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Show NEGRO FIGHT Trial of ohn Efferson. Charged With Deadly Assault, Underway. With the impanelling of a Jur th ; morning in Judge a V. Agee's division divi-sion of the district court, the case of the state against John Efferson Charged with assault with a dead!' ! weapon, opened. In the complaint Efferson, coloreo is charged with cutting T B. Terrell, ilso colore fi , with a knife during an altercation al-tercation at the t'nion depot May IV 1919. Depositions taken from wit- -' s how that the victim of the battle bat-tle was severely injured. I luring the preliminary hearing which Was held some time ago, it w is shown that Terrell received more than a dozen, severe cu' i and 123 stitches were necessary to clos" his wounds t the tlnu Efferson declared that he I was overcome with rage and did not know he was causing d.anago with his knife. Both the men were said to have been employes of the railroad and the fight began when the) met en the platform at the t'nion depot Efferson Effer-son is said to have had a knife In his I. . iid with which hi v.as whittling a : .lb k of wood when Terrell approaciied and the fight opened. |