The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-12-12


sary.
The lumber which was ordered to
build the proposed new division fence
was hauled awav severa days after
the tragedy. The fence was never
| built.
! After the shooting | returned to my
louse and there remained until mad
Quicted my wife, who was very much
XCited, and then in company with MIR.
| Sanders drove 20 the sll aud volun.
| ,arily surrendered. | stayed in Il
| light days until released on ba' re-
turned 70 my home then where have
| been since living, following my usual
| avOcat.uu of pcUacrlng at my former
churches.
Bcllinger and myself had not seen
much OF each other since the marriage
| Nuen | ad dIress- nlm | called ntm
| Mr. Bellinger. | did not spcIk TO any
OF the Bellingers.
joe BrUwu, Col. Counts and 5 ii.
| Sanders told me OF threats made by
B 5ilinrer. | did not arm myself be
| 1ausc | was not fond Of carrying weep.
| Ons. ! had apprehensions that Bel
| lnger was going 10 shoot me, but not
U strong until tue day Oeiore tue
rOuble.
Coz. Counts advised me to Kill the
| Iegro or any one else who would not
|
| essity OF asking An olliccr OF the law
. get him out. | did not tell Mrs.
B5lling4r TO shut up" told her ~
| ave heard from you before"
y icstion by attorney gcnerai-W hen
.uu told Willie b .llinger To come on
| he street what did you mean?
Auswar-l meant to whip him II
ould. My height is q feet; weignL
| 40; that OF Beltiug5r ~ WAS feet and
H. ,t
| vas more nonor in whipping u man
physically than returning his words.
| OIestion-Why did you retire when
| you found Bcllinger had pistol
Answer-Dld not want That kind OF
| ! difficulty.
| Attorney Gcneral-You were then
| not willing to meet poor little
| w Willle B~nlnger rs man ana man usu-
I ally do, but you had something IN your
| uouse which would XIII an elephant.
| With this you wanted to meet Willie
| Bellinger who was only armed with
pistol, eh ? This question elected no
response and was rather dramatic in
It's appeal.
Mr.. Bellinger then asked witness II
the two witnesses who were put up this
morning by the defense, and who testi-
fed that he had rested his gun against
the pole, had I"suded " the truth.
He answered: mo, sir. That ls not
true"
A.ls concluded the examination OF
Mr.. johnson and he arose in HIS seat
and asked permission OF the court to
make a statement. The request was
granted and he said There Is no liv-
| ing human being who more regrets the
| tragedy which caused Wine BSl-
linger's death than | do.
| John II. Bellinger, the father Of the
deceased, testified Willie was 26
years old and was living at Barnwell.
| he visited me on April % and remain
ed until he was killed. lie was not in
Bamo oerg between March 2S aud Aurn
5. Willie must have seen J Johnson ire.
qnently preceding the homicide. A. he
was li'lhg next door to him W hile .t
NY mousse, ana was also frequently on
Ine streets. Willie attended court here
| 90 o.Inos aPner ana must haze seen
nlm there. The painting Of Tho fanoll
between Johnson's resideoca o,1 ioiCo i
hao been finished on nv side ana nH
hosG completed on the other heforo
Ine homicide occurred. When hnord
81 Ihe homicide | was in nv m 80 ma
L vent lmm ediately down and rr,., "mu ,r,,
vile at the foot of the stairs ,nny
ner oy inc arm (the witness here brI h.
uo"h ana could say no more for a faw
iiuu1es, crying and being overcome
s,n tSn re- ana we went by II. G. FOXES
Tpon w. VIC piace where the bodv Law
Ihere was some twitchinp of tho ,;,?y
alter we reached him, bnt M louVn n"nT
were spoken. | realized there ,n',,,Io 20
nope Tor him and carried NV liz Nv Nv
lnto our nome. | found two bncLSh't w
ana SIX NO. embedded in some ,,,,s,Li' oiioU
Ia MS coat pocket. On MemorIaI ISI' ~
in1 uay alluded to by Thomas FsIner
- LIS us 'esslmony, the case OF GreI0 and
Iomes bo,e vas oelng tried in the court
aton nouao ueie' Willie was actinp as
seehographer. Daring the nro".s az
the case hot words wern ] pnosr ress OF
tween Mr.. Jones and myself ANA J
came near being precipitated VIII
sd" the trouble and went to R,o,Ita,,,' lI,io
sIore 10 get pistol. B.forn hn
Curhea the trouble between Mr Lo,
ana hyself had been am cablv ad iHs,nI
,ba nen 1he testimony was concluded
VIC IVY was taken to the place of tha
'iioiue ana allowed to view ana or
thau 500 eno grounds, ETC., after which
and ,ha ro.urhed TO the court room
anu ehe arguments begun. Three 49,,
were allowed to each aide az 60 nours
"ere Six lawyers to sneak nanh ,"a,
conhheq 10 one hour speech 90
Col. Robt Aldrich led for doto,,,
..t o"ou y oy Judge liar for the nroso''
Iur'on no men they spoke In the foilow.
lug orGer: Senator Muyfeld for do.
Tense, Capt j A. Moonev for @ ,or uo'
t.Uh, AIh, non. Dan'l S. Henderson, Of
A'hen, closed for defense, and At,,or. W.
ney General G. Duncan BeIiingnn' ''Gr fn,.
mere was not standing room IN tho
large new court room when tbo ono
lDehts oegan, and the closest attont5fc
vas given all the SPEAKERS ,Tho ,"D|on.soh
ments oil showed the cIfacts ~ 10 "rguI
preparation, were well dnIynro%a' o%' Gu,
wen received: 1t Is seldom thai snrb
an array OF distinguished and ""S taasad Suod
lawyers are Ditted against Oacb n,ho',
| lh country court house, and i, ~ nn
wonder that every one in ra nv
' Bamberg turned out to ham o"on Vi
. broken shower OF eloquence. Il wonid
1 seem unfair to compliment one .neoah ou,b
' ana not the Others. Still this ,ya, 'potTn ~
. nrse appearance In this COUNTY nfGro, "lo
I yliles eloquent young lawvor CO.
j. D. a. Mooney, who came to as,i
prosecution. pr sec His speech brought tears tre
e 10 the eyes of many, and he heid ionrs .he
entire audience spellbourd and ,nbn one
y nc IooR mis- seat the presidinp i,d0a
r hau " suppress an attempt at annianse
q Col. Hendersons speech uas @
d Eae oest ever heard In this court bouse "a
}, ~ was forcible and logical, Tho o"se s,
g torney general closed. no "''