The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-04-08
DENIAL OF MURDERS
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which he said Williams had "Sihh-
i!shcI as far as possible by describe
.ng how be- was ai HON" nv might tn"
,hror negroes were killed IN his '"ur
-. and asserted the stat" had offered
no legal corruburat."n OF tn" testimony
Of Il confessed a,rumplic" a. required
by law.
Granam Wright. assistant attorney
general pointed ~ Various testimony AS
Capitalization. and SAID the law l"tt :
10 in" jury 10 MAX" final d"riS'"nS on
that question. He termed Manning m
rapabl" Of planning and carrying "l'
;hc crimes under tn" eyes of William"
and his family" and named Williams
as ia" guilty man.
Manning MISC will bc put ou trial for
IN" murders. II was announced TO-DAY
thu enact time 10 he decided later. ana
his attorney. r.. Marvin Underwood. sad
hr would not enter 4 plea of guilty.
Manning had testified for It." stat"
that hy Williams orders tn" negroes
were weighted d"wn with rocks ana
thrown a.Ivr into rivers "r knocked on
the head and buried wh"r" they ir'I.
and Williams. taking the stand today.
briefly r.rit"d all n sand h" know Of
the deaths ot Lindsey Peterson. WIFE"
Preston and Marry l'r:r". ia" thr""
drowned the Sam" night IN Newton
county liz il "u trial FOR the murder
ii Peterson. and he d!d not 60 int" thu
Other cases Tho defendant. accused by
rh, state a. "GcOrEiaS Inu&t atrnCl"uS
murderer" was today AZ ruoI As any
OF thr spectators VIII" parked thu c"ur;
room almost to SuffocatIoD t. h"ar NJ"
story
These were tho first criminal charges
II ANY kind ever flied against him, no
d., Jared. IN his tifty-four years OF l:t".
and ,nld proudly that his four grown
sons were among tire FIRST 20 answer The
cuuntry'S call to war. lie admitted h"
NIGH; have b"rn technically guilty q:
i.""uarr. as IL" worked negroes who owed
him money. II" had so told federal in
N"&tirat"r$ when they first cam" I" the
farm. he said. and had also declared he
always pad and fol tho negroes. Th"s"
agents said the negroes on his place
were among tho hes; fed and clothed"
they had seen. he declared. II h" wrr"
technically guilty OF pconaGr, most
Georgia farmers were.
lie added: Il am absolutely limo
cent" he told the jur" in conclusion as
he reverted to tho murder charge.
Tho state had rested earlier in the
day with introduction OF Eona Manning
wife Of clyde Manning. and Sheriff u.
l.. johnson OF Newton county. In an
rCrort /" Cor-oh0rato parts of Manning
story. The woman $t!ncd TN" negroes
lett with Williams. Manning and charlie
chisholm the night they wcr" last seen
alive, aS Manning has declared.
sheriff Johnson said Manning !dcnti-
ficd the three bodies found in Newton
county, and later confessed and told
uh"rr the others could he found. Tho
fact that no defense testimony other
than thnt W Williams was introduced
permitted Williams counsel tn open and
close. No limit was placed on the time
O: arguments and four attorneys SPOKE
today.
Mr.. King opened for tn" defense. fol-
lowed In order ny NJ. Wright f"S 'he
state. ". II. Key OF Monur"N" for III"
defense and solicitor General Erand
FOR tho state. w. NJ. Howard. former
congressman from Georgia, will close
FOR tho prosecution Tomorrow, making
tho frs, address Of the day. and IN"
final plea will hc made 10y Gr""n +.
Johnson "f Monticello, chief counsel for
the defendant.