Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-27
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Columbia Record: Judge Watts made
a record breaking trial in the case Of
the State vs. John Livingston, charged
with assault with intent to ravish, and
Of assault and battery with intent to
kill. Livingston was taken from the
penitentiary Tuesday morning at $50
o'clock; arraigned in open court; plead
ed guilty in open court; sentenced to
10 years at hard labor in the penten-
tiary, and was put aboard Of the train
and was on the way for the peniten-
tiary to enter upon serving his sentence
at $50 o'clock. All occupied 20 minutes.
Livingston assaulted the step daughter
Of the keeper of the national cemetery
at Florence last fall.
Why? Why? Why?
Referring to income tax returns, Au-
gust Kohn writes The News and Cour-
ier as follows: Of course, it would not
be becoming to draw attention to the
individual instances, but it will be no
ted from the list Of payments made
that there are no men in 'Greenville, or
Union, or Anderson. or Abbeville, or
Richland, or even Edgef1eld county, who
claim salaries or incomes Of over $4,000,
and yet it would not be hard to find
state officers, judges, United States
senators, mill presidents, bank presi-
dents and many others in all of these
counties who evidently do not heed the
laws Of the state or to whom the in
come tax blanks have never been pre-
sented. It really does seem that audi
tors in some counties must almost re-
fuse to let taxpayers know Of the ex-
istence Of income tax returns; certain
ly they never present them as the law
requires.
Witness Runs Away.
Spartanburg Journal: Thos. ]. Min
mock, the newspaper reporter who was
the principal witness against E. o.
Dean, of this city, and two other Belle
vue Hospital nurses, who are charged
with the murder Of lunatic named
Hillard, has fled from New York and
the following Is a part Of letter writ
ten by him from Philadelphia: II left
New York Saturday. Stayed to the
last minute. I was subpoened for
Monday as I was to be recalled to the
stand, so I am now in contempt OF
court. I am glad got out, as would
be arrested anyway. The district at
torney turned on me something terri
| BILE. I am out Of New York at last
and am glad of it, and would like to
go farther, to Baltimore, as I might be
arrested for perjury. I am glad I can
never come back to New York, as l
never did any good in it. am going
to begin all over new" This man was
about all the prosecution had to make
out their case with the exception OF
two other lunatics and without him 1t
| is hardly possible to convict the nurses.
The Shooting of T"lbert.
Greenwood special of February 22 to
The News and Courier: Jim Tolbert
was brought here today by his broth
| er, r. r. Tolbert and Is now in town
H. Napier. r. r. Tolbert, accompan-
lied by Mrs. James w. Tolbert, left
here this morning at o'clock and re-
turned with the wounded man on the
1915 train from Augusta. DR.. J. A.
Meldau came with them and he, with
DR.. G. P. Neel, Of this city, made an
examination Of the wounds. One bal
entered the right side and pierced
both lungs. 1t is regarded as serious
but not necessarily fatal. The other
proved to be a slight flesh wound In
the arm. Tolbert was hurried to the
home Of Mr.. Napier, and when state7
ment was asked for late this afternoon
and tonight, he was sleeping and nothz
ing was given out. A perfectly accu-
rate account of the shooting seems
hard to obtain. DR.. Meldeau says THAI
the account from Mccormick, as given
in the News and Courier yesterday, is
as nearly accurate as can be given,
viz: Tolbert was at work repairing
one Of his houses in the town of
Mccormick when a crowd Of men
wearing their coats wrong side out and
masks over their faces rode up to him
and told him to leave. He made hos
tile move and one Of the party called
out to him "to surrender" Tolbert
then pulled his pistol and fired at the
speaker, who returned the fire, back
ing away from Tolbert at the same
time. The whole party then began to,
fire at Tolbert, who as soon as his
pistol was empty, ran for his life. BY
lodging behind obstacles he received
only two wounds and soon got out o.
the range OF the pistol. He was not
followed. Mr.. H. L. Martin, the other
wounded man, was able to be up today
and has returned to his home In Geor-
gia.
The Redistricting Question.
August Kohn in News and Courier:
The newspapers Of the state are TAX
ing a great deal of interest just now in
the matter of the congressional redis-
tricting of the state. OF course a great
deal will depend upon the ambitions of
certain leaders as to how the districts
are divided. There Is no question that
the smaller counties want to get with
other counties Of about the same vot-
ing strength as nearly as they can.
For instance, Beaufort and Georgetown
do not want to get in the same con-
gressional district with Charleston.
The Beaufort delegation was positive
on this point during the recent session,
and now comes the Georgetown Times
and gives expressions to the same sem
timents as to that county. 1t says: We
are glad to know that our legislative
delegation are not in favor of putin!