Show JAILER RALEIGH DENIES TORTURING I NICK Prisoner ll Shown Scars on c lIe Declares They Arc Ne New to Him Hini HimNick Nick NIc alleged ed confession and nd d. d t the c means b by which It was ob- ob t were Inquired Into In Judge Harold M. M r. r Stephens Stephens' division of or the when Third district court yesterday Raleigh deputy sheriff and n as assistant u Joseph tho the witness Jailer was on stand Jailer Raleigh and Victor erson orson deputy In hi the thc sheriffs sheriff's 8 office re received re- re confession conCession March arch 21 lo and his attorney havo bavo since claimed that torture was wa used that was wa wa kept awake for man many nights that men dressed as ns ghosts were stationed In tho corridor outside tho tIle cell and that was very vcr 1 at tho the time Jailer r A Testimony Jailer Raleigh testified ho had hd never aier handcuffed a prisoner to tho door of his c cell l although he admitted having helped In tn cutting prisoners down He le stated that had never ne been heen mistreated by him but that tha on the c contrary nt ar th thoy had bad been boen frIe friendly y He lie admitted waiting tOO nu jail Jau cna every vi night for lor near nearly neary two weeks before the confession was obtained because he stated was restless and frightened at night and ho he had hoped to Ret get a confession from him He le de denied do- do nied he M had burn burned cd or 01 h had stuck him with wih pins Confronted f Thomas Ramage attorney for the defense called caled to the witness winess stand In front of or Jailer Raleigh and bared d the Ute accused mans man's arms pointing out scars Mr l. l Raleigh denied all al kno knowledge of or the tho to scars and testified that Wren when was examined the they lay day y after the alleged confession was WS obtained tho the scars were not fresh This testimony was corroborated b by members mem mem- hers bers ler o oC of the prison medical staff At the morning session the defense deCenso objected to the state reading testimony testimony I mon mony from the transcript of the preliminary pre pro hearing because tho the short- short I hand not notes s of ot the tho case caso had not been ben filed with wih tho thio transcript t as ns required by statute Miss For Florence nee Hartley who ho acted as reporter at tho the preliminary nar nary hearing testified the tho shorthand noh's could not be found The court suspended use of tho the transcript until authorities could be compared |