The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-02-03
WITNESSES FOR
DEFENSE BEGINS
Five Were introduced Before the
Court Adjourned Yes
terday.
SEVERAL ARE TO FOLLOW
Evidence Differs but Little From
That Of the Two Previous
Trials-BeIieved That Case
Will Get to the Jury This Aft
ernoon.
SEVERAL ARE TO FOLLOW

virgil H. Davis, charged with wife
murder, may know his fate before to.
morrow morning; he nav be a free
man by then, he may he lr the death
sentence passed or life Imprisonment,
or ne may, for the third me, realize
that another jury is tied up, which
would mean the third mist: al.
Good headway was made i the case
yesterday and large numh n of wit
nesses were introduced. When court
recessed yesterday afternoon it was
generally predicted that tie case
would more than likely reach the Jury
late this afternoon. The state rested
late in the afternoon and befor a re-
cess was taken five witnesses we're
introduced by the defense.
Four of these witnesses were ns,l
to offest the testimony of Captain j.
A. Williamson, who testified Monday
and identified a bolt found near the
body of the dead woman, and with
which the state contends that the mur-
der was committed The witnesses for
the defense were T. H. Dean, M.
D., a..
Smith, all machinists or railroad men.
They each testified that it would be
practically impossible to identify a
bolt of the kind exhibited unless there
was special mark of some kind on it.
The only other witnesses introduced
by the defense during the afternoon
was Aaron Geiger, who was employed
at the same camp as the defendant.
Geiger testified to the effect that on
the night the murder was supposed to
have been committed that he, togeth-
er with number of others, was en-
gagged in unloading a car of lumber
near the camp and that Davis was
one of the number: that he was there
until late hour that night and then
returned to his camp and retired.
States Testimony.
The first witnesses to testify when
court convened yesterday morning
was w. H. Stansill and his wife, sister
and brother-in-law of the dead woman.
Mr.. Stansill identified various arti-
cles belonging to Mrs Davis and was
questioned on a number of minor de-
tails. Mrs. Stansill told of her sister
leaving Offerman in response TO a tel
egram from Albert Davis. At that
time she was with her sister She
said that the telegram was received
during the day and that Mrs. Davis
left on the night train for Brunswick.
That is the last time she was seen by
her.
M. M. Moore, a telegraph operator.
was placed on the stand to identify the
telegram, which read: "Come to
Brunswick on tonight's train"
r. E. Davis proved quite bad wit
ness for the defense If his testimony
has weight with the jury He stated
lthat on the night the murder was COM
Xlitted that he saw Davis ride off on
a horse and later. some time early
the following morning, he heard the
man return, and believed it to be Da-
Wis. He also testified that no work
was going on around the lumber camp
on the night the murder was COM
mitted.
1JOtlO tHtCIcotli6 tcStiluOH5 was dl-
so given by s. H. Brady. also en-
ployed at the same lumber camp. who
testified that he saw Davis board a
train at Thalmann and occupy the
same seat with his wife just about
the time when the murder is sup
posed to have been committed.
Three or four witnesses were in
troduced to show that bad feelings ex-
listed between Davis and his wife, that
he had, on more than one occasion,
threatened to kill her, had cursed her
when she came to the lumber camp
in the hope of perfecting reconcilia-
tion. one witness testifying that he
had heard Davis say. "Tf she fools
around me 7 will place more lead in
her than she can carry away" Other
Witnesses stated that he had abused
her. and had remarked that If II was
not for the Law he would know what