Mdd Fo^oCliMress Mnr^r
iti&ued from ptkg^ ob«)
in3I*
ol
h«ndwrttinf expart with 2,3 years
Jot experieuce, who had stadied ,
testified that she was Leot,>g handwrlUng, Mrs. Tilley’s meadatlon was that the jTllley’s
Milled of Leota’s death .handwtHlag and the note. Uslng.be charged with conspiring to
p member
5 flhe Jury at the first hearing.
The Jury was out only 80 min
utes Satnyday. The rerdlot
recommended that warranta be
issued lor th© Are members of the i
family and that they be giver a
preliminary hearing. The recom
m
Six-Year^
(Continued from page one)
lOt learn of it until Wednes- numbers lor IdenUfioatlon,
r the girl was burled Yarborough’s report was to the
, effect that the note was evidently
Co* corroborated hlSKttY'g! gprltten by the same person who
ony about their Tlai{
home. He testified
it to
the
"‘'iHsmlly was awakened the night
house burned by Gent Bnm-ig|gQ
i wrote Mrs. Tilley’s note.
Mrs. Hill Cox and her husband
were then witnesses in' succes-
ganier and that he could spe no
season tor the fire unless some
set it.
Deputy Sheriff Tyre Barker Of
fered damaging evidence, telling
ol a c.>nTersatIon be had with
bearing wae Math ’Tbarpe. the'
saying the death
Leota
to the home of W- W. Tilley and
Luther TUley In an effort to ob
tain some information about An-
Luther told them he hadn’t
n Andrew, the witness testified,
lis line of questioning was ih-
lierrupted when the defense object
ed to the (uimission of any decla
murder the girl.
Hlsttwy of Caao
It Is recalled that LeoU’s bodj
wae found In the Tilley home Jhentt^TrfSIseTbje^t'- “rs. Minnie Lsfws. a resident
Kelly Brown and Natn Tharpe on ^ admission of any decla- of the Boomer community, died
Ito5”o«“.r i»°k -I«■«•»«”
arm on
Mrs. Minnie
Claimed By DeatE
Oa enisday
Resident of Boomer C^mmnnity'
Passes At Wilkes Hospital;
Funeral Thursday
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Vera RutbT^^.
dangbter of
Harper, of Whitehead,
hrday morning at J^’cl^
neral swvlcs wa« conducted
terday at 10 a. m. from Lb
-- —- *,.1 absence of one or tne aeienoanis,!“*s**«'
lying on her back, ^ conspiracy having been alleged!oral days, She suffered an attack
her breast and the other pneumonia and death quldkly
1 ,1.- .t a in the warrants..
Kills Wtllii^ns, 93, grandfather
of Mrs. J. A. Rousseau, of iWa
city, died at the'home of Mr. anl
Mrs. W. A. Hall in Yadkinvllle
Saturday morning. He was a R^y.^Langreth
widely known and highly respect-g. c.
e‘d. citisen of Tadkin. ichai^. The gfrlSls
The funeral was conducted yes- her parents, two steteps; Bvi^wb
terday ft Forbush Quaker church | Texle, and one brother, lo^^O
extended to the-right at a right
angle to the body. She had been
The lake on the Klondike farm jolalmed her.
pT" “• of a c.mTersatlon &e nao wiin angle to me ooa.r, ouc n,™ -Om tram the Eldridwe! The funeral service was con-
r^ The first witness at Saturday’s quoted Luther ebot with a .22 rifle, the bullet j ^^rducted from Boomer Baptist
s star witness, who heard j him worse than the death
this scream over the rural tele-j^j j,jg child which occurred
^^***’^^** ^he day the girl ^vas.g^jjjg months ago. Speaking in
killed. He said he rushed to the connection with the arrest ol An-
nuey home after hearing
gfii’s amteal for help and
the
met
i drew Bmoot, reputed sweetheart
of the dead girl, Barker quoted
he
'been ransacked and since the
money and papers were missing,
robbery was thought to have
been the cause of the slaying.
Four men were supposed to have
committed the crime.
This theory was believed gen
erally and the direction the
bloodhound followed led to the
arrest of Taft and Blaine Nor-
_ _ .man in High Point and Lexlng-
the house and seeing the ^irl s ^ The conversation took ton and Jesse Brewer and Por-
•body, Tharpe said he went out | before the note or the mon-jter Morman.
