The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-08
WILLIE TOLLlVER, NEGRESS, IS CHARGED WITH KILLING
 YOUNG COUNTRY BOY.
ONE WITNESS SEARCHED FOR
Prosecution Springs Surprise When IL Introduces Before Court the Evil dence of Pearl Franklin, Who Had Testified Before Grand Jury.

Millie Tolliyer the negress who owned and operated the Indian Club, resort outside the police dis trict, was yesterday afternoon formal ly arraigned on a murder charge fol- lowing the death of Charles Bowen. a young country boy, who was injured in her resort during the last state fair, and who died from the injur- ies.
 The case was set for the morning hour, but most of the day was spent by officers and counsel in the search of Pearl Franklin, who had been negro inmate of the house. and who, it was stated, was the principal wit ness for the defense. This negress had been summoned, but paid no at tention to the summons and when officers took up a search for her she could not be found. The last known of her seems to have been recently. when the police had her in the city courts.
 Late in the afternoon Attorneys Boulc and Mooney, for the defense, prepared lengthy motion for a con tinuanCe of the case for this term of court, based on the absence of this negro witness. and the absence also of Tom Franklin a former police of ficer.
 The motion set forth that if Pearl Franklin were present she would tes- tify that when Bowen was leaving the resort on the night of his injury, he showed his fist through window in the door casing, and that he then drunkenly reeled against the falling glass, and that in this way he had suffered the injury from which he later died.
 That, in substance, was what the motion contended was why the case should be deferred
 Prosecuting Attorney Witt and Deputy Al Bedding resisted the mo- tion for a continuance, and in doing so stated that the witness had testi- fled before the grand jury in the in- yestigation that she did not know who broke the window glass in the door and that she had not seen the incident From the sworn testimony of this witness before the scaLd jury she did not know much about the cir cumstances.
 Judge Mooney and myself are willing to be sworn that this soman made the representations to us set forth in this motion for a eontinu- ance," said Mir. Bouic.
 Judge Gotham stated that t. would not be necessary for tie attorneys for the defense to be sworn as to what she had told them, but he re- viewed the motion for a continuance, as compared with what the woman had sworn for the grand jury inyes, tigation, and went to the bench. where he ruled that the motion for continuance would be overruled
 In the matter of the absence of former police officer Tom Franklin it was represented in the motion that he would testify that the deceased and his companions came from the stairway entrance to the resort in drunken and boistrous condition. went from there to the Last Chance" saloon, and later to the Sandy Cox saloon, and that he had watched them.
 Inasmuch as summons had been accepted in the cases of both these witnesses, and that the negro woman | is believed to still be in the city, hef enforced presence in court may yet | be secured.
 Drawing the jury proved the usual
 tedious task, but it will probably be concluded shortly after court con | venes this morning, and the evidence
 taking in the case will be taken up by 10 o'clock.