Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-07-25
have the body disinterred. but II 1 did
have, would not do so to crafty the
clamor"

have the body disinterred. but II did
have, I would not do so to crafty the
clamor."
Pesram Oarsan interviewed.
I went to see Mr.. Pegram Dargan
at the home Of his father, the great
old lawyer. He met me with fine
courtesy, but said he had nothing to
say further than the statement left
by his dead brother. He Is man OF
slight build, with delicate, shapely
hands and beautiful brown eyes, a
gentleman such as one finds In ro-
nance, and he looks the part OF the
poet, which he actually Is.
The statement left by the dead
man is as follows:
"I take this with my own free will
and accord asked my brother to get
make mistakes, but am no
coward.
ROBERT KEITH DARoAN."
I did not call upon the widow, for
that would have been cruel. Besides,
she is Ill; so Ill that some say she
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The Doctors Story.
DR.. ]. G. Edwards said that w. F..
Dargan telephoned him that night
and he hurried. in response, to the
office. r. K. Dargan was dead when
he got there, resting in the position
as described by the coroner. There
was the bowl from which he had
drunk the whisky: there was the vial
that had held the fatal acid, the odor
of which was still in the room.
There was the note, quoted above, on
the table near his hand. Pegram
was there and in great distress, but
he would not make any statement.
He advised them to send for the
coroner. which they did. They then
removed the corpse to the mansion.
Next morning when he examined 1t,
there were signs Of decomposition,
such as a blueness about the lips.
"The man is dead II there ever was
dead man." he declared.
The Barber Interviewed.
J.. K. Doyle, q barber and MEM
ber of the coroner's jury, which. In
this state, Is composed Of IL men,
said that the man Is dead. He said
that at 1880 o'clock that night he
was sent for to shave the corpse. He
has shaved many dead man. and
this was r. K. Dargan and no waxen
figure nor hypnotized man. He had
known Dargan personally for five
years. He could smell the acid and
saw marks of II about the mouth.
Next morning when he went into the
chamber with his fellow-jurors the
body was lying just as he had left It,
"It's been reported" he said. that
the coroner got $1,000, the doctor
$4,000 and 1 $1,000. to say these
things, but that Is an absolute lie."
Knows Darsan 10 Dead.
Superintendent Of Education II. c.
Burns told me he saw the body when
the jury was viewing It; that 1t was
Robert Keith Dargan, and he was
dead.
Foreman Of the jury. G. K. King
very emphatic and intelligent man,
said that 1t is nothing but scandal;
that Dargan is dead, for he saw his
corpse and knows corpse when he
sees one. 1t all got started. he thinks
from the election from the mansion
by w, F. Dargan of two ruff1ans who
twent there through curiosity with the
jury, and who had no more business
there than I've got in heaven"
Receiver Williamson's opinion Ii
that there Is no doubt that the man
is dead. OF him Mr.. Williamson said;
He was the smartest man and had
the best memory and the greatest ca
pacity for work Of any man / ever
knew"
| Attorneys Theory.
The dead mans attorney said tha'
his theory is that Dargan, who ha6
great pride In his business ability, had
bolstered the business, which had fol
more than a year been unprosperous
out of his own resources. Since hi
death It is found that this, that and
the other property belonging to hin
had been sold, and that there is no &C.
counting for the money they mus
have brought. He had probably, tc
keep up confidence until better time:
came, given his own substance thus
and had also paid dividends" out o.
the capital stock. But discovery came
before better times, and, high-spiritet
as he was, the man died rather thar
face the shame Of failure and the ruiz
which II brought upon himself anc
others.
| Suspicion w. Evidence.
So II seems that II Is case OF sus'
picion against evidence. The stree
talk and train talk-there was LITTLE
other talk on the train this morning
from Columbia to Florence and from
Florence here, except about this sensa'
tion-and the talk everywhere Is tina
a man who was clever enough to car
ry on this graft on such heroic scale
| SO lOTR, was ClcNcE CiIOu6h W A~NA ~-~'
public with a sham suicide. He ha6
on his life $4,000 insurance for hi
wife; $4,000 for his daughter; some
$4,000 for his estate, and probabl!
more.
Why Grave 10 Not Opened.
They say that only his widow woule
have authority to open the grave, anc
she does not even know Of the rumor'
afioat. Unless the public will credi
the men who say they saw the mar
dead, there Is no way to settle th'
question except to go into the grave By
violence or at the demand Of the insur'
ance people. What impresses the In
vestigator is the inconsequence OF th'
whole business on both sides.
Money Missing.
| What has become Of the money! .
asked Mr. Williamson.
| II don't know" he replied.
II can't get the straight OF this
thing" confessed to Mr.. Lide, one o.
the receivers of the Darlington Trus
| company. II must be very dense"
NO" he answered, Everybody els'
Is dense. Nobody has got the straight
of it. We are just toiling along ovel
these books and doing the best W.