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This was Dr. Grover Wilkes, who te^ii fied that he w;i> called about 6:30 on Monday morning, April 21. to ! the scene of the crime where he found Jack Hall dead on the front 1 floor vl' his taxi, and his wife, Margie, lying aero>> the front seat, still breatlling but unconscious.*Dr. i Wilkes testified that brain tissue was lyingMto the running board jand on the ground about 10 feet ; from the car. He .-aid that the cou ple had been h*t with blunt in struments w.th .-uflicient force to . fracture and penetrate the skull. He said there were lour or more TTTcRT" on the back of Jack's head which caused his death. After the defense lawyer.-. Roy Francis of ' Wavnesvilie and Charles C. Smath ers of Canton,, examined the wit ness they held a ten minute con ference with the prisoners at the bar. Bodies Found In Taxi Jud Robinson, next witness for ' the state, testified that he was on his way to work at Mead ?orpora : tion, pasfred the car of Jack Hall I at 6 a. m. the morning of April 121, and remarked "What's going! on here" getting no answer he in vestigated closer and was shocked when he saw Jack and his wife ly ing there apparently dead. He stated that he noticed the car had skidded some 15 or 20 feet. He then ran back down the road and called Homer Green and James Clontz, who lived nearby. Green and Clontz remained at the car while Robinson went to notify of ficers. Sheriff Griffin Middleton and other officers immediately went to the scene. City Police George Evans, was the next state's witness, he testi- j fied that he saw Bob Messer about i 8:30 Sunday night and searched him for whiskey. Bob had the ham- 1 mer at that time but had thrown | it over the bank. Earl O'Dear was i said to have been hiding over the i bank on the old Dillsboro road. ; He said that he later saw Messer and O'Dear in town about 9:30. Doris Ashe testified that she saw O'Dear and Messer Sunday night about 8 o'clock on the Franklin road and that they* asked her if she wanted to go with them to Knoxville about 11 o'clock. Wayne Dillard testified that he j saw both men Sunday night near | JACK AND HOWARD 'ALLISON PLAN TO, EXPAND BUSINESS Jack and Howard Allison, own er.v and open tors of Howard's Es j-o Station and Jack's Tire Shop, announce i tr..- week that they will expand tneir business to in clude wholesale and retail of tires and accessories. The part of the building now being used as a pool room will be u-t'd for the Whole sale department. In addition to this the Allisons are building a large 20 foot greec'e-pit at the rear of : the station which will handle large trucks. A hydraulic lift will be in stalled for gre'a.-ihg and lubricating cars. A concrete wall next to the railroad ha- been built. the bridge at the school house, that they were going toward Dillsboro, Bt-o was talking to Ear), his right hand up in the air swinging in Mime motion. State witness C. D. Lindsay, state highway patrolman of Sylva, testi iied that he saw brain tissue and Pieces of bone lying in Jack's car, i that the front seat was bloody and I brain tissue also on door and wind shield. He testified that Jack, who > was 5 feet 11 inches, weighing j about 230 pounds, was wedged on i the floor board, lying on the side ! in which $38^ were found, which he gave cis the reason that it was not taken. He summoned Coroner C. W. Dills. Sheriff Griffin Middleton testi fied that Bob Messer iold him on the night of April 24, after they had been arrested, that he had been worried, could not sleep, and wanted to tell him, about it. The sheriff said that he told Messer that whatever he said to tell the truth, but that it would be used against him in court. Bob told the sheriff that a gob'd while back he U>ld Earl O^Dear that he needed some money, and that Earl came to him in December and told him that he knew where he could get about $1,000, later telling him that it could be gotten from Jack Hall. They talked about the money again early this year, and again on Saturday night, April 19. He said they were drinking and would finish their plans on Sunday. At this time they said they would kill Jack Hall before they i left for Knoxville. The crime was j to have taken place on the Long j Branch road, but was later changed ! to the old Dillsboro-Sylva road. He said that he, Messer, got a hammer out of Lonnie O'Dear's blacksmith shop and that Earl got HAVE CHURCH WEDDING MAY 10 * Miss Hazel Brooks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Brooks, of W^ittier, became the bride of Walter Middleton in a single ring cere mony at the Sylva Baptist church Saturday evening, May 10th at 7 o'clock with the Rev. Edgar Willix officiating. Mrs. Middleton received