The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
TELLS WHAT he KNOWS

aaAN AKRF sTED FOR MURDER OF
sanRER TALKS.
he Flatly Denies Any Connection
With 81 rer's Death or Knowl-
edge Of low He Died.
The AUGUSTA Chronicle says that
]. R. Cunningham arrested on sus-
picion, der .es any knowledge Of the
death of a,hirer, other than that
brought cut at the coroner's in
quest. That connection was moth
ing more tlan a statement as to the
time Of Shirer's arrival at the
boarding rsouse at 80 Washington
street, ant Shirer's preparations to
leave the house.,
To representative Of the Chron-
icle Gum ngham stoutly maintain
ed his ino. erce not only Of participa-
eion in tn, supposed murder Of Shi-
Ter, but b, denied that he had even
been will him in the boarding
house whre they both had rooms.
He stated, that on Monday night, the
night Shil sr was last seen, he (Cun-
uingham) went to bed at little af-
ter 10 o'clock, and about midnight
Shirer earle in. Shirer. he said, had
had a drl nk, or two, and was feel
ing good and as was his custom,
woke abcut everybody in the house"
by his lold jollying Of those about
him.
Kiisel. he stated, had occupied a
room with Shirer for about two
years, bu on that night Kiisel came
into his, Cunninham's room, and
went to sleep on the bed with him.
When Shirer came in, he asked
Kiisel to get him a cigarette from
Cunningt am, and Cunningham ask
ed why shirer didn't ask him direct
for it as he knew he would be glad
to give linn one. Shirer and Kiisel
had then gone across into their own
room, where they stayed a short
while, au Cunningham says he "fell
of asleeo," anw was awakened by
hearing $Ihirer say he was going out
of the hyuse, but did not hear him
say he WIS going to any special place.
Cunning; am could not say what time
1t was hen Shirer went out but 1t
was soma time after midnight.
Kiisel then came back and went to
bed witt Cunningham; so Cunning
ham st ltes. Cunningham again
"fsll Off asleep" he says and was
awakened again by Kiisel saying he
was going down to take a bath. He
states tlat Kiisel was in his under
clothes HThen he left the room.
Cunni agham again fell off asleep,
and stat IS that he did not know
when K Kisel came back and got into
the bed With him, but when an alarm
clock in the house went off at four
O'Clock ! q the modning he was awak-
ened ami Kiisel was in bed with him
and got up to go to work.
He enied all knowledge Of the
haunts Of Shirer, and said he had
never bIsen on Broad street with Shi-
Ter, so far as he could remember.
Kiisel, he stated had known him for
a long time and roomed with him
for abo, 1T two years. He had never
heard of any difficulty Of any kind
that Sh hirer and Kiisel had ever had,
and stnted that he had never had
any diiiculty or fuss with him, him
self.
Cum ingham stated that he had
been st the Kiisel boarding house
about hree weeks. He said he came
there tom the arsenal where he had
stayed a week or more, as he was
thinking Of reenlisting in the army.
He sid he had been honorably
discha@ ged at New Orleans from an
enlistn ent in the army, where he
had been non-commissioned officer,
and after visiting other points, came
to AW.;usta where he had been for
seyera weeks.
He stated that he had not done
any work since he had been in Au-
gusta, except for part Of one day;
that b. had a little money from his
discha :ge when he got there. A
friend he stated, introduced him to
Kiisel and told him that Cunning
ham vas all right, and got Kiisel to
let Cunningham board with him un-
til CT 1ningham got work. and then
be able to pay. He had been at the
Kiisel house about three weeks, he
stated and owed some board there.
Cu, ningnam is not an unattrac-
tive ooking young man, Of the
shreHi, sharp countenance Of the
much travelled, vaid-employed young
man. He stated that he had been
work and was a bill poster, and had
several other trades.
-bN~