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

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dow and told him that there was q
man killed on the street, and he was
fearful that his sister had killed him.
"Did you see Mrs. Anderson that
night ?"
"No, sir; not after I left"
"Did you see her next day ?"
eyes, SIR"
The witness learned on Friday that
public opinion was settling on him
self as the man who fired the shots,
and that the disposition was to saddle
the crime on him, guilty or innocent.
On account of this he went across the
mountain to the residence of Mr.. A. j..
Goforth, where his mother lived, to
assure her of the real situation and re-
lieve her of any uneasiness. 1t was on
his return that he was served with a
notice to 60 before the jury of inquest
Just what hour that was he did not
know.
"Had you seen Mrs. Anderson du.
ring the day-Saturday ?"
ayes, sir. I saw her that morning"
"Did you have any conversation
with her ?"
eyes, SIR"
GAS the result of that conversation,
were you considering any course you
ought to adopt?"
ayes, sir. When I first saw Mrs.
Anderson in the morning, I told her
that I thought i6 best for her to just
face it. She said, 'Oh! my God,
what will I do? What can l do,
with me in my bed and my poor little
child2 If 1 60 to Jail, it will kill
us BOTH I suggested that she give
bond. She said she did not know any
body who would be willing to 60 on it..
That was early on the morning of the
7th. I told hei I would say nothing
about it; but that if it was proven on
her I would have to tell. Several of
my friends came and said that they
were trying to saddle it on me. l
went down the next morning and had
a conversation with Mr.. Robert With
ers, as the result of which I again
made up my mind to let the whole
thing out"
"What prevented you from telling
about it ?"
"Wben I went back and told Mrs.
Anderson what I had decided to do,
she began wringing her hands, and re-
minding me of my promise. l could
not stand the sight of her swollen eyes
and her pleading for her little child.
I told her that she need not fear any
thing from me; that if nobody dis
closed it until I did, it would never be
known. That was the morning before
went to see my mother. Later in
the afternoon, 1 was uptown, and two
or three came to me and told me that
Miss harrington had sworn that she
saw me do it. I had been told that
you major Hart) had been employed
by the Blacksburg town council to
prosecute the case against me, and as
I did not know then who else to 60
to, kept out of the way"
As the next move, Mr.. Reese said
that he went to Mrs. Anderson and
told her that he was going, and that
if the worst came to the worst, he
would never give her away. Then he
went to the bank. There he learned
that warrant had been sworn out
against him, and that great mob had
collected. The mob was armed with
rocks, sticks and dispenaary bottles,
and he did not like to face it, 80 he
left out with the intention of remain
ing away until he should get the op-
portunity of employing counsel of his
choice. Afterward, he learned that
Major Hart had not been employed
for the prosecution, and he retained
him for the defense. 1t was a long
time until court, and not caring to
lie in Jail all that while, he remained
away until the 10Th of last June, when
he surrendered to the sheriff at Marion,
N. c., having selected that place in
order to avoid being taken by detec-
tives who had been looking for him in
the hope of securing the reward that
had been offered for his arrest.
In answer to questions, Mr.. Reese
denied that Mr.. Hughes had seen him
on the street that night, as has been
testified. He also said that he bad
never made confdant of MIR. Brown,
who was one of his worst enemies, and
said that Mr.. Browns statement was
utterly false. He also denied that he
had had any conversation with MIR.
Joseph Hayden. He had the utmost
respect for Mrs. Anderson. She was a
perfect lady. He had been interested
with her in business and she often did
writing for him. He had never made
compromising remarks about her to
any one, for she was pure and good
and he could not have done so.
On cross-examination, the witness
said his relations with Mrs. Anderson
had never been criminally intimate.
He had roomed in the Iron City hotel
at the time she roomed there, but
their rooms were not opposite. He
did not pay for the house Mrs. Ander-
son lived in, and it bad never been his.
He was a married man, but was not
living with his wife.
"You have abandoned her?"
Witness remained silent and did not