The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-01-31
WENT TO JURY
LATE LAST NIGHT
AFTER TRYING FOR TWO HOURS
TO REACH A VERDICT, JURY
RETIRED FOR THE; NIGHT.
STRONG ARGUMENTS MADE
Defense introduced Number of Wit.
nesses Yesterday, Who Swore Davis
Was in His Camp Night Murder Was
Committed.
STRONG ARGUMENTS MADE

Inc rate or V. H. Davis, charged
with the murder of his wife, is in
the hands OF II men, composing the
jury, who, for two days, have been lis
tening to evidence introduced for and
against the defendant. This jury will,
1t is thought, some time during today,
say whether or not this man is gull
~ OF the crime of which he is charged.
The case was given to the jury last
night exactly at $3.50 o'clock, when
Judge Conyers completed his charge
ana the II men walked into the jury
room to begin the work of consider
ing the vast amount of testimony and
deciding whether or not V. H. Davis
was in conspiracy with his brother,
). X. Davis, to murder his wife, Mrs.
Mary DaXis. Judge Conyers waited at
the courthouse until II o'clock and,
verdict not having been reached at
mat hour, he left for his home. The
jury remained in their room until mid
night, and, not having arrived at yer.
dict, went to the Oglethorpe hotel in
charge of Deputy Sheriff Owens.
Probably not in recent years has
a case attracted so much attention in
Glynn county. During the entire tfial
the courtroom has been crowded with
spectators, and last night while the
attorneys were making their argu-
ments, every seat available in the
courtroom was occupied, many ladies
being among those in attendance.
Strong Arguments Made.
Evidence In the case was concluded
Yesterday afternoon shortly after 4
O'Clock, and the arguments started at
once. Each side was allowed two
hours in which to present the case. J.
Marx Wilcox, Of Hazlehurst, who ably
assisted Solicitor Thomas in the prose
cution opened for the state. While
his opening address was brief, the
young attorney presented the case in
a forceful fashion. He stated at the
very beginning that 1t was not the
@ntention of the state of Georgia to
convict any innocent man. He then
briefly went over some Of the states
evidence, showing, as he said, that un-
questionably a conspiracy had been
= formed between the two brothers to
murder Mrs. Davis. Mr. Wilcox spoke
for about half an hour, and he handled
the case in an excellent manner, re-
framing from criticizing many of the
witnesses Of the defense, and confin-
Ing his arguments to the facts in the
case as they appeared to him. The
young attorney grew eloquent at times,
was clear-cut in all that he said, and
seemed to have very favorably i'm
pressed the jury, all of whom closely
followed his argument.
Judge krauss Speaks.
Mr.. Wilcox was followed by Judge
ID. w. Krauss, attorney for the de-
fendant. He started his argument late
in the afternoon and completed after
court had convened at o'clock for
a night session. Judge Krauss went
over all of the evidence in the case,
severely criticizing many of the states
witnesses, whom, he said, had made
many misstatements on the stand,
such having been established by evi-
dence of the defense. He strongly ar
gued that his client was innocent; that
he was not connected with the crime
in any way and that the state had
failed ahsolutely to make out the
FrS Ecase against him. His ar
rafe1lhent OF some Of the states wit
nesses was most bitter He sifted all
of the evidence thoroughly. and made
Asstrong argument for the acquittal
oftthe defendant
Solicitors Fine Speech.
The argument made by Solicitor
Thomas was one of the most force
full ever heard in the Glynn county
courthouse. He replied strongly to
the charge made against the states
witnesses by the attorney for the de-
fendant, and, on one or two occa-