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Page 4 THE WA IfNEoVILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1932 The Rose Case Told Briefly A brief resume of the Rose trial in story form (as gathered from the witness stand Monday and Tuesday.) The child was playing in the yard! of the hotel and was approached by I Rose, who told her an animal from, the circus was loose and that she had! better come with him and he would I protect her. She went with him to I his -'00111 'where the alleged attack j is said to have been committed. The child told no one of this until i 2:.'!0 oil .Sunday afternoon lief ore I i .abor Day. t After le:ivinir the hotel on the Sat-1 urday night on which the crime was .-(uppnsod t'o have been committed. Rose went to a cafe in Negro Town and .'-.laved until about 11 o'clock, t hi n went tn his home and .j bed. The ne.v; morning he reported to work at the hotel about ::() and was t.dd th-t lie was no longer needed. He went to his room, gathered up his clothes, and returned to his home, telling the hotel officials that he would return latei that morning for his money. At y;;u no went uuck mi uie hotel' for his salary and found that many guests had arrived and he was offered work for the next few days. At ':: that afternoon (Sunday) the manager of the hotel called him into conference together with the child ami the hotel clerk. Ros,. de nied the charge and ran from the hotel after being beaten by hotel of ficials. On leaving the hotel, he went to the lower part of Main street and hid under a bridge until dark. At d: rk he went to a corn field, trying to get away from a mob that he un derstood was forming and looking fr,r him. The field was surrounded y men with guns and sticks and he thought he had little chance to es cape. At this point his faith in di vin.. protection urged him to take time to pray. After delivering his oiaver he slipped from the corn field within a few inches of a man with a shot gun. .''mm there he went home to get his ''ath !' pistol as he intended going tl- rough the woods in an effort to U uve the country. He was afraid he would encounter bears and other wild animals while traveling through ll,e woods and this primptod him to r;et a gun. He slept in he woods Sunday night .ml also Mondav night. Tuesday af- ! rncon hi slept in the woods and was ;:sleep when approached by members of a nosse who were looking for iiini. Taking the po-so to be a part of mob. lie exchanged .-hot-; and then left the scene to be apprehended three miles down the .oi.l two hours later. He was rushed ; Haywoo 1 co'inty iail and placed there for s.:if(. keep ing. The next afternoon he was carried to Asheville in the rumble seat of a car and kept there until a week ago whe.i he was returned here for a preliminary hearing. 1 FIGURED IN CAPTURE OF CHARLIE ROSE CHARLIE ROSE IS GIVEN 10 TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON (Continued from page one) witness to t:ike the stand for the state. Dr. Lancaster lesiihod that he was called to see the child involved; in the case about o'clock on Sunday night beioie Labor Da v. He said he examined the chiii. in the room of h"i i. the hotel where Uuy were Solicitor Queen represented iti with this witae-.. and dec rge the nolens'.. .hild was ;.:c .'innaiiie I t the by tier .uoUier. i cniui was and taikeu in a lifm soft Dr. Abel told of the condition he found the girl when he examined I In r on Mondav morning alter trie alleged attack on Saturday. A. '. Craft, former operator of the hotel where the alleged crime was siiid to nave taken place, followed Dr, Abel to the stand and testified ll'iOti! .' stayin; t h Ward The .U'-nd smiime. voice. f l .-ol .-he i . c for nul answered questions without did face that ix A I id. opened She sta'. ars old: ()nl. once' or twU' :p- in"' he- uio,r wiring tlie questions i i'ier. up he qui . 