The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-05-24
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E. G. MARTIN GIVEN a FRELIul.
~ NARY HEsRiNG.
After Eearing til, Testi nony Judge
Bruoso Commits the De-
fendant far Trial.

Bruoso Commits the De.
fendant FIR Trial.
e. O. M.rtln, the white man Whofe
.rrest o. q chsrg. Of rsniDally as.
uloing F orence Crimes, a little girl
If this city, w"s reported in last
We k's Times and D ,uocrat was p
preliminary hearing before M
trate q. 2. Bcuas3n on Friday tn;
iefeadert was represented b7 M sssrs
Glaze g. Herbert aud the State W."
cepresea5sd ~ Msssrs. RlYsor &
Sumnars. Alter Fearing the tessl-
uony In the .se NJ .gistrste Brunson
G c,mmitted Martin far trial at the
n,xt term OF the Colrt OF General
3essiona The testimony In the case
is presented bsloW, a.4l tic pubic can
Judge whether or not Martin is guilty
OF the great crime laid at his door
We present tnis te timony in juStic,
to all parties involved in this unfor
tunate affair. and to enable the public
to arrive at q Just conclusion OF the
matter. -
Florence Grimes, the victim OF Mar
tins brutality was in court and gave
her testimony in the case In q most
straight forward manner, She Is quite
small, and, acc ording to the testimony
was not fourteen years of age when
the brutal assault was made on her
by Martin. Martin was also In court
surrounded by msny OF his relatives
from Bsrnwell County, where he was
raised Hsis good siz ed mau and looks
to be about twenty. five years OF age.
Tt is said on good authority that this
ts NOT the ii cst TINA that the defend,
ant has bean guilty OF running Q young
girl, all of wh C, we suppose will ba
brought out at the trial 10 the higher
court. The folio ng are extracts
from the testimony of Florence
Grimes, the little girl, who makes the
terrible charge agatsu Martin:
After being SWORD, she testihso
that both of her parents were dead
her mother having died about six
years ago and her father three or rour
years ago. Since her mothers death
she had lived in this city with her
grandmother, Mr'. Godfrey. Stayed
at Euoree since March year ago with
her aunts. Misses E nma and Mlanis
Godfrey. Stayed there about one year
and wa, staying there last December.
Was fourteen years old in January.
1905. Was told that was her age by
her grandparents. She said she
knew Martin and identified him
In curt. She had heard him
called Lige M Marsin. Saw him at E'i9-
rec last summer. Met him the last
of thesqmmer. He visited their house
couple of times. He visited 10 particu'
lar one First went buggy riding With
Martin the latter part Of last winter
Went With him three time. TIE last
time, Sunday afternoon before Christ
mas. Came for her sbout three o'ol 9ck,
md they drove out in ths country.
When they got about two miles f'om
E!loree defendant turned out in a
path, and she ASKED him where was
he going? He said he was lst going
| to turn arouod. Sac said we'll l CUES
we had batter 90 back any how as 1t
was getting late. He then got out OF
the buggy and hitched the horse and
told me to get out. tod him no I
vas not going to get out, but was go
ing back homo Es then said II you
don't get out, can take you out. l
caught hold of the buggy and be com
nenc d pulling me out. and 1 c>m
memo d crying. He pulled me out End
sntew me down aud popped my clotn-
ss lose. Fl H,said IL I did not stop crV-
ING he would slap me. She then said
after strugg,' the defendant accom-
plisaed his purpose, which caused her
much ply ical pain. AS she was 30
excited aud crying could not say how
long her detained her III the woods.
They then returned home aud the de.
tendsnt stayed until supper time.
Stayed a few minutes after my sunts
came. I did not tell about 1T until
ne left town because I was afraid he
would kill me, because he told me If
I told he would kill me. told my
aunts as soon as the defendant left
Eloree. He stayed there a couple Of
GAYS after he assaulted me. She said
she was hollering aud crying and
struggling all the time he had her
10 the wood out from the public road.
The nearest house to them was a ne
gro house. She said the defendant
did what he did without her consent
and that she showed her auuts eVi
7ance of her brutal treatment by Mar
tin.
Adam Douglass, a first cousin cf
the Misses Godfrey, and who b'ards
with them, testified that when Flor
snce Grim. came back from the last
drive with Martin that her clothes
was full Of trash and her face looked
pinched and red spotted like she had
been crying. 1t was towards sundo 8n
when they came back.
Miss Minnie Godfrey testified that
Florence was her half-stster's daugh
ter and Adam Douglass was her first
cousin. Adam aud Florence were liv-
ing at Elloree with her and her sister
Emma last fall. They conducted a
millinery business. Martin visited the