»o the edge of the yar>1 and call-- gy found. | The discovery of the following
ud. “'Luther, come here quick. Barker than recounted the ac- j note on Monday changed the
Something terrible has happened ^jons of Mrs. Luther Tilley after j complexion of the mystery,
b) Leota. Tilley did not reply, Igjjg ^^,gg released on bond follow-i “Mrs. Tilley there are some
Tharpe testified. He kept moving ^gj. arrest as a material wit- men here, one negro and three
KaUy Brown coming away. HelLm^gp gg ggyj„g ..j
aaid he saw Luther TlUey run- pp„ ^^e trigger.”
Hug rapidly away from the home, j ^ ^ Tilley had told him. the
some hundred or so yards away. ^.,t„egg testified, that he didn't
He testified that Luther was car- j^^yg g„y ^ut that he would
vying a shot gun. After looking In j^jg money and his papers
away, but later returned with
ness. He said Mrs. Tilley went to
white men. Said they was going
to have 500 dollars of your mon-
Rev. Levi McCann and son, Jim ^jjg home of Tilden Darnell iu-
McCann, who were hunting on^g^gg^ pf gpjng to her own home
the TlUey farm. Luther. h'''W-jgnd told the Darnell family she
over, refused to enter the room (ji,jn't want anyone to know she | them,
where Miss Childress had been ; ,ygg there. She sent a note to Mr. I thought they was bird hunters. I
tOIed, but said to call a doctor. | g„j W. W. Tilley who later took your things to the "C”
niarpe said he called his home j came and had a conference with where we keep It sometimes.
and had Miss Lexie Settle to get; |jgy g nearby woods.
at -message through to Elkin.
F. G. Sides, Statesville detec-
Sve, was the next -witness. He
sold he had a conversation with
C. S. Foster, of Elkin, then
told of going to the Tilley home
and of hearing Luther tell about
his dogs chasing a rabbit toward
Lnther TUley in jail and quoted I jjjg father's house.
Lather as saying he was
out j
I. J. Bell told of his visit to the
would die in my tracks before I
give it to them. They have got all
the guns In the house. I don't
have a thing to help myself with.
I wish I had went with you. My
20 minutes are almost up. They
have searched the house over and
said if I didn't get it they kill
me. I rather give my life than
your money. If they kill me I
want to be burled at Benham.
Tell Andrew goodbye, I want him
to be happy. I have tried to get
she said Leota would have worn ^ help but I can't get anybody on
that day had she lived. | the line. I guess my dream has
Miss Lexie Settle sale' she I come true, I have seen that mon-
bunting and that the dogs jump-: Tilley home on Sunday morning,
•d a rabbit and chased it in the ' j^g ggjjj Margie TlUey Holcomb
direction of the house, .lesaid he | g^g^tg^ gl,p^. j,j„i fhe clothes
wme within about 50 yards pf j worn by Leota. but that Mrs.
tke 'TUley- home, Sides quoted Tilley intervened. Margie did
lim as saying. The witness said ^how him a new red dress which
Luther admitted running
•ther way when Tharpe called,
but said It was because he was
•cared. He was afraid they
(Tbarpe and Kelly Brown) would
■hoot him, Tilley told Sides, ac
cording to the testimony.
Sides further quoted Luther a.s
admitting he went to his own
home that afternoon, put his
irms around his w-ife and told
ier something ti»r.ihle had hap
pened at his daddy's house.
The detective was then ques-
fioned about a conversation he
had with \V. W. Tilley. He said
the old man had told him Mi
nerva could shoot a rifle and hit
■ chicken's head a cousideralile
distance away. Sides said TiUey
Void him Minerva wouldn't -.vork
ju the field with Luther, that she
would hide in the woods and
watch to see whether her hus
band went to the house where
Leota waa.
Brook.s On Stand
reached the home an' hour after
the tragedy was discovered. She
was questioned abotit a coi ver-
sation she heard. Some of the
ladies were looking in a taltlet.
the witness said, remarking that
maybe Leota left a note. Mi-js Set
tle said Mrs. Tilley diverted their
attention from that li'.e of think
ing by commentiiig that she was , fantastic to be believed and im-
.siire Leota didn't leave a note. | mediately launched further in-
M r s. Elizabeth Yarborough |''®si*sations.
was placed on the stand to tes-j Andrew Smoot, mentione .
tify that .N'ath Tliarpe borrowed fectionately in the
some short .22 cartridges from then arrested at Schoolfield, a.
her to kill hogs a few days be- and formally charged '"Ui
fore the Childress slaying, j murder. Smoots story of
.V cartridge of the long typo i whereabouts at the tim« of the
was introduced in evidence, tliis; murder could not be refute
being identified as one given So- Im was released. Smoot pledge
licitor Jones bv W. \V. Tilley and 1 h's assistance if his services were
* 1-.__.1_J : — itrv Tnva-
, t v„._, I hom«. Mr. Eldridge Bald- He wdd
Tto ho”.'.. .pp«red to h...,M^ ™•“
- tsnd the hearinffP T
Charlie Foster, Elkin business
man, identified the note purported
to have been left by Andrew as the
one represented to . have been
found at the Eldridge home the
ni;?ht Andrew disappeared and
also identified the handwriting of
Luther Tilley.
