The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-24
TALK OF MOB IS
BROUGHT OUT IN
M'NAMARA CASE
Davis Objects to Activities Of
TheO. Hum and Consumes
Three More Challenges.
No Other Juror Secured.

Ralph Davis, counsel for Allen ], Nc
Nap1ara, took the center Of the stage
and practically all OF the play in the
Mcnamara case Wednesday morning,
when he assailed veniremen with some
thing more than his usual vigor, at
tackled the methods of the office of the
attorney-general, and exhausted three
more peremptory challenges, in his ex-
animation, of veniremen. He also de-
veloped the first hard and fast state
ment that mob. to deal summary
lnStlee to Mcnamara, actually had been
talked of In Shelby county. II was the
Iirst time Mr.. Davis had been able to
.seyelop this fact since the start OF
tsne. trlaL although he previously had
msoe numerous efforts to do so.
Mr. Davis attack on the office Of
ne states attorney was directed at
1heodore Hum, county detective, who
sat behind w. T. McIain, assistant
state attorney, and coached him re-
garqing veniremen, their strong points
and their shortcomings. Davis OBJ
1ected 70 'Mr. HUM running in and
cut of the courtroom"
III know his connection with the at
ftorney- generals office" Mr.. Davis de-
clared. If he has work to do, ii
should be done outside Of the court
room. This is not the attorney gen
sTal trying these cases; It. Is one Of
his ASSISTANTS | don't know what Mr.,
Hum is doing, but l have my own
, IDEAS on the subject. However,
Ont give expression to them, be-
cause / have no foundation on which
to- base them. Just the same, | ask
that your honor keep Mr.. Hum from
running in and out Of the courtroom
during the progress Of these exarnina :
Mr.. McLain arose, wrathy. THE at
torney for the defense is limiting al
some sinister motive in the office OF
the atterpey-ge he said. MIR.
Hum Is employed by US, and we have
tae unquuestoned right 70 confer with
Davis means by his utterances.
But Mr. Davis evidently didn't mean
anything, for he said. aside, When
make direct charge, ] usually have
the goods. Or words 70 that effect
However. Judge J. ED Richards put 4
step to the coptfAlj2n, when heS ruled
Courtroom as he willed
81. r. Gregory Bartlett, was the re-
cftlent OF the eleventh peremptorS
challenge by Mr. Davis. 1t was Abso
lutely impossible TO disqualify him, &C.
enrding to Mr., Davis idea, and he goi
B. G. Blankinship drew the twelfth
challenge,
CO.. at Bartlett And ii has a genera
store at Rosemark, operated by j. i
Horne. That gave, Mr., Davis the first
out and out testimony that he haC
heard mob talked Of 1t was in this
Horne store, at Rosemark that the mot
talk was heard by the venireman. AL
Of this went into the record, as Mr.
Davis wanted Ii to- II generally II
understood that the main hope Of the
4 defense is reversal by the supreme
court on some feature Of the case.
Robert Bailey, who for u longa tim'
! has sold newspapers in front OF thu
!, Pofter building, was the cause Of tht
staff exercising its second peremptors
challenge, when he stated that although
he sold newspapers, he never had reac
. ANYTHING of the assault on the thret
N young girls which Is responsible. 70
bringing Allen Mcnamara to trial fol
HIS life.
The thrteenth peremptory challeng'
for the defense was exercised agains
= ". NJ Allen, truck driver and farmer
Bartlett, when the court took hant
at stopping the peppery examination Q
MFR. Davis OF the venireman. Mr.. Davis
showed all through the morning full o
pep, and hts raucous- voiced queries u
veniremen were softened by the silkeI
X tone he used to trap them into admit
ting what constituted disqualification
although the majority of the venlremel
could not detect this until il was to'
late 10 save themselves for Jury sery
lee
q. r. Briggs, NJ. j. Klein, Georg'
Suhaefer, G. e. Davis, j. Nj, Morris am
George E. Weeks disqualified whel
they stated that they didn't believe il
capital punishment Mr. Horne dis
Iuuaiified because of an opinion he hat
X aforned. SO did D. G. Johnson and
B Tuegle