The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-02-15

sassfck,. lying inbed and told himlof the shoot
ing; he got up and went to the dooS and said be;
did not think that it ss miidnig6t. said yes.I
Fthoughtit was past midnight; he then said, he
was vely s.eEssand went to bed. then went up
towards the house; saw light burning in the
fidaor ROOM went in to see Ed, and told him to-
fetch my wool from Mr.. Parks. Then MIR. STOW,
ers looked round, and asked who twas; and
said, nobody but Squire. Then, told Mr. Stow.
ers, wanted q bottle of liquor fer my father-ln-
law. Then we came on out in the back yard; and
F asked Ed If he was going to the ferry ne SAID
yes; then said, I;had heard q power of shooting
down towards the ferry; and then he turned ;and
went into the kitchen, and said if that was the
case he would not go; and went down to my
house; and nothing more happened that night.
Showers was in his night clothes; nothing on but
shirt and drawers walked from where1 heard
tho guns to Mr. Showers in eightor ten minutes.
None ofthem were yankees--all were strangers to
me-. No one has ever teld me not to speak to peo-
pie about seeing Mr., Showers that night. do not
know what am to get for being witness in this
case am just only after justice and right, doa
know whether will get anything or not nm
only after justice. have never received anything
for being witness. Ihaye paid my expenses so
far, since leaving home. In about i've or SIX
minutes after got home, 1 went to the Ii
ouor spom; it was impossible that Mr. Stow
ers could have been at the river whom the the
shooting took place.. / went with the boat on
.Tuesday We. stopped at stinson's ferry, and took
ON two bales of cotton Mr. Showers and the boys
went UP. the house to get some liquor Then!
some men, they looked like soldiers and hallowed
to know whose boat it was; the reply was that
ssit was Mr. Showers boat;' and they struck of
and came back, and asked where he was; they
were told by SIr. Richardson that he would be
down in q few minutes; they then unhitched their
horses and led them off. Mr.. Showers came down.
soon after, and we told him about 1T and he says,
we'll, let's 20 over and see who they are; we went
nearly to the bank and hailowed to some Indians
if they had any baskets to sell they having none,
he told the sherman 10 sraiten tho boat, and go
down. - -
Cross-eyamined by Judge Advocate: ss,#
Master told me to tell Caesar, he wanted him to
say, that.if the yankees came out and asked t him
anything, Squire had come home on Sunday
night about midnight and that heard guns tre
at the river; and when got home, that he Cesar,
was sick, and that went to the house to get some
brandy for him5 (Cesar,) and that master was
there. He told me to tell Caesar this, ut about IL
o'clock, Monday, after thenurder at the river, 1
did not tell him; he got mad when ! commenced
to tell him, and would not let me- have got,
bran " before of Mr. Stowers at night after he had
gone to bed.
+ iRe-examined by Counsel for accused:
I 1t was at the river on nN1onday that Mr.. Showers
said, Boys expect every one of usiwil be taken:
up about these men being killed here; andif they
come and,take.us up, he did not want US to tell
nothing but the truth. He asked me if Cesar
knew that got the liquor the night before, told;
him no then he said, you go home and tell Caesar,
that him, say he wassiek, and that came into the
house that night, and got some brandy for-hm.
started to tell him, and he got mad and would not.
let me finish telling him ho said be was sick, and
did not know aboutit / told him to 60 to his
master, and let his master tell him.
Questioned by the Court;
Idon,tlknow why Cesar got mad when I told
him what Showers wanted him to say, he is o
mighty techy old man, anyhow. 7 reckon, maybe.
he got mad, because he afraid he might be ta-
ken up. and carried off and he did not want to
know nothing aboutit.
s5i,fz3 as'.s Fs1DAr, February q :
Miss Salliei Showers was next introduced on the
part of the defense, and upon being duly sworn,
deposed. .es. ,sy 5..e ass 4s,s,s z:
i am. the daughter of Mr.. Gaines Showers. I
was at home on the Sunday night of tie murder at
| the ferry Peter Keys took supper ut our house
that night, he left about eight o'clock. My father
| was in his sleeping room when Peter Keys LETT
Thereis clock in my. fathers room, It strikes; q
door opens from my father's room into my; own;
this door is always kept open. On that night, I
retired about half after eight o'clock heard Mr.
Richardson call on my father that night, near ten
o'cock,-the clock had struck 10 little before
! Thad Robinson and my brothers returned home
that night between.10 and IL O'Clock. After Rich
ardson had called. heard him get up after that,
and get drink of water. One Of the negroes then
came to the door and knocked, when he knocked,
it was about II o'clock. j saw my father next
morning, at 7 o'clock, in his room. He sWas not
from home at any time during that Sunday night.
Cross examined by Judge Advocate: 4 2ss1
Il was awake. until onc o'clock that night. If
knew anything that would in this case would feel
bound totcll you if you asked me. I;was at Church
on Sunday. Saw P. W. Hewins, ] did not hear
any one say that they would give one hundred
dollars to any one that would kill the yankees at
the ferry. Peter Keys upon that day was riding
q black horse; ;.aoout medium size. Idon'tsemem-
Der how he was dressed when he left our house
he took the road towards Browns Ferry. ...r.
Examined by the Court: .,..s
My father could not have left the house Or come
in during the night, without my knowing it. Il