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

hour. Asked to divide the time on the
road he said: At the rate I was 60
ing it would have taken me half
hour to drive home Tithout stopping.
1t was about Is minutes from the
time they left me before started. |
stopped about half an hour at the
Narrow Gauge railroad, half hour at
Molly Worth's, about 15 minutes
at the Three C's railroad, and after me
and Jake got home, it was about half
hour before the boys came up. Ac-
>cording to this estimate it was two and
.a.half hours from the time the witness
had seen the boys first until he saw them
again. In answer to other questions
witness said he started for home lit
tie after the Narrow Gauge train came.
One story would put him at home at
about - O'Clock and the other would
not let him get home until about 2.
He said, however, that he did not have
any way to measure the time. Said
Rob Feemster came to see his daughter
occasionally and was there last Satur.
day morning. Wilse Montgomery
came sometimes and was there one
night last week. Feemster staid all
night several times. Montgomery had
never staid all night.
Ike Blair, one of the accused said |
saw Bob Feemster Saturday night
talking with Wilse Montgomery in the
lane by Mr.. Gist's store. did not see
him any more. After Wilse and Bob
got through talking, Wilse stepped up
to me and told me to tell old man Jake
to look out for pair of shoes for him.
This was little before 9 o'clock. l
saw old man Jake and we set down
there at Mr.. Gist's about an hour.
Old man Jake left and I. did not see
him any more for another hour.
wenttoward Mr.. Nick Dobson's. A
man teld me that old man Jake had
gone home. After a while old man
Jake came up to the wagon and sent
me to a woman to get little piece Of
money. I did not get the money
and when Jake came back he went
off again to Jake Young's after
little piece of money. Wilson came
up and asked me where was old man
Jake. I told him. After while we
all went off with the wagon, old
man Jeff driving. When we got
to that little low place on the other
side of the Narrow Gauge railroad,
me and Wilse got off and old man
JEFF drove on. We walked along be-
hind the wagon. A woman crossed
the road and Wilse stopped and had
a word with her. We went on. The
wagon passed US on the road at old
man Ike Wright's. We went on to old
man Jeff's. We did not 60 in. l don't
know what time it was then but when
we got home it was Is minutes to IL.
Old man Jake looked at the clock and
said so. Me aud old man Jake put the
mules up and Wilson went in the
house. Me and old man Jake eat our
supper. Wilson did not eat any. He
don't eat no supper on Saturday mig ht.
/ did not hear about Rob Feemster be-
ing killed until the next evening about
an hour BY sun, I heard old man
Jake tell pa about it.
@. Are you sure you heard nothing until
Monday evening?
A. Only what T heard at church.
@. thought you said you did not hear
4. did not get the straight end of it.
@. But you said you heard nothing.
A. Some said it was Rob Watts and some
said it was Rob Feemster. did not know
which it was until old man Jake told me;
@. thought you said old man Jake told
your pa.
A. He did tell pa; but that is what I
heard him say. wasn't payin' no 'tention.
Witness was questioned closely as to
whether old man Jake had said any
thing to him about the killing. His
story was about to the following effect:
II went home because my month
was up, and pa would not let me go
back because Jake hadn't paid me.
@. When was your month up?
4. Last Saturday.
Q. How long had you been working
for your uncle Jake?
A. Three months.
G. For how long were you employed?
A. Six months.
Q. What time did you leave your Uncle
Jake's?
A. About II o'clock.
@. Did you change your clothes Satur-
day night?
A. No, sir.
Q. What became of the clothes you took
off?
A. They are at Uncle Jake's.
@. When did you change your clothes?
A. Just afore started home.
@. Whose clothes are those you have on?
A. Uncle Jake's. Mine was so ragged
did not want to wear them, and Uncle
Jake told me could wear his if would
take good care of them.
@. What did Jake come over to your
house for?
A. He came to see if pa was going to let
me come back to him.
@. And he told your pa about the MUIR
der?
A. Yes, that is what heard him say.
Witness then went on to explain that
when Jake came over Monday after
ternoon, be was blowing. Jake talked
only to his father. He only heard
what they were talking about as he
passed them with his plow. Jake
asked him where he had left the ham,
mer. He had previously identified
the hammer with which the murder
was committed as the property of Jake
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