The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-12-21
on Friday last was quie; and peace .
THE VERDICT.


THE VERDICT.
The jury rendered verdict that
Miss Hearn came to her death from
nervous depression, caused by
b, I'll shot from a pistol. in the hand
Of Miss Lilly Duer, on the 9Th dly
of November, 1878.
A reporter interviewed Miss
Dner. 4After stating that the shoot
ing was purely accidental, Miss
Duor said -
called to sec Ella for the pur-
pose of taking walk. She did not
wish to go. 1 begged her. She
refused. tried to kiss her. I
had tho pistol in my hand, after
giving up the attempt to kiss her,
and was looking at the cartridges,
counting them, when the pistol
accidentally went off.
Miss Duer said that her favorite
author was Byron, "whose nature"
she remarked, ''is similar to my
own"
For the past six months Miss
Duer has been studying medicine.
On Monday she gave bail, amount
ing to $4,000, before Judge Mock,
for her appearance at the May term
of Court. The little town is great
ly agitated over this distressing
tragedy, public opinion being
divided rs to whether the shooting
was accidental or not.
[ va hington Letter 10 Philadelphia Times.
Senator Jones, Of Nevada, havin
replcnished his depleted exchequer
by fortunate rise in Sierra Nevada
stocks, comes back with his beauti-
ful young wife and maiden sister
to occupy his half of the Butler
block on Capitol hill. He left here
five months ago for his home at
Gold Hill, "dead broke" in vulgar
parlancc, or "busted," as the miners
term it. Foreseoing the rise in
mining stocks, he invested all he
C uld raise or borrow in Sierra
Nevada and reaped q rich return.
Still he had not enough TO fill the
measure Of his opportunity. His
wife had II splendid diamond neck
lace, for which he had paid in
opulent Gays tho sum of $4,000,
and which she, being retiring
little body, not given to display.
had never worn but once. ...0 - ..
"My doar," said he to her one
day, ''if you will let mo invest your
diamonds in Sierra Nevada you
shall have tho proceeds for pin.
money"
"As you please" said the dutiful
little woman. You know I never
wear them.'
Senator Jones is not the man to.
go hawking his wifo's jewels about
the streets, so he offered them to
the first Jew he met and received
$4,000 for them, which he invested
on margin in her name, and to-day
sho is worth $4,000 in registered
bonds. He paid his debts, canceled
the mortgage on his 100000 worth
of furniture, which Ben Butler held
as collateral FOR three years rent,
and in less than half>a year returns
with several millions to spare.
And that is the way they do things
"out West" The Jones family will
give several grand entert ailments
during the Winter, Ia San Fran
cisco. E. - 81
...f aay -,.as.-- 49,, .uu.,. ag 3 .
b JUDGMENT REvERsED.--Some time
ago Harvey Terry. member of the
bar of Columbia, s. O., published an
article in the Observer which was
conceived to be a reflection upon tho
Judiciary of South Carolina. A rule
was accordingly served upon him by
Judge Aldrich, OF the. Circuit Court
of that State, sitting at that time at
at Columbia, to show cause why he
should not be guilty Of contempt in
making tho publication referi ei to.
Terry appeared through counsel,
was repiimanded, sentenced toTpay
q fine, but not unfrocked. He oar
ried the case on appeti TO the SUI
premo Court OF the State. and it
has recently been argued before that
tribunal, Georgia attorney appear
ing for Terry. AS a9result Of that
hearing the judgment of the court
below has been reversed, and Terry
energies from the fray victor. This
information reaches us through a
private source. Tie South CAROLS