The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-14
TIE EUTAwVILLE LYECgEEs.
Fear Men Committed to Jail on the
Serious Charge OF Murder.

= ot@A @i4SA SOlIAatNSO 10 All On the
Serious Charge of Murder.
AS result Of the preliminary hear
ing at ST. Georges last week of the
famous E1tawvil!e lyrchirg case.
Andrew Martin, Bennie Martin, Town
Marshal Palmer and Constable Eadon
have been held on the charge OF kill
ing Kilt Bookhart. 4 great many
witnesses were examined but On
Thursday Solicitor Hildebrand put up
his star witness. This witness was
81. C. Edwards, the young man who
worked and lived With the Martins,
and who vas one Cf their number.
Edwards is a ,ung mamie hardly
looks the % years he claims. Soon
after the tragedy, Edwards, WHO was
central figure in the whole affair
says be was persuaded by Lewis Mar
tin-the father OF two Of the men
implicated, to leave the community
and keep cut Of the way. Evidently
it was thought that II Edwards let
the country things would quiet down,
but Governor Hayward took an &C.
tive psrS In the case, and disa ppointeo
the expectations Of those concerned.
It Is long story and need not &c
repeated, but Edwards went to S.;lici.
tor Hiidebrand and made q confes
sion, In which he implicated his for.
mer companions. The result was that
the warrants were served, but ir
some way P.ney Martin was arrested
instead Ct Penny Martin. The Mar
tins are all related, ana Piney is q frst
cousin OF Penny. and Piney did tht
pining in the Penitentiary, whilt
Penny was enjoying The lu1uriss o
ten. cent cotton.
Edwards was on the witness stant
for short while. He apparentl.
told the truth. His story was concis
and without any eff ,rt at effect. Hs
stuck to bis original account art
Magistrate Mccoy evidently believe'
| what be said. 1t may not be suct
testimony as will convict, but i
| seemed to have the ring OF truth
Confessions, duplicating friends, ar
| not the best sort Of evidence, but per
| haps the State will, when the tim
| comes, have corroborative proof ant
forge such a chain OF evidence that i
| cannot be broken.
Adger Butler and Piney Maftil
were promptly released, as Ei~ard
insisted that neither OF them was a
the river OF participated in the kill
ing; but Penny Martin, he said, wa
| there. Magistrate Mccoy has actet
| throughout the case with frmness an;
clearness. he Is evidently man o
force and convictions, and does wha
he believes right. After the bearing
it was suggested that be might b
| made q Judge, aad he suggested tina
such would hardly be the case now, l
be had to depend on the votes o
Berkeley County. he did not say mucl
durirg the progress Of the case, bu
| when be said anything it was final
and perhaps his decision, which I'll
lows, is as good a summary OF the evi
dence as can be made.
EDWARDS TESTIMONY.
q. c. Edwards said that he is q
years old. Was living In July last OF
Mr.. Lewis Martins place. BE know
Palmer, Esdcn and the others namet
in the Indictment. he swore out th'
warrant before Ma, istrate Wiggins Ii
July against Keitt Bookhard. To
| trial OF that case was on Monday
| A ter the trial B: okhard was put in tn
| town lcckup by Constable Escon. Wit
| was there on the street with all OF tn
parties under Indictment. Andre1
Martin sent down street and borrowe'
| some money and sent Edwards 9Th
witneSs) to buy some whiskey. q
bought one quart Of corn and one pio
| OF rye whiskey, and took 1t to th
store OF W. E Jackson and there CAV
it to Andrew Martin. All OF tte1
| were present. Edwards remained wit
| them until after 6ark when he lef
| sith Adger Butler anc P:ney Martil
and returned to his hr me, abous fly
miles in the country. Butler and Pine.
Martin left Edwards at his Edwards
gate.
The witness said that be went t
bed au6 remained there for abou
three hours and then he got up an
went Lack to Eutawyille, where he ar
rived about midnight ard tn u sa'
Benn' and Penny Ma,uin They wer
not on Main street. The witness thel
went TO the artesian we'll 20 water hi
mult. Palmer and Eadon walked up
Penny and Bennie Martin a'so cam
up. They stood there a few minute:
and Palmer and Eadon went on to th
guardhouss. Bennie Martin picked u
the CRATE bar and put it in his buggy
Penny Martin was In the buggy. al
of the party went on up street b,
Esdon's house, the witness riding
along behind the buggy. Andre0
Martin got ID Gne buggy. E2GOn ans
Palmer came up IL buggy In which
they had Keitt Bookard. The part.
with Bookhard went toward and II
the river.
BOW TIE MURDER WAS DONE.
E,don got ont Of the buggy and tolc
Bcodha,d that his ''time had come
they had arrived at the River Jor
dan" Palmer said get through with
1t quick and then Ben Martin got the
bar Of iron out Of the buggy and he
and Penny tied it to Bcokard. Pal
mer went up the bank Of the river ane
came down with a bost- Bookharc
told Eadon that he would work fol
him the balance Of his life for moth
ing II he would let him cf this time
It did rain that night. No knives were
used 80 far as the witness knew. Wher
Palmer came up With the boat Bennie,
Penny and Eadon carried Bo kharo
down and placed him across the bow
Of the boat. Palmer was on the stern