Evening journal., 1914-03-06
AURDER CASE
TO JURY TODAY:
VERDICT SOON
PARKWAY Takes Blame for
Blows in Effort to Save
Mabel at EIktOn
CLOSING ARGUMENTS
MADE THIS MORNING
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Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
EI.KTON. Nd, March 6.-Closingl
arguments we're made this morning in
tho case Of Norman Mabel. colored.
who has been on trial since Tuesday
on charge Of numbering James r.
Coleman, farmer of near Chester
town.
James PARKWAY. colored. is 70 bol
placed on trial next, the court hav-
Ing ordered separate trials for tho
young negroes against whom POPULAR
feeling was so strong about Chester
town that the cases were transferred
to Elkton for trial.
Counsel for Mabel today pleaded
that the Jury spare his life, -inasmuchl
as PARKWAY had testified that he.
and not Mabel, had belabored Coleman
with the murderous blows.
Tho case is to go to tho jury late
this afternoon, and a verdict is ex-
pected In a short time.
Declaring that he struck the blows
(which caused the death Of Coleman.
PARKWAY. the negro charged jointly
with Mabel, went on the witness stand
in defense of Mabel last night Mabel
was also called in his defense and ad-
mitted stopping Mr.. Coleman's horse
and robbing him after he had been as-
saulted by PARKWAY.
PARKWAY was the first witness called
for the defense at the night session and
IL was hoped by his testimony to save
Mabel from being convicted Of murder
lin the first degree. PARKWAY stated
that on the evening Of December %.
after he saw Mr.. Coleman with the
money in the store of Nathan Iieber-
man. Mt Melitota, that he and Mabel
planned TO get the money. He said
that he called Mabel out on the store
porch and said: Let's get Mr.. Cole
mans money!
PARKWAY. under cross examination,
said that Mabel did not know that he
(Paraway) intended to strike Mr.. Cole
man until after the blows had been
l. lpassed. PARKWAY said he did not know
why no struck Mr. Coleman. other than
10 get his money. Paraway positive
T. ly identified the iron bar--a part d
l. an old corn planter-produced in cour
y as the instrument with which he dc
e, givered the blows which rosulted ii
Is tho death Of Mr.. Coleman
The entire time thnt PARKWAY wa
y on the stand be displayed no uneasl
q ness whatever. At times. however
7, when questions were propounded q
y him by counsel for both sides he hesi
= tated for short time before answer
/. Ing. as though he was thinking deeply
= In adopting the procedure of callinl
- PARKWAY, whose trial for the murde
D, Of MT. Coleman viii follow that o
= Mabel. as a witness for Mabel IN
defense sprung quite a surprise. Para
way claims to be but 10 years OF ag
and. while his admissions 1x his gull
of the crime. il convicted Of the mur
D der in the first degree his counss
p hope to save him from hanging on &C
- count OF his youth.
Court adjourned at 10 o'clock Las
night until $50 o'clock this morning
= when arguments we're opened.
= Pumphrey Under Fire.
- The first confession was obtaine
p from Mabel and PARKWAY in the Che'
- tertown jail before they we're take
~ to the Baltimore jail In the confel
- sion Mabel admits that after Parawa
- had struck Mr.. Coleman with the iro
"a bar he stole the pocketbook contain
ing the money out OF his pocket d.
tectives John Kratz and T. f. Hogai
=. Of the Baltimore Police Department
~ stated that they made the same al
~ missions to them on January 1, whe
= - they were being taken from the Ger
a trail Police Station to the BaltimoI
n city jail. Detectives Charles A. Kal
", Ter and Thomas Quirk, also of Bait
"a moro, testified that Oh February
r. they visited Mabel and PARKWAY az II
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