Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-11-07
Saturday, November Z, 1896.

iff keep the jurors together during the
night in charge of constables, and see to
it that they were provided with proper
comforts; also that there should be no
communication with anybody from the
outside.
The first witness sworn on Friday
morning was Mr.. J. w. Thomson, pro-
prietor of the Merchants's hotel. He rela-
ted the circumstances of Williams's arri
val in Blacksburg, and identified the
name, 81. H. Williams" on the hotel reg
lister as having been written by him. He
then related all the circumstances that de-
veloped after the finding of the body and
identified the various articles that he and
Mr.. Duncan had taken from the body Of
the deceased. The revolver was found
in the inside pocket Of tightly buttoned
vest. Practically all the facts in his testi-
mony have already been printed. Just
before Mr.. Thomson took the stand, the
lady witnesses for the prosecution retired
from the court room. This was because of
certain testimony as to the identity of
certain articles that had been found in the
pockets of the deceased. The cross exam
ination of Mr. Thomson developed moth
ing material.
Mr.. Ira Hardin, surveyor, swore to the
correctness of plat of the scene Of the
killing that he had made and gave the
distances from the scene of the killing to
all the homes of witnesses and defen-
dants, etc.
Miss Mary Harrington testified that on
the night of the killing she was reading
in an upper room in the residence of Mr..
|G. NJ. Moore. About $50 o'clock, she
heard three pistol shots-one. and then
after an interval, two more. She marked
the place in her book, Household Angel
In Disguise" and placed it in her trunk.
Then she walked out in the piazza, clos
| ing the door behind her. Looking across
the street she saw two men at point just
IA steps beyond Reese's house. One OF
the men said in subdued tone, "hush."
I watched them. One Of them went into
Mr.. Reese's piazza, either inserted key
or unbolted the. door, and walked in.
This man certainly recognized as Mar
| ion R. Reese. There was light in the
house Of Mrs. Anderson. I could see it
through the blinds, which were not
closed. The other man went to this
house and in an excited tone of voice
said "Let me in, quickW The door
was opened from the inside and the man
entered. This man certainly recog-
nized as Daniel F. Luckie. After he en-
tered, the light that had been showing
through the window stats went out. She
had known Mr.. Reese for four years and
was certain that she was not mistaken.
Miss harrington, were you before the
coroner's jury?
Yes, sir.
How many times?
Twice.
Did you state there all you have stated
here?
No, sir; only the first part:
| Why did you not state 1t allY
Counsel for the defense objected and the
objection was sustained; but during the
cross examination witness gave as rea-
son that she did not make full statement
before the coroner's jnry the first time be-
cause she had not been subpoenaed.
On cross-examination witness said she
was conducting mantua making busi-
ness. If Mrs. Anderson was in the same
business she had no knowledge OF 1t.
Was not conscious of any rivalry be-
tween them. She knew Mrs. Anderson
ONLY by sight. Denied that she had said
after the killing that she hoped the l09th
Psalm, 7th, Sth and 9th verses, would be
| fulfilled in the case of Reese. Denied also
that she had said at the coroner's inquest
that she had not seen anyone on the
streets either before or after the shooting,
and on being confronted with her signed
statement to that effect, asserted most
positively that it was mistake. She had
seen man going along on the same SIDE
of the street she was on, carrying a lantern
little after the shooting, but did not rec
ognize the man. Just after the shooting
she had heard footsteps going up the
street, but they suddenly died away and
she heard nothing more of them. Mr..
Duff had afterwards told her that the
man with a lantern was DR.. Ramseur.
Did not tell Mr.. G.. NJ. Moore that there
was another man in the street walking up
toward Mrs. Summers. Said she had
heard some heavy walking up the street.
Did not know who had taken down her
testimony at the coroner inquest. -,
In redirect examination witness SAID
she had recorded the facts in the case i'm
mediately after their development. :,
| Re. Gross: Why did you say you heard
footsteps going up the street after the
two men went into the house?
did not say it.
Mrs. o. A. Osborne recalled to testify
to the cause of the quarrel that Reese hsd
with her. Defence objected and the jury
was sent out. Mrs. Osborne then told
the story. Mr.. Reese had accused her OF
talking about himself and Mrs. Anderson.
She denied that she had done such thing,
and then Reese had insulted her by in
timating improper conduct on her part.
His honor ruled that this had no bearing
on the case, and the jury was brought
back into the court room.
Mrs. Charles T.. Williams, widow OF
the deceased, was the next witness. SheI
is rather good looking woman OF per-
haps 35 years of age, and has thought
full, intelligent, but somewhat careworn
face. She said that at the time OF the
killing, she knew her husband was off on
trip; but did not know where. She
identified large number of letters found
among her husbands papers. and these
were put in evidence. |
In the cross examination, she admitted
that she had been visited at her home in
Tunnel Hill, Ga, by Detective W. H;
Newbold, sometime ago; but denied
that she had made any proposition to
give the detective Ia percentage Of the
amount she might receive as the result OF
the pending damage suit. on condition