Repeat Stanley’s Statement
Alton B. Carter was tiie 'star
witness against Stanley. He said
Staidey told Willie Draughon,
Gurney Draughon and himself that
Andrew Eldridge “was not drown
ed, that he was hung up to scare
him, but that he was hanged too
long .and was dead when they took
him down.” Stanley was quoted as
saying that the body was conceal
er and have given me 20 minutes ^ for a few days and later thrown
to get It in. I don’t know any of 1 in Klondike lake. . ^
never seen them before. I' The witness testified that Stan
ley told them the killing took place
west of the Draughon farm on
which they were working when the
conversation took place. He said
they had this conversation four
years ago and admitted on cross-
examination that he hadn’t told
anyone about it until two years
later.
Gurney Draughon corroborated
CarteFs testimony about Stanley’s
statements. He also said he did
not tell anyone about it until
about two years ago.
Brooks Testifies
The testimony of E. B. Brooks,
who was put on the stand as an
expert in handwriting, was the
high light of the hearing. Brooks
said he had had considerable ex
perience in graphology. He said he
had compared the Eldridge note
with Luther Tilley’s handv/riting
and came to the conclusion that
both papers were written by the
ey last two nights.’’
Mrs. Tilley was supposed to
have found the note in the pocket
of the apron of the slain girl.
The apron was hanging on the
P'orch.
af-
was
the
his
pert
like the one found in the gun ly-1 needed in clearing up the m>s-
nig beside Leota's dead body. | te^y-
Tiu- importance of Ibis evidence j Roy Johnson and Bud -lar n,
E. B. Brooks, handwriting ex- ^va.s not developed l)v Solioitor colored, were also brought into
■ of Winston-Salem. wh(, on ,i„„es. the case. Martin was turned loose
Friday appeared in the Eldridge Dessie Cockerliam, the (after W. W. Tilley's statements
tearing armed with a pistol, tes- next witness, told of hearing Mrs. • were found to be without foun-
«fied that I.eota Childress could Tilley say Mr. Tilley had been | dation.
the much dis- unnerved, that he felt like Leota
wanted to talk with him.
J. T. Billings said W. W. Til-i
ley told him he just .got the I
money (the $‘>10.00 thought |
stolen, but later found in the
‘i a few days before the!
*ot have written
■Bssed note.
Questioned as to the compari
son between the handwriting of
♦he note and that of the known
handwriting of .Mrs. l.uther Til-
fey, Brooks said; "The handwrit- outhouse
Funeral Held For
Little McCoy Boy
Impressive funeral services
Jng is the same in both notes. " girl's death. jwere conducted at the Presbyter-
The expert under the direction ot Evidence against W. W. Tilley jjgj^ eburch Thursday morning at
Solicitor Jones then gave a tedi- was also offered by Irk Pardue, o’clock for James Albert Mc-
explanation of the cbarac- w'ho said Tilley told him coy, two-year-old son of Mr. and
teristics of individual letters of wasn’t uneasy about getting his j jjj.g j g McCoy, who died al-
money and his papers back. He
the alphabet as they were writ
ten in the note and by Mrs. Til- said he was certain he could find
,ley, them, that Leota often hid the
At this stage ot the testimony, things when they were left in her
Mrs. Luther Tilley was brought care.
into the courtroom at the request Barker returned to the stand
•f her attorneys, Eugene Trivette to testify as to a conversation he
and J. F. Jordan. She heard the'had with Cl.vde Tilley. Clyde told
remainder of the evidence calmly him. the witness said, that he
■nd smiled occasionally as her didn t know how the girl was
attorneys talked with ter or as killed. But added. 1 tell you if
•ome humorous Incident in the Dda didn t kill herself, Minerva
proceedings broke the tenseness did or ha some one to do it.”
af the hearing. "fh® Jury which iieard the evi-
- The expert’s testimony on the deuce Saturday was composed of
- ahsracteristics and format'on ot T. F. Byrd. M. C. Jones, Keith
' the letters continued To. some Prevette, S. F. Maslin. E. C.
