The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-13
SUSPECTS IN COhER
CASE ON TRIAL TODAY
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ton and Hamilton. Judge Allen
! Thompson and Clayton d. Potter to
defend them. Attorneys for the de-
| PENDANTS were asked if they would
ask for a continuance, and replied so
far as they knew at this time they
would not. District Attorney HOWE
said that the state would insist on an
immediate trial, the prosecution be-
ing ready. However, they did say
they would insist on a severance, and
/ that the men be tried separately. One
attorney for the defendants limited
| that a continuance might be request
ed. However, the attorneys are not
showing their hand" so what move
will be made will not be known until
: tomorrow.
| Chief of police Sam Nunnery, with
number of officers, is still working
hard gathering evidence against the
two men, and he limited today that
important testimony of which the
public was not yet aware would be,
forthcoming at the trial.
Police Guard Clues.
If any additional clues or evidence
| in connection with the case have de-
veloped since Saturday night officers
are carefully guarding it as a secret.
| They are exceedingly reticent about
talking further about the case, but
stoutly maintain they have sufficient
| evidence to show that the indicted
men committed the crime, one of the
most brutal in the criminal history of
Mississippi.
Searches made of the room occu-
pied by Perry fail to reveal any fur
Their clues. so far as known, as to
whether there was one or more ac-
completes, or to indicate whether rob-
berry was a motive. The finding Of
money in the room upon two 9ccas
sions last week indicated that prob
ably Mrs. Cocker did have a consider
able sum in her possession when she
went to Perry's room. Her daughter
Mrs. Chloe Hollis, of Hattiesburg,
stated that she was confident her
mother had a roll of bills amounting
to at least 500, and that she always
carried the money in her hose.
Police Get Anonymous Letter.
An anonymous note was received by
| Policemen Bonner and Adkins yester
day, telling them that if they would
go to Jim Harrison's place of business
on South State street, tear up the
flooring in the rear, they would dis
cover an old cistern, and if they would
investigate that cistern they would
find the body of a woman, "the owner
of the pink dress"
The officers, while suspicioning that
they might be the butt of a joke, took
no chances, and went to Harrison's
little store, and sure enough when
they tore up part of the flooring
found an old cistern, long since out
of use. Graphing hooks were secur
ed, and for several hours the officers
tried to find body but Without sue
cess. Careful investigation disclosed
no evidence of any body having been !
thrown into the cistern, the planks |
gave no evidences of having been dis |
turbed, and there were no broken off |
places on the bricks of the top of the !
cistern walls. The graphing hooks |
did not come in contact with any OBJ
ject at the bottom of the cistern, and
it was decided it would be unneces-
sary to pup'p out the water.
The police believe that some per-
son, wishing to perpetrate joke how
ever gruesome, sent the note to the
two officers. The note was written in
pencil on the back of campaign card
of one of the candidates for county |
office.