The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-02-09
aWEARS SHR LI.ED
IN HER T%EsT1sroNx IN THE pAM-
RaRG POISONING CASE.

The Bunch Woman Claims That ~.
G. q. Kit rell Fri hnened
Her Into Perjury.
w. Glare Dickinson, the man
charged with the poisoning of b. E.
Reed In Bamberg about the middle OF
the month just ended, was released
Wednesday on bail by Chief Justice
Pope OF the supreme court. The pro.
ceediDgs YER brought by Dlckinson's
attorneys and were based on sf1davits
from Alicia Bur Oh, who says that she
BWOfe falsely at the cor )nerS inquest
In placing the crime On the defen-
dant. She swore at that time that
Dickinson had given Reed whiskey
and that she was led to believe that
there was poison In 1T. Ia the efA Ia.
Wit submitted Wednesday she swe
that she made this testimony because
after Reeds death, Mr.. G.. B. Kit
tT6ii, his brother. in Law CAME 10 her
and told that II she did not duplicate
some n she might be hanged. Mr..
Ktttrell after Reeds death had the
body exhumed and had the stomach
examined to shO " evidences OF arse
MIC poisoning. Analbi is also claimed
on the afidavlts used Wednesday.
1t Ia said that Dickinson and his
friends will not drop the case but will
take 1T to the courts. b. f. Reed died
on January ID. The day before he
OInffynnA that ho f0l, uox,, ,ouro1l
about 3 O'Clock In the afternoon and
died at 6 O'Clock the next morning,
che cause being assigned as paralysis
CT the brain. His brother In law, Mr..
e. B. Ktttrell. vas not at all satisfied
with this, on account Of the poison
theory and the body, by direction Of
Coroner j. FL Z,iglor, was disinterred.
Two physicians, Drs. Hoover and
Oleokley, performed an autopsy, re.
moves the stomach aid the brain and
stated that they found evidences Of
poison having been administered. The
stomach was taken to Augusta and
examined by DR.. John Schneider, who
also discovered traces Of arsenic.
Two women, one white named
Alicia Burca, and one colored. lola
Wesley, were arrested. An ir quest
was held and Alicia Bunch testified
that on the morning Of January 10,
Reed and Dickinson had been at her
house ard that the latter had given
the former q drink Of whiskey, but he
had not given any n else any nor
had he taken any himself. SEER &
some people coming, he Jumped out
OF the window, but Reed remained
Eeveral hours. Dickinson returned IN
the afternoon and said to her II
guess that will fix the--." She
further testified that Dickinson had
told her ten days before that he
would kill Reed Ii he did not keep
away from her, and that since her ar.
rest he had visited her at the Jail and
told her to say nothing abe ' what he
had said about Reed.
The inquest last Friday week and
seems to have, as his relat, ves
q already employed q lawyer H. M,
aranam, was arrested. He was taken
TO Jail but a dispatch to The State Of
Monday predicted some changes ia the
case. o. Tuesday a Bamberg dis
patch said that the Bunch woman had
declared her testimony at the coron.
er'S Inquest was false and that she
had put the crime on Dickinson t the
suggestion OF some one, who told her
that her neck might be cracked. This
dispatch further stated that a com
plete alibi was established for Dickin.
G0n.
4 The afidavits presented in the su.
preme court by Mr.. e II. La Elite, at
torney for Dickinson, are interesting.
The Bunch woman testities that r sed
came to her house on the morning In
question and had been drinking, that
he took several drinks of whiskey
while there and remained for a time.
After his death she swears, G. B. X
trell came to her house and said: IT
you do put the crime on some one
they will break ycur neck. Wnen he
told zoe that. / was SO frightened l
did not know what to do, 80 to save
myself / made up my mind to put 1t
on w. O. Dickinson. l voluntarily
called Mr.. Ed Dickerson, brother OF
w. O. D.ckerson, and made The state
ment that all the testimony l gave
before the coroner In reference to w.
O. Dlckerson's connection with the
death of Ben e. Rsedl was absolutely
false, that w. q. Dickerson was not at
my house when Reed was there"
At the inquest the woman had tes.
titled that the men came to her house
about IL O'Clock In the forenoon but
Dickinson submits an afldavlt that he
did not leave his house that afternoon
until a O'Clock, and that In the morn
Ing he was more than o mile distant
the Bunch Woman's house. The
clerk In the county dispensary makes
affidavit that Dickinson and O. O.
Rowell came into the disptnsary be-
tween 10 and II O'Clock In the morn.
Ing. This was g. mile distant from
the house. l.. B. Fowler saw Dickin.
son, 30 he swears, all day between 8
M. and Q p. M. except between
noon and l p. M. Josephine Alexan.
testifies that Reed came to Mr..
Felder's house (Hhere it seems
that the Bunch woman was) about IL
O'Clock and remained until Q D. M.
came there about 4 p. m.
but Reed was not there then. G. @
ROwell was with Dickinson from 10
a. m. until Q p. m. except about Is or
20 minutes.
The order for bail was signed by
Chief Justice Y. j. Pope and fixed In
the sum OF $1,000.
A Bamberg telegram to The State
"a telegram was received here