The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-14
LEYSATH-POOL CASE
THREE ,!oUNG MEN CHARGED
WITH HOUSEKEEPING.

Prosecute n Rested Its Case 9ester-
day-N hut the Witnesses Have
Testified.
Immedi ately after the dinner re-
cess Tues day the case against ].
Frank Le.Ysath, principal, and Horace
II. Leysat and Robert L. Poole, ac-
cessories, charged with hcuseburntng
was callel. Besides Solicitor Hide
brand, tn, prosecution is being push
ed by Mes srs. C. P. Brunson and A. ].
Hydrick, OF the local bar. The de-
fence ha, seven lawyers engaged,
namely, .Iessrs Raysor & Summers,
Wolfe & Berry, Adam II. Moss, E. B..
Friday and J. w. Williams.
After tho defence mad challenged
nine jurcrs and the State two, the
following jury was completed: R. r.
Ayers, fe rrlan, J. D. Stevenson, G..
u. Porter, II. Won Ohsen, Jr., NJ. 4.
Livingston, H. Boles, E. W. Dukes,
r. A. Sirls. ]. J. Riley, L. a. Metts,
w. Can, and ]. A. Trick. The rest
of the al tesnoon was taken up with
examininy witnesses for the prosecu-
tion.
Court ,psned yesterday morning at
$3.50, AMI continued it's progress on
the Legs .tE-Poole case. Most of the
morning WIS taken up with the ex-
aminatiol Of witnesses for the pros
ecution, ,ut about twelve o'clock the
State announced that 1t rested its
case, ant Immediately the witnesses
for the d ,fence began. 1t is said that
there & re about one hundred wit
nesses t., be examined for the de-
fence an probably will take up the
greater part of today before the
prosecut' or begins its rebuttal testi-
mony.
"A fairly large crowd has been in
attendant ce of the trial, but not as
many as a. the Chestnut trial. A
lange nu N er of those attending are
from arr und North, a great number
being wi nesses in the case. The three
defenda1 is sat behind their counsels,
and seen led little affected by the pro-
ceedings going on. One time yester-
day MOI ming some little statement
caused Ill three to smile, although
they wei not all three sitting togeth-
er. The two Leysath boys sat BY
by their father, Mr.. John Leysath,
and several feet away was
Robert Poole. There were twelve or
thirteen ladies present, among them
being til 9 mother of the Leysath boys
and Mrs. Lydia E. Harley, who own
ed the tui,ding which Frank Leysath
rented. The other ladies present
were fro m North and had no personal
connect on with the trial, except as
friends aid acquaintances of the de-
PENDANTS.
The witness which the State had
been milking such strenuous effort to
have here for this term of court, was
in this county about two weeks be-
fore the trial, but SUDDENLY disappear
ed. Advices were received to the ef-
feet that he was in Rock Hill and the
Sheriff at that place was telegraphed
to keep him, but he was not secured.
According to an announcement made
by Solicitor Hildebrand this man Is
now in North Carolina, and rather
than d ,ls,y the trial the State pro-
ceeded without him.
The Testimony.
The first witness called Tuesday
aftefno on was Mrs. Lydie E. Harley,
who testified that she rented her
store t, Frank Leysath and that on
the mt rting OF March 18th it was
burned Store was insured for ST.
500.
Dem ,sey Tyler testified that he
and some other boys had gone on an
expedition to scare some man, anu
returning saw wagon loaded with
goods ,arsA Later saw thres persons
with ,ods in their arms, whom he
later recognized to be the defendants.
He ant. Dempsey Livingston watched
the store and ran to the fire when
the e1 plosion was heard. Witness
testified that he signed affidavit for
Deput, Insurance Commissioner
Wharf IN to the effect that Frank
Leysata offered to pay him to hold
his to1 que, but didn't remember Wis
iting Tin, now.
W. A. Baggott, magistrate at
North, next testified that he went to
the out-louse back of Mr.. John Ley
sath's house the morning after the
fire aid upon opening it found the
goods, which he boxed and sent to the
Sheriff. (Here the box was opened
and clotning marked for various peo-
pie around North and sent to Frank
Leysa h was exhibited, also neckties
with :. Frank Leysath's name on
them, stamped envelopes and blank
books
Lo1 Feed, policeman. at North, said
he we eat Immediately to the fire when
the alarm was sent in. Nothing was
saved from tn Leysath store after he
got there. According to orders from
Mr. Milestone, intendant, he went
and atched the clubhouse where la
ter tn goods were found, until morn
ing anG is satisfied that the goods
were not placed there after the fire.
w. L. Milestone, was next eXamin-
&1at n