Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-14
ANOTHER STORY.

The Atlanta Constitution Of last Tues
day, contains story that seeks to put on
the presence of Charles T. Williams in
Blacksburg last week, phase that is en-
tirely different from the one that is gener-
ally accepted by the people who are best
informed as to the circumstances OF the
recent tragedy. The Constitutions story
is in effect as follows:
Mrs. Anderson had been separated from
her husband. The husband was still
madly in love with her. Charles L. Will
liams was a mutual friend. He came to
Blacksburg, something like year ago,
and had an interview with Mrs. Ander-
son, and shortly afterward Mr.. Anderson
came to the town. There wasa reconcile
alton and remarriage. Shortly after
ward there was another disagreement,
another separation, and Mrs. Anderson
returned to Blacksburg. Mr.. Anderson
was still not satisfied, and Mr.. Williams's
visit last week was made for the purpose
of repeating the good offices that he had
rendered before under similar ciream-
stances.
The reporter for THE ENQUIRER had
heard this story before going to Blacks
burg. 1t was repeated to him there; but
there were few who seemed to take any
stock in it. 1t is true that when Mrs. An
derson first came to Blacksburg, she stated
that she was divorcee and her husband
was still living. 1t is also true that there
was remarriage shortly afterward to her
former husband. The pair left for just ex-
actly where the reporter was not INFORM
ed but within month or such matter,
Mrs. Anderson returned.
There was testimony at the inquest to
the effect that Mr.. Charles T. Williams
was in Blacksburg about a year ago. He
represented himself as being from Min
nesota and engaged in the business OF
selling corsets, etc. He called on Mrs.
Anderson at the Iron City hotel, where
she was then living but none Of this came
out until after the killing. Then the first
person who remembered to have seen the
man before was Negro woman VINO
was at the time chambermaid at the hotel.
Williams, the deceased, leaves widow
and three children at Tunnel Hill, Ga.
The funeral took place at Tunnel Hill
last Sunday. According to The Constltu-
ton, it was the biggest funeral Iunnel
Hill ever saw. The obsequies were par
ticipated in by large number OF Masons
and knights of Pythias from surrounding
towns and the public generally attended.
The sympathies of q majority of the
people of Blacksburg are strongly with
the deceased. But few of them are IN
clined to offer any apologies for Mr.
Reese, and most of them would be glad To
believe that Mr.. Williams came on an
errand of duty. They are unable to in
terpret the letters from Mrs. Anderson,
however, that were found on his person IN
any such manner. It is true that Mrs.
Anderson claimed, or tried to claim, that
the letters were from her husband; but as
the result of the searching questions that
were asked by Attorney Hardin, but
little credence is accorded to the claim.
1t would be indeed pleasing if there
could be found some redeeming feature
about the very regretable affair. If there
is such feature it has not yet clearly ap-
peared. In the light Of all the facts that
have been developed up to this time, the
whole thing looks bad, very bad.