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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-07-15
Telegraph Briefs.

MADRID, July 9.-Senor Mella,
speaking 10 the chau, Der Of fdeputies. to-
day declared that the government
ought to be energetic in preparation for
the Inevitable conflict between the
United States and Spain, in which
Spain would prove her virility and ber
greatness.
BLAcKv1LLE. July 10 The dormi-
tories Of the South Carollra Co-Educa-
tioual Institute at Willietoa we're ouraed
this morning. The building and fur:'i-
ture are said 10 have been worth &c.
500; insurance $4,000. The FIRE is
supposed to have been of incendiary
origin.
CHERAw, July 10, 8 a. Pee
Dee river 1854 feet. Destruction of
crops Oh low-lands complete
SOCIETY HILL July 10.-The Pee Dee
river is on furious boom 1t has been
rising steadily and swiftly for three
days aud is BOW uearly to high water
mark, which is 80 feet Crops to a
great extent along the river will be
totally destroyed Up to this time they
have been foe. The freshet DO doubt,
will be the largest and most destructive
for several years.
LONDON, July 10 The deceased
wife's bill passed its third reading in
the house Of lords s6-night by vote
of 2O4 to l42 The Duke of Argyle.
the Duke OF Norfolk, the Duke of Rut
land and the whole clerical clique in
the house of lords did their utmost to
defeat the measure. but their efforts
we're unavailing.
GREENv1LLE. July 10.-T0e most
severe rainstorm for years has visited
the upper section Of the State since
Sunday afternoon. The pouring rain has
been continuing, except on yesterday
when it was clear part Of the day Last
nigbt ram started again aud continued
through the night and to-day Infor
matiop from every direction gives the
news Of serious injury to crops. All
lowlands are submerged. Corn and
cotton are suffering alike The extent
of the injury cannot be ascertained at
this time, but farmers are very gloomy
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-07-15
The Bond Legislation.
Col. Haskell Gives Interesting
Clrcumstantial
Evidence.
To the Epitor of The State:

To the Epitor of The State:
note in the debates of the candi
dates for the senate that my name is
brought in on several occasions. insin-
uations being made by different
speakers as to what | did during the
passage of the act to refund the State
debt. and what my motives were
Of course all the intimations as to
the latter are, as it customary with
the statements of this gang, utterly
false; but I think it is just that the
facts be brought out as they have
undertaken TO bring my name
in
When the bill came before the
legislature, l became satisfied that
in the matter of commissions it
was left so purposely open that the
gang might receive the commits
ions.
The reports of the debate and
amendments utterly failed to show
the most important amendment that
| offered, which was that no State
office or member of the general as.
sembly, should either directly or in
directly receive compensation in Con
nection with his business The
amendment was verbal one, and
was voted down uader motion to
lay Oh the table Not being in writ.
ing. it did not appear on the jour-
nails of the house, and the newspa.
pers failed to get it.
That was what l considered the
most important amendment that |
offered, was induced to do it by
my experience with the usual mode
of procedure of the gang.
Your readers will recall that one
of the first acts Of the Reform ad-
ministration was that the governor,
as chairman of the board of direc
tors of tha: institution, sold to the
asylum large quantity Of mich
COWS from his farm in Edge
field
always believed that there was
money dishonesty made in connec.
ton with the running of the phosphate
business of the State am free to
say that | could never get proof. as
the whole machinery was in the
hands of.the gang l may have been
mistaken in thinking this but always
have and always will believe
it.
When the bond bill came up it
seemed to be perfectly plain that
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the object, in putting It into the
hands of an utterly unknown and IN
influential man, was that he might
be made to share profits.
His statement to Mr. John 5.
Williams that large part of the
commissions had to be paid over to
men whose services were needed in
the general assembly seems to bear
this out
Of conrse any lawyer Of experience
knows that there was legal services
connected with the matter which
would not have been amply paid by
the $1,000, which are said to
have been paid Major Gary Of
Augusta.
| would not have said a word in
this fight between members of the
ring, but my name was brought in-
70 the discussions, and intimations
made that | tried to obstruct the
funding of the debt All | tried to
do, and failed. (Mr Duncan being
very active in opposing me) was to
hedge it around so ss to prevent any
of the gang from using their official
positions to make money out Of the
States business.
notice one gentleman in Berke-
ly says he thinks they were right in
making all the money they could,
for senators cannot live on their sal
aries. This is novel view to take
of the official duties of the State to
say the least.
John G. Haskell.
Columbia, S. g., July s, 1895.
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Hill considered Unsafe as
Temporary Chairman.

