Americus times-recorder., 1920-06-10

friendship between Miss Wood and
Mccoy began there, she stated, and
numerous notes passed between the
two. She was a witness To the al
legged marriage of Mccoy and Miss
Wood, which she said was performed
by Rev. III. Boyd Edwards, captain
and chaplain of the 101st Engineers,
U. S. A. and identified a certificate
OF the marriage which she had signed
as witness, and to which was affix-
ed the signature of the minister. This
certificate was to the effect that Nc
Coy and Miss Wood had been mar
rled on Friday, June 7, 1918, in
France, by the attesting minister. She
identified number of documents
which were later offered as evidence,
several of those being letters in
handwriting which she said was that
of Mccoy, and addressed to Miss
Wood.
Minister on Stand.
Rev. j. w. Tinley, of Shellman, was
another witness introduced by the
state. He told of having married
Miss Pitts and Mccoy, at the home
of Ed Stewart, near Americus, on
the afternoon of Sunday, October 13,
1919, and identified certificate of
such marriage, which he signed on
that date. He was on the stand only
brief while, and was not questioned
by the defense.
W. G. Pitts, of Pittsview, Ala,
prosecutor in the case. and father. of
Mrs. Georgia Pitts Mccoy, testified
that his daughter was about 18 years
of age and a student at Andrew col
lege when she married Mccoy, and
that she had lived at his home since
that time.
Here the defense attempted to es-
tablish that the prosecution was the
result of Pitts effort to have Mccoy
consent to the annullment of his mar
riage with Miss Pitts, and that it was
not a prosecution in good faith, to
which the state objected, the objec-
tion being sustained.
Pitts denied that he had offered to
use his best endeavors to bring about
nolle PROSE- of the indictment
against Mccoy in consideration of
his not opposing the annullment of
the marriage of Miss Georgia Pitts
Mccoy, petition to that effect
which is now pending in Randolph
Superior court. He said that he had
not sent any money to Rev, Fl. Boyd
Edwards who is alleged to have mar
ried Mccoy and Miss Wood, to in
duce him to come here and testify,
but that he had offered to pay the
expense of Miss Buckley from New
York to the Georgia state line in or
der to have her come here and give
evidence in the case.
G. G. Webb, one Of the counsel
for the state, testified the Rev Mr..
Edwards had not been brought here
to testify, because of the expense in
volved, this being decided unnecess
sary on the advice of Solicitor julie
FELTON, He denied that the preacher
had demanded $500 as the price of
shis coming here to testify.
Following Mr. Webb's testimony
and the introduction of several doc
uments, the defendant made his state
ment and argument was begun by
counsel.
The first argument was by G. Fl.
Perry. for the defense, who was fol-
lowed by G. 6. Worrell, for the state,
Worrill being most scathing in his
denunciation of the defendant and
his act in marrying Miss Pitts. At
the conclusion of Worrill's address,
Judge Littlejohn announced that ad-
iournment would be taken until this.
morning at 9 O'Clock.
Defense Moves Mistrial
This morning Solicitor General
julie FELTON, talked before the Jury
more than an hour. He had gotten
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