The Trial of Sheriff Joseph F. Shipp et al.: Transcript Excerpts

Prosecution Witnesses

J. L. Chivington (Chattanooga Times reporter)
Edward Chaddick (manager of Western Union telegram office)
Ellen Baker (Hamilton County Jail inmate who witnessed lynching)
Julia Wofford (cook for Sheriff Shipp)
John C. Stonecipher (man who talked with lynch mob members)
Dr. Howard E. Jones (Baptist minister who informed police of lynching in progress)
A. J. Ware (justice of the peace who witnessed lynching)
Joe Franklin (black constable and witness to lynching)

Defense Witnesses

Luther Williams (defendant)
Jeremiah Gibson (jailer and defendant)
Joseph F. Shipp (sheriff and defendant)

Summations

U. S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte
Judson Harmon (lead counsel for Sheriff Shipp)

Sentencing

Chief Justice Melville Fuller

SELECTED TESTIMONY FROM THE TRIAL OF ED JOHNSON

SHIPP TRIAL HOMEPAGE