The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-04
Especial to the Register.l

by the only living eyewitness of the
tragedy, DR.. T. B. Mellow, his slayer.
The court convened at 10 o'clock, the
State having closed its testimony the
day before. The defense first put up
G. w. Harper. a negro coach driver,
whose testimony was to the effect
that he had seen the deceased enter
McDow's office and four or five min
utes thereafter heard a pistol shot. This
was followed by two awful groans and
by the voice of a man (meaning Nc
- GAS you said you would take
fe, now I've taken yours On
soss-eNanlination he admitted that
lard no scuftiing before the pistol
rs. Three or four minutes after the
Mellow appeared on the piazza of
ss residence and looked over to the
outside Of his office. He also saw an
old ground-nut-cake woman peeping
into McDow's office. She was run off
by McDow's cook. A moment after
McDow's coachman ran back in the
yard, got his hat and coat and went
down the street.
Then Judge Magrath put up Mellow
on the stand to testify. After giving
the details Of his age, etc, ne proceeded
to relate the horrible details &c the
tragedy. His counsel would not per-
NIT him to give connected narrative,
but led him on gently with questions,
allowing him to answer only one at
time. The following is
MCDow's STATEMENT.
I was sitting in my sitting room
heard the Office gong ring; went down
stairs, and opened the office door. Daw-
son asked if this wasD Mellow. I
replied yes, and invited him in, closing
the door. Dawson said ''Dr. Mellow,
1 have just been Informed that you
have been guilty Of ungentmanly con-
duct to one of my servants" Ireplied
at is untrue" Dawson said: ~
give you to understand that am re-
= sponsible for that. girl, and you must
not speak to her again" replied:
would speak 70 her as often as desired
until was convinced that he had au-
Sity to prevent me. Then" said
"if you do So, I will publish
conduct in the papers" "And if
NO. Sou Internal scoundrel," re-
II will hold you personally re-
ble. Get out Of my office" At
ime he struck my hat OFT with
and hit me with his hand,
ng me down to the lounge. The
& ,ws were almost simultaneous.
lowed me up and struck me-
drew my pistol, and, rising,
FIRED AT HIM.
my pistol in my hip pocket. l
lily carry pistol; have done so
snce entered the practice of my
ionsss.sa-@ss-.7 - So.
counsel striets to$get eMcDow to-
that when he shot Dawson the;
was facing him, but thewitness
didn't understand the object of
uestion, or didn't hear it. He said
knew was that Dawson was in
1T of him when he fired.
PIE fired the shot, he said, because
didn't know but the. next blow
build hurt him seriously. After hes
kting a while, he added that his life
sas in Jeopardy immediately after he
& Not him. Dawson turned and began to
agger, saying in broken language and
Sn almost inauGlible voice., -..
ri "YoC HAVE KILLED Me-"
a Witness replied: "You tried to take
ply life; now I've taken your's'-the
identical words that Harper is supposed
10 have heard l25 yards away.
u "Lawson, he said, fell with the back
4 OF his head to the ground.
81. stood for moment, then stopped
down and felt his pulse. Next drag
ged him by his feet, so as to get his
-hoa-S1l-4t recumDent position, and
thought of calling for medical assis-
tance; but 7 saw death approaching,
and wondered if could do anything to
resuscitatc him. He was dead. how
evern
Witness characterized Dawson's man
ner in addressing him as arrogant and
domineeing.
The story of the horrible attempt to
conceal the body, its burial and disin-
terment, was brought out in startling
and appalling reality on the cross-ex-
animation. During its recital the
slayer sat as cool and collected as If he
was telling fairy tale. He denied the
statement made by him just after the
tragedy that his victim had lived for
half or. three-quarters of an hour. He
said hs did not leave the room while his
victim'wsS alive didn't remember how
long: he remained there after Captain
DawSen'S death.
He professed to have a.most indis-
tinct recollection of. what took place
after thesaooting. He remembers see
ing Policeman Gordon when he rang.
Thehody was at that time in the closet.
He had removed it. He had no diff
Guilty in getting the body into the
closet. He broke the nails OFT and tore
open the door, AS soon rs life had-left
the body he closed the windows OF his
o.tiee, and,s taking the dead mans: hat;
and cane, threw them in the privy..
Got spade and returned to the office: