Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-05-24
WILL MURDER OUT?

mu rder of Robert Feemster, are still
involved in mystery. Daniel White
ner is entirely innocent Of any connec-
ton with the affair. OF that fact there
can be no doubt. The coroner's jury
believe that the bloody deed, was COM
mitted by Wilson Montgomery and
Isaac Blair. This belief is not founded
on any direct testimony. All the evil
dence developed is purely circumstan-
tial. 1t is not strong enough to war
rant verdict of guilty from a. petit
jury; but it is abundantly strong to
warrant the committal of Blair and
Montgomery for trial.
Pursuant to call from Acting Coro-
ner Carroll the jury ofinquest resumed
its Investigations last Wednesday even
ing at 6 o'clock. The jury was COM
posed as follows: J. R. Lindsay, fore
man; J. c. Dixon, F. A. Gossman, R.
L. Wilkerson, T. A. Mcfarland, A. NJ.
Grist, J. A. McLure, Ike Witherspoon,
Wash Jackson, Jeff Bailey, Henry
James, Thos. Hunt, Robert Blair. The
six last named are colored. The
jury pursued its Investigations with
patience and thoroughness and did
not finish its work until yesterday
morning at about $50 o'clock.
Joseph Reid, colored, was the first
witness examined. Among other
things he testified to the following:
"I saw Rob Feemster and Wilse Mont
gomery together in Yorkville last
Saturday night between s and 9 o'clock.
Rob Feemster gave me 5 cents with
which to buy him some 80 calibre
central fire cartridges. Wise and
Rob went up street together and / did
not see either one of them any more
that night. I saw Wise at the "wake"
Sunday night and asked him where he
and Bob went. He at first said that
he did not see Rob. Then he said
that he did not 60 any further than
Mr.. T. NJ. Dobson's store, where Rob
left him, and he expected Rob had
gone to North Carolina. He appeared
nervous and excited and did not want
to talk about Rob. If he went in to
see Rob's body I did not see him. I
don't think be went in."
John Ooley, alias Durham, said that
he saw Wilse and Rob together near
Associate Reformed church between
9 and 10 o'clock Saturday night. He
spoke to them. Rob spoke, but Wilse
did not. He did not see them any more
that night. He saw Jake Montgom-
cry, father of Wilse, at J. w. Dobson's
corner; but did not see JEFF Williams.
Richard Buchanan ~ saw Rob
Feemster and one of Jake Montgom-
ery's boys go around the corner in the
direction of the Seceder church, be-
tween and 9 o'clock Saturday night.
I saw John Ooley 10 or Is minutes
afterward. 1 did not see Daniel Whit
ener that night"
Charley Finley: 81 was in town
Saturday, but left before night.
loaned Rob Feemster my pistol last
Monday night was week ago. The
pistol was q 5-shooter, 32-calibre, Gen.
tre-fire, hammerless, nickle plated,
with black handle" Witness was
shown a pistol taken from Wilse
Montgomery and said that it was not
his pistol. Witness said he saw Wilse
at the "wake," Wise said Rob Feem-
ster asked me to get some cartridges
for him. l told him that did not
buy cartridges for myself and would
not do it for anybody else. He then
got Fat Robertson to get them for him.
| don't think Fat Robertson was in
town at all that night. Wilse did not
20 in to see the body. Everybody else
went in. Wilse appeared to be ner-
EOuS duu tAClUSu. lOu was uyluk
around one of Jeff Williams's girls.
don't know whether Wilse was or not.
Jeff Williams was examined very
critically and was badly mixed up
as to time. He said that he drove
home on Jake Montgomery's wagon.
He left Yorkville at about - o'clock.
He left Wilse Montgomery and Ike
Blair at J. w. Dobson's corner, and
stopped three times on his road home.
Jake Montgomery caught up with him
at the Three C's railroad. About 20
minutes after he and Jake got to his
house Wilse and Ike came up, called
for Jake and all three went on to
Jake's. From the time witness saw
Wilse and Ike at the corner until they