The courier-index., 1920-11-05

J. A. T Apple in the latter's off, cut n, Thursday afternoon of last flee Gn vas granted bail by County week Eees, I A. Hummer in the sum of
 .oeg.o .os gSoO at the habeas corpus pro szo;vvy s;rgs last Monday morning. On eeeains morning of last week, fol- trass the death of MT. Apple lGwnls was re-arrested on a war h0tni ;ssned by Esq. R. M. Hays. He fan' .t That time granted temporary was q, ;n inc sum of s2,000 until aav can m morning when Judge Plum mu'sr mor sgreed to hear the formal habeas ne, n"rn,,s ns proceedings for permanent 0nd eO,pd to appear at the spring term OeuI .bo circuit court. At the hearing M.adav oi n Mir. Horne was represented % D. Smith, D. s. Hummer and S.gcett " and Daggett. M. H. Ford, tD"atsbser.in-law Dass of MT. Apple, Mrs. rsry;e s, Louise Apple, his former wfe a and Harry Apple, brother of tbe deceased, appeared at the hear ng @ The witnesses who testified ,nero m A. Horne, the defendant, srtbnr Cotter, sheriff and Mrs. Carrie Louise Apple. former wife of Mir. Apple.
 1 Mr. Horne's testimony was sub ! stantially in line with the state ment that appeared in last weeks ;Sspe of the Courier-IndeX detailing his version of the tragedy. He said his daughter, Miss Esther, had bpen employed for a year or more as clerk and stenographer in the office of Mir. Apple; that on Mon l day October 25, his daughter told his wife, who in turn communicat- cd the statement to him, that Mir. lpple had been intimate. with her and that he had promised to marry her on that day and had failed to comply with his promise. He said ! his daughter later verified to him the statement she made to her mother and to her sister, Miss Lillian, and that Miss Esther asked him to talk to Mir. Apple and try to persuade him to comply with his promise. Mr. Horne said he told his wife he ] did not think it would do any good for him to talk to Apple about the matter. He told his wife their daughter was of legal age and that l if she had yielded to Apple willing l y he knew of no way to force him to marry her. When he dis cussed the matter with Miss Esther he advised her to talk further with Apple and try to persuade him to marry her. Things remained in this condition, Horne testified, until Wednesday, night after Miss Esther returned from the picture show. He said his wife and his second daugh- ter, Miss Lillian, who has been in bad health for some time, were very much agitated all during Wednes- day night, that Miss Lillian was bordering on hysteria and that his wlfe was almost on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Thursday morn ing Horne said he asked his wife and Miss Lillian what in the world was the matter with them and that 'ney then told him MT. Apple had agreed to go to the home of Esq. A, S. Rodgers on the night before
 Wednesday, and marry Esther and !nat he had failed to keep his prom
 e Horne said his wife and Miss Lillian then confided to him all Miss Esther had told them with refer shee to her relationship with Apple, .nal ne had mistreated her and told aef II she ever revealed to her fath- anything about their illicit con- uuct ne would kill her. Horne says as 1nen talked with Miss Esther anu that she confirmed what her aO.aer and sister had told him, sathg Apple had been to Memphis ",'a her and also to Helena and las Ea ooth occasions had improper re- iaiiSOhssnip iaiS with her. Horne said he h S.u ms daughter there had never ss .sn any stain on the family name M au lhat Ii Apple had taken her to
 enpnis and Helena he had violated g white slave law; he said under
 eSe circumstances he would take S;m r matter up with Apple and tell Ssn.le @ ne either had to marry his srl rIsnter or he would prosecute him tSa. uef !. the white slave law, and to N was not right for his family s,. pear all the shame and that he bis bS gong to tell Apple that it was rsnu S uuty to marry Miss Esther be- ssid rSe ne was equally guilty. Horne
 ia ne thought Apple would listen D fCsason, that all three would go cp,a oounty Clerk Kings office, se- maei. marriage license, call in a and .iLiate' .L perform the ceremony foro lnere would be no scandal to AnnI" ne said he intended to tell lEppn EHpr II he did not do this he Haloane would go to Memphis and prasaa' secure the evidence and vb;O5 bnGrne said he borrowed a pistol, was a . sheriff Cotter later testified itiyo a "S-calibre Colts Police Pos to S,om rom V. Y. Ellis, that he went Tbnrppple s office about nine o'clock of bsuuay morning for the purpose in tbo tbng talk with Apple; that and \ office were several parties him De could not have a talk with pistol ne, ne said he did not have the he wenH With him this time. He said Il o,oI ni pack to Apples office about again '.oek Thursday morning and preyarti;o @ found parties in the office, Apulo lihg confidential talk with hnatte' He said m tha ocoasio, of