The times-news., 1936-08-21
STATE RESTS AND
MOORE TAKES STAND
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to Sergeant Harry Butts, New
York police ballistic expert.
DR.. Ben NJ. Vance, assistant
medical examiner of New York, |
then told of examining the same
gun. He said he found four
small fibers" on the gun.
"Three of them were lint or
cotton" he said. 'The other was
finer and under chemical treat
ment proved to be human hair.
"In my opinion it came from
the face or scalp" Vance testi-
fed. 'I think it came from a per-
son with light colored hair"
The State then called Harry
Schwartz. first assistant to the
chief medical officer of New York:
He said he examined the pistol
and that chemical tests of scrap
ings from the gun "were all hu-
man blood"
Sergeant Harry F. Butts, the
metropolitan police department
ballistic expert, demonstrated for
the Jury action of the pistol. He
said he examined the pistol on
August Is. 1t was his opinion, ne
said. that the shell taken from the
floor of room 224, where Helen
was killed, was fired from Moores
pistol.
Butts said a split in the muzzie
of the barrel marked every bullet
fired from the pistol. Each test
, bullet showed similar markings to
the shell Messer carried to Butts,
ne said.
Prosecutor Nettles called E. B.
Pittman. state banking examiner
of Raleigh who occupied room 22O
lust across the hall from Miss
Clevenger the night she was slain.
Pittman, Immediately dressed,
testified he heard four or five
screams about a. m. the morn
ing the youthful coed was killed.
He said he stepped into the hall
to learn of their origin.
81 saw a figure standing in the
doorway of room 224," Pittman
told the Jury. 81 asked him what
the trouble was. A mans voice
said, 4 was wondering that my
self. -.
As Pittman related events of
the early hours at the hotel when
screams were heard, the gigantic,
coal-black defendant sat gazing
drowsily at the witness. There
was no expression in his face.
Earlier Moore took the stand as
defense and prosecution wrangled
over his signed statement to Sher-
iff Brown that he killed the girl.
Talking in a drawl, the negro
hall boy sat slumped in the wit
ness chair, his hands clasped. and
said he made the statement that
he killed Miss Clevenger because
he was afraid he was going to be
whipped. The jury did not hear a
word he said. 1t had been excused
from the courtroom.
Moore said one officer hit him
in the stomach with his fist and
then struck him with a four-toot
hose. 81
DIR. B. E. Morgan, Asheville
mental specialist, said he exam
ined Moore and found three
bruises on the left arm.
DIR Morgan said he could not
tell what caused the bruises.
The triel adjourned after Miss
He. Johnson, Spartanburg, 5. g.,
assistant housekeeper of the no.
tel. testified. She said she occu-
MED room 1876 the night of the
murder and that she heard wo.
man scream between the hour OF
'12 midnight and 1 a. m.
Upon cross examination MISS
Johnson said it was her opinion
Moore's character was good.
Nettles said he had another wit,
ness he wanted to put on the stand
but couldn't do so until today. He
revealed the witness was j. +,
Clevenger, of New York, father
of the slain girl, who tainted in
the courtroom yesterday.
Clevenger, a frail-looking little
man with white hair, was expect.
ed to be the last witness before
the State concludes it's case
against the negro hall boy.
The courtroom was paeket
again Yesterday, and there was I
sSSt for seats when the court
Iaeono m doors were thrown open
soU r bonrs before the trial rt
dsM dd',med. Court attaches said nd spec pc,
tators began arriving at the 'N'