Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-11-14

how one was nearQ 10 say I1uSu hou
a word about this" Then how the
defense finally growing desperate, put
up Mrs. Anderson to confess that she
alone was responsible for the killing,
and to tell story that seemed to cor
roborate in every particular the in
disputable facts es they had developed.
But this story Mr.. deLoach ridiculed.
The idea, he suggested, of sick, deli
cate, half.dead woman doing this thing.
Their story is, that being intruded
upon in the privacy of her room by
man with evil intent, this woman
takes her pistol from under her pill
low, presents it at the man, and half
clad, on cold February night, follows
him out on the street and shoots him
to death. Why did she not shoot
him then and there? They tell
YOU she was afraid of waking her
baby! Here they have this wo-
man, in defending the sanctity OF
her privacy, provoked to the point of a
iustifable killing, coolly and solici-
tously-for fear of waking her baby,
mind you, gentlemen-goes out in the
street to fire the fatal shot. Did you
ever hear of such thing, gentle
men? Do you believe it? You
cannot believe such an absurd story.
No, gentlemen, she did not do it.
This man Charles T. Williams, was
murdered. by NJ. R. Reese, with the
assistance of Daniel Luckie, and not by
this woman. The testimony has placed
them within a few yards OF his body.
The physicians have testified that shot
as he was, with the spinal column, the
center of all nervous activity, severed,
the deceased would have fallen for
ward on his face and remained in that
position. But how was he found ?
Living on his side with one foot across
the other and with blood spots on the
ground several feet from his head.
Gentlemen, that man was not only
shot dead by these men; but after
they shot him, they went to see the
result of their murderous work, turned
the body over on its side and left 1t
there. 1t was when they were teelng
away from the scene of their crime
that Miss Mary Harrington saw them
and heard one of them say "hush y
Hush for what? Was it crime to
fire pistol on the streets of Blacks
burg at night? Gentlemen, the idea
is absurd. Mr.. deLoach referred to
the fact that the case took on many of
the features of dime novel, and ridi-
culed, numerically, the stories OF all
of the defendants. 1t was generally
admitted that he covered the case
thoroughly.
TT. M'Dow, ESQ.
Mr.. Mellow answered Mr.. deLGach
for the defense in a speech Of about
two hours. In opening, he agreed
with Mr.. deLoach that this was
most remarkable case, and before ne
got very far in his remarks, he pointed
out as one of those remarkable feat
ures, the bitterness, malice and per-
sonal interest of the prosecution.
Here were witnesses from the gold
regions of Arizona to the shores OF the
Gulf of Mexico. He did not have
one word to say against the testimony
of the unfortunate widow Of Charles
T. Williams; but he could not refrain
from suggesting as part of her deep
interest in this case, the effect 1t might
have on the damage suit that she had
Bending on the civil side of the court.
Then there was husband who came
all the way from Arizona "to protect
his name," he said. Why did he not
come here before? He did not come
here to testify against her, yet he gives
evidence which, if it is to be believed,
is intended to put batter around the
neck of the wife of his bosom; the
woman whom he has sworn to love,
honor and respect as long as he should
live. This man, if his wife had been
untrue to him, should have separated
himself from her forever; but manly
man would have died before he would
have given such testimony, if not on
account of his wife, then on account oi
his child. Next Mr.. Mellow took up
the story of Charles IT. Williams. He
painted him as a serpent coiling him.
self around the cords of this poor wo'
mans heart, and after robbing her Of
reputation and virtue, continued to
pursue her under threat or publishing
information that would rob her OF
her child.
Then he told how this woman hao
tried to break her acquaintance with
Williams how he came to Blacksburg
in disguise how he was not known
to single man in the town excep,
Dan Luckie, and how he avoided
Luckie. Then forcing himself into
the woman's room, he was at las'
brought 10 bay. Confronted with
revolver in the hands of a woman
whom he had so cruelty wronged
whose soul he had plunged in the mid
night of despair, is it surprising tha
he should flee out of that presence
1t has been stated in one of Mrs
Anderson's letters, that Williams
was a maa of physical courage, ane
this 1 believe. There is no rea
son to believe to the contrary. Tha
he should flee out of the presence
of this outraged woman, does no
argue against that fact. But sup