The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-11-10
'IlWo More Murders Added
To Long List Of Tragedies

\ large crowd, mostly colored,
gathered in the city court room Mon
yday to hear the preliminary trial of
Alt.e Brown, colored, charged with
shooting William Cherry at the cor
ner of Twenty sixth and Sidney
streets on Saturday night. Eugene
J, Bryan, who has heep retained as
R"oWn's attorney. waived eXamina-
ton for the defendant, Brown was
held to the grand jury on bond of
$4,000 by Judge Fleming.
|. TIE case of Joe Cherry, brother of
the dead man, who was arrested at
tie same time as Brown on a charge
of disordery conduct, was con-
tinued.
Two conflicting stories were told
during the examination. Cherry, who
is represented by j. H. DAILY, stated
to the court that he had just returned
from Chicago and was welcomed home
by his friends and relatives. He said
that his brother law. Sam Reese,
at whose house he was staying, in
vited him to go uptown with him and
that on the way Reese stopped on
Whiteside street, where he bought a
bottle of whisky. Shortly after this
the two met Reese's daughter, who
asked Reese to buy her pair of
shoes. According to Cherry, the
quarrel between himself and Reese
was caused by the fact that he was
not enthusiastic in praise of the
she S, remarking that in his opinion
the heels were too high.
Cherry said that he perceived that
Reese was angered by this remark
and he decided to move his trunk
from Reese's house. 1t appears that
after Cherry had removed his belong
in2s he returned to the vicinity with
his brother, William Cherry. He said
that he went to Artiea Browns house
in search of Reese for the purpose of
informing him he had moved and
that, on approaching the door. he
heard great deal of noise and the
sound of someone cursing. Then, ac-
cording to Cherry's story, the door
was opened and he was shot in the
back of the neck. When he turned
to find his brother the latter was w.
ing on the ground dead
Reese's story was to the effect that
Joe Cherry, after going uptown with
him, sought him out again and. ween:
ing bitterly, threatened him by -four
ishing razor in his face. Reese said
that when Cherry and his brother re-
turned two shots were fired, one of
which barely missed his head, 1t was
dlteT TINS SHOt Hdu Deen, nred, he
claimed, that Artie Brown fired the
shot which is alleged to have killed
William Cherry.
Officer Kell arrested the Cherrys.
The other murder was that of An
ME Wiley who lived at 1910 Doug
las street This woman is supposed
to have been shot by Ben Mills, who
has so far succeeded in eludfng the
police.
The only eyewitness to the shooting
was Odessa Jackson. She said that
she and the Wiley girl were walking
along the street when Ben Mills came
Up and asked the Wiley girl why she
had not answered his letters written
ht = during his absence from the city
an when Annie Wiley attempted to
reply Mills drew his pistol and shot
her.
Officer Will Light was the first Of
ficer to reach the scene and he chased |
Mills several blocks, firing several
shots at him, but he managed to es-
cape, Sergt. Woodard and Patrol
Driver Abercrombie and Patrolman
Wright were also called TO the scene,
but when they arrived the woman
wan dead and the alleged murderer