The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-05
! The Farnum case.

! Judge Memminger asked series OF
questions tending to the establishment
of the fact of who bought the paper.
Perry said he didn t care to tell this.
i Perry had had a message sent to his
shop before the conversation occurr-
| ed.
J. ". Seeeers only heard about the
arrest Of the two Young men. tie saw
the newspaper but did not read 1t.
lie saw the second part Of the paper
that contained the testimony Of wy
lie. but did not read this. He did i!o1
see anything about The Farnum case.
SeegcrS said that Il boy ran up to
the Jury yesterday and that Sheriff
Coleman pushed the boy aside, the boy
having papers to sell. The sheriff
stated this morning that he would not
have had the whole matter to occur
for 800 out Of his own pockets.
One Of the jurors, }. +. Gotf. ap-
parcntly understood instructions Of
Judge Memminger. He said he lid
not read the paper. but thai he look
ed at the pictures. THE pictures re-
ferred to were the cuts Of the draft
and check in the local morning pa
per.
Golf said he understood the lnstruc-
tiOns Of the Court as 10 no communl-
catio!S. He would moi have taken a
paper if il had been offered 10 him.
J. S. Nelson said he saw the paper.
but did not see it thrown up into the
window. He did not put his hands on
the paper. He admitted that he did
not read much, as he "did not have
the time to read 'em.'' He did not
hear about the arrest Of the two
! Young men until this morning. "A
! few Of the boys were looking at the
paper" said Nelson. "'One-half Of
them paid no attention to It.
The Farnum Editorial.
J. r. Roane said he read some OF
the paper. too. He saw the headlines
in the paper, but did not read the ed
itorial referred to. He didn't know
anything about the arrest until this
morning. "All Of them looked at the
checks,'' said Roane.
L. r. Roberts, street car man. OF
this city, said he did not see the pa
per thrown in the window and did
not hear the conversation. He did
not read the paper, but told them they
ought not have the paper there. lie
didn't know whether or not the pa
per was thrown up without any money
! being transferred. He understood the
situation as to non-communlcatlon.
D. R. Elkins. linesman, only
knew the paper was in the room. He
had served on jurieS in Fairfield. He
did not know it was wrong to read the
paper during the trial. He did not
discuss the matter He did read the
Farnum editorial.
He did not catch the words Of Per-
" and Dorm. He heard something
about meat.
NJ. D. Perry. mill man. never was
on jury before, and never was III
the Court room to hear Il case. He
saw the paper but did not read it.
He did realize that he should not read
! a paper. He did not think. however.
tAat he should act for the others and
tell them about this. The first time
! the jury knew { guard was on the
street was yesterday. when the con-
verSation incident took place.
| Henry Marsh saw a colored boy
throw a pai'ar in the window. He saw
nivIle 90 to the edge Of the street,
"at least a piece Of money!" He did
not read the paper, but beard the
"boys" talking about the picture. He
had not heard Of the arrests being
made. He did not think it was wrong
to read the paper. He stated that the
Farnum case was discussed among the
jurors.
Keith Tells of Conversation.
Young Keith, who is an elevator
boy at the ''s kyScraper. WAS not put
under oath. as Judge Memminger sta
ted that he merely wished him to stale
what he knew without laying himself
liable to any charge. Keith said he
went TO Perry's butcher shop. where
he was formerly employed, and that
he and Dorm came up town and by
the hotel: that Perry asked Dorm how
he was getting on and Dorm asked
Perry if lie could employ Keith Sal
urday to help in the butcher shop.
He said a few more words. SAID
Keith. He told Dorm to get a de-
nnc;t slim - Them Keith said. the