The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-10-06
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saALyEY CONVICTED OF RIGAMY
OVER IN AIiiEN.

|S1ALVEY CONVICTED OF, BIGAMY
OVER IN AIKEN.
Sentence Held Up Until a Motion for
New Trial Can Be Argued and De-
cided.
The case Of the State vs. George
NJ. stalyey was called Thursday
afternoon in the General Sessions
Court at Aiken. This case was in
stituted by, woman giving her
name as Mrs. Elizabeth stalvey, who
claims to be the legal wife of Stalvey,
having been married to him in 1909.
Stalvey was married at Aiken to Miss
Eta Lightfoot, of Orangeburg. For
this reason the case has more than
a passing interest to the people OF
this city. Mrs. Elizabeth Stalvey
testified that she and Stalvey were
married on July "a, 1908 at Myrtle
Beach, s. c., by man who was in
troduced to her by Stalvey as the
REV. ]. C. Clemmons,"
The case consumed two days and
a hale, and was given to the jury AZ
seven o'clock Saturday night. At
twenty minutes past eleven o'clock,
the jury being out over four hours,
rendered d verdict of guilty against
Stalyey. Mr.. Wolfe, OF counsel for
the defense, Immediately stated that
the leading counsel for the defence
had sent word that ne wished the
Judge to hear a motion for q new
trial, and Judge Wilson deferred SEN
tence until the motion could be heard
and decided, fixing the bond at
$1,000. The following is the testi-
mony in the case:
Mrs. Stalvey, tie first witness, re-
lated how she and Stalvey went some
times under an assumed name, she
being forced to do SO by him, the
assumed name being Mr.. and Mrs.
Mays. Also she went as his cousin
on different occasions at his request.
This she did at the home of Miss
Leila Eubanks in Aiken county. She
said that she had stayed with the
defendant after his marriage to Miss
Lightfoot, and as a result she en-
poets to become a mother in about
four months. At his request. she
said, she passed as a Northern lady
at Denmark on one occasion. She
also said that the defendant tried on
one or more occasions to dispose OF
the marriage certificate, which she
held. She worked with him and
helped him all she could as wife.
She testified to having two children
by the defendant. He wrote to her
nearly every day.
Mrs. Stalvey was the principal
witness against the man she claime1
as her husband The Aiken CORE
spondent OF The News and Courier
says she made splendid witness for
the prosecution, and her answers
were made instantly, never taking
any time to reflect to think. After
being on the stand for FIVE hours
and under the FIRE of cross-exam-
ination by Mr. D. S. Henderson, she
did not contradict herself at any
point. Several witnesses were then
called by the State to prove that they
lived together as man and wife.
One witness testified that mis- mothIr
kept a child Of hers named Mikiel
Stalvey. He also ;-new them as Mr..
and Mrs. Stalvey at his mothers
boarding house. Another witness
testified that they stayed at his home.
and that the woman had been intro
duced to him as Mrs. Stalyey, and
that she and Stalvey stopped together
as man and wife.
Mrs. w. C. Howard. OF Atlanta.
wife Of the former Judge OF the
County Court OF Jackson county,
Ca, testified that they had stayed at
her home as man and wife. Two
witnesses from Talula Falls, Ca,
testified,5that3 they both knew them
as Mr.. and Mrs. Stalvey. One OF
them testified that Stalvey told him
that they had been married for four
years; that being last summer. The
woman claims that they were mar
ried in the summer of 1908. Stall
yey had spoken to her as his wife IN
his presence. They stayed In. Talula
Falls for two weeks. stalvey had
also told one OF them that be was
married In this State.
Mrs. Adams, or Atlanta. testified
that they had stayed At her boarding
house as Mr.. and Mrs. Mays three
years ago. She, there called him
Mike" When it was :intimated to
her that he denied ever going by
that name she said: Surely he
can't deny it."
The next witness was A. D. Wat
son, nephew OF Tom Watson, OF
Tompkins, Ga. While he was living
Mt Crawford, Ca. the couple. he said,
had boarded with him. They did not
take boarders but his wife was much
with Mrs. Stalvey and coA-
sented to take, them for q few days.
They were introduced and lived as
man and wife. Stalrey was in the