Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-05-22

was examined by Captain Lindsay.
The examination, however, was rri-
vate, and though acquainted with the
result of it, the reporter is not permit
ed to make it public until further dev-l-
opments. 1t is enough to say that the
Negro did not account for himself with
entire satisfaction.
Wilson Montgomery was committed
to Jail, together with George Williams,
who is wanted as very material
witness.
One John Ooley states that shortly
before 10 o'clock, little after the
Narrow Gauge train came: last Satur-
day night, he saw Wilson Montgomery
and Bob Feemster, the deceased,
together near the Associate Reformed
church and going in the direction OF
the Narrow Gauge railroad. He spoke
to them; but they did not pay any
attention to him.
Jeff Williams states that short
time before the train came, he saw
Bob Feemster, Wilson Montgomery,
Ike Blair and Daniel Whitener togeth-
er at the store of W. c. Gist. Another
Negro, whose name the reporter has
been unable to learn, says that about
10 o'clock last Saturday night, he saw
Wilson Montgomery and several other
Negroes-among whom was tall
Negro answering the description of
the murdered man-going in the direc-
ton of the scene of the murder. The
Negroes had with them a jug of
whisky.
There is pretty we'll authenticated
statement that shortly before 9 o'clock,
Feemster got another Negro to buy
five cents worth of pistol cartridges at
w. B. Moore & Co.'S, and shortly
afterward, while in company with
Wilson Montgomery, Feemster was
heard to say that the two were going
to North Carolina.
Wilson Montgomery was at the
"wake" over the murdered mans body,
at John Feemster's house, last Sunday
night. Negroes who were present say
that he would not 60 in to look at the
body. He appeared nervous and ex-
cited, especially when the killing was
referred to, and told conflicting stories
of his whereabouts on the previous
night. Among other things, he said
that he had bought pair of shoes at
Dobson's. Then he said he had bought
his shoes at Ganson's. Subsequent in
vestigation developed the fact that he
had not bought any shoes at all. He
denied, at first, that he had seen Bob
Feemster at any time on Saturday
night, and afterward stated that he
had seen him once at Ganson's.
The motive for the murder, like the
identity of the murderer, is involved
in mystery. One rumor had it that
Whitener had grudge against Feem-
ster for an alleged insult to Whitener's
wife some time previous. Another
story is that Feemster and Wilson
Montgomery were rivals for the af-
fections of a Negro woman named
'Onie Williams. Feemster had the best
of it, and Montgomery was jealous.
Feemster is known to have had
quarter changed for coppers, on Satur-
day evening, and there is a theory
that he went to the place where he was
killed, for the purpose Of gambling.
The most commonly accepted theory,
however, is that Feemster was in some
way decoyed out of town by party
or parties who had special grudga
against him, and deliberately assassina.
ted. Though plausible theories and
facts are still developing, slowly the
case is still involved in great mys-
terry.
Ike Blair, the Negro last seen with
Wilson Montgomery, by Jeff Williams,
has not yet been arrested. At the re-
quest of the jury, on Sunday, Trial
Justice Carroll telegraphed to Govern
or Evans for authority to employ De-
tective Dobson to work up the case.
The governor telegraphed back that
he had sent detective. AS to wheth-
er the detective has arrived and is now
working up the case, we are unable to