Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-06
Tuesday, March 6, 1906.

and cooled all fervor by ready ana
clearly defined rulings. At one
juncture he announced that, this man
being on trial for his life, he should
be allow ed the limits or the rules OF
evidence.
Ihe knife which the sheriff found
under hls drawers, he saio, he had
provided for protection. His coat
was put in evidence to show a cut in
IL.
Walter Eaker testified that the pis-
tol was his. He did not know how
Hasty came by It, He was in the
Piedmont hotel the night before the
killing. but there was nothing new
in his evidence.
Here the defendant rested.
Miss May Bishop was called again
to The stand, and the first question
asked her, designed to contradict
Hasty about conversation between
him and witness, set a discussion In
motion.
II can't see, gentlemen" the court
ruled, "the materiality of the de-
Iendant's association with these Ia
dies"
This he had ruled before, the coun-
sci have kept getting back to 1t.
She testified to the fatal wound in
the body of Davidson, which was in
Hasty in self-defense; and that she
took his knife from his pocket, after
he was dead, and 1t was shut and
there was soap on 1t.
Miss Sheridan was also called in
reply. She denied that any profane
language had been used by either Of
the show girls at the tragedy, but
said she might have prayed, that she
took BENEFITS knife from an inside
pocket where he lay, and 1t was shut.
she said some other things ''in re-
ply"
She is the same witness who gave
Col. Johnstone such a tilt Thursday
and there was a good deal OF sup
pressed laughter and winking, when
lne colonel, being a burnt child, as
,oon as the witness was turned over
TO him, beckoned and said. with a
smile, Come down, num-"
Mr.. s. F., Parrottt, connected with
the Gaffney News, said he was In his
Office that morning; heard screaming,
then a fall and more screaming, then
saw Davidson come from the Pied
mont, holding his sides with both
hands; saw him open his right hand,
and there was no knife in 1t.
l.. NJ. Cook, who made the arrest
said that one Of the young ladies cried
to him, You let that man get away!
He has just passed you!" referring to
George Hasty.
Arthur Hasty's wife was in bed;
Gibson and Raines were not there
Neither of the ladies used any cuss
words. Mr.. Davidson passed him on
the street, and had no knife In his
hand. Both Col. Johnstone and Mr..
Butler cross-examined, but he took
care Of himself easily.
Policeman L. M. Austell, who had
Hasty in charge, saw Davidson pass
and he had no knife. The rest Of his
evidence was corroboration.
Joe Mooney said, without cross-ex-
animation, that he opened the Com
mercial- hotel for Davidson, saw him
unbutton his vest, and that he had no
knife In his hand.
DIR. Charles A. Jeffries testified to-
range OF the ball that killed Davidson.
He was shot in the abdomen four and
half or five inches from the navel,
and the bullet was very peculiarly
ranged" Indeed II was from hrs tes-
timony. and the reporter is at loss
to know whether It went up, down.
slantwise or ZigZag.
James Swafford swore that Arthur
Hasty, his brother-in-law told him
the day after the killing that he wac
down stairs when the shooting hap
pened and that he did not know how
the row started nor what about.
Here. court adjourned until 2:30 at
which hour, on account Of rain, the
press about the doors and In the cor
ridors was greatly diminished.
John Spencer, after some debate,
was allowed TO testify that on the
morning of the homicide George Has
| ty had given him q drink and told
him that he had been up all night
trying to do some unprintable thing
and that he meant to go and try
again. B. d. Hallman testified that
he asked Arthur the day after how
george had gotten into this trouble
and that Arthur said that he didn't
know; that he wasn't there.
DIR. Nesbit was recalled to show
wounds of Davidson, especially the
one across the chest, which, in his
opinion, was made by a shot.
Junius Parrott Of the Gaffney
News, was in his Office, and heard
screaming, a fall, and more scream
ing when he went to his door, he saw
Arthur come round the corner and
ask bystander II he had seen George
come down the back way.
your Office is under the Piedmont
dining room?" asked Col. Johnstone.
Yes"
"Often you heard disturbances up
there, did you not?"
II did then, but not now" the wit
ness replied.
There was laugh at this for the
rumor in the town is that the Hasty's
domestic relations were not wholly
sweet.
"oh," said Col. tombstone, Come
down, sir. I depended on you to get
in a shot IL you could"
The solicitor informed the court
that this was all. 1t was telling
moment for the reporters, for 1t
meant a finish today or a prolonga-
ton into next week. The latter after
a conference Of counsel, was the de-
cision. All the lawyers desired to
speak, and Mr.. ]. B. Bell led on for
the state. -.
Before the argument began, the
Judge exhorted the attorneys that
since the case Is important and COM
plicated, counsel should of their own
motion keep within the record and
strive honestly to distinguish what
witness said In the presence or abb
sence Of the jury.