The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-21

the corridors Of the courthouse crowded.
Al every entrance to the courthouse was
seen stationed armed officers not that
any trouble was expected. but they
were there for precautions sake.
Police Are on Guard.
| In the courtroom near the judges
. stand was stationed Chief OF Police
w. i. Baker, Sheriff Nick p. Bush and
sprinkled throughout the crowded court
room were city and county officers. each
alert and watching for any sort Of
| demonstration.
After the jury was selected, and Just
| prior to the reading OF the Indictment,
JuCge McReynolds warned the crowd in
tho courtroom that 1t must preserve
steps to force them to do so. One man
called to be questioned for Juror
seemed overly anxious to tell what
opinion he had formed, and the minute
he did so he was severity rebuked by
the court, who stated he did It merely
in an attempt to start trouble. He was
threatened with a fine, but was excused
after being lectured.
Gen. Chamlee Is aided in the case by
his assistant, w. #. McGaughy, and
both are fighting hard to prove the guilt
OF the negroes. despite the fact they
kaveN made conflicting statements.
The defense Is represented by c. c.
Abernathy and J. H. Daily, both serving
without, compensation, having been APP
defendants Nevertheless, the young
lawyers are battling against big odds
and public sentiment and are fighting
hard for their clients. Mr.. Alternately.
who is taking the lead in the case. is
believes his clients rights are being
Miss PsarImsn TestInes ~cooIly.
A feature of the morning session OF
the court was the calm and collected
manner in which Miss. .Pearlman told
her. story, and she won many friends
that she was compelled toNrecite in de-
tail the brutal murder of Abe Baron
and the attempted outrage OF herself,
she seemed not for the moment ratified,
and her answers were short and de-
cisiye.
When the threadbare Undertaking
and a new silk dress torn into threads,
all OF which she wore the night Of the
brutal affair. were shown her she
Asaye sr WsF nSr t sed S wore Sem
that night" She testified that she
lived in Americus, Ga, and was here
visiting relatives at the time OF the
trouble. She stated she and Abe Baron
stopped to put up the curtains on the
car, when suddenly a shot was fired.
then two negroes grabbed her, pulling
her from the automobile In which she
was riding. She said that she learned
later that the shot had killed Baron;
The negroes then caught her. dragged
her to a, nearby woods and attempted
to ravish her. but failed in their pur-
pose because they were frightened away
by passing automobile. She said she
then ran and secured the assistance of
two young men and two young ladies'
in n passing car and Baron was taken
to the hospital and she was taken to
her home. '% -
!. She declared 1t was SO dark that she
could not recognize her assailents otner
than that one of them was black and
the other light colored. The. rest OF
Miss Pearlman's story was In detail as
has been, published before ana is "a
miliar to the readers OF TIE He w.
It must be to her TO
answer so many intimate questions re-
garding her horrible experience, only
asked her two questions on cross
ina % . ssts5 w ssSe Mr.
80 chief Haekett on the stand:
Chief Hackett was the next witness
called, he telling OF the reporting OF me
murder and holdup. and also or tne
robbery Of Mark Wilson's home ssn,rs ana H 1s
was asked II any undue methods mao
been used by the officers In his depart
mont In securing the confession, 10
which he replied not as far as he knew;
that his clients would claim when they
took the stand that the detective de-
partment had, put them through the
third degree. and they had been beaten
oyer the head with black jack ana
told Il they. didn't confess tne ,iyo,, wSu 10
get them. At this juncture the. court
adjourned fofs the noon hour