Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-02

titled as to seeing Mr.. Williamson on
the afternoon Of July 81, and that he
was in an intoxicated condition, the de-
fense put up Mrs. Garrison, wife of
the defendant, ]. H. Garrison. Mrs.
Garrison heard the dying statement Of
Williamson. Went to the parlor when
she heard shot after leaving the porch
Went to her room and retired, but did
not know whether or not she had been
asleep. Heard Mary's voice in the par
lor directly under her bed room.
Heard enough to know that Mary had
no business in there, so l got up to go
down and call her out. Didn't know
where Mr.. Garrison was. Had left
him down stairs. Just had got into
the back hall when l heard the shot"
Mr.. ]. Henry Garrison sworn, testi-
fed that he was the defendant, aged
81 and half years, the father Of Miss
Mary Garrison. Had gone to the sta
ton the afternoon Of July 81, distance
Of about half a mile, to get shoes for
mule and had been asked by Miss Mary
to meet and bring out Mr.. William
son. Saw Williamson when he got off
train. Thought he was a little daZed
from riding but did not approach him
at once, as some one called him. La
ter passed him in the postoffice, told
then they would go home. Had not up
to this time noticed that he was intox-
icated. Did notice later when he went
to get in buggy. Drove home and
worked in field until sun down. Ate
supper with Williamson, who appeared
to be still intoxicated, but did not say
anything out Of the way. After the
couple went into the parlor he went
up stairs and sat in window directly
above the parlor. Was suspicious Of
Williamson in his then condition.
About 10 he went to his room up stairs
and stayed until nearly II o'clock.
Heard a scraping noise as a chair
dragged across the room. Went down
stairs. Half way down heard his
daughter say: please don't" Heard
It again. LAS I reached the bottom Of
the stairs 1 thought of my gun in the
passage way just outside, picked 1t up,
walked out the back way around the
house to the window on side, saw Will
hanson with his arms around her.
Put the gun into window and hollered:
Move" for he didn't want to shoot
the man in the back, whereupon Miss
Mary ran and Williamson exclaimed:
Mr. Garrison, Mr. Garrison" Shot
was fired almost Immediately after Gar
rison hollered move" After being shot
Williamson said, Il intended to marry
your daughter and you have killed me, ~
to which Garrison replied, May be
you did and may be you didn't"
Williamson asked not to be shot
again and Garrison said he would not
and upon request Of deceased went for
DR.. Rodgers. Mr.. Nelson in the cross
examination asked Garrison why he
did not go directly into the parlor from
the hallway instead of sneaking around
on the outside and spying. on his own
daughter, to which Garrison replied
that he did not want to give them
warning, that If there was anything
wrong he wanted to know it. Asked
why he shot the deceased, he said, Be
cause thought he was trying to take
improper advantage Of my daughter"
Counsel had defendant admit that
Williamson was not doing anything at
the time he was shot. On question
from counsel, Garrison stated as his
reason for bringing Williamson home
with him in a drunken condition that
he wanted to get him away from where
the neighhOrs would see him, as there
was already talk about the young man
being drunk.
A number Of witnesses testified that
Williamson was intoxicated on the af-
ternoon of the 31st. None, however,
that he took a drink after his arrival
at Gray Court at 8 o'clock up to the
time he was shot at about II o'clock.
The defense in a nutshell was around
this point, that young Williamson was
under the influence Of whisky and act
ed in such a manner towards the girPs
father in defending her. The State had
number Of character witnesses here,
among them Mayor John T. Roddey of
Rock Hill to testify to the good char
acter OF the deceased, but because the
defense did not assail his general good
character, that testimony was not TAX