The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-13
MOORMAN 4 FREE MAN.
He is Acquitted on the Charge of Murder
The Prisoner Tells the story of the
Shooting-The Verdict Reached in
Seventeen Minutes.
From the SUNDAY News. |

From the Sunday News.
UNION, March SIN spite of the
snow that covers everything without,
aud the disagreeable at;nosphreS OF the
poorlv-heated Court room within,
there was a very large audience present
at the third days trial OF Robert Moor
man.
The Court proceeded to business at
once this morning, without any lolter-
| ing The defence put up james Ed
ward Gregory, who testified that
Schultz had his hand on his hip pocket
when Norman shot him.
At this point 4 question arose be-
| tween Mr.. Johnstone and the solicitor
as to some point made by the former
with the intention to contradict Wit
ness, already examined. Judge lZlar
ordered Stenographer Law 70 read the
testimony of the witness, which con-
sumed a great deal OF time.
| During the reading Mrs. Norman
the wife of the prisoner, walked INTO
| the Court room, accompanied pE her
three little children. The little ones
gathered quietly around their father,
Who was sitting near the fire, reached
up and kissed him. The wife and
mother took her seat beside her hus-
band.
The question ofthe contradiction of a
| former witness having been settled IN
| favor of the State, the examination OF
| the witness was resumed, eS.
! Schultz put out his left hand said wit,
ness sat the time he put his hand
on his hip pocket.
Bv the solicitor: "When first saw
the pistol it was in Moorman's hand,
and was at the time that Schultz
dropped his hand by his side and then
| Norman put his pistol down: Then
Schultz put his hand .on his hip and
Norman stepped back one step ana
fired. There was nothing in Schultz 5
hand, 50 far as | know. Could nave
seen it if there had been.'
Bv Mr.. Johnstone: II mean to say
that l didn't see anything in Schultz
haud.n
R. A. Whitlock was next put on the
stand by the defence. 81 live at Jones'
willie, but was in Fishdam on the day
of the trouble,n said the witness, land
while there saw the difficulty between
Schultz and Norman. | didn't Know
them before. l was standing near o}'
and heard Schultz say: Shoot, shoot:
YOU saw You'll shoot The smaller man,
Moornlan, said: Don't put your hands
on nle-don't touch me- Schultz put
out his left hand, while his right went
back. Schultz was large man-maybe
seventv-tive or one hundred pounds
heavier than Moorman. SchultZ's man
ner was angry. l couldn't see how
Norman looked, and his back was to
me-"
BY the solicitor: NO, there was
noihing in Schultz's hand, but Moor
man had his pistol III his hand"
BY Mr.. Johnstone: "Mr. Moorman
had an overcoat on his left arm, his
grip sack in his left hand. l could not
hear all that passed between them."
Bv the solicitor: Very few seconds
elapsed between the time Mr.iMoorman
cursed Schultz and the time he fired.
Mr.. Schultz hand went back as soon
as Norman cursed him the last time. y
r. A. Hancock was next examined
for the defence. Il knew Lee Schultz.
He was large man; weighed about
POO pounds, and was much stouter and
larger than Norman. had a CONVEX
! sation with Schultz the Saturday pre-
ceding his death about the trial he was
to have with Mr.. Norman. Schultz
said Norman had employed J. {:
Wallace to scandalize his camp, and If
he did he (Schultz) would wash his
| mouth"
The next witness examined was the
prisoner, Robert Norman. Il lived IN
New berry, and have lived there nearly
all my life. I spent the first years OF
nv life in town; have farmed since in
shHs haNe " i5s Rown ME SehRW5sz
at Fishdam on business and saw him,
and get to- be time-keeper for him on
the railroad. He said he would board
me and give me twenty dollars month.
Then he said he would give me twenty
dollars more to attend to the office
work. | staid with him from the 10Th
of August until about the 10th Of
| October. | had to go to see my wife,
who was very sick with fever. | told
Mr.. Schultz [ would have to leave aud
90 to see my wife. This was about the
Ist of October. He and Mr.. Wilson
got sick and | staid to accommodate
him for six or eight days. | told him
then | would have to go home, and
asked him for a settlement. When |
started to go l could not find Schultz,
who had gone off with all the conf
missarv money. l borrowed the money
! two dollars and went home on the
train. left all my clothes in the care
| of Schultz to wait until l came back.
! 11+ i'm, h0
| office where Schultz and / slept. After
| I could leave my wife | went back to
! the camp to make a settlement. Schultz
said / was too late, as he did not send
| the account to Jones to get the mopey.
| He paid i little on the account be owed
me- had left my mule with him; he
hired it and he paid me the hire OF the
| mule. This was my third trip, and still
| he could not pay he, SO he said. He
wanted me to take pay for seventeen
DAYS work of my mule, when it mad
worked twenty days. l waited and
| waited for a settlement and couldn't
get it. Ny clothes had been taken away
and | pat in a claim for them and
Schultz refused 10 pay for them.
Schultz said NJ. B. Smith had taken
the clothes, but knew he did not as
be left Fishdam with only a grip sack
in his hand. told Schultz | would sue
hinrsfur the whole bill with the clothes
claim included. He said if did he
would kill me. Ireplied that | would
be at the killing"
At This point a letter was introduced
into fTle testimony from Lee Schultz to
the prisoner which among other things
said he wanted to see Norman as soon
as he came back TO South Carolina.
Witness, resuming, said: Il had
nothing-no money-and needed the
money Schultz owed me to pay Mr..
McCaughrin what l owed him. have
no money now, and my counsel IN this
case will not get any pay. They volun-
teered their services. | put my clam
in J. &. Wallace's hands for collection:
Nv purpose at Fishdam on the 81 OF
February was to get my witnesses to
come to the trial on the 9Th, when my
claim was to lie adjudsed. l went 10
see all the witnesses | could. L took
dinner at Mrs Stokes and while there
took some Quinine and bromide. take
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