Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-11-12
COLORED WOMAN FOUND
GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHIER
Nellie Randall, Aged Twenty-six Years. Sentenced 10 moi
less than Six and a Half Years in State Prison. Trial
Revealed Awful State of Affairs in the Styx Section

/ arrested on August Goth and has been
In jail up TO the time Of the trial, but Is
liberated around the court house daily,
sleeping in jail at night. He has been
visited by Mr.. Voorhees, and has not
had conferences with anyone. When
first locked up he had com anions in
the jail. Never been convicted Of crime
and was j waiter by trade. jeff and
Minor had a fight and he saw a white
fellow, and described the different po-
sitions Of JEFF when and after he was
cut by Nellie. He was shown a photo
of his house and identified the step ele-
v~ations. He said Nellie came running
up in a disordered condition with q
knife ia her hand, and saw her run up
to the door and make a thrust and cay,
"now you know who Miss Daisy is."
He recognized some In the Gro wd that
had gathered, JEFF sank into the door
way after being stabbed.
The jury retired for dinner az ] pm.
and court was called again at 2 pm.
White man eased JEFF down. JEFF
did not make any remarks to Nellie at
the time. He made the statement at
the coroner's inquest of not knowing
who did the cutting because he did not
want TO go to jail. He had no talk
with other witnesses in the case, and
only with the prosecutor at the court
house. He said Nellie stood on the
ground and stabbed JEFF. The doctor
arrived about eighteen minutes after a
man by the name of Baker had phoned.
There was considerable blood on the
floor which he scrubbed up after jeff
was removed. Did not know what
occupation JEFF had and did not know
him personally. He had come here TO
let rum alone. Rememb ers coming to
the court house to talk to the prosecutor
and no one else was present at thattime.
Elizabeth Carter lived in Wildwood
and was In bed at Hudson's house and
identified photo of room in which she
slept. Saw Nellie hit at JEFF but saw
40 knife and heard a dull thud. She
heard Nellie say, ''you are the one that
knocked me down. She occupied the
front room and was asleep at the time
of the commotion and reiterated state
ment of Hudson as to JEFF washing his
face and hands. Was looking out the
window when Nellie hit at JEFF. Hud-
son was in the back room. She recog-
nized the defendant In court. Had
talked among themselves as to what
they had seen. Lived in Philadelphia
before coming to Wildwood. Has lived
In Wildwood twenty-three weeks. Was
charged with disorderly conduct in
Philadelphia once but served no time.
Asked "when you saw Nellie make a
thrust was Hudson there ?" answered
"he may have BEEN" After JEFF was
cut she got up. Did not testify before
coroner.
Hattie Wilson lived at rear of 3709
Arctic avenue, next door to Hudson.
Was In bed on the morning of August
Oath. Saw Nellie cut JEFF. Heard a
scream of murder and crash of glass
and saw Nellie run to the door of Hud-
sons house and stab JEFF. Had lived
In wildwood since 9Th of August. Did
not know Nellie or JEFF. She came
from Philadelphia and did general
kitchen work here and had worked at
the Academy of Music in Philadelphia.
Saw Nellie standing on Arctic avenue,
and she dressed and went out on the
lot and Nellie went into her own house.
From there Nellie went to Helen's
house and sat on the porch for a time.
JEFF was in Hudson's when Nellie came
around the side of porch. JEFF had
started from Hudson's when he saw
Nellie and he had reached for a broom
but did not make a strike with it. Saw
the blade of the knife but not the ham
die and did not know what kind of a
knife 1t was. Nellie vas staggering
when she made a swinging cut and
falling made a thrust, she then got
away from the house. A white man
said "don't let her get away, she stab
bed me" (meaning IN the hand at one
time). Witness was sho wn a photo of