The Brunswick news., 1922-11-03
ALLEGED WILLIE
BLOUNT DIED AS
RESULT Of BLOW
Justices Beach and Hitch Pre-.
sided and Court House
Was Well Filled.
WILL RENDER JUDGEMENT
10 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING
Many Witnesses introduced and |
the Four Attoroneys Engaged
in Case Had Many Legal
TiIts.

The preliminary hearing in the case
of the State aginst ]. E. Brewster,
charged with murder was heard be-
fore Justices j. L. Beach and r. T.
Hitch yesterday afternoon the spec
tacle of the two justices presiding in
the case was rather novel, but in
murder cases it is the custom.
1t should be stated that both of
the jusices acquitted themselves
splendidly and presided with the ease
and grace of old presiding officers.
1t will be remembered that the
charge against Mr.. BREWSTER grows
out of an alteration between him and
Williams Blount, car inspectors help
er, which occurred on Sunday after
noon at Thalman and as result of
blow delivered by Brewster, it is
claimed that Blount died on Tuesday
The contention is that Brewster
struck Blount, who had used profane
language to his little six year old
son and that in falling has head
struck. an iron rail, which produced
death.
The State is represented by Powell
and Farr while the case of the defend
an is in the hands of w. R. burden
and j. Mark Wilcox. The evidence
was concluded late yesterday after
noon and the trial justices announced
that they would render an opinion at
ten o'clock this morning.
Among the interested Spectators,
sat next to the defendant was his
wife, a very comely and attractive
woman, modestly, though stylishly at
tired and who gave frequent suggest
ions to the attorneys for her hus-
band. Special Agent H. F. Fountain
of the A. B. and A RoaEioad, was
also at the counsel table of the de-
fendant and gave them aid and as
Stance from time to time.
The first witness called was DR..
A. T. Courson, of Camden county,
practicing physician for twenty
years. He proved ITO be witness of
unusual intelligence. He = testified
that Blount died from the wound he
received when his head CAME in con-
tact with the steel rail and also
stated that as soon as he examined
the injured man he knew that
death would soon follow.
The next witness was Mrs. J. E.
McManus, of Thalmann. She saw
Brewster strike Blount and notwith-
standing the fact that she was put to
an almost cruel grilling by attorneys,
she did not sweve from her testi-
mony in the least. Her husband, j.
e. McManus was the next called and
he also gave testimony of an inter
esting nature. He said that while
he did not see Brewster strike Blount,
he heard the lick and saw the man
after he fell and when he was being
removed to his home, something more
than mile from the scene of the
trouble. An effort was made by at
torneys to show that i'll feeling had
existed between Mr.. Brewster and the
witness, but she emphatically denied
this statement.
/. The next witness was A. M. Nc
s1dughlil, q car lHSpeoCor at Inali
mann employed by the Seaboard and
under whom the. deceased was EN-
.snloyed. This witness testified that
he was sitting On the postoffice steps,
that he saw deceased come arouid
the depot and also saw the defendmt
sin the waiting room, and looked down
to the ground, and that his attention
was attracted by lick and looked up
and saw deceased's head hit the rail.
The witness testified that he went
to deceased and found him bleeding
from wound in the back of his head
where he. had hit the rail. The wit
ness further testified that the only
outcry he heard was from the de-
fendant's wife, "Oh, Jack you have
killed him." He further testified
that he heard the defendant say "a
dirty cur but did not know to whom
he addressed such remark. The wit
ness testified that deceased, after
he had had his face washed, wanted
to know who or what hit him and
mo. tba xuitnnss talIinp him that