Special TO The Stare
CHICAGO, July 7,6P M-The ses-
sion of the convention to-day demon
strated that the silver forces are solid
and determined Easter. money, east
ern taffy and eastern menaces have
made no impression The majority
is unshakable
The overwhelming defeat of Hill
by Daniel means simply that the sill
yer men could not trust him in the
chair. Courtesy forbade expression
of this belief, but it Influenced the
action ofthe majority. 1t was feared
that by some adroit unfairness Hill.
as chairman, would have embarrassed
the silver cause. 1t was revelation
of the passing of the old and the
coming of new sectionalism when
the west voted solidly for all ex Con-
federate against the most popular
eastern Democrat
At this hour the prospes 5 for Boies
are improved. 1t is not believed
that: Bland can hold his strength
The east can nominate Band, and
may do so to handicap the cause, but
if desire to make the best of the
situation controls the gold men, they
will 60 to Boies, who is recogn lied
as the least Objectionable from any
standpoint and has made nc enemies
1t is still Bland or Boies with a third
man only as a possible product of a
deadlock
The South Carolina delegates have
not yet determined how to vote.
Chicago, July 7.-Boies is gain
ing National Committeeman Walsh
es Iowa, his manager, tells me to
night of steady ac"essions He con
siders the outlook brilliant for his
nomination and much improved over
yesterday Judge Van Wagner, Bo:
les alternate, gave out signal
statement tonight showing that the
gold men in the lowan delegation
broke their pledge when they voted
against Danielto day charging them
directly with treachery to Boies-
The statatement is having good ef-
feet in neutralizirg the effect of the
break which has been attributed by
Boies to deal with gold men.
The South Carolina delegates are
all but thee for Boies on informal
ballots they are subject to change
Teller's boiling congressional
friends addressed the delegation to-
night in his interest but no action
was taken.
1t is still undecided whether Till
man will be put up He is to make
a hot speech on the silver plank to-
morrow. South Carolina's delegates
have excellent seats in the conven-
ton hall on the front row to the left
of the chairman
n ~ Gon1ales
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Orpha HagadOrn the daughter was
next put upon the stand, and her testi-
mony was probably the most important
bearing upon the case. She is an un-
usually large girl for her age, being
only IL. She said Reeves and May
nard were cutting wood for her father
for their board at the time of the
shooting. | was taken sick on the
evening of an. 9Th, at eleven O'Clock;
told my mother, went into the front
room and she was up with me most Of
the night; father started for Belding
at 8 O'Clock next morning; handed
Reeves a note from mother before
father got up. Miss Morris came to
house at $50 or o'clock. Maynard
and | were in the kitchen, mother and
Reeves were in the front room. /
admitted Miss Morris: don't know how
long she stayed; door closed between
the sitting room and kitchen; Reeves
came out, said he was going TO the
woods; Reeves and Maynard went
together, and came back to dinner at
l1:30.
Witness here stated she was lying on
the lounge, and Reeves came into the
room and said he was going TO shoot
her father, and she could do as he
wanted her to. She then told how
Reeves got the two guns out of the
wash-room after dinner, and loaded
them. She had asked him not to do so,
but he loaded them both, went into the
yard, and fired them of, saying he
wanted To see il they worked all right.
lie then brought them in and reloaded
them; Maynard and | We're there at
the time; Reeves had asked him if he
would stand by him; said he was going
to make sure thing OF it; Reeves
went to the barn. and in half an hour
came back aud laid down on tie lounge
in the parlor. / saw father coming,
and Reeves got up and went FOR the
guns which were In the bedroom: took
one and went out. leaving the other in
the dinning room: put il back in the
washroom: he took the rifle.
Witness here testified that Reeves
had planned to do the job. Ten min
utes after Reeves left the house, Haga.
dorm came in and got his dinner. Fin
ishing his dinner Hagadorn started fol
the barn, and the next she heard was
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reherai airing at Dirty famiiy Linen
The Defene Claims the shooting Wa
Done In self Defense-Case VIII 60 &,
the Jury Today.
The work Of getting jury on the
Reeves-Hagadorn case was brought tC
an end at 9:i5 Friday evening, the fol.
lowing being the ones finally chosen.
Cyrus ). Laurence, Geo. Purdy, c. III.
Gilden. Watson c. Smell, Eugene Hunt,
q. M, Brown Elmer Wolverton, Albert
Hines, John w. Inman, II. j. Waugh,
w. f. Brickley and Dennis McVeigh.
In all 10 hlesman were summoned
before the attorneys were satisfied.
In opening the case for the people
Prosecuting Attorney Hawley review
ed the case exhaustively TO the jury,
after which lhe trial proper was put
under way. The first witness was the
complainant Chas. Hagadorn. who
testified to the facts in regard TO the
shooting about the same as they have
been given in the BANNER. Haga-
dorm then showed the jury where he
was shot in the back on the right side,
and said he vas AZ years of age, and
had lived at Siddville and Ludington.
He had beena resident of the county
20 years. Had had no trouble with
Reeves or Maynard; had told them
nothing about trouble with wife;
denied threatening to kill wife on Fri
day before.
