Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-10-03
THE SHANAHAN CASE.
The Jury Finds a Verdict of Not
Guilty
Which the Judge Says the Defend
ants in the Case Will Not Believe

ants in the Case Will Not Believe
Themselves.
ID. B. Shannahan and Carrie E.
Pou, who at one time lived near Liv
ingston in Orangeburg County. are in
trouble in Columbia, where they were
tried for adultery last week. Both
Shannahan and the Pou woman are
white. Shannahan left his wife in
take up with the Pou woman. who
deserted her husband to GO with
Shannahan it is alleged. The trial
consumed the better part of two days
and resulted in the conviction of both
defendants.
The defendant was represented by
Mr.. F. G. Tomkins, of Columbia. and
Mr.. A. II. Moss of the Orangeburg
bar. Before the jury was drawn two
hours of the time of the court were
consumed in hearing and determin-
ing motions made by counsel for the
defense.
A moton to Quash the indictment
was overrufed, although the Judge
stated that the draft of the indict-
ment was not in accord with his views
on what the required form should be
and added that If he were the solicit
tor he would mol pros the case and
draw up new Indictment.
A motion was then made to re-
hn cA1f fnit
which charge in the Indictment he
would go to trial. This was objected
to strenuously by the counsel for the
State, but Judge Johnstone ruled that
the trial would have to proceed upon
only one of the two charges or
counts" in the Indictment. The So
licitor entered mol pros as to the
second count in the indictment.
This is an interesting case and
Thursday attracted more than the
usual attention. The prosecutor in
the case is Mrs. D. B. Shannahan and
she was the first witness for the
State. Mr.. Pou, the husband of the
woman with whom it is alleged Shan
nahan is living IN shame, was also in
court as witness for the State, and
Will be put up probably to testify
that his wife has been livingly open
ly with the first named defendant
Mrs. Shannahan testified that her
husband had not been living with her
since January, 1906, and that she
begged him since that date to give
up the Pow Woman and live with her
as man and wife should. She also
testified that Shannahan carried on a
correspondence with the Pou woman
before he finally left her and went to
living with his codefendant.
Mrs. Shannahan testified that she
and the defendant, ID. B. Shannahan.
were married in Orangeburg County
in 1901. They had but one child, a
daughter and she died on July 5 Of
this year at the home Of Mrs. Shan
nahan. She told of visit to her
husbands home" and OF getting
some of her own wearing apparel out
of the trunk of her husbands s alleged
paramour. She said that she was
offered $500 to compromise the case
against her husband. but declared
that she refused the offer and would
not agree to accept any money for a
settlement.
After being out for twenty-four
hours the jury in the case returned
with verdict of not guilty.
Turning to the jury, Judge John
stone remarked in his most sarcastic
tone: Gentlemen. the defendants do
not believe your vertict"
1t was considered by the Court,
very evident that the prosecution
had made out it's case and many 9TH
ers thought so too, but the jury did
not see ii that way.