The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-06-16

HipD what was the trouble, and he
said he knew Sam was up to killing
Jim Gillian, and he come up there
that evening to take Gillian off, to
persuade him to come back down
here at his home place and spend the
night" Witness said he further SAX
ed him why didn't he protect Mr.. Gil
liam, knowing that the negro intend
ed to kill Mr.. Gillian, and he said that
! the negro shot him unexpected to him,
that he had Mr.. Johnson and Mrs.
Johnson in a room watching Mr.. Gill
liam while he was il. room talking
to Mrs. Gillian, and that was when
! the shooting took place." He identi-
fed the shell about which Mr.. Frank
c.. Sigh had testified as one which he
had picked up in the yard, and which
Gilliam's son had told him was the
, shell that killed Gillian. He said he
examined the shot in the house and
they seemed to him to be No. As. He
testified to finding a piece of paper
and string in a path near the ne
gro burnt church, on hedge row,
about $50 yards from Aaron Trib-
ble's house. He identified the string
and piece of paper, the paper being
tattered portion Of a billboard show
advertisement, and he identified the
went to Mr. Whites store and got a
piece of paper which was a billboard
advertisement, an dhe identified. the
paper which he got as the piece which
had already been introduced in evi-
dence, about which Mr.. White and Mr..
Melton had testified.
The witness was put through rigid
cross examination. He said he found
the piece Of paper On, Monday follow
ing the killing. He said the two gen
tlemen who refused to go with him to
Mr.. Gilliam's were Mr. T. R. Sanders
and Mr.. J. S. Werts, who said they
had been up there 'to sorter see what
the little Whack-up among the negroes
had been, and Mr.. Gillian said he was
going to leave, quit and go away from
home and never return" and they
said that Gillian wouldn't be there
He said he wouldn't swear positively
the train did not stop at Helena, but
that to the best of his recollection
it did not 1t struck him, he said, that
it slowed down a little. He said he
wasn't noticing. the train particularly.
On redirect examination, ne said
he was apprehensive from what he
had heard, that something was goin.;
to happen, and that was the reason
he wanted to get some of the neigh
bors to go with him to the Gillian
home.
j. ". White, Recalled.
j. ". White, recalled, said that all
the billboard paper which he bought
for wrapping paper was not of The
same pattern. He said the piece of
paper Crouch testified to having found
looked like some of it. With refer
ence to the cord Crouch testified to
finding, he said he thought he had had
some cord like it.
Levi LOngshore
Mr. Levi Longshore testified that he
came to Newberry on March 3rd and
went back on the 2.48 train. He said
he saw Hipp come to the train and
saw him give negro some money
and then hand him paper shell box
he didn't know what was in it-rut
a box like loaded shells come in. He
said he saw a chunky negro standing
at the depot with gun wrapped up
in two pieces, one under each arm.
William Hogg.
Mr.. William Hogg, who lives at
Chappells, testified that during June
of last year he went down to Mr.. Gil
liam's house to see Mr.. Hipp about
getting some peas and that while
there he saw Hipp paying attentions
to Mrs. Gillian.
The State closed its testimony in
chief with the. evidence of Mr.. Hogg.
The Defence.
The witnesses offered for the de-
fop1ont Iohn q Him wpro first n1ac-