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HOWARD COEON TRIAL FORTUCKER DEATHYoung White Man On Trial In One of County’s Most Brutal MurderCasesJThe Superior Court today was engaged in the trial of HowardCone, young white mn, charged with the decapitation murder of Iioy Tucker on the 22nd., of June la si in the Dillon section of Thom-ascii in ty where both lived. This was the first case called and the .following jury was secured within •an hour; H. G. Norton, S. R. Robison, Jr., E. J. Philips, T. A. Futch,J. C. Pringle, S. W. Brooks, J. E. Hill. E. J. Norton, F. W. Upton,C. D. Simmons, R. E. Chastain and R.. E. Parrish Messrs Whitehurst and Jopes appeared by appointment for the defendant.1Solicitor General Lilly called D.B. Quick as the first witness and he testified that he met Howard Cone in the road after he had attendedthe Dillon Presbyterian chuich near nine o’clock. He stood in the road and then stepped asidea3 Quick stopped the car. He was bloody all over and said he had killed a fellow, asking Quick to get the Taw. He was asked by Quick who was killed and he said he didn’t want to tell anybody ,but later said it was Roy Tucker, whom he said he had killeddead as hell”. Quick stated that Cone left to go home when he went to get the sheriff and later accompanied Hough and Lamb to the scene. They then went to the Tuek-* [ er home and on opening the door Hough, deputy sheriff, found the decapitated body of Tucker. They!! went back to the place where Cone[ lived and Hough arrested him. Quick said the head was cut off the body and split open as was the body when found. He was not allowed to testify as to Tucker's reputation for viciousness on the) cross examination,William Tucker, brother of Roy testified he saw Cone and Tucker ; that afternoon together and they1 j were laughing and talking with [ each other at about 5 o'clock. There j did not seem to be any trouble be-J tween them. Johnny Hough was then called and he went into minute details of the call for his aid by Quick, through local police, how' they found4 the body in a most horrible condition and later (Cone with his body covered with bloodrlt;tiofhricfc1ic£tI1111(IT• ti)(Continued on page 8-—column 1)
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Thomasville Times Enterprise
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Tue, Jul 29, 1941
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