The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-07-02
K1NGSTREE, S. c., THURSDAY, JULY 3 1903.

that you then said, eyes; t will Ger.
tainly do what is right, I will give
the Devil his dues, let alone a hu-
man being" TO this question DR..
snider replied, eyes; l remember
it," then Capt. Kelley said, "Wel1,
then, l expect it," DR.. Snider said,
81 cannot give it this evening"" and
Capt. Kelley replied 81 demand it"
DR.. Snider said, 81 refuse" Capt.
Kelley arose and asked, care you
armed?" "Dr. Snider said "No."
Capt. Kelley then closed the door
and locked it and put the key into
his pocket, and then stepped to the
chimney corner in the same room
and picked up his palmetto walking
cane Zone he has been constantly
using for quite a while) and walked
up to DR.. Snider and struck at him
across the edge of the table. Mr. st.
Amand jumped up and caught the
lick on his arm. Capt. Kelley told
Mr.. StAmand to get out of the way,
aud struck again, i" hich blow struck
Mr.. StAmand on the head.
By this time deponent had rushed
around the table and jerked Mr..
StAmand ont of the way and taken
the stick from Capt. Kelley, leaving
Capt. Kelley and DR.. Snider, who
by this time was on his feet in front
of Capt. Kelley, facing each other;
they then clinched, and in a few
seconds Capt. Kelley had floored DIR.
Snider and jumped on him and
commenced beating him in the face
with his fist. DR.. Snider in few
seconds said to deponent ''Take this
man off of mel" To which deponent
replied, "No, DR.. Snider, not until
you say you have got enough and
you will make satisfaction that in
a few seconds more DR.. Snider said:
"Take him off! l have got enough,
and will apologize" That depo-
nent then took Capt. Kelley off.
Capt. Kelley, for the first time,
produced the written statement
which was published. Before sign
ing the statement DR.. Snider said,
"Capt. Kelley, l want you to un.
derstand that / am not going to be
forced to sign anything; but there is
nothing in this statement that find
any objection to and / will sign it, :"
and he then sat down and signed it.
After the statement was signed Capt
Kelley asked DR.. Snider if any one
helped him to prepare the article
signed "More Anon. DR.. Snider
said, "No". Capt. Kelley then said:
.Dr. Snider, will you swear that no
one assisted you in preparing that
article?" and DR.. Snider replied;
eyes; l will; no one helped me-"
Capt. Kelley said, "Dr., didn't W
H Kennedy write that article and
carry it to your house for you to
sign and you could not read it and
he had to carry it back and get it
copied and you then copied it and
had it published?" DR.. Snider
hung his head and said, "Since
you seem to know something about
the facts, Capt. Kennedy did pre-
pare a skeleton and l filled it in. +"
Capt. Kelley asked DR.. Snider
how much of the article did
Capt. Kennedy write, and DR..
Snider said about one-third. Capt.
Kelley then got the article and
asked DR.. Snider to show him how
much Capt. Kennedy wrote and DR.
Snider pointed out about one-third
of the article. Capt. Kelley asked
DR.. Snider why he went to Mr.
Wilkins and explained to Mr. Wilk-
ins that he did not mean the article
published over the signature of
"More Anon" as any reflection on
him (Mr Wilkins), but he meant to
refer to Kelley and Heller, and DR..