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Note: The Allen Revolver used in the killing may have looked something like this:
The Trial
There was a very large crowd in attendance upon the trial,
which lasted from Wednesday until Friday evening, the case being continued each
night until 11:00 or 12:00 o’clock. The lawyers for the prosecution were Hon.
Richard Hawes, R.W. Woolley, Richard H. and Robert Hanson and Capt. W.E. Simms;
for the defense, Hon. Garrett Davis, Col. T.T. Martin, and W.W. Alexander. The
judge committed him for further trial on Thursday, but the question of bail was
argued by Davis, Alexander, Woolley and Simms until the next evening. Judge
Samuel refused to allow him bail.
The case was conducted with great power and force. The
speeches were very eloquent and able and that of Capt. Simms was particularly
moving. His voice faltered and he shed tears in its delivery. He described the
deceased as his most particular associate and his best friend – one who he
deemed incapable in any but the noblest of actions – cut down in the prime of
his life when health, happiness, etc. were before him. The favorite and eldest
son of an old man who leant upon him for support, and his widowed sister’s
idol.
Mr. Spears was a single man about 30 years of age of fine
manly form and address, was at one time a resident of Louisville, Mississippi
and the Eastern cities, as agent of the large mercantile and manufacturing
house of his father in Paris, and, by his genial manners, drew around him a
host of young associates who will deeply sympathize with his large and
influential relations in Bourbon, at his sad and untimely fate. The Citizen says he was buried by Odd
Fellows and followed to the grave by an immense concourse.
OK - so now you know the victim was very popular, well-thought of, and influential in the community? Do you want to change your vote? Guilty or not guilty?
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