The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-09
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PROCEEDINGS 0F COURT.

sSls 1lslEa'uSLEnafadSS Oss5OOuns s..sss
james VIM, the father Of Frank
{ e VIM. the deceased, said shat his
son vas besween2S and S29 years old
when he was killed. Ie said that
Frank lived at his house a part Of his
t1me;;he had room there and vas
always welcome. Frank had not been
dnnking forabout yearsso far as he
knew Saw Frank the the morning heswas
killed and had a conversation with
him on the streets. Next tine he saw
Frank heWas dead Under the cross
examination he was asked more partlc-=
ulars concerning Franks hablts-as
to his drinking, his usual place OF
residence, his absence from home and
ibis Carrying concealed weapons. Mr..
VIM stated lat after Frank returned.
from the Keely Institute he did not
drink at also far as he knew, that
he neFer@had reason to believe that. ne
had again become addicted TO the
drink habit Frank had been accus-s
toned to carrying pistol fronn@tlnte5
time he asconstable for Magistrate
Wells. After his return from Arizona.
heshad been serving papers Tor the
4 Maisgtrates and Sherif. For some:
time Just previous to his death he had
been guarding prisoners IN the guard
house In reply to a question, ne
stated that frank not afraid ofs#a
David qinn, the younger;
brotherof Frank: VIM said that ne
saw his brother alive. the last time two:
days before the killing Knew moth:
ing about the trouble With EDWARDS
Cor the case roFidence until after
the difficulty last time he saw
Frank hesWas sober and as far as she.
kneWand to the best ofhls beilef:
Frank had not been thinking since his
3 return from Keel He saw him
almost every day and If he had been:
drinking he could have detected 1t
from his appearance. rankswas accus-3
toned toscarry a pistol The cross.
examination as to habits,
Dlacesof abode and manner of living.
was particularly severe, bEt brought:
sout nothing new that had az connection
with the case.
Scarborou Sheriff Of Sum
ter county & the timeso of the killing
neWas M his buggy OF. n..sRepubi1ca can
street onshis way home. hen he got
SO the corner of Republican and sum UNI
Ter streets saw people running toward:
Liiberty street, and turning into Sum
ter street drove rapldly to- IN berty.
When got. there saw crowd IN.
front Of Earby's stable. Mr.. Winn.
sSwas lyingson baeksin the street., dead
Sor rpracticaIly may have gaspedS
sonce or twice. Charlie Smith was
lying ong Sidewalk apparently dead
Concluded that they had shot each.
other While standing there talking
to- Assistant Chief eek's someone
told him Mr.. Ed wards had gone to.
the Office ozsurrender Asked what
for was toll that ldar. Edwards had
killed Mr. inn. He got into buggy.
with ME Weeks and drove to court
House, where he found Mr.. Edwards
and Policeman BarWick standing on
Sidewalk. Me-. Edwards came towards.
him as heg got ont OF buggy and sur
rendered. Va. Barwlck turned over:
4 two pistols, which had been kept lock
ed up until they were delivered to;
Clerkof Court at beginning of trial
Identified the pistols offered IN evl-.
dence. Both were IN same condlslons
as when hereceived them from Police:
man BarWick. One with three cham
bers discharged, the ether with one
chamber discharged and two cart
ridges snapped. He knew nothing
about the difficulty. Mr.. Vim had
been employed BY him after the jail:
was burned to guard prisoners in city
guard house. Mr.. Vim and #Mr. Joe
Barrett were employed first,
afterwards others were em-
nloyed. Could nos say posi-
tiiyely NJ tb out refreshing his memery
exactly when MF. ceased to be.
~ guard, it may have been enseveraldags
before the killing adir. Vim was en-
ployed as guard because he consider
ca him q good nan for the place Had.
made inquiry about him and Others
Who applied for the position. At the.
conclusion of the eexamination of the
Sheriff, Solicitor Wilson announced
That TIE Stateswould rest It's case.
.%1}SCsssCOO4tSOI s@CI1S zSASAS41hSSs
stated that he was. surprised that the
able and learned Solici tor than WHOM
there IS 40 more Conscientious and
honorable gentlemen in the State,
should rest the States case at this.
point, without having placed on the
stand any Of the several we'll known
citizens of Sumter VINO we're present
and saw the deplorable tragedy-the
nearest and only eye-witnesses Of the
entire occurrence. While disclalmlng
any reflection whatever on the Solici-.
tor, for whom he hadthe highest re-
spect aud IN whom he, in common With
all who know the Solicitor, had entire
confidence, yet he conceived 1t to be
the duty Of the States representative
to examine all the eye-wltnesses TO
bring ont all the facts. for 1T IS the
aim Of the law to have justice done, not
to convict the prisoner at the bar.
With the permission Of the court he
read extracts from decisions bearing
on this point. At the conclusion Of