her education at Sylva high school and for the past year she had been employed as office secretary with the Imperial Life Insurance Company of Asheville. Mr. Middleton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Middleton of Tuck aseegee. He was educated at Cullowhee high school and Western Carolina Teachers college. He served 5 years and six months with the U. S. Army. After a short honeymoon the young couple returned to their home at Tuckaseegee. one out of his car. He said that i after they killed Jacftand his wife they left for Knoxvi^le at about 12 o'clock. Messer said that when Jack was hit that he called out, "O, Lord quit." The blow was so hard that the hammer had to be jerked out of Jack^ skull. O'Dear then made a confession statement at about 1 o'clock Thurs day night in the Bryson City jail. Lindsay was called back to the stafid~ancT testified that the pair told where $14 was hidden in one dollar bills in Lonnie O'Dear's shpp and $15 in Earl's car. They said $43.00 was all that they got off J;.ck. They also told of where a pack of razor blades and a knife of Jack's could be found. These were found near Ode Robinson's store on the Balsam highway. They told where they threw the ham mers in Scotts Creek. All of these items were found just where the toys told that they had hidden them. .Sheriff Middleton further stated that Bob came "very near telling him the story on the previous day. He testified that Bob said to Earl, "God, Earl, I pulled the hammer out of Jack's head. Bob struck a match and Earl got in the back seat and struck him three more times. Bob told that he "tapped Mrs. Hall on the head to knock her out, not meaning to kill her." Several other witnesses?were heard, . giving evidence on the movements of the two men. Defense Offers No Evidence When the state rested the de fense did not offer any evidence, relying only on the cross examina tion of the state's witnesses and the'argument before the jury. John M. Queen and Hugh Monteith, as D. M. Hall, Jr. Receives I Fraternity Award At University Of N. Carolina David M. Hall, Jr., has been given another honor at the Uni versity of North Carolina where he will graduate from the School of Law June 9. This time he has been selected to receive the Phi Delta Phi Achievement award, which will be presented during graduation period. This award is given each year by the fraternity to "such mem ber of the Fraternity, who, in the I opinion of the Inn (fraternity), its | faculty adviser, and the dean of i the law faculty, has been outstand ing during the college year by virtue of his scholarship, initiative and service to the school and fra ternity." During his first year at the Uni versity David received the awards for the highest averages in the contracts and agency for that year. He has served as treasurer, vice- j president and president of Phi \ Delta Phi, treasurer and secretary of the law association, member of the Supreme Court of the Law As sociatipn for two years and was Carolina's delegate to the Province Convention of Phi Delta Phi for this year. He is the son of Mrs. David M. Hall and the late Mr. Hall of Sylva. sisting with the prosecution, were first to address the jury, followed by Solicitor Dan K. Moore. Roy' Francis, attorney^ for the defend ants, presented their defense be fore the jury by trying to put across the possibility of others be ing behind the boys in the crime. Judge Bobbitt started his charge to the JUry at 4:45 Friday evening and completed it at 6:15, at which time the jury retired to consider the case. After being out one hour, they returned into court and were dismissed for one hour for supper. Upon returning at 8:30 they again began their deliberations, return ing with their verdict at 9:30. This closed one of the most sen sational murder cases in the his tory of Jackson county, one^which had caused wide attention'irTthe daily press. A number of true de tective story magazines became in terested in the case and will use it in their publications. V Appeal To, Higher Court ?-Roy Francis, attorney for the prisoners, entered a -motion for an appeal'to the State Supreme court. Judge Bobbitt entered the order and granted the defense forty-five days in which to prepare and file their c.ise. An appeal bond of $500 was adjudged sufficient. DATE NOT SET FOR RAILROAD HEARING Mr. Felix Picklesimer, president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce has received word from the North Carolina Utilities Com mission stating that the applica tion for permission to remove Southern Railway trains Nos. 17 and 18 Asheville to Murphy, has not been filed and therefore no date for the hearing has been set. 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