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man, knocking him down with a brick and then rescued the prisoner Wrenn and made off. This fact was also proven by policeman Lumpkin.

Doctor's Brower and Upshaw testifies that Jones died from the result of a gunshot wound. 

In face of this positive evidence the Jury found a verdict of "not guilty" in less than thirty (30) minutes after returning. All the evidence brought by the friends of the prisoner was Dan. Wrenn, the prisoner's brother who "to the best of his recollection could not say that the Smith girls testified before the Mayors Court, that Georgianna Brown was with them the night the man Jones was shot. John Pizzim that to the best of his recollection they did so testify. William Jones also bore testimony to the fact that they so testified. R. B. Witter another newspaper reporter so understood them. 
A colored woman named Phillis Washington was then introduced who swore that one of the girls Ella Smith's right name was Lizzie Jackson. That Lizzie Jackson told her that she was not positive that it was Wrenn, who