The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-04-12
MILITARY TRIAL.
EcoNr1Nu ED.l


ford KEYS, his son, Robert Keys, and Eli
sha Byrem.
Captain B. A. Bray, 1st Maine Bat
TALON, q witness for the defence, being
duly sworn, deposed as follows: 1 was
lately in command at Walhalla; on the
9Th of January L left that place for Salu-
brity, in Pickens District, with q squad OF
men; I arrested that night W. S. Will
liams and his son Herbert; l then went
to the House of Mr.. Thomas Williams,
four miles distant, and leaving my horses
half o mile from the house, went up to
the house with eleven men, whom L de-
ployed around the house; 1 called Mr..
Thomas Williams and asked him if there
was a man there named Largent; he said
that he did not know that there was
such man there the evening before, and
that the last he saw of him he went into
that room (pointing to certain bed
room J one of my mon went to the bed
room and opened it, and some one shot
at him; the soldier called and said, "He
is in here;' passed through the house
to place my men, and as stepped out
some one made his escape from the room,
ran through the house, jumped over the
fance. and ran into the woods near by,
leaving his coat and pants; I asked a
colored man if Largent had any horses
there, and he went, and brought me q
gray mare, branded U. S., and sorrel
marc not branded at all; I went to Will
liams, to arrest Largent, under orders to
SO to that neighborhood and arrest all
persons supposed to be engaged in break
ing sup q eolored mar named Cato; un-
derstood Largent would not be arrested !;
if he preferred being taken dead, I was
going to take him any wey; I.took the
same precautions with others arrested
that night that ] did in regard to him.
Questioned By accused.-What was the
character of Largent?
The Judge Advocate objected to the
question, as Largent's character cannot
be proven when he is neither on trial nor
awitness.s The objection was overruled.
Ansmer-The majority think he is a
bad man; I notified Largent that | had
come to arrest him; as passed through
the house I said to him, I supposed to be
Largent, that if he fred again would
kill him; that meant to take him dead
or alive; had not called on him to sur
render before he fred the first shot; as
my men followed him they fired some
twenty shots at him; he fred more than
once; I found in the pocket of his coat
the letter of w. S. Williams, given in evi-
donce in this case on the 28th of March !;
the serrel mare died near Pendleton last
Friday, from blind staggers.
Being cross-examinod by the Judge
Advocate, the witness said: The attempt
to arrest Largent had nothing to do with
the Browns Ferry murder; l heard that
E. Dickerson examined the sorrel mare
at Walhalla; she had lost two teeth on
the lower left jaw.
The evidence for the defence here
closed.
The Judge Advocate proceeded to offer
evidence in reply to the defence of the
accused.
w. P. Brown, witness for the prose
cution, deposed: Warren Howell was in
my.employ three months before the Sth
October, attending to the Ferry, and
taking the ferriage; I did not hear of his
bad character until after the murder; l
never heard any of the witnesses in this
case speak against him before the mur-
der, except Earle.
Question By Judge Ad0ocate.-Did Earle
have anything against Howell?
Answer.-He did.
Question by Judge AduOcate.-What was
it?
The accused, by their counsel, objected
to the question unless the witness is re-
quired to speak of his own knowledge
hearsay not being admissible. The Judge
Advocate withdrew the question.
Question By Judge Aduocate.-Did the
quarrel grow out of personal transactions
between Howell and Earle?
Aasuer.-I only know what 1 heard
from Earle.
Question By Judge Advocate.-What die
Earle say:
The accused objected to the question
as it introduced hearsay evidence, ane