Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-07

o'clock, and again at II o'clock. At IL
o'clock Owens came to the house was board
ing at and called me to the gate. He then
told me that Jim Duffy had cut an Indian.
He wanted me to go with Duffy to Fort Mill.
Duffy was present during the conversation.
l did not 90, nor did the prisoners at the bar,
that know Of I saw James Duffy with
knife in his hand; also saw him washing
the knife. did not notice it, nor the water
after he washed it. 1t looked like new
knife. Do not know where Duffy got the
knife. Duffy had nc particular conversation
with me about it. He remarked to me, after
he was arrested, that he cut the Indian, and
that if ever two men jumped on him again,
he would do the same thing.
Cross.ezamined-- .Dufy's scarfpin, under his
neck, was bent. noticed hole in one side
of his coat-a slit six or eight inches long.
Dufy's thumb YVES also cut or split. Dufy's
home is at Fort Mill. He was on visit to
Rock Hill. Duty's mother lives at Fort
Mill. Owens wanted me to take him to his
mothers. In the conversation that ensued
with Owens, he told me he would take doc.
tor and 20 back and see how bad the Indian
was hurt. I saw him and DR.. Crawford
start-the same night
Redirect -Dufy's thumb of the left hand
was slightly cut or split twas not wrapped
up, except with handkerchief, which he had
around it part of the time.
NJ. D. BLUM, s,oorn.-Am clerk in the
store of A. Friedheim & Bro. Sold Duffy
knife on the 23rd of February; sent it to bim
at Fort Mill. Knife shown to witness, which
he identified as being the same knife, or one
like it, On Thursday before the 26th, l sent
him this, or one like it, in place Of smaller
one which he had previously bought. | sent
him the larger one on Thursday, and on Sat.
urday following-the 26th-he returned the
small one and paid for the large one. I sent
him the small knife two days before sent
the large one.
Cross examined. He wrote to me that the
small knife did not suit; that he wanted n
large knife for the purpose of cutting trees.
Supposing he wanted one for plantation pur-
poses, l selected large one and sent it to
him. He returned the small one on Satur.
day and paid for the large one
Dr.. T. A. CRAWFORD, syorn.-Iam prac.
ticing physician. Was called upon to visit
Austin Harris, on Saturday night, the 26th
of February last l saw the body in the old
field heretofore described. Diagram exhib.
tied, BY which the witness pointed out the
different localities, position of body when
found, &C., The dead body was that of an
Indian, and was told that it was the body
of Austin Harris. found MIN lying lifeless,
almost cold On lighting lamp examined
the tody hastily. The first cut that attract.
ed NY attention was cut in the side. Also
noticed cut under the left arm. This was
about IL o'clock. l examined no further
that night Saw the wounds were mortal.
One between the fifth and sixth ribs was about
six inches long. Gle then described the ma.
ture of the wounds and the manner in which
he supposed they were inAicted.) Either
wound, without medical assistance would
have caused death from hemorrhage. H.
also found two other slight wounds in the
back of deceased Death was produced by
the other cuts, Which he would suppose were
made by knife ,r sharp instrument.
Pending the eA animation of DR.. Crawford,
and at this point, Court adjourned until $50
A. NJ. tomorrow morning.
FRIDAY, April, Court convened at the
hsur to which it adjourned yesterday evening,
and the examination of DR.. Crawford was
resumed.
Witness explained, from diagram, locations,
and identified on the map the spot where the
body was found. There was around the body,
on both sides, for the radius of about 9 feel,
evidences that struggle had ensued. There
was blood on the left side for radius of four
or i've feet no blood on the other side.
About fifty yards from the road there was
thorn bush and limbs of an oak tree which
met near the body, that would have impeded
progress of person. A large oak tree and
other growth was there. Owens led the way
with me to the body. I went at the request
of Owens, prisoner at the bar. was dress.
ing Pardue's wounded hand when Owens ra.
quested me to 60 with him to the spot where
| thew said the Indian was-about two miles
from Rock Hill. We started at about II
| o'clock. Don't remember the exact words
Owens used when he asked me to 60. We
started hurredy, but after while rode more
slowly, when Owens urged me to 60 faster
that the Indian was bleeding badly, and he
said no one except he and Duffy knew where
the Indian was. I said to Owens, perhaps
our trip will be for nothing; maybe the In.
dian has left. "No," he replied, he'd "be id
if he had, unless they had carried him"
We walked from the house, where we stopped
to obtain lamp, to the body, and found it
perfectly cold, but not stiff examined the
body. Owens said, when 1 lit the lamp,
"Isn't this hell" and laughed with the re-
mark. I saw Duffy after we returned TO
Rock Hill. Duffy began an explanation as
to how the deed was done-stating that he
had cut at the Indian, the first time missing
him, but the second time he said, he thought
he had got him and that he acted in self
defence. The next day Duffy showed me
rent in his coat, and asked me if it was cut
with knife. 1 stated to him that thought
it was rip I: had the appearance of a rip,
being torn along the seam. The rent or rip
looked as if it might have been torn.
Cross exum;ned.-At the conversation
when Duffy told me he had cut the Indian, he
said he had acted in self defence-that two
Indians had hold of him. He said that he
was in great peril. At this conversation,
Owns, John Anderson, Mr.. Steele, the Mar
shall, were present. He said an Indian in the
distance shouted -"Go for him have rocka.
At the spot where the body lay, the leaves
round about showed that there had been
struggling. l did not examine the ground
closely. The mere removing of the posi-
ton of the body would not have made such
indications of struggle I don't think the
body could have so reversed its original posi-
ton, as there was no blood on the right side: