The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-04-05
MILITARY TRIAL.
IooNT1N U ED.]
CITADEL, March 26, 1866

CITADEL, March 26, 1866.
The Commission met at 1870 A. NJ,
and continued the trial of James Craw
ford Keys, his son, Robert Keys, and Eli
sha Byrem.
Major i. Keys, a witness for the de-
fence, deposed that in October he lived
with his father, Crawford Keys that
there was no service in the Baptist
Church on Sunday, the 9Th October; that
Mr.. Murray, the Pastor, preached that
Sunday at the Brick Church near Hol-
lands store; that the carriage was not
driven to Church that Sunday, and his
mother and sister did not go to Church
that day; that Miss Lee was not at their
house that day; that only Robert Keys
horse was in the stable that Sunday, ell
day; that the others were in the pasture,
having been put there Saturday evening.
and brought up Monday morning; that
he left his father and Robert at home
when he went to Church, and found them
there on his return; that after supper, on
the.Sth October, his father, Robert and
Elisha Byrcm sat in the front piazza
smoking and talking; that Byrem had
come to get distillcr; that Robert left
home after supper, and was away about
an hour; that he last saw his father that
night about 9 o'clock, when he left them
in the piazza and went into his room to
go to bed; that he saw him the first time
again the next morning at seven o'clock
at the hog-pen;, that he then had no pis-
tol on; that few moments after his faith
er left the piazza, Byrem, Robert and
himself (witness) went up stairs into the
room occupied by Robert and himself; (;
that Byrcm staid there until nine o'clock,
and then left by himself that he and Rob
ert slept in the same bed; that Robert
did not leave the room that night, and
was in bed when witness woke at six
o'clock in the morning: tEat he heard no
servant called that night, and did not
himself call Rachel; that there were two
pistols in the house-a small one belong
ing to Peter Keys and larger one sent
| by Showers to be mended; that his father
did not have suit of "blue-mixed :"
clothes; that there were three saddles at
the house at the time; that he (witness)
was arrested with Robert at home on
Wednesday after the murder, and their
father later the same day at Anderson
Court House; that Byrem was arrested
on the Saturday after the murder; that
he (witness) was examined by the militia
ry authorities before he was discharged
on the Friday following his arrest.
Being cross-examined by the Judge
Advocate, the witness deposed that he
first knew of a guard being placed at
Browns Ferry on Saturday before the
murder; that his father claimed all the
cotton there that five bales were Con-
federate tax in kind, given to his father
by the quartcrmaster for his wages; that
he thinks his brother Joe was sitting at
the supper table when his father left it,
but cannot remember distinctly; that his
father after supper went into his room,
filled and lit his pipe; that, if his father
had spoken to Lem while on the front
piazza, he (witness) would have heard it;
that he is certain his father did not speak
to Lem or call to Fred while on the front
piazza; that Byrem came on horseback q
half hour after his father went out upon
the front piazza, and hitched his horse tc
the front gate; that he (witness) heard
all that was said by Byron, Robert, and
his father while on the piazza; that By
rem lett the house about 10 o'clock; that
Robert, when he rode off that evening
went to Capt. Fretwell's, and nowhere
else; that Robert told him next day thai
he had short conversation with Fret
well, and had not gotten off his horse
that he (witness) guessed at the hour al
which he went to bed that night;sthat
Joe was in their mothers room while they
were on the piazza; that Rachel cleared