The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-03-31

al and departure from his home. After
thinking the matter over, he remem-
bered that about that time he had
married three coup!es and had iotted
the date do7nin 2 book of skeleton
sermons he kept. He hunted this
hook M and found that he had made
q note of having married one of these
couoles-a rurswav couple in Ham
bure-on Octoser 2lst. The murder
was committed on October 90. Muir
phv had spent tne Dist at his house
and LETT that evening. His wife and
daughter wsre examined and corrob-
grated his testimony in every respect
eycept that the7 could not be certain
as +o the dates
Strono affida7ifs as to the chara cter
- 10 Pav Mr. N,rnnv we're nresent.
al S sirned h. Sheriff PstricE T
0'connor TaT coIlsctorC s Rohler
S.J:nann y ~ W 2 WsIsc end Toei
Sn:th s,,ne.;n+endent NJ the Kino
CottSn mills Dr. LANSING Burrows
the 80 1 ~ - 4,e E;rst 70 nf;st ch1rc5
~ knoUsts one of tho noost nror1i-
~ nen4 6igines in tha south certified That
10 bod bear nresent at M Mnrnhv's
or6;noti,n In tha noinis+rv
~ S5. r N-..ns-,s w I ~ tas+;rnor, o1so 10.
oIa-aJ ~ bot fba o,,n ~ith vhic, tha
LII Lii, ~ - - T-eeS1rer Cones vas aIIased
- ,tt 80 = hoen 5one wes IN biS boI,se 81
tbe N nt;,U 1;na I ~ the iziiIin@ -
IA AZ - ~ So..r.1I tbe, sbogod b- Tohr
Morcon @ osri91. snd Tonaes 49, Morgsn ] b;s h,oth.
-, So Nan W,,nnbT ~ 1909 Ie1t
et, ena' pasoI IsisIS Ss, BY ,a-ov 49, AZ r,,,,sts %
s,o5o snd tSat 10 wSen he brolsnn store keeo,
,uS 49, ~ - Ian,,a-1 ~ T 1907 Wrrnhv boncht
So na - IoSn Mo-yon q g,,n wSich tSev
a Jeser;bad o and one Of them stated that
he haG cut four letters on 1.-TWO
HTso snd two "H'sn-on lha stock.
The onn sent nm from Ocaneeburg
wss shown them and was testified by
both a. beine the same Gun. The gun
eyhihited To them was the same that
was nsed in the evidence and present.
ed dnrino fhe trial
Tken The affidavits of Mrs. Mere
dith and others as to the sOldsrine of
gnn for Dan Murpbv in January.
1884, were presented This was the
same GUN.
Wessrs Jesse and Tnomas Butler
testified that Dan Murphy keot store
at Beech Island, and corroborate6. the
reasons as to that statement and also
that Murphy sold out in January,
1894.
Policeman Dave Murphy OF Angus
ia, brother Of the convicted man,
was then examined. as told about
his visit to his brother. Dan had re-
fused to talk to Governor Ellerbe and
to Mr.. Carroll. He had said that he
had been treated so that &c was afraid
to talk to anybody but his brother or
father. He had bsen given, he said,
no showing at all to have MS side Of
the case presented and he could not
make any one balieve him. The pris.
oner had told him all about his gun.
He had traced toe gun about and as
shown by the afidavits and evidence
the condemned mans story had osen
borne out in every respect. This was
the gun that witnesses had sworn at
the trial had bean bought By Murphy
in Oransebarg.
Mr. Carroll when called Murphy's
aged father in and the latter brought
With him the gun that had bean bought
in Orangebure. Il was found at III.
mer's. S. c., Just where the prisoner
said it would be found; there were ac-
conopanyine afidayits.
| An Augusta man sent an affidavit
that Holland. the detective who had
| worked up the case against Murphy,
had told him, speaking of Clem Bars,
that they had got the woman all right;
they had kept her in a good humor
with whiskey until she got upon tie
stand and "you bet she knew what to
saw" The deponent asked Holland if
he meant to saw he had been getting
testimony by foul means and Holland
| quickly turned il off beginning tc
taiE shout something else
The other testimony presented was
inst &C stronr