Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-11-11
NO.. 81.

ayes, SIR"
"You did not come to testify against
your wife?"
"I did not. said I did not"
"But you are here to testify against
her ?"
II heard that she was not going to
be indicted at the trial."
"You found out this morning when
you came in the court house she was
indicted didn't you?"
~ did sir?"
"Do you pretend to tell me when
you started to testify you did not
know your wife was indicted ?"
"No sir I did not say when I start
ed to testify but when came back"
care you not identifying letters
that your wife wrote ?"
~ did sir. have not read those
letters"
"Don't you know your wife is on
trial for her life ?"
~ do now, sir; yes SIR"
The cross examination next carried
the witness over the two marriages
with his wife. He did not remember
the date of either marriage. The first
marriage was terminated by divorce
proceedings instituted by his wife.
Witness was asked whether or not the
complaint alleged drunkenness, cruelty
and adultery, and threatening her
with pistol. He said lit may have"
He did not read the paper at all. The
matter had been settled by the pay
ment of $4,000 for the benefit of the
two children, and several sums of
money to the divorced wife.
"What was your object in marrying
her again ?"
"Well, sir I thought my child need
ed the protection of father"
"Was it not to keep from paying
that money!"
"No, sir; the money had been paid
in cash. I paid it every cent in cash,
and the guardian has it in control,
with the exception of the half for the
other child"
"The other half has not been paid ?"
"The half has been paid; and at
the child's death, the law of Georgia
makes the father the heir; the mother
| is not"
"You have paid all that you were to
pay by that decree"
II have paid ALL"
"What did you marry her for?"
'sI told you, sir, that I thought my
child needed the protection of
father"
"You did not care anything for the
woman ?"
"I did, sir, to certain extent. I
wanted to uplift her."
"Did you not promise when you
married her to love, honor, cherish
and protect her as long as you should
live ?"
sI did, sir"
"Have you done itp"
Again the witness began to break
down. His face became contorted as
if in an effort to choke back sobs, and
in broken voice he answered
"My Godl tried to do it man."
"You are trying to do it now, testi-
flying against her on her trial for her
life. Is that your idea Of honor and
protection ?"
"I think, sir, when have been
wronged like I have'-
Chow long did you live with her af-
ter the second marriage?"
"Only few days."
"And then you left her9"
81 did, SIR"
"And have never lived with her
since?"
II have not"
With this the cross-examination
branched off into numerous questions,
asking the witness as to whether or
not he had lived the life of a libertine
and despoiler of virtue, etc? He was
asked as to whether or not he was
guilty in several specified cases, all of
which he denied most emphatically.
He was also asked if he had not hung
a woman. This he also denied.
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solicitor asked witness as to whether
| if cruelty, drunkenness and adultery
had been charged in the divorce case,
were the charges true? Witness said
they were not. He also said at that
time he was worth over $15, 900, and
gratified every wish of his wife that
was in his power to crafty. He also
denied that he had ever whipped his
wife with a horsewhip. 1t came out
also that witness had been informed
that an effort was to be made to make
it appear that he was the murderer of
Charles T.. Williams. Finally the 30
|licitor asked witness why it was he
left his wife the second time, after re-
manning with her only few days.
Witness said that be had seen Mrs.
Anderson come out of room. He
tried to open the door and found that
lit was being held from within. He
got it open, however, and inside he saw
NJ. R. Reese.
SOME LETTERS.
The balance of the day was taken
up in the reading of the letters, the
handwriting of which had already
been identified by Mr.. Anderson. It
developed that the letters, though un-
signed, were to Charles T. Williams.
They were written during period of
some four years, covering the time she
was living with her husband, on up to
a few weeks before the killing of Will
Iliarns. The letters showed that the
woman was more infatuated with
Williams than anybody else. She de-
snised her husband and she said she