Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-19
lEGRO TOD|E HERE
SEPTEMBER 3OFOR
KILLING Ell N 0 R {
Iustings Court, Part H.,
Thronged Until Verdict
Is Reached.
.uDCE WEST ORDERS
SEARCH FOR WEAPONS
lore Than 100 Brunswick
Citizens Attend Trial on
South Side.
rGusED MAN TAKES STAND
'nics Ne Ever Was nt Tohnrrn. scene
Of sln,lnS-Only Defrnar
Witness.
mics ne Ever Was at 'roi,nrro. Scene
/ Of sln,ing-Oniy Defrn,r
/ Witness.

II 'ca,ii in the rl"ciric chair on Sep
Mfhp"r 80. In the State pcni,entiary
S Richmond, was tho sentence mctcd
q last night TO Will Eliuorc. coiorcd.
n lhEicted rf the killing OF W. Tingci
~ more, prominent citizen and post
t5 itEter OF Tobacco, on the night Of
y H.ust 2. utter the jury had de-
n Frihted and returned with the YER
a Of guilty OF murder In the first
II gree The jury WAS. out an hour
81 ten minutes. Judge Jesse T.. West
"a "rru!ed the motion Of The ncgro's
"a unset that the verdict he set aside
AI musings Court. Part II. was crowd
81 from the time Of the opening Of
Il art yesterday morning until the
a Tdiet MAS given last night AT 7:t0
II lock Nor" Shan lnn fellow citi-
q ms of the murdered man. including
q number OF his kinsmcu, composed
II crowd which hung anxiotuily on 10
n testimony OF every witness. and
"a air Of tense expectancy was felt II
MI" c'nrihou5" throughout ;hc day.
3l Spectators Arc Searched.
#Ipn ascending the bench. Judge
est, who presided at the trial, or
q rcd uhc courtroom cleared of every
y 20 except the jurymen. court Of
q Yrs ana members ut The bar He
u !d that after being searched the
81 theses ANA spectators would he
Il lrmitlcd to rc-entcr the room. Cap
SIlu IiInmcr and two other Third
flIstion officers We're then stationed
fll ID" door and every person was
Il srchcd. No firearms were found.
klf.hc irial Of the accused mam was
JIi FOR "Wednesday AT Lawrcnccvil!e,
I'LL after "a jury had been impanclcd,
SIi ,sc West decided that as pre-
q lhtiOnary measure against any pos
gjli, outbreak Of the citizens o!
II unswtck, which might lead Ia an
q her lynching. the trial would be
d here. In pronounclng sentence
III th. doomed man. he stated that
slI moved the trial 10 this city in
4 i-r 90 be certain that justice was
5iluc. and that he believed that the
N dcnce warranted one eXacting The
81 lremc penalty.
lNlybc second witness called by the
III almmonweaith. represented by B. y.
81 Wis. Commonwcaith's attorney OF
C,Ginty,I and Wills G.
Al iliam. commemorative Attorney OF
II luth Richmond, was II. Gregory Ell
~ brc. brother OF the Yictim. He was
Nr of the strongest witnesses pro-
! Iced. He was the first 'rhitc man
"a "a inh he n
a Ijdcn in a lump OF bushes and was
bind hy Il negro man who was GO
! 10 work. He testified to the dead
ms habits and corroboratcd tlp'
ltimony of Henry Graves. finder OF
body. who described the circum-
I lnccs under which the corpse was
Ind. MIR. E.lmorc also identified IL
l. lvoivcr and revolver holster found
the prisoner at the time OF his
pture. ns belonging to his deao
lothcr, and also identified a pair OF
locs worn by the negro as being
I. pair OF IL lot stolen from the
bre OF Tingel Eimore.
1Hhe witness stated that on the
I.ht ui the murder Tingcl Elmorc
tt his home about . o'clock and
Lrtcd TO the store. where he slept.
lidcncc was introduced to show that
io men were waiting for him. one
them having been In hiding be-
nd a pine tree and the other be-
i ld an artificial screen. IL was also
bycn that the dead man was drag
Ia through the woods by two men,
H. having hold Of each foot. The
lincss also identified an iron wrench.
Itk blood on 1t. and piece of iron
II as those found near the scene of
c crime. a namber Of raZors.
rown away by the prisoner before
4 ing arrested in Mckinney. were
so identified by the brother OF the
ad man.
DIR. Connolly on Stnnd.
trhc next witness was DR.. T.. a.
lnnclly, an Alberta physician. who
Eti.ied that he was called in TO view
H. body and that he knew tho man
have been deaf and also blind in
l. eve. Descril ing the injuries. he
lEtficd that there was a hole behind
L. left car that caused a fracture OF
H. skull, and that both jawbones
re fractured. teeth Knocked ont
III face terribly mutilated. He said
Int the hole on the back of the head
lcht Shave Eeen caused by a blow
I'm the wrench on which blood was
knd.
witnesses introduced in the carly
kcrnoon corroborated the testimony
the morning witnesses. Move
lnts of the convicted man were
Heed from the day preceding the
t,rder. when he was in Alberta. un-
the night Of August .. when he
: captured I'm Mckinney.
oNltncsses who made the capture
| Eimore in Mckinney were intro
heed and identified the revolver.
lister and; shoes as those which he
Iii in his possession. They declared
kt he tried to run from them, but
bppcd when they drew guns.
kThc commonwealth rested It's case
o'clock and the prisoner. sole
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