Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-31


they be needed, making chance &c
pick from about 124 provided they
all came in case il ran that far.
The jury as empanelled in the such
case was
SPECIAL JURY FOR MELTON MURDER
CASE
j. E. Kittrell w. NJ. Smith
Bodo Turner w. III. Brock
l.. W. Daughdrill Geo. Hillman
Chas. Mills Travis Byrd
f NJ. Dunnam Peter Hays
Gaines Breland Fate Freeman
The first witness put on the stand,
was Mrs Lon Mills cousin of the
murdered woman, LIZZIE Melton.
She told straight account of the
affair aud could not be shaken on
cross-examination.
Then came Mr. Buckalew. He go
ing on at $40 p. IN. being grilled
till $40 p. N. Then Mrs. A. Sti-
chain came on at 6:12 to $50. From
6:32 to 7:18 Collier Briscoe was on
the stand D. K. Breland from 7:18
TO 1920 after which court recessed
till $50 for supper. After supper
d. E. Breland was put back from
$40 till about 9 o'clock when DR.. e.
Faux was put on till 937, then Mr.
S. J. Green till 957, when court ad-
journed till Saturday morning. The
first witness Saturday morning was
DR.. M L. Batson $50 to 9:23 a. m.
followed by Joe Fountain 9:25 to
9.37. Gabe Church we'll came next
$50 to 9:59 Then g. w. Valley
9:59 to 1901 Then Joe Fountain
was put back on for a few minutes
and also G. w. Valley. Then Henry
Lane from 1873 to 10:45. Then G.
| w. Valley for third time for one
minute. 7. G. Briscoe 1047 to
1908. Mrs. Anderson. the great
grand mother of the children of the
dead woman came on at lila to
to l1:26, these children being at this
juncture introduced to the jury.
Then her son, Mr.. G.. A. Anderson
1925 to 1872 after which Briscoe on
again for five minutes. This made
up the case of the state pretty we'll
until the crazy" or Mental unbal-
ance" plea had to be met by the
state by several Witnesses that after
noon.
The bloody and partly burned
pieces of the dead woman S clothes,
the lightwood limb which had blood
spots on it with which it was sug-
gested she was dubbed; the ak which
testimony proved and identified had
a handle on it before the murder and
found in the brush pile ia which wo-
man was burned without handle,
"OiC iupiouuCou w anu leu DO 6AdLH-
lned by the jury, as well as Mr..
Melton S overals which he had on
the day of the killing and which
showed blood splotches.
The case was closed about 5 o'clock
p m. Saturday, and argument open
ed by Dist. Atty. Martin Miller at
5:56 he speaking 20 minutes bringing
the time to GIG when E. w. Breland,
counsel for the defendant went on
and spoke till 7:45 when court recess
ed till $3.50 for supper Mr.. Miller com
| ing back in rebuttal from about that
time till 1853 when the jury retired
and after being out an hour or so re-
turned with verdict guilty and
Life Imprisonment fixed IA the pen
atty. -
Court was opened Monday MORN
| ing for a few minutes the THIRD
WEEK of the term, which breaks all
previous records for Greene county
court, and sentence was passed up
on w. @. Melton at Life Imprlson-
ment in the State Penitentiary and
also one year in the Pen TO M. W. N.
Gibbs. who had decided to accept a
sentence OF that length OF time and
change his plea to guilty, rather than
Law in jail for six months till another
term of court awaiting a new trial,
as the jury on his case could not a.