The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-10-01
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4 when he left store Saturday night.
! Met Mack Young at hotel and DR..
Going near corner. / wanted to see
it Meador was taking things. out Of
stock. On October 9th, when nv
i year expired | was employed until
next October. Monday night when
] wentto leave store, tue telephone
/ hell rang. 80 s I
Objected to. s:
! On Monday DR.. Meador asked me
it we had any candles IN stock.
When | carried Dixon's account to
him he wanted to return some he had
not used. l told him we had none
in stock. DR.. Meador fixed up a
lantern that day and set it on table.
lie asked me about oil for it. Had
never seen him do it before. He
rarely ever went into the cellar. lie
went into the cellar two or three
times Monday, something he rarely
ever did before.
Cross examined by Mr.. Munro.
My age is twenty-one next Dccem+
Der. Am son of j. E. Cotton. Live
corner South and Bachelor street.
DR.. Mcador and | parted at YoungR
corner, opposite bank building. Left
store eight minutes 70 10 o clock.
Were talking as We walLn;'~.sus !.
Uah ron" tn vat at Col. 1oungs
side gate, opposite Furr 4 Thomson's
back door, Walked right back. The
moon was shining, almost straight up.
Was not cloudy, but got cloudy after
wards. Meador came back On oppo-
site side Of street.
Mr.. Munro: Did you like that !
kind of business!
Not much, was not much in love
with watching my employer.
He walked in store and / went to
hotel. Staid there only two or three
minutes. Saw some men playing
carls-Mr. Halle, John Crawford,
Mr.. Cannon, Floyd Lilies and Charley
Smith, and several others, don't re-
vEuEu5.- hen went in the hotel +,
thous sht MeadoTs purpose to set FIRE.
Don't remember seeing night watch II
man. With thought of fire in my
mind don't know whether | would
have noticed him or not. ! went to
to Farr & Thomson corner; still
saw no light in store. Then thought
of danger of both fire and theft from
storo. Thought did not occur to me
to 20 to DIR. Smiths at that time.
Went back to hotel. Going back |
put on macintosh. Went up to
hotel third time and got behind rock
pillar. Staid there four or five Mill
utes. Mack Young came TO hotel
going to Con Young's store. DR..
Going came out Of store and went
down street. Store was closed md
lights out. He disappeared at corner
presumed he had turned corner. Met
Mr. Austell crossing rocks at Dukes.
We went down to store fast.
\ lamp was missing the next
morning, the ono Mr.. Sawyer bor-
rowed when he got married. 1t holds
about quart of oil. Did not see
whether he carried it with him or not.
| had not missed it before. Also
missed things that were taken Satur-
day or Monday pound of cathartic
pills, pair of gold eye glasses and
soap. Meador never took articles
out of store and paid for them. DIR.
Smith always paid me when he took
out an article, or came to me or
Meador and had it charged. 1t was
his invariable practice.
Question: Would Dr.. Mcador do
that?
Answer l would see him take
things and not charge them repeat
edly.
First noticed him taking goods
from store Friday afternoon and
until Monday. l told DR.. Smith of
his taking things-told him of an oc-
casion when Kerosene was taken.
This had been going on for several
years.
When Austell and l went into the
building it was about fifteen minutes
from time Meador and | left store.
The back door Mr.. Austell said was
locked. / did not examine it. Think
door leading to closet from store was
locked. 1t was closed
When we went down | picked up
the candle and removed it. | locked
store and told Austell not to let any
one come in. / went for DR.. Smith.