The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-12-19
LOOKED LIKE A COUNT.

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A gentleman who would have readily
passed for an Italian count had he not
stated that he was G.. III. Harvin, and a
member of the South Carolina bar,
figured extensively in Il police court
sensation yesterday, says .he Atlanta
Constitution.
Mr.. Harvin is trinity built, has a
marblc-like complexion. sparkling
black eyes, and heavy black hair. His
mustache is a. black as his hair, and
vas neatly twisted into two sharp
pointed curls yesterday. His gOatec
vas also nicely groomed. He was re-
specially clad in u diagonal Prince
Albert, buttoned close about his Ches-
terfieldian form.
The count-like attorney from Cover
nor Tillman's State appeared us de-
PENDANT to Il very unlovely series of
facts. sworn to by a middlc-aged lady
and her two daughters. He denied
defense upon counter charges as ugly
sounding and far more damaging than
those alleged against him. But his de-
Tense was, according to the recorders
opinion, Favored with acrimony, and it
got the lawyer into Il pretty sad
pickle.
Mr.. Harvin says he came to Atlanta
a little over two months ago to practice
law. He is. a legal practitioner from
the Palmetto State and came here to
seek better fortunes. He was short of
OF cash, but quite as respectable and
prosperous in appearance as he had
ever been. Owing to limited means,
he says, he went to Mrs. j. V. Davis's,
l05 Madison Street, to board.
He says Mrs. Davis is u South Caro-
lima lady and was recommended to him
by the pastor Of the Christian church.
lie and his wife, who is the only other
member of his family, boarded there
until Saturday, when he terminated
his residence there under circum-
stances which he will have to explain
in the superior court.
Mr.. Harvin appeared in police court
to explain these circumstances yestcr-
day afternoon, but failing to do so to
Judge Calhohn's satisfaction, he was
committed to Jail for aSsaulting Mrs.
Davis and one of her daughters.
When Harvin was called to the bar.
he asked for u continuance of the case
on the ground that Mr.. f.. w. Martin,
one OF his attorneys, was busy in the
Legislature, and Mr.. James Austin
another legal adviser, who was sick
abed, and still another was detained on
other grounds. Judge Calhoun ignor-
ed the request for continuance and pro-
ceedcd to hear the case.
Mrs. Davis, a respectable looking
lady, and her two daughters, young
ladies undcr twenty, and Patrolman
Crussscllc. were the only witnesses in
n case. Mrs. Davis first told her
story, and was overcome with emotion
several time during its recital.
Mrs. Davis sad that nine weeks ago
Harvin and his wife began boarding
with her. and that they were quiet
enough and gave her no trouble. her
only objection to them as boarders be-
ing that Harvin continually neglected
to pay her for boarding there. She
says he pleaded hard times in OK
%tcnuation of his failure to give the
matter his attention. and she bore with
him patiently until last Saturday.
II SAID she was very poor, and was
hard pressed to keep herself and
daughters comfortably and respectfully,
us she wished to do. She stated that
she n her daughters endured domcs-
tic privations in order to make Mr..
and Mrs. Harvin comfortable.
Among other sacrifices she made to
make the Harvins, who were very
lastldlous in their requirements, salts
he'd, was to sell her family silver.
which she did. IIarvin was always
ready with an excuse when she asked
him for what he owed her. she said.
and she was patient. Her sixteen
ycar-old daughter was less SO. how
ever. and she boldly spoke her opinion
OF MIR Harvin to Mrs. Harvin. This
opinion was repeated to Harvin, and
very much cnragcd, he went to Mrs.
Davis and demanded hal she punish
her daughter for speaking of him os
she had done to his wife.
Mrs. Davis refused to do SO. and she
says Eiarvin swore that he would do SO
himself. Mrs. Davis then ordered him
10 leave her home, and gave him three
days TO get another boarding place for
himself and wife. He said he would 90.
and left Saturday, with his board bill
still unpaid.
When moving away from the Davis's,
Haryin unintentionally left several
pictures behind, which were hanging
on the sitting room wall. In the after
noon Mrs. Harvin sen back for them,
but Mrs. Davis refused to let them 90,
statlng to the messenger that Harvin
had not paid his board and she was
gong TO keep the pictures for col
lateral.
Yesterday Mrs. Davis's daughter dis
covered Harvin in the sitting room re-
moving the pictures. Il ran in the
room and told him not to take them"
said Mrs. Davis, and he said he
would do So. | told him to leave them
II he struck me in the face with his
hrst, Knocking me silly. My oldest
daughter ran up and he struck her on
the head with Il heavy stick he had in
his hand. The blow was Il heavy one
II raised a knot on her head as big
as a goose egg. He then rushed at nv
youngest daughter, and tore her dress
her III his anger. We screamed
and called for the police, and Officer
u usseiic came in and can testify as to
the blows"
Mr.. Harvin in n very calm, elegant
precise way, characterized this !
as totally false, proceeded to
the court with II neatly worded
Of Mrs. Davis's character,
said he had heard her sing q
naughty song. and at this statement
Mrs. Davis and her daughters burst
tears. They denounced it as a vile
calumny. Harvin continued, saving
he had discovered that the moral
atmosphere OF the Davis home was not
as he desired his wife to live in,
and he had decided to move when Mrs.
Davis ordered him to do so.
AS to the assault, he said that he on
tered h room to get the pictures. and
Inc cldest Miss Davis rushed in and
literally smashed one Of the pictures
over his head. The mother knocked
another picture on the floor. shattcr-