The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-07-22
IUueAn CONTEMPT CASE.
Dseeadant h Accused Of Having Pre-
ssssed % the Court Fake AAldavIts
- Coanect,on With . Case h,
Which He Was Interested.

Nooocc<sou Win case hl
which He Was Interested.
Columbia. July lb.-It In a most
-nnnsual thing to see the supreme
ssurt Of the United States taking evil
oence and going into details. II ID
0e1ng 90 In the case Of John T. Dun
an This 70 . noteworthy cause. The
OoSrt room was crowded during the
~eu&irs hearing this morning. and
W1sn the dinner recess was taken the
ysincipai Agure In the case was on the
ss1anA giving his tstimony In dramatic
ssu,a.
JeAn =. Duncan is . young lawyer
= Colussbia. who has figured In poll
,1uD moro or isss. He 10 well connect
- and. above al else. IL . hard
1uAssr. Re hes been connected with
- loeal bar for many years. but has
- Asursd In many prominent cases.
- y ths eounssi for colorsd man
Dasnsa Jesss Hunter. He thinks Hun
- = bslns psrsseutsd and that the
~o1es people h this county tried to
1B1vU Htntss from the community.
UunAsr was arsssssd and convicted
- shs ehargs Of airing into . posse
- wsaS 70 arrest him. Hunters
unnp was appsa,sd and the appeal dis
U1Bs1- TSsn Mr. Dunesa tried 20
: 1Dosal again and failed.
TAsn camp the turning point, In the
ugsssnt eas6. An amdavit was pre-
-o.11sd watch. u wss alleged. wss
x1Unpa ~ Js6 Taylor. In this am
-sonv1t JsR Taylor swors that Hunter
~ under the house and that he
GSAysor) was In the house and aid
u sAoeting. Now Taylor says he
1870 No such amdavit and that he
1svsr az the shootins. ana that Mr.
D1,ean tried 10 sst him 70 make an
u0aavit. but that he refused to do 20.
~ Taylor aAdavit was sworn to be-
~ 1Gs. washiRgton CLARK. Of CO.
Junbia, and Mr. Clark swsars that
- man presented to the supreme
ss~rt - Js6 Taylor was not the man
SAe s1Unsa the aildavit before him.
~. Clark says that the man who
xnUnsa ths an,davit before him was q
Snn bleek negro. whereas the man
~ aDDsars - JsR Taylor 10 thick
- hsht eomp,sxionsd coiorsd man.
SAs Js6 Taylor who appsartd be-
Nbrs the ccurt absolutely denied that
- hes sisnsd the smdavit. and Mr..
c,nsk says he y not the man who
seUsarsa before him and signed the
;0oosr.
nlr. nncan says ne II the man and
vhna Ne signed the af,davit. ana that
- Gid the shooting and that he vol
anansiiy told him 70 months after the
l1nooeing. Mr.. Dncan went into the
,n1nutsse details to show how and
w4v Taylor confessed to him that he
AnA done the shooting.
Then to add to the mystery Of the
Taylor alndavit II cannot now be
tDund. nr. Duncan alleges that Il has
1ssn distracted and that this is mere
- IN incident Of the Conspiracy
| tAas has been formed against him.
1hs Taylor afhdavit is alleged to have
essu nled with the supreme court for
. nsw TRIAL. Mr.. Duncan alleges that
0r. Zimmerman. then solicitor. took
= out with . bunch Of other papers
1as. Zimmerman turned over the pa
Usrs In the case TO his successor In
U0cs-Mr. Benet-and the afidavit
was not among them. Mr.. u. r.
UEooks. clerk OF the supreme court.
isa1d that he looked for the paper In
company with Mr. Benet. and that he
sSsla not and the file at all. and that
hesr on ne telephoned for Mr.. Dun
Uaa TO come down 20 his ONCE. and
rnst when Mr. Dncan appeared and
Asaosd him look for the papers that
~Tbey were found. Col. Brooks says
1hat he does not know whether the
rsoord was In the nle box when he
-ana Mr. Benet looked for the papers.
ut that he could not md single pa
Dsr ~ that time-they may have been
'shsre. The Taylor af1,davit. the origi-
al. was not then found and has evil
asntsy nown. Then. there is a negro.
Myers. whose af1idavit was fled by
.l1r. Dncsn. He says ne made no such
.laaAdavit. Mr.. Duncan says that he
Ald.