yesterday
against Y. H. Davis brought out these
facts:
That he had stated to at least a
nalf dozen fellow workers around the
tie camp Of the Georgia Coast Lumber
Co. that II it was not for the law he
would kill his wife; tat he had badly
abused her when she visited him at
the camp during the middle Of October
in an effort to effect reconciliation.
Two witnesses have testified that
he left the camp, some six Or seven
miles from where the body was found,
on the night of Oct 20, the same day
that J. R. Davis and Mrs. V. H. Davis
were seen on the A., B. & A. train, and
that he returned to the camp some
time after midnight
Two witnesses have testified that a
horse was hitched to a small tree a
short distance from where Mrs. Davis
body was found and also near where
the handbag and other articles of the
deceased were found. No one saw
this horse, however, and there is no
evidence to show that 1t was the one
hidden by Davis on the night the MUIR
der is supposed to have been com
mitted.
Three witnesses have partly identi-
lied large iron bolt as the one used
about the lumber camp, and which was
found after the murder a short dis
tance from the scene of the crime.
The state is contending that the
brothers planned the murder together;
that ]. r. Davis, who was at Hortense
ON Oct %, induced Mrs. Davis to come
to Brunswick the following day; that
the brother boarded the train, left it
at Blount's In company with the wife,
that he was met there by the husband
and the murder committed
Just what the defense will bring
out today remains to be seen. 1t is
understood that there are some strong
witnesgMFho will testify that Davis
never k.W the camp at all on the
night OF the murder, and that other
state evidence will be shattered.
Considerable interest is being man
ifesled in the case, the court room
being crowded throughout the day In
order to proceed as rapidly as pos
sible with the case, Judge Conyers
held a night session of the court, ad-
JourninS at $50.