The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-02-26

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iiidihSd ss ai bfSil's aii I HI rSl and Sritii
2 o'clopls neg tifoff 10 lby II &c
there and and spent The fs3pIts; n q ail
lay down; 4 sies o iittle sick did dfdfs,t
aleep Wesii SemelnD Der iieartiig f5hnbFell
talking to ath child Rem through Tho night,
and atsat 8 O'clock aotfig Q one told Sam.
bell Ess child wanted water Gafilbrell
got up aud vent ont 70 get ", Whom he say,
daIiiea We thottght u was And derson.H
Gross bSaffijned. GambreiI aiaysd a
home elLnight 0ambTslI nerer Bald the
money would never do MAJ. Anderson
any good if BE had said &C fw1riG have
heard jt; hdd no conversations With
HaEcoe.;s on the morning Sttgr tho fire
nce until after the asre..=.ss. - 8 :.
Lewis ELLISON; ho fs q InAn Under oydt-
nary mind; can't soy that no wonld bg
easily Imposed on, Hoon after tho, arrest
OF the parties Mai. Anderson said 70 mo
70 see Mrs. Ellison and II she knew any-
thing that woula 30 against these boys TO
let him know and he would ije lighter on
him Ellison Is my brother-in-la law
u. II aHarris sworn says, Has known
tewis E.liisoa 20 or 26 years he, is g
wpak-mlnded man, and easily imposed
James w. poofe sssotii, says: Knows
Lewis Ellison and regards sii:lf as q weak
minded man, ana Thinks no HUtifd be
easily imposed on. ~ 9tn u ~
'sreenlee Ellison sworn, says: Is q
i;other OF Lewis Ellspon; considers him
on; ~ has beeii iifihg to himsslf about q q
yehrs !, fig tfhs Iii the war; and votes; he
never had a guardian ytfttisssiievet had
to take caro- of him. q
Augustus w. Pcore ewUrt. says. was
ut home tho night of burning; returned
hotn1 after o'clock went, TO bed and
renlaliled ,,aa sln . shere gSs Sp next inernins
fly aad ana negro i5oSA boy III R ssn M h tho .6o
same roor., sae negro sleeping on piiiai
near the FIRE; I got mp earlier than usual
that morning; I was OF my bTother-in-
laws late In tho evening before the fire.
about $50 yards from my house. know
nothing about who burnt Maj. Ander-
sons store; have Q song I sometimes
fused this expressioii when 1 was arre,s.
ted I1did not say anything about con-
science; used theexpression in light
way; was under arrest; l don't know
that I used it seriously; didn't say, II
wouldn't caro- if Il was not for my coli
science" in ths presence OF Acker and
Bladcn.
Augustus Richardson (colored) sworn.
,
was there when Maj. AnderBon's store
was burnt; saw Mr.. Poore or homo that
night; saw him all night was in the
house where he was all night; don't
Know exactly what time he went to bod ;
he came in about . o'clock, and stayed
up about an hour; slept on floor beside
sb5.uTeau am very easily walked, and
O'clock got up earlier than usual that
morning 10 haul some corn and
Gambrei1 went together after wagon
wien got Up Mr.. Poore was sn bed
he could not have gotten out with
out mo knowing 1t.
j. NJ. Gambrell sworn, snys: I was Oh
homo on night when Maj. Anderson's
thing about it; my children were sick
that night, and my sister and brother-in-
law were at my house /; we were up and
down all night; saw the FIRE that night
when my sister called mo 20 get up and
got aome water I said the fire looked
like 1t was at Williamson Iethen went
to bed; have an impeachment in my
speech Mr.. Dladon sskod me If I saw
the fire, and I told him did told him
next morning.; i went over to Sam
Moore's house and there aeard Of the
flre; Itold him tho first heard Of It was
over Of Moore's; / don't remember any
conversation with Acker. and Bladon
about the burning; did not tell him
did not care @ damn about Il; Poore
eaid, "Ohl Miss Susie, gal, wish had
died In the war - he said it in the way OF
song; he never said he would not care
II It was not for his conscience; never
told Mr., Bladon that wished had moi
gone into 1t with these boys never told
Maj. Anderson that the money would
not do him any good.
- Kinard sworn. say: live In thres
miles OF Williamson, and was ut Wfs
Ragsdales on night of burning; wen
there on Tuesday about IL O'Clock WI
stayed up till about III o'clock both tn,
Ragsdale5 were ut home TINT night
young Ragsdale retired about fifteen
minutes before we did he slept up stair
and I slept down stairs in the same room
with w. III. RRgsdale; ] did not sleei
any until O'Clock, ana from that on hat
cat maps ar. Ragsdale or son did no
leave there that, night; we all got Gy
next morning at O'Clock I called then
up they all got up pretty much at ts;n,
same time; another young Ragsdale was
OF home too. tast q
member the night OF the fire; stayed al
night NJ my fathers; Franz stayed n
home all night.
Mira. A. e. Ragsdale sworn, says: An
the mother of j. Francis RanFdale; wa!
ct home the night of the fire; j. T. Rags
dase was CT nome tnet nigns, ana went Il
bed about III o'clock he slept up stairs
and got up next morning at 4 o'clock
did not leave the house through the lowe
part that night.
Il. 81; Hancoc& sworn, says: Was a
uoine ING nlSnI h1tU. AuuerSons 6bOrS
was burnt; no Ole was there but ;ny
wife; went TO q corn-shucking the nigh
before; do not know anything about fht
burning; Bladon came TO my house Il
arrest me about s o'clock, and on the we;
to Williamson tFeaeed me badly; tool
mo out of the road into the woods, tist