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THEYORk COUNTY SENSATION.
The Tragic Termination OF n Noted Muir
der Trial.

Tho Tragic Termination OF n Noted Muir
der Trial.
YoRKvILLE, S. c., Nov. 11.-There
was another big sensation in the Reese
Anderson-Luckie murder trial today.
Mrs. Anderson swore that she alone
is responsible for the death Of Charles
T. Williams. After several witnesses
were examined this morning, Mrs.
Anderson was called, and on the stand
she said that Charles T. Williams
wrote her several notes during the 9th
of February, asking to be allowed to
call. She refused to see him. That
night he came anyway and entered
her room. She presented a pistc! and
told him to leave. lie backed out OF
the room, and she followed him to the
street in her stocking feet. Then she
thought to frighten him. and fired her
pistol at random, in a different dlrec,,
ton from the one she thought he had
taken. At the first shot the weapon
Jumped and the ball struck the ground
so close to her feet that she was appre'
hensiye of shooting herself. She then
took the pistol in both hands, in order
to hold it more firmly, and fired two
more shots. II was not until next day
that she heard of the terrible result,
and she was terrified. Reese and Dan
luckie told stories that corroborated
what Mrs. Anderson mad to say, but
all of the witnesses were badly tangled
on cross-examinatlon. The defense
introduced in evidence the pistol with
which Mrs. Anderson alleges she did
the killing. Along with this the pros.
ecution introduced the bullet that had
been taken out of the dead mans
body, together with a bullet that had
been forced through the barrel of the
pistol. It is claimed that the two bull
lets show different rifling. All the
evidence is now in and the argument
will be commenced tomorrow.
CONVICTED AND SHOT.
YoRKvILLE, Nov. 12.-Sensation
upon sensation! Reese attempted to
run tonight when the jury brought in
their verdict, and Deputy Scoggins
shot him.
The jury in the Reese-Williams
murder case at 9 o'clock tonight re-
turned verdict of guilty as to Marion
R. Reese and Daniel f. Luckie, with
recommendation to mercy, and not
guilty as to Ellen Anderson. Reese
appeared cool and collected, and told
your reporter that he would ask for
new trial.
Colonel Youmans had entered on
the minutes of the court motion for
a new trial.
AS Deputy Sheriff R. L. Scoggins
was returning to the Jail with Luckie
and Reese at $40 o'clock Reese at
tempted to escape while just opposite
the Presbyterian church. Deputy
Scoggins called to him to "halt" and
then fired. The ball struck Reese in
the center of the back of the head,
knocking him down, and Scoggins
secured him. Luckie was taken on to
the jail. Reese was carried to DIR.
Walkers otIicee, and there Drs. Brat
ton, White and Walker probed for
the ball. The ball had ranged up
ward and did not penetrate to the
brain. The wound will not prove
fatal.
1t is said that some parties followed
the deputies and Luckie to the Jail, and
there was talk of shooting Luckie.
The verdict meets with the approx"
al of the public. The public is famil-
lar with the case but here is short
summary. On the 9TH of last Febru-
ary Chas. T. Williams was found
dead on the streets of Blacksburg. An
inquest disclosed facts suspicious as to
Reese and Luckie. They left immedi-
ately after the verdict of the coroner's
jury, but returned and delivered
themselves on the 10th of June. No
trial was had until this term of court,
all of the defendants being out on
bail. At the trial the State made out
strong case of circumstantial evi.
dence. Mrs. Anderson took the stand
and said that she had been intimate
with Williams, but had broken Oft {;
that he attempted to force his way in
her house and she drew her pistol on
him. As he ran she fired up the
street, intending only to frighten him
but killed him. Reese and Luckie
said they left to save her.-State.