1 he was t i Vi u now M' stories' "Yes sir ground,'' J floor. "Then girls go, "Thev wh litth li'.e.l I lie sti inillg. five and : Alley sai, they go down in said, -oniting to state h.ilf "Do that the hi fa : mmmmJ, tion and Solicitor Queen examined the witness from this point on. State ments by Rose in answer to Solicitor Queen's questions were in part: "I did not sleep in a house Sunday. I slept in the woods.' "1 didn't go to any house for Sun- I day 'ught supper or monuay wcii .fxi Ididn't have any appetite. I was upset. I had some of the sand wiches when Mr. Ducket and Mr. Lee got me." "I did not fire any shots after shooting at the first men. I did not -hem alter going over the hill." When thesp men lime up on me 1 thought they was a mob so I start ed shooting, but did not know where." Mr John Bovd was over be- 1 yon 1 the gap and was there when the ! iio n wanted to lynch me. Mr. John j got them to bring me to jail ami save me-'' , Ros,. left the stand exactly at 12:10, 1 f:.r being on the stand for 55 min- Tin defer.se told the court that their I i ihi i witness was not in court and asked that cou"t take a noon recess at that time. Recess was ordered t'ier Judge Sink had commended the nectators for the manner in which tbev had acted duiing the trial- The ndup.-e was praised for being quiet and dignified. Only twice up until this time of the trial had Judge Sink cal'ed for order- Recess was taken until 1:15. TUESDAY AFTERNOON j n behalf of the Sated !!g Mr ' tin state. Mr. (raft that Charlie Rose was work th,. hotel at the time as hall- hose duty it was to clean halls ;itli rooms at the hotel. Craft testified that he learned alleged assault on Sunday af- ii. He immediately sent for and asked him if the charges we e true- Fose answered that he was not guilty. Whereupon Mr. Ci aft thought of calling officers and iiitvmit-d holding the hall-boy until .he olhcers arrived. Rose was hit over th,.. head three times with a mop h iidle. according to Mr. Craft. The handle, was broken (luring the affray. Rose is then said to h.ive - run through the hotel to the kitchen and then he encountered the hotel clerk littjt, j who is said to have hit Rose several times with his fist. As Rose left the hotel Mr. Craft said he gr'iobed two milk bottles trom off a shelf and had the: them ry t: tell me where good requested the attorney go to heaven." was prompt reply She continued her testimony by -fating that Ch-i'die (the defendant in the case.) told her an animal 1 rom the circus was loose and that she had better ci;me with him. She then pointed him out in the court room and I said that he was the one who took her to his room which was down stairs in the hotel. She further test ified that he put her on his bed and then is when the attack was said to have been made. ''Charlie held his hand over my mouth so I could not scream, even I sworn when someone knocked on the door.i ! red Caldwell The above picture fas made a few hours afte,- Charlie Rose had been lodged in' jail here on Tuesday, September (1, after Kill Ray, deputy sheriff had been killed during a gun-battle between a posse and Rose. The four men on the right testified in court Tuesday just how they found Rose anil how he was apprehended :i milesdown Highway No. 284. Reading left to right: A. B. Smart, state highway patrolman, who Rose said saved his lite bv grabbing him by the seat of the pants and pushing him in jail before the crowd could get him. Rill Cole who found Rose in the bushes and was fired at bv the negro. S. H. Stevenson, was with Cole and was fired at also. W. T. Lee, Jr., is holding the pistol that he found on Rose when he and Horace Ducket caught him. Fred Caldwell, chief of police, was a member of the posse after Rose and he i.'rred several shots at Rose's feet while the negro was tiring at Cole and Stevenson... testimony thc. child case and her mother court room. This y. The child's niotlvr : land and Felix All? for the state and C t be defense. The witness .seem. ally recovered -fro t h- afternoon befor weak ; look the .stair clear easy (lelibeiai. -!-!;e ilescnoed no m'i v a 1 thi tin ved in e.l into is ;it 10:1 r,. was called to the V questioned lit r eorge Ward for I to have t yc ii her dliiess of -, although sti'i I and spoke in a too of voice. looked lor her he was accused of IV in his hands defying anyone to "bother him. ' 11HM MORNING I .o',,.'-l'ter oil the afierr.i ' 'ged attack. She cal'v -ver. sh said. A visit i.vv revealed that her m5 the -e. She res' iiin! without a nurse on S one She was on ih l. minutes. V, T. Lee. Jr in - to take the oi . apprehending :n!':i farm on al mi: .