Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-05
STAR WITNESS
IN WADE CASE:
IS DUE TO-DAY
EXPECT THAT MRS. YEARTIE
HOWELL WILL TESTIFY THIS
AFTERNOON = CASE PROBABLY
WILL END THURSDAY.

The first witness this morning was
F.. d. Winchester, who swOre that on
the day of the murder he saw Wade in
Leslie with big roll of bills.
w. T. Anderson Leslie bank cashier,
later swore that after August 18th, two
days before the disappearance of Wade,
the young man neither deposited nor
withdrew any money.
E. l.. Green swore to selling Wade
gas. and r. T. Crabb corroborated
Green's statement that E. H. Stewart
was in the party.
D. M. Lowrey, former policeman,
swore that he saw Walter Johnson
about two o'clock in the morning, and
that Johnson was then looking for
Henry Harp.
Eva Heys testified that she talked
with Wade in her house "in the bot
tom" between eight and eight-thirty
the fatal night, and that he said his
baby had been sborn dead. The baby
was actually born after Wade had died.
Cecil Cordell swore that he saw
Wade in Eva Heys house after the ten
forty train the same night.
Andy Jackson, night watchman,
swore that he saw the auto with DR.,
Chapman in it, Mrs. Howell and Wade
and Charlie Chapman, Jr., pass his
place about $40 O'Clock. The witness
was later unable to identify Mr. Hollis
Fort, about twenty feet away, and
could not read large calendar ten
feet from him.
Harvey Holloway testified to having
seen the E. NJ. F. auto and the Ford
pass him on the Dixie Highway near
the city limits the night of August II.
Mrs. Yeartie Howell, star witness
for the state, will be the principal wit
ness at the afternoon session of the
trial of Warren l. Johnson in the Su-
perior court this afternoon.
1t is conceded that it was the testi>
1nony of Mrs Howell that contributed
more than anything else to the conYic-
ton OF DR.. C. K Chapman on the
charge of killing Walter Wade, and as
her statement also involves Warren
Johnson great interest is felt in he
appearance on the stand again.
So far none of the attorneys for the
defense have been able to break down
Mrs. Howells testimony, and there is
much speculation as to whether W. D.
Mcneil, of Macon, leading counsel for
Johnson, will be successful in that re-
spect.
Mrs Howell is the only witness put
UP by the state who claims to have
seen the actual homicide Her state
ment is that she and DR.. Chapman and
Warren Johnson were on the back
seat of the automobile at the time of
the tragedy.
The morning session today was al
most without feature. The state offer
ed witness after witness, mostly to
establish Wade's whereabouts and
movements on the day preceding the
murder on August II, 1916.
Judge Thomas believes that the case
will be concluded Thursday
At Mondays late afternoon session
some new evidence was introduced
but in the main the complexion of the
testimony was the same as that heard
in the trials of Dr. Chapman.
y The principal development of inter
est was the statement by Attorney
F-ixon that the state will not contend
Warren Johnson was principal in the
first degree, but in the second degree
only. 1t is the contentious of the
state,' he told reported, that W. 1.
Johnson was present at the actual
killing of Walter Wade, aiding and
abetting in the crime, and that a con-
SplIdCg 6AlSleu Det"OOH al INC u0-
PENDANTS to murder Wade previous to
the actual killing"
E. D. Bigham, who came to Ameri-
Gus together with Wade and two ne
groes the afternoon Of the murder. He
told of seeing Wade before the party
left Leslie, and of Wade having his
car washed and cleaned by a negro
who later accompanied the party to
Americas He was positive there were
no bloodstains either on the floor Of
the car, the seat or the horn. at the
time he last saw Wade, near the post
office in Americus He said he wait
ed for Wade to return, intending to