On cross examination Hagadorn tes-
titled that Reeves followed him TO the
house and continued to shoot. That
he shot twice in the wash room and
once in the sitting room, striking the
stove, and again as he went into the
bedroom. This with the shot fired at
the barn, would make six shots.
a. A. Ellis stated that on the cross
examination the defense would endeav-
or to prove that Hagadorn began the
fight and continued it until he run out
of ammunition
Hagadorn said he sent word for his
wife To come home, but denied he ever
said he would kill her if she did not
come back and live With him. Said
he didn'tknow the gun he used was
loaded, and claimed he never kept a
loaded gun in the house.
The defense questioned witness as TO
how many times he had been convict
ed for assault and battery, and he
thought three times.
Here the defense took up the Jew
story, and witness testified that he had
known such man years ago, but the
story that he was in any way con-
nected with the affair he had never
heard of until the trial came up. He
had said the Jew could be produced in
three days.
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the report of the gun: saw Hagadorn
leave the house. Here she related
how her father came into the house,
falling i'm the kitchen and in the din
ming room: he got up and went out
doors.
Saw Reeves outside by the cellar door
next saw her father ringing the bell.
She testified that Reeves fired two
more shots, as he stood by the cellar
way, and then ran around and fired
two more; Reeves then came up to me
and said he was sorry | would not go
TO Chicago with him.
She saw one shot fired through the
window and thought two or three
were fired in the house. 1t was also
brought out during the testimony that
the son George had revolver which
was in good working order, and that
Reeves had one that was not. She said
her mother had told her that she Mrs.
Hagadorn) had changed revolvers with
Reeves; asked Reeves If he had been
hit said he thought he had been and
showed me a spot on his forehead; J
then went to Conner's.
On cross examination witness testi-
fed that her father had been drinking
some, not very much, was quarrelsome
when drinking. Her mother came to
her room that night at II o'clock, said
her father was mad. They sat up the
remainder of the night. She was i'll.
Said her father and mother quarreled
that day, were shut in the pantry.
Didn't know if he made threats
At noon the same day Reeves came
to her couch in the parlor and said you
can now do as | want you TO for | am
going to shoot your father. Said he
had used insulting language but she
had repulsed him through fear Of her
father. Said Hagadorn had promised
to buy her clothes but not to secure her
favorable testimony in his behalf.
Maynard instructed Reeves how to
load the gun and snen after left the.
place and did not return till after the
shooting.
She expected her father would be
shot as he came from the barn az din
ner time but was disappointed. Her
mother knew nothing of Reeves threat
to kill her father till late that evening
when she told her at the house of Mr.
Conner's. She first told what she knew
to Deputy Sheriff Alderman some
three weeks after the shooting. There
was nothing wrong between herself
and mother and Maynard and never
saw anything wrong between Reeves
and her mother.
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John B. Chaddock in his opening for
the defense said they propose TO prove
that the night before the shooting,
Hagadorn quarreled with his wife,
accused her Of intimacy with Reeves
and Maynard, and threatened TO kill
her If she didn't quit ''monkeying
with them. That the note sent by her
was warning to Reeves TO keep out
of her husbands way as he was mad and
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After Miss Orpha had finished,
Deputy Sheriff Frank Alderman was
next on the stand, followed by DR.. Me-
Donald, Miss Morris, Miss Root, Geo.
Conner, Allie Hotchkiss, John Green
OPP, Mr.. and Mrs. Benz. Hall, but moth
ing particularly new or worthy OF
special note was brought out.
On Monday Levi Heth, of Shiloh,
was sworn and his testimony seemed to
be more of a point for defense than
people Hagadorn had shown him the
window and said he thought Reeves
was SO close he could knock his d--n
head off; had pulled up and fired with
out aiming and knocked his (Reeves)
hat off; said "hai calculated to knock
his d-n head right or"
At this point Chas. Hagadorn was
recalled and denied drinking on the
day in question or for three weeks be-
fore-two any way. He then denied
ever saying the words charged by Mr..
Heth: denied that he ever offered his
daughter Orpha, $50 to stand by him,
but said he told her he could not dc
the work alone and if she'd stay he'd
take her away on visit and when they
got to Detroit he would buy her some
clothes; denied ever saying girl swore
to lie; denied telling had a row with
wife, denied threatening wife with
prosecution on charge of murder if she
didn't come home; denied offering to
bail her out If she'd come home; ad
mitted having words with her at jail
and telling her to go to hell; said she
talked saucy; ! asked her If she had
decided any property and she denied III
! have and do now keep girl away from
| her.
Orpha Hagadorn recalled, testified
she had told her father that Reeves
had tried to commit rape on her; thi;
was her first story
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THE HAGADORN CASE
REEVES TRIAL NOW ON IN THE CIR
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