The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-11-10
TIE wArCHMAN AND soUTHRoN, NOVEMBER TO- 1897.

she had shot llr. Lewis, ali present for
q moment sat dumb with amazement.
When they saw that she had tainted,
all were Immediately possessed by the
desire to minister to her wants, the re-
suit being, as is usual in such cases,
that the PROSTATE form Of the young
woman was surrounded, and she was
deprived of all chance of fresh air. For
tunately DR.. Snow was present, and,
calling upon Lucas to assist him, to-
gether they bore her from the room,
permitting only couple of women to
follow them.
The squire, utterly confounded at the
unexpected turn of events, scarcely
knew what to do next, and in order to
gain time declared recess Of ten min
utes. The jurymen started to leave their
seats, but the squire requested that
they would not do SO and that they
would not converse about the case with
the other persons present. The crowd
fell to discussing the situation and a
hum of voices filed the room. Mr..
Barnes and Mr.. Upper arose and went
on the stand with the squire.
"Well, gentlemen, said the squire,
'.this is a surprising affair What shall
we do now?''
.sMr. Barnes" said the lawyer, you
are more ccnversant with the case.
What is YOUR o3iricn nf Miss Marvel's
statement
Gentlemen, said Mr.. Barnes, it
is evident that Miss Marvel really be-
lieves that she killed Mr. Lewis. It is
plain to my mind, however, that we
should be most careful il accepting such
theory. In the first place would call
attention to the evidence offered by Dr..
Snow. He tells Us that he found two
wounds, one having passed through the
nightdress, and the other not. This SIM
pie fact proves beyond doubt that the de-
ceased changed his clothing after re-
ceiving the first wound. Therefore it is
manifestly clear that the shot which
Miss Marvel admits she fred at him
could rot have proved fatal, for if SO
we would be obliged to believe that the
other wound was made by the bullet
from the pistol of Lucas IN order to ac-
count for their being two wounds, but
these shots followed IN such close sue
cession that there YVES not time for him
to have effected the change Of clothing.
''.Ehere is, however, q bare possibil-
ity that he had ALREADY received the first
wound and was in bed, when, attracted
by the cog, he arose and went to the
window. In that case he might have
been killed by the ball from Miss Mar
vel's weapon. Thus far, however, we
have 10 evidence that would substar-
tiate suspicion CT this kind. Hiss Car
penter aud 5Gr. Everly would have
heard the repo1tiif q slot had been fired
earlier. Hiss Carpenter heard shots at
9 O'Clock, the time when Miss Marvel
discharged her weapon. There is, how
ever, more convincing evidence which
I can adduce to ccrToborate nee in the
stand which / take { am in couct
whether the wound which Gid not prove
fatal was made by Hiss Marvel or not,
Or whether By Llcas, either accidental
y, as he claims to have fred, or with
design. But I arl positive that neither
Of the shots fred at that hour was the
one which destroyed tie life Of the de-
ceased. +"
ssYou allude to the scrap CO paper Of
which you told ,ne, do you not:" asked
Mr.. Tupper.
"I do,' replied Mr.. Barnes. "But
let me explain to the coroner, SO that he
may be convinced Of the necessity CT
continuing. I found upon the table in
the parlor e sheet CT paper upon which
was written, IF am dead il the morn
ing, my murderer ;s'-the sentence be
ing unfinished. This seems to prove
that Mr.. Lewis recognized his first as
sailans at least, and that, fearing death,
he meant to warn Us as to the identity
Of the person. True, the name does not
appear, but the words are sufficiently
significant. / presume there IS no doubt
as to the writing?" Mr.. Barnes handed
the paper to the squire, who examined
It closely and with great interest After
moment he replied:
81 recognize this as tie handwriting
cs Air. Lewis. Lam perfectly familiar
with it. and there can be 10 doubt .
e Ess [ro BE Continued