The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-07-03

could do anything to resuscltate HIM He
was dead, however"
Witness characterized Dawson's man
ner in addressing him as arrogant and
domineering.
The story of the horrible
ATTEMPT.T TO CONCEAL THE BODY.
its burial and diSinterment, was
brought out in startling and appall-
ing reality on the cross examination.
During its recital the slayer sat as cool
and collected as if he was telling 4 fairy
tale. He denied the statement made by
him just after the tragedy that his vic
tim had lived for half or three-quarters
of an hour. He said he did not leave
the room while his victim was alive;
didn't remember how long he remained
there after Captain DawSon's death.
He profesSed to have a most indis-
tinct recollection of what took place
after the shooting. He remembers
seeing Policeman Gordon when he rang
the gong. The body was at that time in
the closet. He had removed it: He had
no difficulty in getting the body into the
closet. He broke the nails off and tore
open the door. AS soon as life had left
the BODY he closed the windows
of his Office, and, taking
the dead mans hat and
cane, threw them in the privy. Got a
spade and returned to the office. He
picked the body up under the arms and
dragged it out of the office through the
hallway to the closet and
PUT IT IN THE GRAVE.
There were no bruises on the dead
mans face when he put it in the hole.
Then be tried to take the body out again,
bat it was too heavy. Then he
laid it down in his sitting room,
to rest awhile. Went out and bought
two candles. and then, returning, sue
ceeded in getting the body out. He
raised the body up, dragged it back:
brushed the dust from the clothes,
washed the blood from the face Of the
corpse and
LAID IT OUT.
Then he went and fShed the cane out Of
the vault, washed it off and put it on
The sofa. He hunted for the hat, but
couldn't find it. When he had arranged
everything, he went out to surrender
himself. He gave as a reason for re-
moving the body from its grave that he
wanted the benefit of giving up the
corpse at the same time.
Mellow swore that he had the pistol in
his hip pocket; had it there all day; and
alVayS carried it there. He was con-
fronted with an interview with
him, published in the Charleston
World, in which he told the re-
porter, F. W. Miller, that while try
ing to recover myself, and seeing him
Dawson in the act of aiming another
blow at me with his cane, / managed
to get around to my desk and get my
pistol aud fired" Being asked to ex-
plain this, Mellow said it was not the
truth. He had told Miller, the reporter
who interviewed him, that he had
taken the pistol from his
pocket; but Miller told him that wouldn't
look good for lin in print, and he had
better say that he got tbs pistol from
his desk. He agreed to this, and it was
so published in the Charleston World.
He admitted that the interview was read
over to him before it was published.
He was ne-t confronted with an inter-
view with him, published IN the
same paper, thanking the paper
for its fair and truthful statements. He
said that there we're some errors.
CALLED TO SEE THE MAID AFTER THE
KILLING.
Mellow admitted that he had gone to
Captain Dawson's house On the evening
Of the shooting, but didn't send word to
the family that Captain Dawson's body
was lying in his office. He asked for
the governess, but she was not there;
she was with Captain Dawson'S children
at dancing school, and he went off to
his lawyer, Judge Magrath.
TO CONTRADICT DIR. MICHEL.
The defense next put up
DR.. Forrest, to contradict DR.. Michel'S
autopsy of the body. The testimony,
however, was rather unlntelllg!ble to
non professional ears, the witness form
ing his opinion from the position Of the
bullet hole in the breeches of deceased.
DR.. Forrest also testified that Mellow
had very Slight abrasion of his head
on the night of the tragedy, but he
didn't think it worth attending to.
W. W. Sale was the next witness. His
testimony was intended to prove that
the deceased was a bully and domi-
neering sort of man. Major Z. Willis
was called for the same purpose, but
rather disappointed the counsel by deny
ing all that Sale had said.
This ended the testimony for the de-
fense. No alIusion was made during
McDow'S examination to his relations
with the governeSs.
CHARLESTON, June 27.-[Special to The
Register. The Mellow murder trial is
rapidly approaching the end. The tes
timony in reply offered by the State to-
day may be briefly summed up. DR.. R.
A. Kinloch, for forty years a physician
and surgeon and at present Dean Of the
Medical College of South Carolina, took
the stand to prove the course OF the ball
that killed Captain Dawson. His testi-
corroborated the view of Dir.
Michel, who made the autopsy, that the
ball had been fired from behind, aud
is confirmatory Of the general opinion
that Mellow shot Captain Dawson when
his back was turned and when he was
leaving McDow'S Office.
John Hogan, the detective who took
Mellow from the police Station to the
Jail on the night of the murder, testified
that while on the way to the Jail
Mellow, who was handcuffed, told him
to look at his hat, where Dawsons cane
had struck him. Then, looking down,
he said: Its bad-bad-bad; but Shot
him, and would shoot him again, or any
man who attempted to cane me.
In reply to question from Hogan as
to where he shot him, Mellow said: II
shot to kill, and l know where to shoot