Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01

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Since our laat is ue, The attention
6ndGH dli4aas gsaefaaythaa besnfas
sspsd VT pIEpaa a,a painful inter
eat upon the taking Of testimony by
the Jury Of Inquest summoned ;to git.
upon the body Of o. T. Culbreath.
With interest the .Horei ANXIOUS and 9
painful, inasmuch as upon the verdict
0fshls JnfyJ hung ID a2gssssneaadrs,
the vindication Of our people from
any sympathy with The late Horrible
and lewsless crime in ,iiii our midst. TriaI
Justice F. A. Clover, of our !own,,
acted as Coroner: i The Jdrys ystsh4tsen.
in number, consisted of the following
citizens: j. M. Jones, foreman, Geo.
G. Lewis, J.,K. Allen y. N. .Bnrnsttr
10. NJ. Gray, He. Bee, B. .Ps1Gosart
F. A. Belspger, DIT: Gnice, Jno. Bp
Davis, VIM. Jordan, w. C. Jordan
aud Lewis Wages. The Jury satin
| our Court II seTIrom Tuesday morn
| ing until Friday afternoon. II SOME
seventeen witnesses we're examined.
Breathlees crowadssvvisHed the Court
Room each day. = E:a $ r. - y !
On Fhq.eday morning, Mr.. James
IMima. Of, Antioch, ,rBas-pns,aupoasthe4
Istand.;s and from thia moment the
revelations, from the stand became
Ineinfuns startling andS eagr6Ssing.
Mr.. James Minis is the youngest son
of the late Capsx Bona Mina = snd,
like his father, is noted for hard good
,aense ard Tie ,stsfnss. tfuthfu!ness
and integrity. BE is young man Of
generous nature asnds the ordsat swaa
evidently extremely painful to him /;
but hsasdidd not aaiv1tersWe gii'7se, ti's , BE- e.
low, q comprehensive & zen sly synopsis tpf his
Testimony, with a synopsla Of what
was sworn tosby SMr. Oscar Of Barr
iDr. J. w. Hill, Mr.. H. Wood. Maj.
r. S.. Anderson and. Mr.. Geo. Mathis ::
- Testimony Of nr. James Minis! I
!! he lives near Antioch Church, some
eight miles below the courthouse. he
was, at. the, church, on Mondayoevening
last experimenting the erection Of "a
tombstone over his fathers. grave. :;
About S o'clock in the afternoon -eoms
twenty: five S1nop ntedsemen, come In
disguise, others without masks, passed
the church In, the. direction, of the
Village. He was Standing within
few feet Of the roadside when they
passed. Several Of them epoke to him
and called him by name; ard he re-.
ccgnized several Of thepsrty. JASPER
Talbert, ". L. Mcdaniel, NJ.
Holmes, Dr.. W. E. Prescott, Vim.
Parkmap, Memphis eulbreath, Lou
Prescott. Med Busaey sone- % Vii
Bon and Collier Hammond were among
the number. Three OF those men.
toned were partially { disguised, but
the others were; not masked. A short
while thereafter he went out into
pine thicket near by and there saw
Luther Bell and D. Al. Bell, Jr.1,
who inquired if a crowd Of men had
passed. Minis told them tRat he HAD
Been acertain crowd 81 m5n,r gi5Sibg
the names OF scme OF them. Bell
said, That's puraoroWd; and we are
going to take him from the sheriff
and see observation-disclosures 9
thing about the}mprder.' Minis
FuaG Sen es.ad d nov say-@tio -cney wsrr
going to take from the1shsriff. s y /
nr. .. o. Barr's Testimony.
He also lives in the vicinity of!
Antioch Church. On Monday even.
ing his servanta, as, usual, &Sars aon
their way to his pastureito drive fup
his stock when theys'eaw-e>orowd' of
men in his pasture. at whose presence
they were frightened; back tosS.the
house, where,ipon rhe' went 'kimsslt,
and on his way met Wyatt Holmes.
George Vance and Steve Hammond,
while they we're. drinking water at
the branch that Holm es- told shims|
they & hadS two hundred more SInens
along out il 1.-THE woods; that BE-
started in the direction thsreoi and
was advised by Holmes cot to go. and
he therefore returned home That
on Monday nigh: about 10 o'Giock.Ls
was aroused and. called out and saw
three men, one CT whom was Wyatt
Ho'Heer WnO scau'ioEsu "a u w heep
his cmoushfsh1t. { :
Mr.. H. Woods Testimony.
H. Wood testified that on Monday
evening he saw crowd OF men in
the vicinity of Antioch Church, among
whom he recognized Ned Bussey.
Collier Hammond, Pat Bussey, George
Vance, D, Bussey, Jasper Taloert and
three of the Holmes boys, whose
names he could not recall.
DR.. J. W. HIPS Testimony. 4. al
DR.. Hill. who attended Cnlbreath
after be WAS shot, testified that Cui-
breath told him that Bill Parkman
phot him in Gary,'e clfice, and that
Parkman and Wyatt Holmes carried
him ont of tha ofice The other Wit.