| Show j i. i MRS VOSS ATTACKS A TT Hi HUSBAND HUSBANDS HUSBAND'S SLAYER 1 c Sensational Assault in Court CourtRoom Room at Preliminary Hearing f I I MUCH EXCITEMENT CAUSED 1 i s f A. A T T. Day Is Hound Bound On Over r Ball Bail f to 10 alt A nIt th thc tho Action Ilon of or tins I i. i I v I District Court r- r f Mrs Z Horace Voss colored whose whoso husband waa vaa wan murdered In Franklin o. o av nur Sunday Sunda Oct ON 1 14 b by A. A T. T Da Daj la created cr a n. sensation In police court courtr J Monday morning by hy making an nn assault as as- r sault upon th the accused man Ju Just t as t the tho preliminary hearing In the ca case cas 4 was vas about to convene Tho The attack I 4 which was wa entirely unexpected caused great gat excitement and It was as with considerable con con- I difficulty that Jud Judge t DUhl i ia t was a able to restore order Mrs Yo Voss os q i t I was wa removed tl from om the court room and was wa not permitted to 0 1 return I throughout hout tho the hearing l The Th u assault occurred Just aCt after r the tho witnesses In the ease cas had hm pa passed cd i- i within the railing to be bl sworn Mrs Irs j Voss Joined them a as th they walked in inno inside in- in I. I no side she the Ow railing and Judge Judg DiehI Indicated Indi fi 4 r. r to her hr by waving hl hi his t hand that she h he should take a sent seat lat on omi time tho west westside side of th enclosed space Day occupied oc c v.- v. a n chair chall Immediately In III front j- j o of the Judges Judge's tl desk k anti and to get to th the th 4 r r section of the enclosed urlo e space indicated L b by Judge DiehI Mrs moss 4 had to th pa pass passin R in Sn front o of the tho prisoner r. r Struck Him ilIum In th tho Tare i.- i. When hen Immediately In III front of Day Mrs Mrk Iri V ss stopped suddenly nl and quick as A II i. i flash dealt blow blew after blow upon tha tho fd striking him on the tho head ad and Jn In fl the face act D Day struggled ll to tn get et getto to hl his hi foot ctt ti to defend h himself but to tono tono no avail so RO fast fURt and I. I terrific were the tho 1 blows blo of the frenzied d woman As AR soon foon a as she could QUILl be hl reached several e deputy sheriff and court officers R grabbed the woman and pulled her awn away from rom Day In tho the court room were vere quite a n number of oC colored people popl and groat groit consternation reigned among them Many rushed to the tho railing and anti it was waN apparent that had it b ben botn en possible SOUle of them would have Joined Mrs Tat s. s Voss VO 4 In h her r mull ns-mull upon Day Judge JUdg DI t III l called cOIled upon th the spectators to take tak their th seats and ordered older IJ that the woman ornan bo be taken from flom the tho court room Mrs rl Voss osa 1 made the as assault upon Day without uttering a u word wOld that could I r b- b be heard S Murderer Terror Stricken Da Day was but slightly Injured by th the tho a assault but he ho appeared to bo be terror stricken r realizing that the woman 1 had man many friends pe present who would S S be likely to do him hm injury were wro th they theyS t afforded an opportunity He Ho was wast S 5 throughout the tho hearing and S t appeared greatly r relieved JI cc when the S I 5 hearing concluded concluded- and h he was wa our our- d' d 4 S several officers J 5 At LAt the conclusion of the tho hearing S Day was bound or cr ver without ball bail to the custody sheriff for the action ac nc- ac- ac 5 tl tion tiba n of or the tho Third District court No witnesses for or tho the cIt defense ense were ex- ex 5 o J at the hearing County AtS At- At S Mine Christensen made a motion upon the conclusion o of tho the testimony of the government witnesses e that thai Oa Day DayS S ho which was not opposed d by Attorney tt alter Waller LUl Little e for Cor the de- de I f ti I- I r r J i L' L Joseph Joseph Ware are was was was' the tho fir first t witness S. S He lie testified that he was c J nt lit tHe tIle tithe time of or the killing ant am and I f that he had boon boen held h by the tho police 1 F for a few Cew days day on suspicion of having t S been connected with the crime Ware S related at length the which L r resulted In the shooting shooting- He stated 1 S. S x S J V that he ho and Mrs Yarber live e in Sn tho the same flame hou and that it IL was there that Ibal Day created a n disturbance on the night nightS S 5 r f prior to the tho killing b by cruelly beating Malth Matthew w Edwards for lor alleged go gossipS gossip gossip- S Ing Continuing his testimony Ware are i S said ahl th that t Day Doy him the tho n next 5 55 f morning Sunday and offered d apologies Ies iS for having created d the tho fl S tt 1 t. t n S S Day I Invited Ware Yare to Join him himS in a S drink and the two men started for Cor a aS S nearby f When the they lint hall S nearly nearl reached the tho head ad of or Franklin S S avenue Voss Vosa W WS was S met and ontI he bade hade them good morning Vo Voss nl also re reproved reproved re- re o proved Da Day for COl his assault upon the aged color colored man l Edwards Ware Vare to lo see leu Voss In iii connection with 1 r some om business o and S leaving lea Day the thc they S I repaired to Wares Ware's r room where tho thoy thoyS w were vere re soon Joined Mrs Ir St S S by Yarber While the two Iwo men and the Iho women were discussing the Iho n assault upon the r r f aged m man n Edwards Day appeared a at r S r the partly open door and amid without ut ut- ut a word fired at Voss VOM who wa S. S I leaning against a trunk an and who fell fel I to the thu dead The Tho story tor told by t Ware are was not shaken In the len least t In inS S the examination cross by hy Attorn Attorney AttorneyS e I S Little The Tho testimony of or Mrs rR Yarber 1 I nail and nil Matthew Edwards and his wife S S Mary Mar Edwards who vio were also examined ex ex- substantiated the thc version o of r the Ul tragedy given b by Yare Ware t J |
