The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-02-07
SWEARS SHE LIED
IN REE TESTIMONY IN TIE BA1I-
BERG POISONING CASE
The Bunch Woman Claims That Mr.
G. B. Kittrell Fri hnened
q er Into Perjury.

III 1QtO taIluTy.
W. Clare Dickinson, the man
charged with the poisoning OF B. F.
Red in Bamberg about the middle OF
the month Just ended, was released
"Wednesday OF bail By Chief Justice
Pope of the supreme court. The pro-
ceedings were brought by Dlckinson's
attorneys and were based on af1davits
from Ali6ia Bur ch, VINO says that she
swore falsely at the cor ,nerS inquest
in placing the crime On the defen.
dant. See swore az that time that
Dickinson had given Reed whiskey
and that she was led to believe thai
there was poison in 1t In the af "a
Wit submitted Wednesday she smearS
that she made this testimony because
after Rsed's death, Mr.. 6. B. Kit
trell, his brother. in-law came TO ner
and told that II she did not inlplicate
s'me one she might be banged. Mr..
Kittrell after Reeds death had the
oody exnuned and had the stomach
exa amined to show evidences OF arse
nic poisoning. An abb is also claimed
on the afidavlts used Wednesday.
It is said that Dickinson. and his
friends will not drop the case but will
take it to the courts. B. F. Reed died
on January IA. The day before he
claimed that he fell very unwell
about 8 o, clock in the afternoon and
died at O'Clock the next morning.
the cause being assigned Us paralysis
# the brain. His brother In law, Mr..
G. B. K!ttrell. was not at all satisfied
with Guis, on account OF the poison
theoryNaud the body, by direction OF
Coroner J. 81 Zeiglsr, was dis!nterred.
Two physicians, Drs. Hoover and
Oleckley, performed an autopsy, re.
movsd the stomach and 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 Bunch, and one colored. lola
Wesley, were arrested. An Inquest
was held and Alicia Bunch tesuifed
that on the morning OF January 13,
Reed and Dickineon had been at her
bouse and that the latter had given
the former drink of whiskey, but he
had not given any one else any nor
had be taken any himself. Seaing
some people coming, he jumped out
of the window, but Raed remained
several hours. Dickinson returned 10
the afternoon and said to her Il
guess that will fix the" She
further testified that Dickinson had
told her ten days before that he
would kill Reed If he did not keep
away from her, and that since her ar
rest be had visited her at the jail and
told her to say nothing about what he
had said about Reed.
The inquest last Friday week and
Dickinson, on whom suspicious
seems to have, as his relatives
bad already employed lawyer q. M.
Graham, was arrested. He was taken
to jail but a dispatch to The State OF
Monday predicted some changes In the
case. o. Tuesday Bamberg dis
patch said that the Bunch woman had
declared her testimony at the coron.
er's inquest was false and that she
had pu5 Uhe crime on Dickinson tf
.uggestlon Of some one, who told her
thai her neck might be cracked. This
d!spatch further stated that a com.
plett alibi Was established for Dickin.
son.
The affllavits presented in the su-
prems curt by Mr.. E T. LaFi5te, at
torney for Dickinson, ere Interesting.
The Buoch woman testiteS that Race
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 q time.
After bis death she swears. G. B. Kit
trell came to her house and said: If
you do put the crime on some one
they will break your neck. Wnen be
told me that. was So frightened
did not know what to do, SO to save
myself I made up my mind to put 1t
on w. Q. Dickinson. I voluntarily
called Mr.. Ed Dickerson, brother OF
W. G. Dickerson, and made the state
ment that all the Testimony l gave
b=fdTe the coroner In reference to w.
G. D.ckersou's connection with the
death of Ben e. Reed was ab3olut3ly
false, that ". q. D!ckerS n wGS not at
:ny house when Reed was there"
Al the icqueSG the woman had tes-
titled that the men came to her house
about IL o'clock in the forenoon out
Dickinson submits an afl1naVl5 tnat be
did not leave his house chat afternoon
until O'Clock, and that In the morn.
lug be WAS mors tnan mile distant
frum the Bunch woman's house. The
clerk in the county dlspensary makes
at1idavlt that Dickinson and O. 9.
Rowell came into the dispensary be-
tween 10 and II O'clock in the morn.
Ing. TIis was mile distant from
the house. L. B. Fowler saw Dickin.
son, 50 he swears, all day between 8
q. 10. and p. %. except between
noon and l p. N. Josephine AleXan-
der testiieS that Reed came to Mr..
Sam Felder's house (ahere it seems
tnat the Bunch woman was) about IL