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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 fished the
cane ont 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 reason
for removing the body from its grave
that he wanted the benefit of giving up
the corpse at the same time. Here a
rather
QUEER JOURNALISTIC FEAT
was brought to light. On the stand
Mellow swore that he had the pistol
in his hip pocket had it there all day !;
and always carried it there. He was
confronted with an interview with
him, published in the Charleston
World, in which he told the reporter,
+. w. Miller, that "while trying to re-
overnyself, 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
and fired" Being asked to explain this,
Mellow said it was not the truth. He
had told Miller, the reporter who inter-
viewed him, that he had taken the
pistol from his pocket; but Miller told
him that wouldn't look good for him in
print, and he had better say that
he got the 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 next confronted with All in
terview with him, published in the
same paper, thanking the paper for its
fair and truthful statements. He said
that.there were some errors.
Mellow admitted that he had gone
toCaptain Dawson's house on the even
ing of the shooting, but didn't send
word to the family that Captain Daw-
sons body was lying in his office. He
asked for the governess,. but she was
not there: she was with Captain Daw-
sons children at dancing school, and
he went off to his lawyer, Judge Nc
Grath.
TO CONTRADICT DIR. MICHEL.
The defense next put up DR.. Forrest
to contradict DR.. Michels autopsy of
the body. The testimony, however,
was rather unintelligible to non-pro-
fessional ears, the witness forming 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 tradedy, but he didn't
tn1llk IL WOEGu 3CLellOlUS 10.
TESTIMONY WHICH FELL FLAT.
w. w. Sale, lifelong enemy Of the
deceased, was the next witness. His
testimony was intended to prove that
the deceased was bully and domi-
neering sort of man. Major E. Willis
was called tor the same purpose, but
rather disappointed the counsel by de-
snyingsall that Sale had said.
s This ended the testimony for the de
fense.e No allusion was made during
McDow's examination to his relations
with the governess.
THE EVIDENCE ALLIN.
CHARLESTON, June 2-The Mellow
murder trial is rapidly approaching the
end. The testimony in reply offered
by the State to-day may be briefly sum-
med up. DR.. R. A. Kinloch, for forty
years 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 Cap
tain Dawson. His testimony corrobo-
rated the view of DR.. Michel, who made
the autopsy, that the ball had been
fred from behind, and is confrmatory
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, testi-
fed that while on the way to the jail
Mellow, who was handcuffed, told him
to look at his hat. where Dawson's cane
had struck him. Then, looking down,
he said: Its bad-bad-bad; but
shot him, and would shoot him again,
or any may who attempted to cane
me-"
In reply to a question from Hogan as
to where he shot him, Mellow said: 81
shot to kill, and I know where to shoot
to kill. My profession teaches me
that
This evidence of the detective is con.
sidered important, in view of the state.
ment made by Mellow yesterday that
he did not take any aim when he fired
on Dawson, and would have preferred
to disable rather than kill him. Dl
Michel was recalled, and testified anew
about the wound.
The State then announced that it had
no further evidence. Solicitor Jervey
requested that the jury be sent to Nc
Dow's office, for the purpose of obtain
inp clear idea of the scene Of the