Sparks and ,1. Poplin. It was
Solicitor Jones read the report the same as sat at all the hear-
pf L. T. Yarborough, of Raleigh, ings with the exception of Levi
The suicide theory was then j same person,
advanced. However, Solicitor ( Mr. Brook.s then told of finding
Jones considered this theory too a note on his porch, between the
screen and door, on Saturday aft
er he had testified in the Childress
hearing at Honda qn Wednesday.
The note, later introduced in evi
dence, read:
“If you know what is best for
you you won’t tell who wrote that
note. And you won’t show this
note. You think you damn sharp.”
The note was printed ■with a
pencil and had no punctuation.
Burke, of the defense counsel,
attacked thik note and endeavored
to create a doubt as to the experi
ence and qualifications of Brooks
as an expert. He came out second
best, however, and Brooks stood
his ground.
An interesting sidelight was the
comment of Mr. Burke upon the
fact that Brooks was carrying a
pistol. He declared that it was
the first time he had ever examin
ed a witness who was armed.
Solicitor Jones fired back with
the retort that “if you’re afraid,
we'll have him take it off.” The
gun was given to an officer and
the examination continued.
Brooks admitted that he had
obtained permission to carry a
gun after he received the note.
Sides On Stand
F. G. Sides, detective of States
ville, repeated statements Luther
Tilley had made following arrest
in the case- He testified that Lu
ther told him the Eldridge boys
had stolen some liquor from him
(Luther). Luther further said, the
witness testified, that he was not
pesonally acquainted with Stan
ley.
Will Hemrick was placed on the
stand to tell of a visit of W. iW.
Tilley and Luther Tilley which was
made two months before Andrew
Eldridge disappeared. He said
Luther accused the Eldridge boys
(Walter and Andrew) of stealing
his liquor.
Wade Hemrick was the eigk.h
witness. He said Luther and his
father came to see him in May and
asked if Andrew Eldridge had
come home to get Hemrick’s boys
to go after some liquor. He said
he told they they had.
J. S- Adams was the last wit
ness. He said he ■viewed the re
mains of the dead boy and testi
fied that tije boy’s neck and face
were swollen and that there were
marks on his neck.
most suddenly Wednesday. Rev.
C. W. Robinson and Rev. B. M.
Lackey, of Leuolr, were in
charge. The floral offering was
beautiful and profuse.
A number of local citizens ac
companied the funeral party to
St. Mark’s church near Charlotte
where interment was made in the
church cemetery. Rev. John Long
Jackson, pastor, was in charge of
the service at the grave.
Split Casje Games
tVllkesboro Teams Divide . With
Mountain View Cagers
Wilkesborn high school basket
ball quint triumphed over Moun
tain View 2b to 14, while the
visiting sextet won a 29 to 18
victory over the Wlliesboro girls
Friday atiernoon in county tour
nament basketball games.
The winning teams clearly
demonstrated their superiority.
Lillian Linney was outstanding
for the Wllkesboro sextet, while
Haynes set a fast pace for Moun
tain View.
In the boys’ game, Phillips 'was
high scorer for the winners, wfth,
Wiles and Holder tleing fdr the'
scoring lead for Mountain View.i-
Would Oat Wheat Lands
Washington, Feb. 1—^The farm
administration today announced
its intention to seek removal of
an additional 5,523,000 acres of
wheat from production. Chester
C. Davis said the removal would
probably b e accontplished b y
renting the acreage either for
further reducing the produeUoiv
of prevloiu cont*p«t sigRera
obtaining new sign^M.
Miami, Fla., Feb. 1.—Likening
'President Roosevelt to a gedter-
al commanding an united army,
Valentin Boucas, financial ad
visor to the government ol Bra
zil, today predicted he would lead
the nation to a victory over eco
nomic conditions.
Bead Jonmal-fgtriot adi.
.it- “
Savannah, Ga„ Feb. 1.—Mrs.
B. B. Young, chairman of the
.•MBien’s agTlspry board to. the
JalEiypr and . city council,^ today re-
to Mayor ThonuM' Hemble
Ibst the board advocates sterlU-
xatiOB of criminals and fteJhope|
leasly Insane.
church Thursday morning at 11
o’clock by Rev. Isaac Watts. In
terment was made In the church
cemetery.
Mrs. Laws was 49^ years and 11
months of age. ; ' } -
The deceased-was’the vrlfe of
M. F. Laws who with several chil
dren survive her. !
HonM* Roll
Following Is the honor roll ol
the fourth grade of Roaring Riv
er school for the fotirth month:
Sammle Lambeth, Alton, Miner,
William Cothran, Vaughn Dur
ham, Harry Sebastian, O. C. Por
ter, Ama Petty, Hazel Shew,
James Durham,* Mary Helen
Ward, Lillie Male Byrd. Glenn
Porter.
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