Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-01-19

vi tie n. D. q "A, testified that he
went to the railroad shops about Oils
+. M, on July 5th and that he saw
a number OF men on the road and the
picket post with guns and that he be-
came arprehensivc and feared some
KIND ct trouble, that he phoned the
| sheriff about it and asked for his pres
ence at the shops That soon aft y
shooting he motorec to town and
passed great many men coming IN
the direction of the shops, most of
whom wtre armed. Did not recog-
nize any Of them
Mr. Kirkland testified having exam
med eng ne 10 on the morning after
the shooting and found a number of
bullet marks and found one hole thru
the sheetings of the cab. That pipes
showed evidences of bullets and the
engine was generally SCARED up with
bullets.
Gerald v. Myrick, also jointly in
dicted for the murder of Reed with
Stubs, Fairfield and others, and
who has been out on bond for some
time, testified that some months pre-
vious to the shooting he heard Stubs
remark in their hall, that che had
some Union mans blood on his shirt
and that he would wash it out with
some scabs blood" referring to the
cutting of Osborne by Cone one of
the present employees of the road.
J.. S. Goings, travelling agent for
the American Express Co., testified
that he saw Tom Hendrix, one of the
accused in company with others on
the night of July 5th with shot gun
on his shoulder, marching west on |
Ocmulgee street from the A. B. 81
A. Depot, about ten or fifteen minutes
before the engine arrived with the
wounded engineer on it.
J. B. Roberts, deputy sheriff who
was deputized to go after the defend
ant at Daytona, Fla, testified to
Stubs having admitted to him that
he was present. at the shooting and
that he fired the second shot, Fair
field having shot first. That Stubs
made these admissions voluntarily and
without coercion or promises of anv
reward He is also said to have sta
ted that "he would come to Fitzger-
aid and tell the truth like a man and
take his medicine"
Court Recessed for Noon
On opening of court at p. NJ,
Dewey Butler, another employee of
the road, on the i'll fated engine the
night of the shooting, testified to
having been on the running board on
the front of the engine when she made
her trip to town the night of July 5,
that he recognized Fairfield near the
corn field but did not recognize Fred
Stubs. That he, fired himself, al
number of times from pistol, did
not know if he hit anyone. Earlier
in the evening, on his trip to the
shop alleged he saw Mr.. Gates on
the Switch block, with gun in his lap.
Gates is not accused with this or any
other crime connected with the strike.
On cross examination, being asked
why at the previous trial and since
July fifth, he had refrained from sta
ting that he recognized any one att
the shooting and denied under oath
having recognized anyone, witness
stated that on request by w. ]. Nor
ris, Master car builder for the A. B
& A, and acting special agent, he|
kept this information until now.
w. H. Fountain, special agent for
the A, B. & A. railroad, to whom falls
the credit of securing the indictments
of the accused, testified that Stubs
made the same admissions to him
| but on cross examination in part re-
tracted the statement.
w. J. Morris, Master Car builder
and special agent for the A. B. & A..
testified to the location of the track
| form the corn field and on cross cx-
animation admitted in part the state
ment of Butler, that he instructed him
not to tell all he knew at previous
, trial of these cases and had told the
States witnesses TO be careful not to
tell what you knew.
Defense Has Inning
The state rested its case with the
testimony of w. H. Fountain and
Mrs. J. H. borough, wife of one of
the former Engineers of the A. B. &
A., railroad, who is not accused with
having any part in the shooting or
other criminal acts against the men
or property of the A. B. & A, was
called for the defense. Mrs. Borough
testified to having been at the home
of Mrs. J. T. Lilies with her husband.
attending the sickbed of a child Of
the Lies, that Mr.. and Mrs Lilies,
Mr.. Borough, herself, and children of
Lilies were at home the entire even
ing, that she was on the upper porch
of the residence when she heard shoot
ing from near the engineers picket
post and on getting to the end of the
porch looking west she saw two en-
gines almost quite at a standstil and
saw firing from one of the engines
Heard great many shots and balls
of fire shooting through the air.
could not say that she saw firing
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