Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-11-06

had of the difficulty in town that day. Pre-
yious to being asked the question | knew
nothing about it. went around to Hunter
g. Oates store, on business, and there was
also asked about the affairs at Thornburg's,
and I found that the people in town gen
orally knew of the trouble, while l knew
nothing about it. l returned home after
/, dark, and was then informed What the
crowd had gone out for. went to Joseph
Thornburg's house as soon as l could after
going home. l remained there fifteen or
twenty minutes; saw no persons while there
and returned home and went to bed. L
went to sleep and was awakened by the
sound of shooting-a vOlley. | remained
in bed was not disturbed by the the firing,
not having any particular idea of the cause
of it. I thought the firing was at Thorn
burg's, but could not locate it. TWen-
ty or twenty-five minutes later some one
and went out, and saw that it was Syl-
vanus Thornburg. This was about twenty
minutes after the firing. My clock was not
running and have no way of fixing the
time, except by the moon, which was shin
ing and had turned to the west. Sylvanus
remained at my house between a half and
three-quarters fan hour. My wife came out
before he left and joined in the converse
ton. She was detained in the house by the
| cnllu. MY Wlle 10 Iile ueieiiuau' . 'i''S .
Sylvanus was on horseback, and when he
left he went a north course from my house.
After he left, I went back to bed. The
next morning I went to the saWmill, start
ing before day-break, in order to arrive
there by daylight. remember seeing at
the mill Mr.. r. B. Youngblood, besides
the regular hands at the mill. do not re-
member any one else except Mr.. Wallace
and Mr.. Whitner. did not know, until |
saw Wallace and Whitner thatSylvanus had
been arrested. I told these men that Syl-
vanus was at my house on the night before.
I do not remember of having seen L..
R. Williams that day. In consequence of
the visit of Sylvanus to my house that
night, my wife went home and gave some
directions to her mother for Sylvanus in re-
gard to his business affairs, the manage
ment of his crop, &C.
CfoSs-erot7ai1aed. The distance from my
house to the Lincolnton road is $50 or 300
yards. From Sylvanus' house to mine the
distance is one and quarter mile. Sylvan
us rode good horse-one with good gait.
1 do not know that he is fine horseman.
I first heard of the fire on the next even
ing, after he was at my house. met l.. r.
Williams at the saW-mill; but have no re-
collection of any conversation with him.
He may have been at the mill that day.
Some days he did not come to the mill at
all. saw M. L. Thomasson that evening
and spoke to him about the affair, but did
not use the expression that Sylvanns passed
my house that morning in hurry:
Question. Did you say to Lee Williams,
at his saw mill, that Sylvanus Thornburg
passed your house in hurry, that morning,
about O'Clock, or that he remained only a
short time? Answer: did not.
Question. Did you say to Munroe Thom:
asson, at his house, that Sylvanus passed
your house at 2 O'Clock that morning, in a
hurry? Answer: do not remember that
1 said it.
Question. Did you, on that same day, tell
R. B. Youngblood that Sylvanus was at your
house that night, but stayed only short
while? Answer: 1 did not say that he stay
ed but a short while.
Question. Did you say to Lee Williams
or Munroe Thomasson that Sylvanus had to
leave in a hurry? Answer: | might have
said that he wanted to get to the North
Carolina line before daylight.
. Question. While Sylvanus was locked in
Jail, did you at any time, have private
conversation with him? l did.
Redirect. I received no communication
from Sylvanus while he was in Jail. The
conversation with Youngblood do not re-
member; was busy with my work and do
not remember what was said. When busy
at work I frequently make answers to per-
sons merely to get rid of them. My opinion
of the remark now is the same as it would
have been then. | do not remember the
words with Thomasson or r~Willian1S-Id do
not know now the time Sylvanus was at my
house, but do know the time he arrived
there after the volley. 1t was his habit to
visit my house, sometimes for half day,
and sometimes remaining all night. He is
a cripple.
Second cross examination. A paper was
shown to witness, on which he recognized
his signature, it being his affidavit in the
ha5eas corpus proceedings of this case. This
affidavit fixed the time of arrival of Sylvan
us at witness house at not later than half
past - Aftiant was awakened by the vol
| lev, and twenty minutes later Sylvanus
called at his house. In reply, witness said
that when he made the affidavit he was
guessing at the time.
Mrs. MARTHA n. LOWRY, saco1m. I am
the wife of w. R. Lowry. Our family con-
sists of ourselves and one child. On the
night of the 3rd of September my broth
er, Sylvanus, came to our house. L hardly
know at what time of night he came. lie
remained half an hour after l got up. l
did not get up immediately-somef fifteen
minutes after he came. He was there prob
ably three quarters of an hour. He went
north from our house, in the direction OF
Bill Dobson's, toward the Lincolnton road.
l think Dobson lives about three miles
from Yorkville. l did not hear the shoot
ing that night. My husband and both
talked to Sylvanus when he came to our
house that night. In consequence of that
visit, 1 went to my fathers house next
morning on business for Sylvanus.
MRS. MARY A. THoRNBURG, S,Co1H. l
am the mother Of Sylvanus Thornburg. l
was at home on the night of the 3rd of Sep
tember. I am the wife of Joseph Thorn
burg. heard firing on that night, between,
I think, u and l o'clock. After the firing,
heard a horse I then thought it was
Sylvanus' horse, and that he was going to
the stable. He did not come to the house.
l was near q window in the northeast part
of the house, and he appeared to be riding
around on the east side of the Finley house.
From me he was in the direction of the
Finley house. 49,,
SYLVANUS THORNBURG, sUO'n. L Will
soon be thirty years old. l first came to
York county in 1875 or 1876 and lived on
Glenn's place, where I remained about
twenty months. I then went to Cherry
Vile, n. G. l never came back to remain
only short time. 1t is between two and
three years since l came back to remain. l
am one of the owners of the Finley land,
but have lived at my fathers this summer.
On the evening of the 3rd of September
| after going to my fathers, l went to the
Finley place. I remained but a short while,
but did not return to my fathers house.
I returned to the Finley house an hour
after dark, and next left that house between
| 12 and |. My brother and those who ac-
companied him left the Finley house twen-
ty minutes before 1 did. Why 1 did not
90 with them was because 1 wished to see
NV fotbor ond owry hnfOra leaving [