()::)() in th in of the til .'d. hut no an to the neit;h daughter wa ! that th in dav or stand c: was v. ,1-, i he next m I Mi I lint at Dave Hi,;lu'. ,i' No .ifternoi .1 of ' wit , told Pen- lui He would not let me call mother." "Why didn't vou tell your mother what happened?" "Charlie said he would kill me if I did." "When did vou ted your mothcri" "The next dav." Upon 'further questioning, the c-hildl KhevifV, was killed on the (ouit convened Tuesday morning with th court room filled with mtev ct.ted spectators and the gallery packid to overflowing. and little t:inding room in the halls left. The state opened with W. T. Lee. Jr.. 1-red ( aid well. Horace Duckett, Bill t ole. and t. H. Stevenson being chief of police of this city, was the first to take the stand, with Solicitor Queen for the state and George Ward for th(. de tense making the examination. Chief Caldwell described the sceno ol the shooting in the near colored nmunitv where Will Ray, deputy -tated that her mother undressed her that night (Saturday) and put her to bed. and that her mother also diessnd he - the next morning This f:'ct wa- brought amination by Geo defendant. Mr. Ward also dwelt that two Color ployed at times by th He iskc 1 th ih 1 not told her , to Charlie." The ehi out in cross go A aril for ox-1 the oil: tile fact I nurses were cm- child's mother. "if the nurse had tell that tale on was answering o answering ner motneri i .question leading tip this question wdten fainted and . had to; be carried but of the court room. . This was at 3:15.:, At .'!:':'.0 Judge Sink again took the bench and resumed court. . The mother of the child revived some few minutes later in the room of the court sicnographe" and was earned from the court house, being too weak to walk; ...jc and I don't know where tae other Just prior to the . fainting of the went. 1 returned the fire with 1 shots " mother, the child testified . that she . Cole testified that after Rose had had told her nurse about the attack r.hot at him and Stevenson that he before she told her mother. (Rose) ran into a house and then Attending physicians said the over the. hill in the direction of where child's '.mother could not attend court iibev had left Ray ixth ot Sentember .while looking for Charlie' R ise. ( hiet Caldwell brought out t'- t he heard Hill Cole call halt, and' their heard some shooting. It was then, h,. said- that Rose ran into Pat-i i"i s house and out immediately. He said Mayol- Howell : swore out the warrant which he was trying to serve. He. .-aid he shot twice at Rose, but did not see Rose div any of the shooting. .Ten' ."or twelve shots were fired during affray, he testified, : . hill ( ole was the next wiuiess to be called. . lie stated,, upon question- that. (,'hief Caldwell and Steven son had asked, hi'm lo go with them to '.. ik for Rose. When near Patton's house he saw the 'negro in tlie bushes, at this point Cole was about 25, feet ewav. be said. He said Rose threw r.n his pistol and fired three shots at him l Cole). .Cole said, "one went by hiv left ear. the other by mv right mi until th Highway N e 1 1 in he wa about ayne: die s nt: .ville. aid c d !. lib rately in i an vi r' . .:iny i Sat: I v. o . .u,n, yar i ; oom ,e Ilth in W liumer of lor Mi ni r f next vnesvi my li Cra I iiia. I will tar month. 1 was le and .spent t'e here. I was hotel the afternoon ol nil afternoon with Sam I white man. We cleaned up and boiler room a; the e linished about 7 o'clock, to iiiy i'oonl for a fev nun- then we both left togeuier an i Ml It.: up street went . to After I left Mr. i cale in colored ' vn and stayed there until about ll:(io o'clock and then went home and went to bed. 1 went to work at th hotel about 6:oO the next morning, and the housekeeper told me that the .-OM. f ii..rr liMnrnliK unfl iViJit their did v, M'ptemDor t.. v.neii i.ee aad ..... ,,,,,i ,,, iinv lonyer. I went his companion, Horace Duckett, came ,,,,. ... mv yitnm n,i .,i. mv cl0thes upon Rose, he. (Rose) held up one .,,, t(l).j tu hnnsekeener I would be l and, he said. A pistol was m.tu-ed hru.k lslter in thp morning for my pay. in the other, it was said. There were -. ,cm,nC() ai,out 9:."0 and they said three white men n the ci'r in which .,.. .,.,., .,... had arrived Ros,. was placed, nnf! that they wanted me to work for Horace Duckett :1km took the stand a few days longer. I remained on the mil testined tnat lie aim i.ee louna Moo until dinner tnon l toon my reg' Rose, where Mi. Lie nad said. He ular Sunday hour oil, I got back ml lurther. "We called to Rose to t,, the hotel about ;::10 o'clock and top. as we noticed he only had one Mr. Craft called me and said he hand up and the other stuck in the wanted to see me. I went and met bushes. Then Roue got down on his h mi in the linen room with his clerk, knees and put the pistol between his Mr. Craft then told the clerk that if knees and put both hands up, Rose I tried to get away to knock me down enied that; he had killed anybody.' with a chair and kill me. I inquired S. H. Stevenson, superintendent of d tl-e clerk, what they wanted with , . , , . ., . -. I.. i u U.,. r TV,nv leni-i and tire cniei oi mis cuv was ne aim nc .