The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-10-06
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dant's last wife, related conyersa-
ton with Mrs. Meigs, IN which. she
requested him to go to Myrtle. Beach
and find out about the marriage.
The defendant was then placed Oh
the stand. He began his story with
an account Of his first meeting with
1.-THE woman in Mullins. He related
that after he met her there he next
saw her in Conway at the home Of
sir. McCaskan. At that time, ne al
LEGGED, he had improper relations with
/ her and from that time on he had
such relations with her, but he de-
MED ever being married to her. He
said he employed her as solicitor fol-:
him in the picture business, and for
that reason he knew her well and
was intimate with her. He admit
ted that he often went with her and
that they lived as man and wife to-
| gether, representing themselves as
such sometimes under the name OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Mays. and scmetim' 9
as Stalvey, and at other times with
different names. He also admitte !
that he wrote her endearing letters
after his marriage to Hiss Llghtfoot,
but denied that he has had any i'm
proper relations with her since that
marriage.
When he told Mrs. Meigs that he
had married she threatened him, he
said, saying she would kill both OF
them and then commit suicide. He
said he was married to Miss Light:
foot on April 20 OF this year. He
said that he, wrote the love letters
| to her after his marriage through
fear that she would come to Orange
burg and expose him. He said he
expected her to kill him.. She finally
lconsentcd to give him up and. go TO
her home in Wilmington, n. c., but
said that she still loved him. He
told her that he was glad she loved
him, but was also glad that she had
decided to leave him and he hoped
he would meet her In better world.
Instead Of going home, he said, she
came to Aiken and had warrant
sworn out for him.
iStalvey was on the witness stand
about four hours altogether. The
Aiken correspondent Of The News and
Courier says on cross examination
Stalvey sought to defend himself by
admitting having a very black char
acter. He said that he had taken
this woman, whom he sought to prove
q lewd woman, into the best homes
of the people in the towns into which
he went. His story did not vary a
great deal from that of Mrs. Stalyey
No. /, except in some details and the
marriage. He said that she led him
about, and that she always took the
initiative in the arrangements for
them to go anywhere. When asked
why he did this, he said he was doing
it to have a good time.
An incident of the proceedings
was the reading by Col. Sawyer, for
the State, of number Of letters writ.
ten, admittedly, by Stalvey TO the
prosecutrix, written after the mar
riage of Stalyey to Miss Eta Light
foot, OF Orangebtrg. These letters
were all expressed in the most loving
terms and many Of them were written
from Orangeburg, where Stalyey said
he was then staying with his second
wife.
In explanation of this writing Of
letters after his Reformation Stall
vey said that he was compelled to do
SO in order to prevent an exposure
and prevent the murder uf himself
and his wife by Mrs. Stalvey NO. J..
In each of these letters he sends love
and kisses, and wishes so much that
he were with her then
In rebuttal Mrs. Stalvey No. was
recalled to deny that he had any II
licit relations with her the second
time they met, In Conway, and she
also made several other denials pos
itively.
Mrs. T. M. Robinson, of Atlanta,
wife of the Coca-Cola magnate. was
a witness for the prosecution In re-
buttal. She testified that she knew
Mrs. Stalvey and >stalvey. She relat-
ed the story of the birth OF child
by Mrs. Stalvey, and said that Mrs:
stalvey received a letter Immediately
after the birth Of the child and that
she read the letter to her. The letter
was expressed in devoted terms. and
wished that she would soon be we'll
again, and stating that the child she
gave birth to was the "sweetest
birthday gift he ever received" the
birth being on the Sd Of February,
the same as his birthday. She also
said that one .ef the witnesses for
stalvey, who. testified had said to her
that she knew nothing about the
case. She also testified that she saw
The marriage certificate. OF, Mrs. stal-
vey three years ago. 1t then being
in Mrs. stalvey's possession. Mrs.
stalvey was then staying with her IN
her home in Atlanta. This closed
the Testimony.
In a nutshell the contention of the
prosecution is that the woman. who
claims to be Mrs. Stalvey No. l, and
Stalvey we're married at Myrtle Beach
by false preacher named Clemmons.
~ was shrown that a man named