Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1930, Page 16

A—16 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. OCTOBER 5. 1930—PART ONE. TRIAL FOR MURDER N 186 0 BEGIN James F. Neely Returned to| Alabama From Texas in Case With 2 Witnesses Left. By the Associated Press. GUNTERSVILLE, Ala, October 4.— Grey-haired and bent with 70 years of age, James F. Neely, Who 47 years ago | fought because of a remark about a girl, | Monday faces trial on charges of mur- | dering his antagonist in tho fight atop Georgia Mountain November 12, 1883 Neely was returned here a few wecks #go from Tyler, Tex., where after 47| years of freedom he was recognized by & son of Hiram Cooley, the man he is charged with killing. Only two witnesses to the fight of ‘oung Neely and Cooley survive, and & rother, Tom Neely, also named for murder’ in the indictment returned by the Marshall County grand jury in 1884, died more than 30 years ago. It was Tom, Neely told officers, that killed Cooley. Neely, however, previ- ously had said he killed his antagonist. At an inquest Tuesday he entered a plea of not guilty. Many Recall Story. ‘There are many residents in the mousntains of this and surrounding counties who remember the story of | the encounter between young Neely and Cooley, and of his flight after the | fight, but only two witnesses to the| tragic struggle on Georgia Mountain are alive—Jim Cooley, a brother of the 15,000 TREK TO MEXICAN TOWN FOR QUAINT RELIGIOUS FETE Worship at Tattered Xavier, Patron Saint of Yaqui and Papago Indians and of the Peons. By the Associated Press. MAGDALENA, Sonora, Mexico, Oc- tober 4—A quie;, viliage of 300 is Mag- dalena 354 days of the year, but from October 1 to 10 it is the Shrine of St. Francis Xavier, patron saint- of Yaqui and Papago Indians and of the Mexican peons. In celebrating St. Xavier's birthday the village was thronged today by more than 15,000 Indian and peon pilgrims, who have come, as they and their an- | cestors have each year for more than two centuries, to pay homage at the mission dedicated in 1691 by Father King to St. Xavier. Tattered Wooden Image. They- will climax the 11-day period of celebration and worship by filing by the wooden image of reclining St. Xavier, which is dressed in ecclesias- tical garments tattered with age. The pilgrims- weit for hours in line before their turns arrive to crawl on hands and knees to the statue to kiss its face, rub its garments with medal- lions and pray for success and good luck during the coming year. Many sick among them plead for relief. Last night was celebrated by the gathered thousands in quaint tribal dances and chants in colorful folk fashion. In addition to the pilgrims | hundreds of tourists from the United | States and . large Mexican cities were | present. half-brothers. Burial will be made in | Wooden Image of St. replaced the baskets which formerly stood at the foot of the image to receive gifts of the pilgrims, Signs cautioning all to watch their | valuables because of the danger of pick- pockets were hanging at the mission entrance. All roads to Magdalena were | crowded with more pilgrims en route | to the shrine. They came afoot, on horseback, in carts drawn by donkeys | and a few in battered automobiles Special trains bore others, ! Every available vacant space inside | the village limits was taken by groups of pilgrims, who pitched tents or rolled | out beds under the stars. | Found Dead in Yard. | MARTINSBURG, W. Va., October 4 (Special) . —Michael Ramsburg, 63, a re- tired farmer and native of Jefferson County, W. Va., was found dead in the yard at his home here by members of the family. Death was laid to & sudden heart attack. He had not been in good health. Surviving are the widow, three daughters, one son, one sister and three . 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