The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-30
MARSHALL
MAY Be KNOWN
BY WEDNESDAY
Defense in Sensational AmOry,
Miss, Case, in Which
Family Was Killed, Com
pIeteS Case Tuesday.

z..TUPELo, Miss. March 80 (Spl)--
Ihe sensational murder case OF Char
ley Marshall, Amory man on trial IN
circuit court here for the murder OF
Burley Miller, infant son Of one Of
the daughters OF the Miller family,
which was murdered Jan. Is near
Amory. Is nearing an end.
The defense began its testimony
Tuesday and II Is believed the case
VIII reach the jury and Marshall will
Know his fate either Tuesday night or
wednesday morning.
TuPELO, Miss. March 80 (Spl.,--
AZ O'Clock Monday afternoon the state
closed its case
The principal witness for the state
was Pearl May Miller, the only suryiv-
ing member ~ the Miller family As
she ascended the witness stand death
Ike silence peryadcd the courtroom
iier testimony he'd been looked forward
70 with interest by every one who was
SO fortunate as TO secure a seat or
standing room within hearing distance
81 the witness stand, and they were
not disappointed For In clear, even
tone she related story more horrily-
ling than aellsn can depI~tss more IN.
voiting tfan the human mind can really
comprehend coupled witlg her ewn
hair s-breadth escape MS inlfurulous ah
any ever portrayed BY the most exaE-
gerated photoplay ever cuncoctcd TO
stir the blood Of rising young Amori-
| cans
She said that about I o'clock on the
night OF the tragedy the dogs began
| 70 bark which excited tho curiosity OF
the Miller family and while they were
discussing the cause OF the disturbance,
an explosion of dynamite wrecked the
building, knocking her mumertarily
senseless. When she came to- her
Ea flas. a a.
| ing her II she was hurt; she told him she
was all right About that time shot
was fired through the window, and her
| father fell dead moment later an =
| other shot killed her 16-year -old broth
er. She and her sister ran into the din
| ing ROOM and she hid behind the door.
| when another shot came through the
window and her sister dropped her
baby from her arms and sank lifeless
to the floor, She looked through the
crack of the door, and saw the de.
! fendant Charley Marshall, come
| through the hole made by the explo-
| sion Of the dynamite, and she knew
| that he would kill her II she remained
where she was So she climbed up into
the loft above the room he was in. and
watched him through a crack in the
| loft
She saw him approach the baby,
which was crying and crawling toward
| him, lift a club and knock II on the
head, killing II Instantly lie then took
up an oil can and began to oil the
house, and she knew that he was pre-
pairing to set ii on fire. She crept
along the loft until she crossed the
| hall when she dropped down onto a
bed In another room She thumb bolted
| the door, slipped ont the window and
made her way to the nearest house by
running and walking till her foot, which
had been injured by the explosion
| gave way, and then she was forced TO
crawl She gave the alarm and soon
people FROM Amory and the surround
| ing country had gathered to render
what assistance they could.
| Every attempt To tangle or rattle her
| proved a boomerang to the counsel for
| the defense. and practically every law.
yer OF experience pronounced her the
| best witness they had ever seen on
| the stand
For instance, Judge Clayton asked
her, Isn't Il fact that there was a
dresser standing against the very win
dow through which YOU say your father
was shot" To which she replied, Yes,
but II had Jsen knocked over in the
| floor hy the explosion Of dynamite. "
| This quick response brought forth a
DEMONSTRATION from the crowd, which
Judge vGnG 0uRklN suppressed
! Again counsel Sor the defense asked
How far did you say you were from
| Charley Marshall when he came
through the hole in the floor?" To
which she replied, "Abovt as far as
am now
| l.. Wright to whose house !l'- glrl
went after the murder followed Miss
| Miller on the stand. He related the
story she told him and said he at once
gave The alarm.
Rubc Armstrong. living near the
Millers. Sam GraGy, mayor Of Amory
t1o@ Adams, WalteV Jones Barry Woods
Is Stockton Gal Boding also testi-
fled for the state
4 The state then rested