-.no ui i . he next to follow Duckett to the M ( raft and the little girl came m tand. Mr. Stevenson testified. "I pi.vl .Mr. ( raft tried to get the little .... ... , .. . ,, . ept .--.1 was witn lui- and i met i aiiiweiii c ii i io uii'iiuij ine. i n( om hen we went to find Rose. 1 heard seem to know what Mr. tratt was ill cell halt and heard thre,. shots. Malking about. When the girl left, iw Rose in the bushes and 1 tired at .Mr. Cr;tt and his clerk started nit- , , il.: ,1... ...:-u ., w... i'S legs. Kose returned s. snots anu vtjig me., over me .nrair vnui i mun n i.-m .iivtho direction where we handle and a broom handle, 1 hev left Rav.. 1 went in the l'atton house eoth couldn't fight me in the small w-Mi Chief Caldwell looking for Rose, room so the clerk- dropped his broom Ail the shots that were fired was in i'-o to the officers, out was afraid af. ' or 1 minutes time, I also heard 2 through.- th,. door and the clerk quick shots in stu'cessidn a little knocked me down with his fist. ':it r." I "'l was to'.d that :'4 mob was coming Air. Stevenson was . the last Wit- to get mo and kill me. I wanted to .Ufnto . Tin. slat., rested go to tile oiucers, out was airaid li fer th,. ease at 1 1 :;). At this time th ten inmute recess. . The interest in the crowing, and few- if 'heir. seat, awaiting nt.i ei the defense. jury." was given ter they told me that. I ran from them to keep from getting kill ed. 1 went through the back of the court room was hotel and down Main street to the mv moved froml ondge at the foot of the hill. I hid the develop-1 uniier t, , bridge until 1 saw a color- i toici nun to again during tnis session (Monday i at ternnon) . so the next state witness, Dr. J. V Abel, was called to the stand. I "About 15 or IS shots were fired, he concluded. Just as Mr. Cole v.-as comideting his Rose and his mother showed little iens ot earine-s afier a dav and 'vlf (f "'trial '.for the 17-year-old boys' -life-.,. -",';':';. The defense placed the defendant. on ho stand at 11:15.. After answering a few .minor qucs- ions asked by George W ard. Rose told ! his own words just what trars rured between Sunday afternoon, I i d f riend passing anil tell the -officers to come and g'.'t nu. j was afraid the mob would got me when I had not done -anything. I stayed under the bridge until dr.rk then 1 went into the corn field near the bridge, thinking I could get home, hile I was, in the corn field the fire engine with the siren blowing and a whole' lot ot cars surrounded the held where I was. I ami 1 see that the assault. ,h( men had sticks and guns and were captured on, trying to find .no. miles from I "I km w 1 was sum tnded and nad litt.e ihance to .. escape, so i just prayed to my 'Lord to protect and help me out. I walked around in that lie! and passed from thi: field by a nun with a shot gun. 1 was so close t him I could have .touched him- I didn't recognize him.. After getting at of the field I made for home. i i. ..... . . . -vi.. t;. ir... . i.e.- . , ..i : ii g oaei uit o.v tiiu. .'".-eu September M home. . ' -Wh ii 1 saw that the spirit of the .n:u was t kill mo I thought it best :o get away, and 1 knew the high ways were no place for me, so I went niie and got my father's pistol and -. nu cartridges, 'cause I knew if I went through the woods T might Hi.ee sme beais or other animals and i -oil!. I need a gun for protection. "1 did not eat supper Sunday night, or breakfast -Monday morning. 1 slept in the woods Sunday night, with a heavy coat for cover. I went to my home Monday and made me eight ham sandwiches and gor ready to leave this country through the woods. "Monday night I slept in the woods ml was asleep in som, brush late Tuesday, 'cause I was tired. I heard someone walking and looked up and saw a private citizen about .10 feet from me. Bullets were sizzing by, my head and I was afraid the mob was after me. I did not see any officers. I starting shooting, but did not hit anyone. "After the shooting there I Went down the road and found some citizens down the-e with guns, and one man hot at me with a shor.gun, but none "!' the shot hit me. I went on and s w Mr. Lqe and Mr. Duckett. and I av(. up to them. There was some on men in the car '.vlien they go'-, ".ip there. One of them said that I .