The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-03-08

when | heard the discharge OF q pistol.
| then ran back n saw Dr.. Bivings.
He covered me with two pistols and
say, Don't come towards me, | am your
friend and you are mine" l backed
back at once. When | backed back he
turned add tired the fourth shot at, l
suppose, his son, Cam, | did not see
him. heard no words passed between
them. | did not see Cam. l then ran
back and told George that Sid had
killed Uncle Tom. He laughed, but
hualiy went TO him aud then went after
u doctor. The last | saw II. j. Trim
mier he was landing talking to Mr..
Gray. l Kno it was Dr. Blvings who
aid the shooting, for he was the only
man in the house. DR.. Biyings did not
call me by name. l have q nickname.
1t Is Scrap | did not hear it spoken.
| saw Btvings shoot the fourth shot
and saw Cams hand afterwards. | did
not see BIvlngs come into the Office,
but saw him go out"
e.. G. Avaut, sworn, says: "Yester-
day as | came out into the oil ;e Mr..
CAN'T said: SD Bivings has killed
Uncle Tom | laughed at him aud
said, L guess not" l stepped to the
printing office door and saw Sid Biv-
ings near the door with u pistol in his
right hand. Could not SEQ his left one.
| stopped down then and looked in Mr..
Irimmier's Office n saw him sit-
ting in a char with his head thrown
back. L caught hold Of him and
Strengthened him out. He never spoke
after | got in there. DR.. BIvings had
been with us all the morning.
They seemed to have been the BEST Of
friE"ds. Never had any hard feelings
put once n that was amicably settled.
Dr.. Bivlngs has made tina headquar-
ters lately. He had been there some
time. | left him there, but he Vas
gone when L got back at 2 o'clock.
Killing took place about 3 o'clock"
II. Z. Robertson, sworn, says: Eyes.
teruay afternoon DR.. Bivines came to
my utlire, the Western Union Tele-
graph ohlce. | was senGing "a message
at the time and tod him | would wait
on him directly. He pushed the door
open and came in. He pulled off his
hat and stood there. | said: Doctor,
[ can talk TO you, but | can't get up. |
dm sending u message He advanced
towards me and said: 'The same old
thing l said: How is that, doctor?'
| thought he had reference to some old
telegram. He said: You know what
they said about my wife last night
replied: L do NOS understand He
said: Come down, come down.
Then [ got up. He said: Put
your Inland here; put your hand
here; | am - Knight Of Pythias; don't
be AFRAID He held his hand as if he
waoted me to take it and | took his
!, nand. He then said: They could talk
about me, but when they talk about my
wife. l could not understand, buI
ne said something like that was an
, other thing. Then ne went on out.
I, heard no threats of his. Have not hac
= Il confidential conversation with him il
:, six months. He has never intimatet
y in any way that he intended to do thl,
crime. | did not even know to wha
he had reference sreaking Of tho nigh
: before and made the remark that thu
man VAS crazy. He came back afte'
!, the killing with Mr.. McAbee. He hat
= two revolvers and McAbee said: 'Yo,
don't want to see him. and he said
Yes, | do McAbee hesitated abou
y coming in to where | was at. II,
!, showed the gate open, came in and Nc
Ahec followed. | got up and met tn,
u doctor and he make some remarks tina
| did roh catch, but said: There wa
Que other that [ ought to have killed,
He called the mans name, but did no
!, catch the name. He said a ma
That wcu.d not protect his wife's nam
/ not u man; or Is a mighty poor man
y He did q refer to the decea ed betOr
or after the killing. He said to Nc
> Ace: Come on, you want me-"
=. Did Swings say to you that yo
knew what kill him for?
Z A He did not
Mrs. NJ. A. Po'a, sworn, says; ''
was in Il. j. Trimmier's book store.
was talking to young Mr.. Trimmie
u when the shots wero fred. | hear
DR.. Bivings ssak&iter he had shot tn
q second time: You have insulted m
e wife | heard Mr.. TRIMMER say
a What do you mean? Do you mean t
n | bill ,,nD' H. ,n-1n no ,.,l -. -
e peated the above assertions In regar
to his wife. He fired third shot afte
the ab)ve conversation Cam. went be
p hind the counter, went to a drawer
and, | think, got a pistol. DIR. BivinG
had quite shooting then and was St, nt
ing on the platform in front of t4e flee
n When Cam went up to Dr.. BIyings h
(Bivinga) said: Go back, tits is n
c cniid'a play" / left the house imme
down there. | know no more. Don
g know who did the last shooting. Econ
I door was Shut, but not1ocked. Shoot
ing Il down in rapid succession
Cammie was behind the counter.
! heard BL%5ags say: You have insulte,
my wife, Cam never opened hi
mouth, but came from behind til,
counter and met Bivings face to fac,
q in passway.
" ~ Iou hSoI II vi. IWO SlOU
t after you left the room?
Z A. | would cot say, but 1t sounded
like two shots.
> The corouer's jury returned the fol
lowing verdict: 1--WE, the Juror.
assembled In the case of the State va
the dead body of r. j. TRIMMER, fine
that the said II. j. TRIMMER came tc
t his death by pistol shot wounds will
F., fully and faloniously inflicted by DR. S
/ j. Bivings."
Tnomason 81 Sims are representing
DR.. Bivings and G. p, Sanders, ESQ,
who Is a brother to the lead mans
wife, will assist the State in the prose.
cution.
Young Campbell Trimmer, who was
shot in the han |, Is painfully, but not
seriously wounded.
Mr.. Thos. j. TRIMMER was born In
Spartan burg ar was Az years OF age,
and in early fe married a Miss San
ders, sister Of G.. p. Sanders, ESQ, one
OF the leading attorneys of the Spar.
tanburg bar. and also a sister Of State
Senator Sanders, of Colleton County.
From this union there are five chill
dren, four boys and one girl. Although
4 early youth he had to struggle
against the rebuffs and discontinue OF
chill penury, he rose above-the natural
environment and accumulated a hand