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

would let him know in a few minutes
what / would do about the horse. Z
wenta down to Henry Harby's stable
and talked to Yeadon Delgar about the
horse While sitting there Frank
VIM passed going toward Horace
SHarby's stable. / did not see him go
into the alley at the time Mr. .=Delgar
mentioned in his testimony. When
VIM passed US / did not watch to see
where he went. After a few minutes
II went back to see Charlie Smith to.
tell him I would not buy the horse at
his price. Waile talking Tom Jen-
skins came up and delivered message
from Mr.. Sumter. He asked me how
the case came out, and / told him it
was not decided Charlie Smith re-
marked. that Frank Winn was in the
stable then. I said that he had been
following me up all the afternoon. I
did not know Frank was in the stable
until Charlie said so. When Frank
came out Of the stable he stopped in
front of me as he was passing. I said
to bin when he stopped: Frank you
said what testified was not SO. He
replied, By God what of it. it . I said,
:. How do you mean that?'' He said
ssAny God #d-n way you want to
take 1t. y While talking I had seen
him make the motion as if he had
drawn his pistol and was holding it it
by his side. I said to him, Frank,
if you draw that pistol on me I will
hurt you or kill you'' I don't remem-
Der which. He struck me On the chin
with his left fist and put his pistol in
my face. knocked it aside with my
left hand as it was fred. He threw
his left arm around my neck or shoul-
ders, and we clinched. i drew my
pistol from my left coat pocket and
shot him IN the side. felt Franks
pistol on me, can't say it was against
my side or chest, but felt it there
while he was swapping it. fired
three times, threw down my pistol and
twisted the pistol out of Franks.
hand. We were both trying to throw
each other. When / got the pistol I
struck him with it once or twice be-
fore he fell. When he fell I went
down also. AS I got up Mr.. Henry
Hardy came up and said, Don't hit:
him, he is dead. I told him j was.
notsgoing to hit Frank then went
to Sherif's Office to surrender Bar
wick and Seymour went with me.
Neither of them arrested me. No one
said consider yourself under arrest.
When Mr.. Scarborough came to the
Office few minutes after got there
81 surrendered to him and was put in
the guard house, which vas then used
as the county jail.
E During the cross examination it was
brought out that during the trial at
Providence Mr.. Edwards had said that
'sIf Frank would tell the truth he.
would admit that [ do not owe him
what he claims or something of the
Same purport. The exact terms used
were not agreed upon. The threats
made by VIM against Edwards did
not come to his ears until after
:Winn's death. Had heard Of several
since. The direct, cross examination
and redirect examination were all
lengthy and covered every possible
point Of the difficulty and the events
leading up to it, including Mr.. Ed
wards efforts to avoid meeting with
VIM on the car going to the Isle of
Palms, In the bar room at the Isle.
It is impossible to give anything like
"a full report Of this testimony in the
space available. Charles w. Stansell
testified as to lending the pistol to.
Mr.. Edwards. Did not know what he
wanted it for. Frank Vim cine to
the rear part Of stable where he was
just before the difficulty. Asked him
where he was going. He said he was
just walking about. Asked him how
his case came out. Frank said he had
got his money or would get itaH right
although the case was not decided. /
told him he should be satisfied then
and let the matter drop. He said Ed
wards was a big bully and bluff, but
If he but up against him he would
make. him crawl and crawl low. I
told him lie better not bother With
Edwards, and the best thing would be
to let the matter drop and be salts
fed with winning his case. He went
out and IN less than two minutes l
heard the pistol firing.
John Belcher testified as to threats
Frank Vim made against Edwards
after the trial IN Judge Wells court:
also as to bringing whiskey to Vim
from the dispensary On morning of
difficulty. Saw Vim 90 into dispen
sary that afternoon after he returned
from Providence.
E. d. Smith testified that On the.
evening of June 14th Frank Vim
came into the dispensary where / was
clerk and bought three bottles Of
beer and drank them In the. lot back Of
the dispensary. He came in first and
got one bottle, drank it, came back
later got another and Just before the
dispensary closed came back and got
the third. saw him drink them.
Lent him corkscrew, walked to the.
back door and saw him drink the beer.
W T. B. Haynsworth testified that
Edwards bore good reputation in the
community as pesceable and quiet
citizen.
Eugene Fl. Moses testified that he
knew Edwards we'll, that his reputa
tion was good. That he knew Frank
VIM and that he had borne the repu-
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