-.d killed Hi". Ray. That was the first time I knew thi't Rill Ray had eern killed- T wis told that I de- etved to die, and they, slapped me everal times. One cf. them int mej ever the head. Tivy started to ar um among themselves where they would takp me o lyn.di me. They i-e-e ni'gtiii-.r,- abaut this "hen ifiicer Smart rode tip and said they would ' rve to tak, me :; j:-ii. I ti M M :. Duckett thai I was innocent and ; sit ed him to help me. He said he' would e i what he could. It was Mr. Smart and Duckett that go- litem to bring me to Tail. When we were coming down Main street they ..would holler Hit i'tid tell the folks that they had the negro.: When wo r.ot to the court house door Mr. Smart, the speed-cop-grabbed me by the seat of the pants rind .pushed 'me. through the door be. ":! the crowd could reach me." . , At this point in the testimony Mr. Ward questioned Rose if he had even nut his hands on the girl he is al leged to have assaulted. RosP re plied, "I never put my hands on her " The defense resr.od its examine- Long before court convened the seats were being filled and when Judge Sink went to the bench few cnts remained vacant. These were filled within a few minutes. Sam Melton, a defense witness, took the stand, with M. G. Stamey making the examination. Mr. Melton said ke was caretaker of the hotel and that he had worked with Rose from 2 o'clock to 4 o'clock on Saturday of September ,'S, He saw Rose off and on during the remainder of the af ternoon, but was not with him con--tmtly f"om 4 o'clock on, he con cluded. The little child was again called to the stand. This timP the defense called her. She denied talking to Mr. Craft, but said she saw Charlie on Sunday, but had forgotten what was said to Charlie by Mr. Craft. After being on the stand for HI minutes she was dismissed. Judge Sink ;lso questioned her for a few minutes. The defense rested its case at 1:50 The state then called further wit nesses, these being John Boyd and M ijor J. H. Howell. Mr. Boyd, took the stand first and testified that he was not at the scene where Rose was captured at any time that day. He said he did not see Rose until after Rose had been placed in jail that night. Major Howell stated that he was mayor of this city and that Fred Caldwell was- chief of police of Way m syille at the time and sonifi weeks prior to September 3. At 2:10 argument for the state was begun ty ' W.. Roy . Francis. He ad dressed the jury for exactly 19 min utes. After Mr. Francis had completed his argument, George Ward called for Major Howell to take the stand for futher. questioning. . Upon Major Howell's retirement from the stand, Alvin Ward made the first argument for the defense. A ten minute recess was given the jury. Felix Alley followed Mr. Ward with the second argument for the state, and M. G. Stamey made the second argument for the defense. The court adjourned at the conclu sion of Mr- Stanley's argument. WEDNESDAY MORNING J Wednesday morning began thc third day of the sensational Rose case with thP interest still growing and people from all parts of the coun ty attending despite the threatening clouds that looked as if a down pour might begin at any tin; . The first attorney to si ak Wednes day morning was Geor; Asheville, for the defense. Mr. Ward s argument Qui'lii closed the arguiv state. Judge H, Hoyle Sin': began his chaige to the jury a feV minutes be fore noon and completed it at 12:47. The judge warned the jury that it should take all the evidence and weigh it carefully and t v let no out side force enter into theie minds when making their decision. Judge Sink read the law to them pertaining to the charge and explain ed that, there was four verdicts t ha! could be returned in the 'ase. Court adjourned until 2:30. Al though several people remained li tre court room. While Judge Sink v is charging th jury. Rose, who wa. sitting with his mother, looked on calmly awl showed no emotion. His mother look ed en with, her head re sting in her . hands., She showed sig.-.s oi the we and a half days of the -rial Wednes day noon for the first C me. 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