The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-28
BROOKS MUST DIE.
Continued from Tenth Page.

ness that he did not know where Patter-
son was, and that though he had made
efforts TO find him, these efforts had been
altogether without success. He had been
in court the afternoon before, said the
witness, but had since disappeared
In reply to the questions of the solicit
tor general the witness said Patterson
had attended the court, for purposes of
the case against Brooks. either before the
grand jury or upon days set for the trial,
on FIVE different occasions. He had been
on hand Feb. % and March s, II, q and %.
Mr.. Sweeny said that on each occasion
he had obtained the attendance of the
witness by mailing him a subpoena, at
Columbia, S. c. The witness said further
that on the first day of the trial during
both the morning and afternoon sessions
Patterson had been in court, and that
there had been abundant opportunity Civ
en- the witnesses for the defendant to in
spect and identify him.
zone minute, Mr. Sweeny," said Mr.
Oliver, as the witness started to leave the
stand. Have you a warrant for Patter-
sons arrest?"
Yes, sir
Have you served that warrant?"
mo. sir. 1 made an effort to do so
yesterday evening, between and s
o'clock AS approached the boarding.
house on Harris street, where Patterson
was said to live, he came out of the
door. Whether he saw me or not, he
ran, and I ran after him."
We'll, did he get away?'
II haven't seen him since"
In answer to questions by Mr.. Oliver,
the witness said that the warrant was
signed ana handed him by Magistrate
Bevans q few minutes before clock on
Tuesday afternoon. The magistrate had
signe and issued the warrant in the
sheriffs office, while the case was in
progress. Mr.. Oliver had handed the war-
rant 10 the witness and told him to exc
cute it.
WAS there any secrecy about it?" ask
ed Mr.. Oliver.
''No. sir it was done openly"
Very openly, was it not. Mr.. Sweeny?'
asked the solicitor general.
Very openly"
The Solicitor on the stand.
Counsel for the defendant then placed
the solicitor general on the stand. In
answer to questions propounded him, Mr.
Osborne said ne had been approached by
Mr.. oliver relative to the issuance OF
the warrant, and asked If he had any OBJ
jectons He said he had tod counsel he
was not in a position to make objections,
as counsel had a perfect legal right to
swear out the warrant and cause the ar
rest of Patterson if he so desired.
r. l.. Peterson was the next witness
was fireman on the Seaboard Air Line
Railway and that he had known Martin
H Patterson for more than six years. He
had seen him in South Carolina, at Den
mark and other places, frequently during
the time mentioned. He had seen him
in the Court House on the day preceding.
He was the man who had testified on the
stand.
He had seen Patterson, four years ago,
when he was brought TO Denmark, under
arrest. At the time the witness was in
the milling business at that point. Pat
terson was then charged with robbing Miss
Langford. a school teacher, while she was
a passenger on the train on which he was
a fireman
The witness said he was well acquainted
with Pattersons character for truth and
veracity; that this character was bad,
and that from his knowledge of 1t he
would not believe Patterson under oath.
In the cross examination by the solici'
tor general. Peterson said that Patter-
son had been a fiagman on a Seaboard
Air Line train last winter. He had first
seen him during September and thereaf-
ter had continued to see him at intervals
during four or five months. AT this time
the witness was still living at Denmark.
Patterson's run during this time carried
him, for twenty miles, through the coun-
ty in which the indictment against him
"a
times week. So far as the witness knew
no effort was made to cause Pattersons
arrest during this time and none was
made until he was arrested by Sheriff
Caughman, of Lexington county, on the
morning of the first day of the trial,
Brooks Statement.
The statement of the defendant, rela-
tive to the crime with which he was
charged. was made at this point of the
trial. Brooks had not a great deal OF
nerve left him, and he was i'll at ease
while he addressed the jury. Several
times he had to be exhorted to speak
louder, so that the jurymen sitting farth-
est from him could hear and understand
what was said.
For the first time since he was arrest
ed. Brooks admitted pubcly that he shot
Walter Burns and entered upon a somewhat
extended explanation of how this had
been done. He said the shooting Of
Burns had been justified by the latter's
apparent effort to take his life. When he
was arrested and several times on later
occasions. Brooks stoutly protested he
was not the man who shot Burns and
had nothing to do with it.
From this point he started in to de-
scribe his actions up to the time when Po-
liceman Fender was shot His statement
in his own words and just as he made
IL, is as follows
II walked swiftly across West Broad
street; 1 walked down West Broad street
TO Liberty; / goes down Liberty to Mont
gomery; he CBurns) was after me, behind
me. When I got to Liberty and Mont
gornery, on the corner there, saw Eddie
Clements and this woman Clifford Lucas.
That was the reason ] did not go in the
lane. ! goes to Perry street; when l got
TO Perry street l heard three loud shots,
as ! was crossing Montgomery street l
had the pistol in my hand. l was trying
to put it in my pocket and it fell, and 1
stopped TO pick it up.
LAS / went around the corner, going
into Perry street, l heard three loud
shots, right behind one another; stopped,
thinking this man was shooting at me,
but he was not shooting. After l stopped,
went on Perry street until got to JEFF
ferson street. just as 1 got to Jefferson
street heard two more shots. AS l got
TO Jefferson street. just as l got there,
heard two more shots; 1t seemed to me
as if they were at the corner of the lane
there or near Liberty street. 1 saw some
onerunning down Jefferson street and turn
down into Perry street. going towards
Barnard. was standing down on Perry
street. so / go down. / walked down JEFF
ferson street on the right hand side of
Jefferson. in the shadow Of those houses