The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-12-14
CASE
PROCEEDED SLOWLY.
Four Of the Men implicated in the
Killing of Bookhart Held.

EksEslssy ut DUuNRdI1 nesu.
ST. George, Dec. TIN the case Of
She parties accused ct the murder OF
Kaitt Bookard. the State of South
Carolina has failed thus far to produce
sgiaence directly duplicating the men
arrested. There has been circumstantlal
evidence, but it is Of vague natnye
and will be valuable only as cumula-
i've evidence in supporting state
ments hereafter to be introduced.
TIE hearing was begun at, Il o'clock
Soday in the court house by Magls-
tra5e . e. Mccoy Of Berkeley. Soii-
c;ter p II. Hildebrand Of Orange
burg represented the prosecution, and
the prisoners were represented by SEN
afor e. j. Dennis, ,sof Berkeley,
and Mr. M. Rntledge Rivers of Char
lesion. sdr. r.. W. Haynes Of counsel
for defense is Ill in Charleston.
he parties charged with this mur-
der are representative people in the
upper part of Berkeley county and
their arrest caused a sensation. They
were brough5 TO the State penltent>
sarv for safe keeping and for their
own good as the jail at Monck Coro-
mar was represented to be unit for
fhssr detention. The arrest was made
Oct. 18th by Sheriff Morrison OF Ber-
kelley and the preliminary was not
given until today on account OF some
euSanglemenSs unfortunate for the
prosscusion, for the delay has given
the defendants the sympathy Of many
Deeple in Berkeley county.
Sheriff Morrison and Deputies j. 81.
Burton and " J. Carson boarded
sha train in Columbia at Z O'Clock
This morning and brought six OF the;
seyen accused 80 st. George for the
preIiminary. The other was left in
fsoiumoia, for he is a material Wit
ness for the State. But Solicitor
Hildehrand has been unable to make
Ous prima facis case without the
rrsseuce OF this. witness, and Henry
Edwards viii be put upon the stand
today. SO
The names and connection of the
accused ean better be determined by q
little depression. When the train
from Columbia reached Branchville,
shere came aboard tall, powerful
nan OF sWarthy complexion spd with
i shock Of white hair which added to
xEse blackuesss of his laughing eyes.
This was sOld Man. Martin, or Mr..
e. Martin, ST., the foremost man
of large family connection in Berke-
ley county.
He is the father of two OF the ac-.
cused-L Andrew and Benny z. Mar.
sin.
He is the iather-in-law and also the
uncle of another of the accused, Piney
Martin, son of Pink Martin.
He is the father-in-law OF another
sOf the accused, Adger Butler.
He is tbs brother-in-iaWeof q fifth,
Is a. Eadon. constable to Magis-
srate Virgins for the last two years.
He was the employer OF 81. @. Ed
wards, the orphan boy.
He was the employer of KeitS Book
ard. colored, murdered July 18th,
1904.
He was the warm friend OF j. 8.
Palmer, town marshal Of Eutawviie,
and the seventh of the accused.
Old Man. Martin takes his trou-
bIes stoically, trying TO smile over
she affair, but the seriousness of it
Was evidenced By the large pile of
green backs which he was seen count
ing ont in jury room when the wind
blew the door open and he was seen
IN ssconsultation" with Nne of his
lawyers. Mr.. Pink Martin, another
ssalwart, pleasant faced farmer, was
there looking after the interest of his
boys. They were accompanied from
EutaHyille by the wives and children
OF those Of the accused who are mar
risd.
Collector HiIdeband had uphill
work today. The testimony Of some
Of the witnesses was not as emphatic
rs he had expected it to be, but it was
evident that he was trying to prove
shat Keitt Bookard had been arrested
ON some trivial charge, had been con-
lined IN the lookup at Eusawviiie over
night to be taken to the county jail
the next morning; that the Martin
boys were drinking in the afternoon (;
Ehat Eadon aud Palmer we're suspi-
ciously solicitous as to the prisoners
welfare until 10 O'Clock that night
and that Eadon was astir at 3 o'clock
she next morning. that there were
many TRACKS leading from Eadon's
house to the guard house and finally
that as possible motive the deceased
had been known TO have quarreled
with one Of the Martin boys because
OF his having ruined one Of the sisters
cs the deceased. All this is circum-
startiai evidence and was not direct
snongh to justify the magistrate in
hoiding the prisoners for trial. But
there will be other evidence submitted
tomorrow which Lay weld these links
into stroug chain.
III. C. Edwards, ore of the accused
was to be brought here on the train
leaving Columbia at 1.s5 tonight,
Solicitor Hildebrand having sskedGov.
Hsyward and. the penitentiary author
ieies to send him down. It was not
the purpose of the prosecution to pre-
sent Edwards, but there seems no way
ont of it as another important wis
ness, Mr.. f. P. Demalo, Jr., could
NOS get here.
There was not very much interest
-.;roe%oJ op1 rorv little norv0nS-