The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-12-07
Is FOUND GUILTY
COMMITTED DARING CRIME on
CIRCUS TRAIN.
Young Columbian Met Death ON the
Train the Same S:shr.-Conaict-
ins Testimony Expected

The trial Of Roy Rich. one OF the
circus employees on the Hasenoeca-
Wallace circus train. On the night IN
which Paul Williams. OF Columbia.
met his death. which was begun in
the spec!a! term o; General Sessions
Court Monday afternoon a. Lexing-
ten and was concluded Tuesday az
ternoon with a verdict OF guilty.
Rich was charged with assault; and
battery with intent TO kill. and rob
berry. the direct charge being that he.
together with severa! other men. as
saulted Barlie H!ghtower. an IS
year-o!d boy OF Knoxville. Tenn. OF
the circus train. The only feature
OF the trial was sae powerful aTsu-
ment Of Solicitor Geor-e Bell Tim
norman which was the subject OF
much comment throughout; the af
.ernoon.
y. n. Bullock. special agent for
:he Southern Railway. with head
quarters a, Washington. stated that
he had been in many Court rooms
throughout the country. but tsa, ne
had never heard an argument; the
equal Of that made BY the solicitor
in this case.
Rich was defen!ed / Attorney E.
F. Asb.ll. mho made a strong and
able aght n his behalf. The test
mony In the case was practically The
same ss that a1duced At the t!ial
Of the negroes convicted Monday.
and showed beyond doubt tha; in The
circus crew there must have been !
number OF thieves and robbers. Rich
vas charged with having relieved
HightoweT OF :orty-fve cents in mon
ev. which he had tied up IN his
shirt. The young man said that
Rich covered him with pistol. while
others took the money.
''T-ix" Baker. nero. who WAS
captured by Sheriff Corley in Owens
bo-o. KY. few days ago. testified
that he saw Rich on one Of the VA
CONS. on a fat car. and that there
were six or eight with him. Ric:
had pistol In his hand swingi le
by his side. but d!ia't see him as
sault anyone or use the weapon al
all.
Clarence Lamberson. white. who
had onl, been with the circus about
4 month. swore that he was IN the
baggage wagon: saw man with a
white rag tied over his face and
with q pistol IN his hand DIdn' :
recognize Rich. however. as being
the mar.
Special Aren't Ehney. o. the South
ern. testified as TO his being on the
train on the night in question. ard
that he saw number OF people Or
the fat car. when the train stopped
at Lexington TO get water. There
vas shooting and general rodyism oa
the cars: did not recognize the de-
fendant
Deputy Sheriff Miller was the las,
witness for the State He testif ~
rs to having been shown the torn
shirt by Marble H!shsower.
Frank Anderson. another circus
hand and negro. was the hrst W.
ness for the defense He svore that
he saw Roy Rich IN bed on the car
that Rich had been sick and had le:t
the show before II was over in Col
rmbia. Elijah Clarke testified t.
the same. CLARK said that he him
self slept on fat car. while R.cl
was IN the sleeping car.
J. s. Rowell. the Southern agen;
at Lexington. saw four men on the
e.; cars. when the circus train pass.
ed the depot one OF whom ae
thought vas special Agent Ehney.
The deiendan. then took the
stand Rich said that he was s!ci;
In bed on a property car: Joined ne
circus IN May or June and received
$40 per month from the circus
hands. for furnishing Them ice. soap
towels and $40 per week from the
/ show He denied being drunk on
the night OF the crime: denied that
he had ever been drunk In his life:
denied that ne ever gambled in his
life: said II would have been !mpos-
sible TO have gone from TIE car ne
was IL without going through the
boss's car. and this car was always
KEEP: locked.