Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-02

they stopped Edges rig, that Binyo
stood in front of the horse and VII
son went 20 the right side of tn
buggy, where he grabbed Lena an
pulled her from the vehicle; tina
Jensie leaped out, and that while
Edge was leaning forward to ge
out of the buggy he was hit in tn
back of the head and killed. He salt
it would be shown that Edges pisto
was found beside the body unfired.
Cahuthers First Witness.
Tom Carruthers, who was presen
when the body of Edge was found al
the roadside, was the first witness
! He told of the condition of the body
and stated that Edges pistol, un-
used, was lying near the body.
| W. s. Morgan, who was one of
those who helped find Edges body,
demonstrated for the jury with the
laprobe found with the body how
the body was partially covered as it
lay at the roadside. He said he and
others trailed blood from the body
back up the road a quarter of mile.
Deputy Sheriff T. M. Summers told
of trailing blood from the body a
quarter of mile to the Lott place,
where large amount of blood was
found. There were also marks of
an auto turning at that point, he
said. Silas Black, negro, lives at
this place. Black owned no auto, he
said. He testified he trailed a horse
and buggy track from the Lott place
back to the home of Jensie McCul-
Tough on Strife street. He said Lena
Coolidge lived on Mullet street, not
far from Jensie's home.
Tracks of Large Car.
On cross examination Mr.. Sum-
mers said the auto tracks indicated
a car larger than Ford had made
them. He said he did not trace the
auto back to town.
Nat LeMaster, undertaken, told of
the wounds found on Edges body,
There were wounds just above the
left eye, on the forehead and in the
edge of the hair, the left thigh was
broken; there were no piEtol wounds
On the body.
Sheriff Harvey's testimony was
argely a repetition of that of Depu-
" Summers. He told of seeing
and a mans shoe prints 60
ng north at Hudson's alley.
He said Wilson was first jailed at
Albany. In bringing Wilson here he
said Wilson and Detective Foster,
Who was in the party, conversed on
hat trip in which Wilson said he was
near where Lena lived on the early
part of the night of the killing and
hat he saw another woman there
whom he took to be Lena. Wilson
iaid he then went to restaurant,
hen to his boarding house and to bed,
to the sheriff.
He declared on cross examination
hat he saw no blood at Jensie Nc
house. He said he had
made an examination and there was
none there. He hadn't examined
any washing, but had been told of a
sheet being washed. He declared
positively, there were no buggy
tracks in the alley in the rear of Jen-
sizes house and that therefore no one
could have seen any.
Lena Coolidge took the stand as
the town clock struck IL. She is a
rather slight, light brown mulatto.
Lena said she had known Wilson
Is years. She told of an engagement
between her and Jensie Mccullough
and Edge and Frank Barber to go
to the home of Barber on the night
of the killing. She and Jensie rode
with Edge in Edges buggy, starting
for the farm. Well outside the city
limits they were overtaken by a car
which stopped across the road in
front of the buggy. Someone called
"Halt," as the car passed the buggy
When the buggy stopped, she said
Henry Binyon grabbed the horse anc
Wilson came to the buggy and snatch
ed her out, asking her what the h
are you doing here?" She ran home
An hour after she got home, shC
said, Wilson came there and told he
that if he were arrested he woult
kill both her and Jensie. She ad
mitted Wilson was the father of he
children, and had contributed to thei1
support. She said she went to Sprinl
after the killing where Wilson att
and she discussed the killing and tina
the fact that Jensie, who was in jai
had told everything.
Lena In Preston Jail.
On cross examination Lena sale
when arrested a month after the
killing, she was quizzed three times
by Sheriff Harvey, Deputy Sum
mers, Detective Foster and others
She admitted that at the inquest she
swore that she knew nothing of the
killing.
She admitted she told Mr.. Sutlive