The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-02-08

think he sjustsas soon would as not either way
mean for you to understand, that Hewel's truth
would not DE effected, by the fact of his having or
not having an interest,
w. A. DICKSON, was next examined as witness
for the Defense and deposed that he had known
Howell about eight months saw him next morn
ing after the murder, between daylight and gun
up; he told me about the murder that hc had
seen the party as they went down to the ferry
also as they returned, but that he did not know
any of them; met him again on Tuesday night ::
and upon being old that he would be arrested
next morning to see if he knew anything about
the murder or not, he replied: every well, they
could come and arrest him; that as God was his
judge, he did not know man in the crowd; he
said, one of the men spoke to him as they came
back from the river; spoke to him very short, and
told him to go back in the house. or he would shoot
his head off; said, he did not know who it was
spoke to him; Howel'u general character for We
racity, is pretty bad; he has had this character
ever since know him ne bears q bad character
generally would not believe him upon his oath.
MONDAY, January &C.
Mr.. N, T. GLENN, a witness for the defense, be-
ing sworn, deposed; that in the forepart of the
day, on the 9Th October, he at Church, at Rec
hannah, on the s. C. side, and in the afternoon, at
Mount Zion, about two miles from the Ferry, on
the Georgia side; returned about sunset; met
Showers and MT. Afford, about half mile from the
river going home crossed tho river in the boat
belonging to Mr.. Showers, with my brother and
two of the soldiers; the soldiers we're ahead Of us,
and had got in the boat, and were just in the
act of starting off when We came up; asked them
if we could cross with them they said certainly;
and we oil crossed together; the boat was hitched
up to tree, on the g. c. side; saw the boat at
the same place next day; saw Howell on Monday
after the murder, about 8 o'clock; heard him say,
that he saw the men who had passed his house;
that he spoke to them; but did not know them;
saw Howell some three or four days later; was
passing his house after night; he said, some peo-
pie thought he and Brown would go the same way
as the soldiers; he said, person need not inter-
rupt him about it, for God knows, he knew nothing
about it; no vessel was left the Georgia side,
when Showers boat was brought to the s. c. side;
have, known Showers ten or twelve years; his
general character is good; never heard anything
else; never heard anything against him live
about two miles or two and a half from Showers.
Mr. j. G. RICHARDSON, q witness for the accused
was next duly sworn, who deposed; that he knew
Showers for about twenty years; his general char
acter is good he is peaceable man; / have run
boats on the river with him We were to have
started with boat on Saturday before the murder
OTTO nj of
his steersman being sick. and he would have to get
another; Showers Was to have come with the boat;
the steersman that MAS to have gone with him, is
now dead; with the new steersmen, the boat was
to have started on Monday morning; We were to
have met by sun up; on Monday morning We car
ried some flour and cotton down to the river; we
met at the river myself, Mr.. Showers, and three
of his own hands the boat was on the Carolina
side and we could not get it; Mr.. Brown having
gone off, and left word that no boat was to be
moved until he returned; there was no boat of
any kind on the Georgia side that morning; when
We found We could not get the boat, Mr.. Showers
and /, went back home; 1 saw Showers on Sunday
my business was, to see what day he was going to
start his boat; I called him, and he came cut to
the gate in his night clothes; he only had on his
shirt and drawers we talked together about five
minutes when he went back in the house, and
went homc his family, think, had gone to bed; /;
we arranged to meet next morning at the Ferry !;
on Tuesday morning, we left with the boat for Au-
gusta; expected to take in freights at different
points along the River; our destination was Sa-
vannah we arrived in Augusta, ON Friday after
we left; staid till the next Friday evening, and
left him there he was arrested on Monday eve
ning about dark before he was arrested, we staid
one or two nights in Augusta, and the rest of the
time in the boat he was in the boat when arrested;
before his arrest, Showers had bought four boats,
and he was making arrangements to load these
boats to 60 to Savannah Showers after his arrest,
was not, for two days, put into close confinement;
but was allowed to go about the city, attended by
but one guard.