The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-18

self. After the first lick, he said.
Pearlstine closed in on him, kept on
| striking him on the corner, u or Is
| times. He begged Pearlstine to stop
Dut he struck righr on. Jones said
ne was holding his hands up trying
to protect his face. Pearlstine knock
cd him nearly blind. Pearlstine said
ne was going to XII! him ard then he
| managed to jerk loose. (Al this point
of the examination Jones was moved
to tears.) At this time the postmas-
ter came out and took hold of Pearl
| st.ne. He jerked away from Pearl
stine and the jerk placed him a lit
lie distance from them.
He said he struck no blows. but
mat Pearlstine's blows had reduced
him almost to insensbility. He said
n" front door was closed. He walk
Cd short distance in a blinded con-
dition. He stopped to locate himself
| and turned to see where Pearlstine
was. He said Pearlstine was at a
| Cicse distance, three or four feet.
Looking at him, bent his fist, said with
an oath, 81 am going to kill you"
Then he fired '0ne shot at Pearlstine.
Just as he fired the pistol he walked
| out of the office. He said his hat
was knocked off and that Pearlstine
was walking toward him when he
| fired.
The shooting took place very quick
| ly after the separation
He said he shot Pearstine to save
his life. Jones said he didn't hear
| any conversation between the post
master, Byrd, and Pearlstine and that
he was carrying a pistol in protection
OF himself, as he expected trouble
from Pearlstine. lie said ne went to
his place of business after the shoot
ing. He testified that his health was
very bad.
| Jones told Of the claim that he re-
ceiYed payment Of from PearIstine
and that the money had been remit
ted to the proper parties and that
the sending out Of this same claim
| again to Pearlstine was through no
| fault of his.
Jones introduced his check stub
and also the check recording the
| payment to its owner. This claim
misunderstanding was the result Of a
mistake and the prosecution asknowI-
edged 1T as such. Jones said that all
the claims he held against the Pearl
stines had been settled except one. He
said the pistol that he had found at
the court house in Branwell, and that
at that time it was in the same shield
and that the shield was cut around
the trigger and at the end as it is
now. He said he didn't know Pearl
stine Va In the postotice when Ae
went in and wouldn't have gone in
If he mad known it.
The State, in reply, placed L. G..
Dukes on the witness stand, who tes-
titled to the good reputation for peace
and quiet of both Pearlstine and
Jones. On the cross examination he
said he knew Of Pearlstine being in
a few difficulties.
Thomas l.. Pearlstine Of Allendale.
a brother Of Abe Pearlstine, testified
as to the claims against the r. Pearl
slime company and as to letters re-
ceived from Jones in this connection.
| w. A. Dukes and DR.. B. X. Minus
testified as to the good reputation of
Pearlstine.
Pink Thompson was the last wit
ness In the case and he denied telling
L. E. Fairey that Pearlstine got him
to beat Jones; that Pearlstine had
never told him anything about Jones
and that he never had a conversation
with Fairey in this respect.
| Judge Memminger stated that he
would not limit counsel in their ad-
| dresses, but they could use their dis
| cretion. Counsel agreed to three ar
! guments on each side. II. NJ. Raysor
| opened for the State and made a pas
sive plea for conviction, stating that
there was no self-defense proved in
the case according to the law Of self
defense. Solicitor p. 7. Hilderbrand
and Adam H. Moss also addressed the
jury at length, asking for Jones' con-