Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-08
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any scars on her head that Trouton
had put there, she was requested
by Attorney Finch to show the scar
to the jury. She took off her hat.
(Which is it?' she asked, feeling
in her hair.
'Have you got several?" asked her
attorney.
(Which is the Elry?" she answered.
Being shown the jury box, she eX-
hibited a scar hardly visible to the
jurors which she said Feltman had
inflicted. -
Mrs. Jeff J. Minter, of Atlanta,
daughter-in -laW of the accused, told
Of having seen Mrs TroutOn with a
black eye. She asked her what had
caused it. Trouton, standing beside
his wife, nudged her with his arm,
and she answered that she had fallen
on Il stick of wood, and it hit her
in the eye.
The witness said Minter cannot
read or write.
Cross-questioned by Solicitor At
kinson, Mrs. Minter said her husband
got home from work between and
6 o'clock on the afternoon of August
10, but went out, and after coming
back about 10 o'clock, went out
second time. She said she didn't see
him any more that night
On redirect examination by the de-
Tense, she told of repeated threats
which Mrs. Trouton had related to
her father as having been made
against him and herself.
Arrested in Alabama
]. w. Golden, of Jefferson county,
Alabama, was the next witness. He
said he is a justice of the peace at
home, and that about a year ago u
warrant was taken out before him
for Willard Irouton. Asked by the
defense what for" the witness was
not allowed to answer, the objection
of the state being sustained. Mrs.
Trouton had some slight wounds on
her head, and her arms were badly
bruised, as if from severe beating,
the witness said. j. w. Minter, the
accused, was there at the time the
warrant was sworn out, he said.
Deputy Sheriff Edwards, of JEFF
ferson county, Alabama, told of ar
resting Trouton on the warrant, and
described Mrs. Trouton's condition at
the time, saying she seemed to be
bruised all over.
DR.. E. l.. Merrill, of Newman, re-
lated that he had been called to Min
ter's house in the country near New
nan in August, 1922, to see Mrs.
Trouton. He described her as being
severely bruised all over.
81 have never seen anybody quite
so badly beat up as she was" he
said.
F. L. Cason was called to the
stand.
Defense Rests
The witness admitted this, and in
response to another question as to
whether or not his father bore q
groudge against Trouton, answered
in the affirmative.
With this witness the defense
rested.
The state brought s. P. Carpen-
ter back to the stand in rebuttal.
The sheriff testified that he had am
pie time to observe Minter in Jail,
and that he considers the accused
knows very clearly the difference
between right and wrong.
D. w. Dial, deputy sheriff, and
DR.. T. S. Bailey testified to the
same effect. M. A. Copeland, county
warden, testified that on the night
of August 10 he saw an automobile
come up on the road near the poor
far and stand there for bout three
quarter sof an hour.
He testified that Trouton's mother
was an inmate of the county farm
and that Minter asked him if Trout
on ever came out there to see her.
II told him that he did," said the
witness, land he asked me to let
him know the next time Trouton
was there. l saw Trouton after
that, and told him Minter was look
ing for him"
With this witness the state
closed, and the defer announced
closed.
Atlanta Woman Testifies
Mrs. Floyd Weldon, of Atlanta,
daughter of the accused, testified
that she and her husband live with
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Goodrum, her
sister and brother-in-law. Both men
of the household are accused with
their father-in-law of causing the
death of Trouton.
Mrs Weldon testified as to the
movements of her husband on the
night of August 10, saying he left
the house about o'clock and came
back about midnight. With refer
ence to the blood on the seat of
Leon Goodrums car, she said it WIS
caused by an accident on Saturday
night, August II, in which Good
runs brother received a cut on his
hand from broken glass
Mrs. Pearl Washington, another
daughter-in-law of the accused, tes-.
titled that the mental condition of
her father-in-laW for the past year
had been such that at times he hard
ly knew what he was doing; that he
was exceedingly worried about Mrs.
Trouton and the treatment accorded
her by her husband. On cross eXami-
nation, she denied that her father
in-law with other defendants, had
called by her house near Newman on
the night of August 10. She admitted
remembering that her husband got
up and went out during the night,
but she did not know why. Charlie
Joiner lives with them, she said. He
also went out
"They do that a heap of nights,
and [ don't know what they go out
for" she said, showing some resent
ment at the solicitors questions. mo
automobile came up in my yard that
night, and none drove out of there"
Hand Cut on Glass
Leon Goodrum, accused with J. w.
Minter under the grand jury's in
dictment, was called by the defense.
He said that he and his brother, T.
B. Goodrum, drove to Lawrenceville,
and about three miles south of that
city collided with another car, his
car sustaining various damages,
among which was one broken glass:
/ that T. 3. GOodrum's hand was cut
on this glass. and bled a whole lot