Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-03-06
"A NEGRO IDENTIFIES.
PISTOL AS THAT OF
WALTER WADE TODAY

legged to have belonged to Wade, IN
Town creek, near the Central of Geor-
gia depot on Saturday following
Wade's disappearance.
Zach Childers, solicitor of the City
court, gave testimony regarding the
search for Wade's body, stating that
DR.. Chapman assisted and volunteered
the information that he and Charles,
Jr., were at home on the night OF
August 18th. Roy Wade, brother OF
the dead man. gave evidence along this
same line.
Dave Collier, the negro fisherman
who found Wade's decomposed body,
testified to this occurrence.
G. C. Robinson, of Montezuma, swore
that DR.. Chapman came to Montezuma
when the body was found and identi-
ned the remains as those of Wade, by
certain dental work.
Sheriff Lucius Harvey testified in
substance the same as in the last trial.
He told of the search and denied on
cross examination that Mrs. Howell
was paid, so far as he knew. He said
that the grand jury ordered Mrs.
Howell to be guarded, and that the
bill was presented to the county.
The general line of the states case
ran the same as in the first trial, al
most exactly as to the order in which
the witnesses were put on the stand.
Judge Hixons opening statement for
the prosecution occupied about hall
an hours time, the selection of the
jlry having been completed at about
80 yesterday afternoon. At o'clock
the first witness, Mrs. Walter Wade,
widow of the victim of the tragedy,
took the stand and testified to the
facts surrounding the disappearance
of her husband on the night of August
II, 1916.
She declared that he left home that
night shortly before sundown, and
that she had never seen him since.
Mrs. Wade identified certain articles
If clothing taken from the decOmposed
remains of Wade when found by a
negro fisherman thirteen days after
his disappearance The body was dis
covered in the waters of Flint river
about 3 miles south of the Oglethorpe-
Montezuma bridge.
Mrs. Wade testified that her hus-
band was in the habit of making busi-
ness trips lasting a day or two at a
time, and she felt no uneasiness as 10
his continued absence until Saturday
morning, when she asked the tele-
phone operator at Leslie to communt-
cate with Americus to try and locate
Wade
John Henry, one Of the two negroes
who accompanied Wade to AmericuS
in his automobile on the night of the
18th of August, was the next witness
for the state He related the Incl
dents material to the trip to Americus
aad alleged that Wade stopped at a
farmhouse between Leslie and this
city to borrow a lap robe, also stop
ring at the home of DR.. Charles X.
Chapman on the outskirts of Ameri-
Gus. The negroes, after waiting until
about 2 o'clock the next morning for
Wade, who did not appear, went back
to Leslie in the automobile of Walter
Johnson, one of the defendants, &C
companied by Henry Stewart, who was
killed late in the fall of 1916 by Early
Brown. of Leslie. Brown was ac-
ruitted when placed on trial in Lee
county
f. d. Bigham, who also accompan-
led Wade to Americas, testified to
practically the same facts as did the
negro boy, declaring that Wade LETT
| eslie about 7:45 on the night of his
disappearance and reached Americus
in about half an hour.
Judge Hixon is conducting the ex-
animation of the states witnesses,
while L. ]. Blalock is examining fol-
the defense.