The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-04-17


for him to come down While be
was at the 'phone | put on my hst
and went out and went up to the
club and when got there it was 10
minutes to 3 He acted very excited
ly-it was suppressed excitement
He impressed ne as being unduly
excited and just pure alcohol 1t look
ed would no, have excited him so
much
he was in hurry when he came
into the store and seemed anxious to
get right to the phone. l got in q
back and rode up to the club 1t
was not over 20 minutes to 3 when
left the club and it could not have
taknn over two or three minutes to
90 to the cIub-as the Hub coruer.
Mr. Muller was positive he heard
the shot between 2 and 2 80 o'clock.
DR. GIBBES' STORY
DR. Robt W Gibbes was then call
ed. He was told to relate what be
knew of the case He told how he
had received q telephone call to
come to the building He had not
received any name and on reaching
there did not know to whom to 90
He went into Mr. Mul!eF's store and
asked if any one bad selephoned to
him from there MIR Muller replied
that Mr. Barney Evans had been
there al then went to Mr Evans
room and knocked at the door Mr.
Evans opened the door, pointed to
man on the bed and told me 70 do
what l could for him After short
examination l told Mr. Evans the
mao was dying Mr. Evans became
very much excited and pushed me
away from the mans side / then
told Mr. Evans that l would go over
to the drug store and get an instru
mens / would need in attending the
case Thereupon he forbade my
leaving the room and grabbed me by
the shoulders
"Whas force did he use p
.'It was more of a threatening
character
He was then wildly excited
After some discussion with him |
succeeded in getting away from his
room. aud Immediately went to police
headquarters and reported the cir
cumstsnces Officers Duuning aud
WilliDgham returned with me to the
room After Is or 20 inmates. per
baps, Mr. Evane was removed from
the room. and stayed With Dir
Griffin until be died at quarter of 4
O'clock He was in bed on his
back, covered partly over Mr. Griffin
was rapidly dying aud was uncon-
scious. He was totally unconscious
The room was not in q disoEdered
condition generally Blood was scat
tered abou. the foot of the bed. floor
and so on. The pistol was on the
table about the center of the room.
On the side of the table fartbest from
the bed was the revolver partially
covered with o chsmois also
noticed walking stick somewhere
on the floor between the table and
the bed. There was Derby hat on
the table It was dented in several
places (The hat was shown him
He was also shown the stick Both
were identified
D: Gibbes did not take towel off
the rack and put over the dead mans
face Mr McCormick and Dr. Philpos
were in the room He "afterwards
noticed blood in the brsin, but knew
how it got there Mr Evans washed
his hands in the basin, but be had
got this blood on his hands after he
was told Mr. Griffin was dyipg-he
rubbed Mr. Grifin's hands aud got
blood on them thas way" He 20
ticed powder burns on the shirt and
on the back of Mr GriHn's right
hand He accused me of killing
Mr. Griffin IN wild, Irrational aud
frerzied sort of way
He bad given Mr. Griffin bypo-
dermic injection He did not think
Mr Evans responsible then for what
he was saying or doing.
Al Judge Cr&wford's request the
coroner had Or Giboes to explain
more fully what be did in Mr. Nul
ler's store
Dr. Earle testified as follows: Il
was called about 4 80 or 5 O'Clock 20
make the post mortem on the body
of Mr j j Griffin | found Mr.
81 fin in Mr. Barney Evans room,
'ying in bed. dressed, partially COW
cred noticed blood ssain on the
front of the shirt aud an opening on
the left side of the shirt front
powder marks on face, right hand
and wrist sid shirt front The cloth.
ing was not scorched, showing the
pistol could not have been less .hsu)