Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-02
WILSON KILLED
EDGE, NECRESS
SAYS ON STAND
Murder Case Gets Under
Way in Superior
Court.

I
gro women in the Edge murder case,
today on the Witness stand in Su-
perior Court. corroborated the recent
ly published story of Jensie McCul-
lougR that Walter w. Wilson, on
trial for his life as the slayer of Joel
Edge on the night of September "a,
had overtaken the buggy in which
she, Jensie and Edge were riding into
the county, had blocked the buggy
in the road, and dragged her from it
when he found she was in it. This
was near where witnesses had already
shown a quantity of blood had been
found in the road, and from which
place blood was traced to the point
where Edges body was found beside
the road.
The trial had gotten only well
started when recess was taken at
o'clock until 2. At that hour Lena
Coolidge had completed her testi-
mony.
The state rested its case at 2:45
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been heard.
The defense opened without
statement to the jury. There were
few defense witnesses and there
were indications that the case might
go to the jury late this evening.
Jensie Mccullough, who was cali
ed Immediately after the noon recess,
reiterated Lena's story as to the trip
to the country and estifed also that
she saw ilson strike Edge on the head
with some weapon, following which
Edge fell out of the buggy to the
ground.
Wilson With Spectators.
Wilson, the defendant, did not sit
with his counsel, J. E. Sheppard and
]. E. D. Shipp during the choosing
- of the jury but sat unconspicu-
r ously among the spectators on the
bench just inside the railing, within
! easy call of the defense table, which
: occupied a place in the center of the
court room. Representing him with
: his lawyers was his brother, J. Fl.
J Wilson, of Morris station, a stout
Y grayhaired, serious looking man.
The prisoner, with smooth shaw
en-, long face, bald on top and with
"A nearly white hair at the temples and
, rear, sat quietly and appeared to
take no greater interest in the pro-
ceedings than any casual spectator in
the room.
t. When the case was called, and
g, both sides announced ready every
10 available seat in the court room was
= occupied and many persons were
standing.
t At the states table were Solicitor
: julie FELTON,, Sam H. Edge, brother
= = of the slain man; Hollis Fort and W.
- - P. Wallis, of Americus, and J. ].
!, Bull, of Oglethorpe, special counsel
"a for the prosecution.
On the opposite side of the state S
table sat Judge J. A. Hixon and
Stephen Pace, counsel for Jensie Me-
Cullough, one of the states principal
witnesses.
s. Two jurors were accepted by both
ID sides from the first panel of IL. From
"a the second panel 4 were obtained 1t
i was noticed that several jurors dis
al qualified on the admission that their
re minds were not impartial between
~ the state and the accused,
- The third panel yielded four more
jurors. Three were left in the fourth
/ panel when the twelfth juror was
accepted.
The Jury Personnel
y The jury was composed of the fol
lowing men. W. c. Carter, G. 0.
IT. Loving, W. J. Wise, ]. D. Wig
al gins, B. A. Wellons, l. A. b
Bagby, Henderson Dodson, F. W
r. Hogshead, j. 7. Virgins, D. p Dod
at son, H. J. Williams, S. E. Mitchell.
III Solicitor FELTON, announced that
te Hollis Fort would conduct the exam
~ ~ ination of witnesses for the state ant
~ that he would look after legal ques
.s tions.
80 e. Because the indictment joint!
- ~ charged Wilson and Henry Binyon
I'd colored, with the murder, all juror
i'm not in the box were excluded from
i the court room for the length of th'
all trial
as Before the taking of testimony wa
begun Judge Littlejohn ordered tn
,ly states table moved to the south en'
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