The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-02

(Siened) A, II. SEEGERs.
N. B. don't show these few lines to nibody
or < but ask your oAn heart.
? You would receive other language If you
could read German language. (signedl A. ID, ;.
(The above letter is the one testified to us
having been received by deceased, and seen by
Bayard Taylor witness for the delense.)
(The following letter was offered in evidence,
but it was not claimed by the state to have
ever been received by accused
.tMR SEEGER. / am not in the notion OF mar
ry you nor no one else. Yet awhile think
!. very well of You, as friend cannot say any
more upon the subject. am going to marry
the one love best, and you hayea little ida
! who that is.
(signed) NC. TUCKER
The State closed with the above testimony,
and the following was offered for the defense.
Daniels, sworn, says, is the jailor OF Ander-
son county; was the jailor, when prisoner was
there; Mr.. Ashley, met him one evening IN
the SQUARE; he asked witness how the prisoner
was getting on, I told him well; he spoke some
thing about a change Of venue, and that there
:yuoe q .rorzfd nIn III case OF
"a change Of venue, and that if they demanded
the keys from me that had better give them
: up; well as was going on to tell you, nc told
methat there was some men that was report
y Llldb .slC WOulu uy " ECU u S4ohS3S Va ffShuS
from the county, and in case there was that the
prisoner might be demanded of me; just told
him 1t would be very unrighteous to take
a man out of Jail without giving him o
trial in court; he remarked that he (Seeger)
was guilty, and, the lady he killed was inno-
cent as Jesus Christ; said, MIR. Ashley, you
are more of a gentleman Than to do such a
the first man to demand them Of me, and l
told him that he would be the first man
would shoot; little more vulgar than that (by
request of the court) the witness used his ex.
act language, soto yoce, but, as the court did
not call the attention ofthe jury to it, although
heard by reporter, it is not included in the eYi-
dence; his representations induced me 10 De-
lieye that an attack would be made upon me,
and the keys demanded OF me; don't recol-
lect his going into the Jail the morning Ken
nedy did; saw great deal of Seegers as pris-
oner; he Was simply O prisoner, and behaved
himself as gentleman, if prisoner can; he
spoke English very imperfectly when he first
came; In conveying ideas to him it was very
difficult for him to understand us well as to
express himself.
CRoss-ExAMINED. "
In common conversation he could not un-
derstand yes sir. he conveyed to me the idea
that he did not know what particular meant;
he said I do not understand; did not under
stand his brogue; do not recollect any par
ticular word, but recollect great many times
when tried to convey ideas to him, he could
not understand; that was shortly after his in
carceration; heseemed to improve after he had
been there few weeks; he talks very well
now; did not talk to him all the time; don't
know whether he talks better at some times
than others; have heard him talk just before
he left the Jail so as I could understand him
better than at others; had conversations with
him every day; have heard him converse often
with others; I suppose I have known him
to have frequent conversations in English; /
don't know what you call conversation in
particular words. Have heard him talk to
understand all he said; at times he spoke well;
towards the last he improved; he puthis words
in the wrong place; as general rule, he put
his words In the wrong plnce; don't know
what other Germans do; hearing him speak
often, got so could understand him; all he
spoke was so 1 could understand it; could
always understand him; Mr.. Scegers talks
tolerably plain now; there were no Germans
near; he was bound TO speak Enklish there;
he was brought there near the 18th of June or
July; I think he speaks the English language
tolerably plain; have never been as we'll ac
quainted with Germans rs have with Irish; II
Ibecame acquainted with man, l got 80 as
could understand him; could understand him
better than when he was first brought to the
1all. IN LQlS COQNGTSdllOu Will 1T. ABILITY, i Jill
not positive that he did not tell me he would
notify me of it; / know there were such words
as that passed; there was something said about
Odd Fellowship; there was something said
about it; asked him to inform me; really
don't recollect the whole conversations; I re.
member il was spoken OF; can't say whether
he did or not; said that If he said such
thing, Chat he would notify mc,) don't re-
collect it.
RE-EXAMINED.
Seegers improved in speaking the English
language after he was putin jail; lie spoke rs
rule better after he stayed there time; ut least,
understood him better.
Bayard Taylor, sworn, says, reside in An
person county, known the prisoner, have
known him about two months before his i'm
prisonment, about eight months in all, knew
him at Captain fuckers, where got acquain-
ted with him; he had been living at Captain
fuckers two months before this thing occurred;
this occurred about the 2Sth of July he came
there about the first of June; knew Miss
Catherine, dieter presented and eXemined); re-
member that have seen paper before, saw it
on Tuesday week before she was killed on the
twenty.iirst day Of July; was working where
Miss Kate and Mr.. Henry Cook were reading
the letter: she asked me to come and help her
and Mr. Cook, read it; this is the letter; ! read
il; she did not talk like she had sent any an
swer; don't known / told him l had come up
with him; told him some OF the words; told
him he was all right; said you must give her
time about IL or IA days; this was Tuesday
week before her unfortunate death; the lotter