Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30

noying her, and she had told him If he
came about her again she would kill
him. There were others in the house
who tell about the same story she does
about what happened just at the time
of the killing. She had come home
from Mr.. r. H. Cousar's, where she was
employed, when Lewis came in.' The
woman, in whose house she was stay
ing, said Mary ordered him at once to
get out, and told this woman to make
him leave: He had come in peaceably,
had said nothing to Mary, and said he
did not come to see her. yet she was
disposed to quarrel, and the woman
of the house told them to get out If
they were going to quarrel. The slay-
er pushed him out of the door, struck
at him with a knife, and then bolted
the door. When asked what she had
DONE she said, II cut him." Another
man, either in the other end Of the
same house or in another nearby, said
Lewis called him, and when he asked
him what was the matter, he said,
"She has cut me-" About the door
where the cutting is said to have been
done, a drop or two Of blood was
found. Some 20 yards along the pave
ment puddle of blood was found, and
the body was found at the corner OF
another house, some five yards farther.
The witnesses say that he came out
from the house where he was cut and
fell on the pavement where the blood
was found, bleeding profusely, then
after lying awhile he got up and went
to where he died, and while there 1t
would appear that there was good
deal Of passing between the houses be-
fore he was dead. The wound was a
wide cash partly severing the fifth
rib and laying open the heart. DR..
Brice says he could not have lived
more than three minutes after he was
cut. There Is a good deal to justify the
suspicion that the woman was not the
only one concerned in the crime.
When she was asked about the knife,
she said she didn't know where 1t was;
that she threw it down. An examina-
tion did not reveal it about her person,
and dilligent search was made about
the scene of the killing. A more
searching examination Of her person
was made the next day, and the knife
was found in her corset. 1t has large
long, blade with a keen point. The
woman came here not long ago from
Charlotte or elsewhere, but she Is orr
ginally from Bascomville, where it is
said she stabbed another man, and
fled from justice. She made no effort
to escape on this occasion.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, March q: Our esteemed
sheriff, Mr.. ]. P. Hunter, who has been
under treatment at the Pryor santa
rum, at Chester, the past month OF
more, has returned home. His many
friends throughout the county will be
glad to know that he is much improv-
ed and is on fair way to speedy re-
covery.. Mr. Thomas Reeves and
Douglas Horton, were married by ]. N
Estridge, N. P, at White Bluff, Sun
day, Oath instant. Married. on Wed
nesday, goth instant, Mr.. Charles W.
Griffin and Miss Emma Bass. The GER
emony was performed by Rev. Joe Ben
nett, Mt the home Of the brides faith
er, Mr.. Jno. Bass, at Marshville, N c.
Judge Townsend returned Mon
day, and the court Of common pleas
was opened. Ringstaff VS.. the L. & c.
Railroad company, suit for $4,000 dam
ages brought by the widow Of Frank
| Ringstaff, whose body was horribly
mangled by a train Of the said railroad
company at Bear Creek trestle, year
or so ago, was the only case on the
docket requiring a jury. A jury was
empaneled and the remaining jurors
were discharged. Jos. Clark represen-
ted the plaintiff and E. Moore the de-
fendant. At the conclusion of the tes-
mony Of the plaintiffs witness yes
terday, the defendants attorney moved
for nonsuit on the ground that there
was no evidence tending to show neg
ligence on the part of the defendant;
there being no evidence to show that
the place where the killing is said to
have occurred was a travel place
within the meaning Of the general
statutes. The presiding judge sustain
ed the contention of the defendant and
granted the motion for a nonsuit. The
Jurors were then dismissed.