The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-06-12
IN THE HANDS OF JURY.
The Goodwin C;De Went to Jury
Yesterday Afternoon at
Four Ten.

Is. W. Goodwin was placed on trial
on Tuesday morning, charged with
murder and killing of T.. l.. Lcavell
near Naughnville, on the afternoon
OF the 2Sth Of August, 1906. The
ease has excited unusual interest and
the court house has been packed cv-
cry minute since the ease was called
When the ease was called on Tues.
day morning there were several pre-
liminary motions which were dispos-
rd OF and the case ordered for trial
both sides announcing ready. There
was little difficulty in securing IL Jury
md taking the testimony began
shortly after dinner on Tuesday.
1t will be recalled that i.cavcll was
shot IN the road in front of Good
WIN : house. 1t seems that the trou-
bic which resulted in the killing
nr"S" from Il difficulty in regard to
tn" school at Nanghnvillc, of which
Mr.. lravcll was trustee.
On the afternoon Of the killing Mr..
L"avrll was driving by AR. Good
viii $ house when he was stopped by
Mrs. t""dwin. VIII" had Il convcrsa-
'l"n with him. Goodwin went cut 10
Inc buggy where l.rnvcl and Mrs.
Goodwin were and the Shooting fol-
lowed. 1t had been raining before
the KILN" and Il mass Of testimony
waS offered by the state a., To- tracks,
me theory Of the State being that
Lravcll Was shot while in his buggy
ana WAS thrown out Of the buggy
when the horse jumped after the re-
port Of the pistol. Testimony Of e;
number of witnesses WAS offered tr
provr that there were tracks of ONLY
one person IN the road opposite
where it appeared that the buggy
had stopped and that LrnvcIl' : body
was thlrtI-"nc feet Gown the road
from th"N" tracks and that there
were II" tracks between the tracks
where the buggy had stopped and
l.rarclI : body.
Tn 90 into this testimony in sucu
detail WAS made necessary by the
Fact that Walter Brooks. The onN
eye witness except Goodwin and MS
wife. hah zone To Atlanta. leaving
his home ON last Friday night. Young
Brooks. however. waS brought back TO
Ncwbrrry by his brother Clarence
''r""k>. ON Wednesday afternoon
and waS placed on the stand and
rave his account Of the killing.
Walter Brooks said that oi the
afternoon Of the killing he had gone
over t" Mr.. Goodwin'S house to oct
som" bread that Mrs. Goodwin had
cooked for his fathers family. Tie
%ad that when he went in the house
his aunt. Mrs. Goodwin. and 3. w.
Go"dwin were sitting ON the piazza
steps, that he went through the
house and went to the watcrburkct
I" get Il drink of water. and while he
was al the water bucket he heard
his aunt. Mrs. G"ndwin telling some
one. "I"u are Il liar. He said
that he then went on the front porch
and saw his uncle. Eugene LcavcII
Sittin" in his buggy and Mrs. Go.d-
win standing by the buggy -. ~,
side Of the road. lie sand that Lea
veil answered "I don't tell lies but
JAIME Chalmers teaches tins school, -
tils oncle, Whit Goodwin. he said.
then went around IN from of the
horse "o1 "aia "Engcnc Lcavell, YOU
dirty Sroundr"l. what you rrn around
the c"nntrv trying to GET my children
ont OF school for.' Lca>cll said"
have not done no surh." and then
tin"dwin went around IN front of the
horse and shot him.
Young Brooks said that at the
time L"avcll was shot he was sit
tim" in his buggy and had thrown his
lap robe back and was somewhat
lrnnln" out of the snggv At the
r"ron"r'S inquest Young Brooks stat
cd t" several persons that he did not
know anything about the killing. Hr
told this on the stand Wednesday
aft"rn""n and explained 1t by say
IN" that both men were his unclcs
and that he did not wan, to have any
thin" to do with it.
Miss Pearl Goodwin. Il dau"htcr
OF the defendant. WAS sworn for the
defense and testified that at the
time of the killing s:c was sitting
on the front plaza and that Brooks
WAS not on the front plaza and that
Il h" had been on the front piazza he
could not have seen the killing be-
cause she said it occurred at noint