The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-08-10
9olies 5nteenes Improvement Of tie stae ano Co
GREENVIILE, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST TO- 1870
identified the exhumed body a
that OF his murdered sister.

tnas Va hiS LhuEuoteu Si6tefi
.. LODGED IN JAN. 80,
The prisoner was very soon Wis.
tied by Miss Roxanna Pitts, the
sister, and Mr.. b, F. Pitts, the
brother of the deceased. =.
"How are you, Frank2- How
are you, Roxy % exclaimed Phil
lips. s:js SEQ - =
= Both drew back, and the broth
er cried out, "Don't touch him,
Roxy.i' s.1 So -. 3. =, :
Phillips repeated the words,
Don't touch me-" and with head
hung retired to another part of the
cell. q : , -. ss' >a. II.
..~t WHERE Is NY s1sTER2" -
Miss Pitts then asked: "Mr.
Phillips, where is my sister whom
you took from us on the 18th of
February :" No reply. - .
Presently Phillips inquired when
Mr.. Pitts left home. The latter
exclaimed, n amel w h ose
homes" No reply was given, but
Phillips sat down, and Mr.. Pitts
continued: /" Where is your wifea
Did you carry her to Surry, as
you 'said2" Still no answer, and
Miss Pitts then asked, "Oh, Jeter,
do you remember what occurred
in our parlor on the 18Th of July2''
She alluded to his wedding day.
|. ;" A, great many things" he re;
piled. - : = = 49,,
5",Do you remember when you
sat on the sofa with Miss Anna
Dishman and she asked whether
you were frightened2 Ytu told
iier No. and asked if your voice
trembled when you said, II will
You said Em was more frightened
than you2' ~. =
The prisoner again hung his
head in silence. -. O.
Frank Pitts then asked, "Do
you remember promising to pro-
trect her, saying clearly You
would2" =
Receiving no reply, Miss Pitts
asked if he knew that DR.. Rayn-
ham, the minister who performed
the marriage ceremony, was with
them. -,-.- o.. '-,.-- ..-.,
81 have heard 3d."
"Can you face him Z"
EYES" .',
"Can you face our mother
EYES, I can."
j" Your mother 3" E..
"Yes, I can face anybody" he
answered, with a slight smile.
Miss Pitts then remarked in q
low tone, Il left at home a heart.
broken mother and sister, who
nave not tasted food since Satur.
day. You have disgraced one
mother and broken another's heart.
Here We stand side by side, with
a just God looking down upen US.
Can you deny that you murdered
my poor, dear sister 2" -.s~.-.
:" / refer You to my counsel for
an answer to that" 'r-. - --...s'r
Z" left at home," continued Miss
Pitts, ga mother who wants to
know
HER DAUonrER's DYING WORDS.
What did my sister sayi',
The prisoner was still client, and
the visitors rose. Miss Pitts ex-
claiming, as she looked once more
npon the prisoner, " Ny God
Ny Godl Gould he offer me tho
h hand that clasped my sisters
throat 2" .. .....,
Phillips turned away with tears
in his eyes, and the party then left
the cell. s.. %''..'
| TRIAL AND CONVICTION.
| Soon after came the trial, when
in the presence of an immense an.
dience, the moro and more convict.
ing testimony was adduced. II
was proven that Jeter Phillips had
married Mary Emily Pitts; that
they came to Richmond on the
I17tE of February, 1857; that they
were at the boarding house and on
the street together on the next
day; that eleven days after she
was found murdered in Drink
er's Wood; that her husband had
made no inquiries for her; and
that during these eleven days he
had plunged into a round of gayc.
ty little BETTING the circumstances.
Letters were also produced writ
ten by him to his wifes family,
weeks after her dead body was
found, in which he represented,
first, that she was with him and
we'll, then she was sick, and finally,
she had the lock.jaw, and her Lie
was despaired Of by physicians -,
1t was established that he had al.
ways deported himself as an un.
married man /; that he had been
paying attentions looking toward
marriage with q Young lady OF
Henrico County; that his family
were kept in ignorance of bis mar.
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