The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-03-12
Richard Askew sworn. MIR. Fowler was

Sucu NJ the time Oh MS ucatn. In liquor he
was more overbeariug than when sober.
James Ilaney sworn. l saw Mr.. Fowler at
Farrs store on Christmas morning end took
drink with him and Mr. Garner.
| Shelton Adis sworn--I saw Mr.. Fowler on
the day of the shooting at Farr's store, and
| took two drinks of whisky with him.
| Charles Ii. Kidd sworn. At Farr's store OH
Christmas morning last. | Henry Fowler
and he took two drinks of whisky with me.
| We took the drinks by ourselves.
j. f. Meng re called. Asa c. Hutsons repu-
| tation is not good in his ncighborhood.
wouldn't believe him on his oath; he has been
| charged with stealing.
Neil Palmer sworn.-I know John Arrow
wood.-told inc that he crank quart of whisky
| day before Christmas.
q. w. Goings sworn. am II brother of the
defendant; we are partners in country store
on day before Christmas saw John AFRO wwood
| at our store and took q drink with him Brooks
| Goings was not in then. l know Asa IIutson
have lived near him several years. His rep
| utatiou is very bad and wouldn't believe him
on his oath.
F. r. Cudd recalled. know ASA Hutson;
his reputation is not good and | Wouldn't be-
| lieve him on his oath. lie hns been tried before
me for stealing.
w. L. Ray sworn. live in the town and
keep drug store-knew deceased and know
| defendant. About o month before Christmas
| Fowler and Goings were in my store Fowler
Shlu ne was tue OcSt man In tne mouse ana
cursed Goings-Goipgs said ho didn't want a
| fuss and went off-Fowlcr continued to curse,
| and had to stop him by thrcatning to put him
out of the house-Both men were drinking.
DR.. Culp recalled. | saw powder stains on
| Fowlers clothes, and his SHIRT showed them
| very plainly-the ball entered near the lett
shoulder and ranged upwards.
s. s. Cudd sworn. knew F ower and know
| Goings. Sometime before Christmas heard Fow-
| ler and Gongs quarrelipg-Fowlcr said to
| Goings that by the first of January he would
brings his hands and cut away that mud sill or
| him, cne or the other. Kept on cursipg--I
took Goings off-Gcings said Fowler was trying
to run over him about some land--did noe ask
him why or wherefore.
| Is. B. Goipg's the defendant, sworn. was on
| my way to n Christmas tree on Christmas morn
ing and STOPPED at Mr.. Farr's store and went
| in. Mr. Fowler and Mr. Farr spoke to me and
| asked "what does this mean?" Fowler asked
''what do you want" replied friendship"
Fowler said 'you are God dam liar" and
said "you dam liar and he then com.
| menced ripping about; wen, out doors and
| pulled off his coat and commenced cursng me
| again. Mr.. Farr grabbed me around my chest
and held my arms behind me. Fowler came
| towards me aud hit me on tho arm with
board, and said. God dam you, am going to
| kill you, and struck at me again while Mr.
| Farr was holding me, but pulled out my pistol
and reached around and shot him. Fowler
exclaimed IL am shot and soon as Farr
turned me loose, l quietly walked off. l had
| the pistol the day before celebrating Christmas,
and had shot off three (3) rounds. so that only
| two rounds remained in the pistol-Did not
| know that Fowler was in the store when went
| there; he had often abused me- but l always
| told him that didn't want TO have fuss with
| him--I never, in my life, carried pistol for
Mr.. Fowler. Heard that he had made threats
| against me, and heard he WAS going to beat me
when he had chance. Ills general reputation
| was that he was quarrelsomc. | have heard Of
| his having n good many fights with different
| iuen. Mr. Fowler told me last fall that he
weighed over 20O pounds. weigh about 175
pounds, The morning before Christmas 1 had
| n scuffile with my brother over an orange. Mr..
Fowler said that he would either cut away that
| mud sill or me by New Years day.
X. Mr.. Fowler after striking mo dropped
| the board in tho fire. l was invited TO n party
| Mt Mr.. Fowler's house on Christmas 1884 and
went to it. could not get off imy oyercont
because Farr held me fast. I shot Mr. Fowler
The scufie referred to waAa wres:ak and threw
/ mS brother. l did not tdke drnR with Ar
rowwood on Christmas eve. l never said to
him that would shoot his heart strings out,
and didn't say any thing at all about Mr.. Fow-
ler. never saw A. c. Hutson at my shop, and
l never told him that Mr.. Fowler ought to be
killed. Iiatson told me that he was going to
leave Mr.. Fowler and wanted to live with me-
and told him that didn't want him. did no
| get the bruise in the wrestle with my brother.
| The shop is on my land, the same land which
Mr. Fowler was after.
The defense here closed and the State in re.
butal put up the following, viz.
| James Adams recalled. knew Goings be-
fore the shooting, l saw him at ny house and
at the store on the day of the shooting; saw he
and his brother scuiIling; he threw his brother
| and Mr.. Goings fell up against the door and
| struck his head-he afterwards com planned of
| his temple hurting him. lie sent word to me
not to say anything about the bruises on his
arm.
y. know A. c. Hutson, and his reputa-
| tion is rowdy. l would not believe him on his
oath-he will tell lies; heard that he had stole
| some cotton once.
d. j. Farr recalled. ] did not have my
arms around Gongs during the difficulty. Fow-
| Ter did not strike Goings with n board, and he
didn't throw board in the fire. 1t is about
ten feet from the fire. place TO where Fowler fell
| he could not have struck Goings without my
| seeing it.
John l.. Young sworn. ! knew Fowler in his
| lifetime, and have seen good deal of hir for
| the last ten years. So far as know, he was q
peaceable man. lie was good citizen and
brave man.
| Maj. b. II. Eice sworn. Knew Henry r.
Fowler in his lifetime md rs far as know he
was a peaceable man and his general character
was good
Thomas j Harris sworn. have known the
deceased for upwards of forty years, and | re-
garded him as peaceable man; but he would
always resent an insult. Never knew him to
use n weapon on person. ] resided abont ten
miles from him at the time of h is death.
Robert Lawson sworn. | have known Mr.
Fowler for the last ten years, and always con-
sidsred him peaceable man.
Thomas N. Kelly sworn. / knew Henry
Fowler; and in my estimation he was o peacea-
BILE man.
Newell Smith sworn, knew Henry Fowler,
he was peaceable man, but he always would
fight.