Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-07

ing to limit the time Of the speeches
to two hours on each side.
There were five addresses to the
jury In all, three on the part Of the
defence and two on the part OF the
state. They were all good, but the
address Of Solicitor Henry was so far
above what is usually heard from
prosecuting officers and so powerful
that 1t perhaps overshadowed the
others.
Mr.. Newbold's Argument.
The first argument was that Of w.
H. Newbold. He ridiculed what he
called. the grand stand play on the
part Of the defence In its offer to sub
NIT the case without argument. One
of his chief points was that Mr.. Skip
per considered himself the monarch
Of all he surveyed and tried to lord
II over everybody and everything, and
because Of his position as superinten-
dent thought he had a right to do so.
Mr.. Newbold emphasized his argument
at two or three points by personal
demonstrations. He fitted the coat
and collar of young Caskey on John
Caskey, a brother Of the deceased. and
with this demonstration undertook to
show to the jury that Caskey was
shot from the back while lodging the
bullets, and that the wound was in
hicted while he was In sitting post
ure, and then. with a surviving broth
er, wished to show that the Caskeys
were not outlaws and had good faces.
Mr.. Newboid placed much stress on
what he regarded as the preparation
and deliberation Of Skipper, and in
sisted that Skipper deliberately went
about killing Caskey, and IL such
crimes were to go unpunished that
murder had better be made a finable
offence, as then something might be
done.
:, Mr.. Housh's Address.
Mr.. W. G. Hough, who has taken
an active part in the conduct Of the
case, made a very strong argument.
He is young lawyer Of eloquence and
conviction and drove his arguments
deep into the minds Of the jurymen.
There were two ideas in his address
which permeated 1t throughout. First,
that the entire difficulty, from begin
ming to end, was the fault Of Caskey,
and that Skipper In no way provoked
the tragedy. Second, that Culp In
particular and other eye-witnesses
were so impressed with the real dan
ger to Skipper that they thought him
justified In shooting when he did. Mr..
Hough had a thorough grasp OF the
story Of the killing and the incidents
leading up to It, and II would be dim-
cult without giving 1t In full to indi-
cate how well he developed 1t, from
Shippers standpoint, for the better
understanding Of the jury. He was
particularly insistent that the jury
should remember the desperate char
acter Of Caskey, and that he was al
ways meddling with other peoples
business, and II not in one quarrel he
was getting ready for another. To
begin with, Caskey went to the mill
dance for no good purpose, and II he
had kept away from 1t there would
have been no trouble. With reference
to Skipper going to Caskey, he said
that it was simply the instincts Of a
gentleman which prompted him to do
so, and to warn Caskey to keep away
opd aoya trOuh1e
The state would make much of
Skipper leaving his house after he had
not found Caskey there, but 1t was
to be remembered that Skipper had
charge Of the mill property, and that
he was thoroughly justified after the
numerous threats to tell Caskey to
leave him alone.
Speech of Mr.. Reese Williams.
Mr.. Reese Williams did not expect
to make a speech, but in his very clear
presentation, and one which was gen.
orally commented on, he undertook to
make a clever parallel at the various
stages Of the case between Caskey and
Skipper. He made an exceptionally
strong point by showing how different
the conduct of the two men was, when
ever there was the opportunity for
such comparison, and then, following
1t up to the shooting itself, he made
the point that Skipper was so afraid
that he would be shot that he fired
into Caskey before he had time to
raise his gun to his shoulder, and fired
at his man while holding his gun In
front of him with both hands.
None Of the counsel for the defence
attached much Importance to the tes-
timony of Ghent and Wright. or either
one Of the Masseys, who were put up
as eyewitnesses for the state, and they
urged that none Of them were there.
Mr.. Mcdonald for the Defence.
One OF the strong attorneys Of this
part Of the country. man OF charac-
ter and ability, who carries conviction
with him, is Mr.. ]. Edwin Mcdonald,
of the Winnsboro bar. HIS was per-
haps the chief argument for the de-
fence, and to him was assigned the
task of demonstrating the justifica-
ton of the shooting. He began by
going extensively into the characters
of the two men. and painting pictures
Of Skipper giving out Christmas pres
ents and Caskey trying to make
trouble. Mr.. Mcdonald was quite Sc
we're in his arraignment Of Caskey for
going to the mill dance loaded with
bottle of whisky and a pistol, and for
his conduct and misbehavior at the
dance, where good women were pres
ent. Mr.. McDonald's chief line OF
argument was that Skipper at no time
went without the range Of the law. and
that when he went to his home to see
II Caskey was there he was In his full
legal rights, and that when he went
to warn Caskey he was not going
without the pale Of the law. Skipper
carried his gun openly and had a per-
feet right to do so. Mr.. Mcdonald
urged that Caskey was seated at the
Deas store because at that point he
could overtake Skipper on his way
from his home to the village, and he
emphasized the point that Caskey him
Golf had told Cauthen that he had a