The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-11
MOTIVE SOUGHT
SHany Witnesses Sunnausl. !. il i Attempts
10 Prove Plol ID Killing.

to ProVe Pl0t ID b1illsS. W
HAYES home. SEARCHED
I Course Of Bullets Traced u " 1sl1 Effort to
establish Direction From Which
They Were Fired-Many Facts
Connected With ths Sad Tragedy
That Ended Floyd's Lite. =
The Conway correspondent Of The
State says as result of trip he
made to Tabor. N. C., the scene OF
/. thef killing Of Robere N. Floyd ON
Saturday last by ldrs. Rosa Hayes,
+ 1t was ascertained definitely: that the
preliminary hearing in Shis case, will
be SHIELD on Tuesday, the Nth, at
Whitev!!le. This date has been
agreed on by all parties interested:
Magistrate W. G. Graham OF Ia
\ Dor Shas.been designated to sit In the
case and this morning he was busy
binding over witnesses. Up until
noon Thursday 20 witnesses had
6 been bound over by the State, and
Judging by the activity of the rela"
tives of the slain man, still more
witnesses may be summoned.
4 All OF these witnesses live In and
: around Tabor, and they have been
summoned, it is learned, In an at
tempt to prove motive for the kill
ing other than the statements made
by Mrs. Hayes and to implicate in
the horrible affair others whom Mr..
& Floyd's relatives and friends claim
were parties to q plot to get him to
Tabor and take his life.
One with no knowledge Of the kill
ing would be impressed on arriving
at Tabor with the idea that some
great calamity had befallen this quiet
but busy little town; Notwithstand-
Ing the fact that it has been five
75 days since the occurrence and the
subsequent removal of the prisoners
{ to Whiteville, Tabor iB yet all aBtir
over the occurrence.
Groups are gathered here and
there, discussing the tragedy, each
comparing rumors and theories with
the other in an effort. to: solve the
( mystery surrounding the tragic death
of young Floyd.
The Hayes home is situated only
IA few feet back from the sidewalk
4 Of: a broad open side street and only
about 200 yards from the main
street Of the town. Within 40 feet
Z Of the house on either side are other
I dwellings, one being hotel which
on the night OF the killing was we'll
filled with guests. Hayes barber
shop is only about 100 yards from
& his home One standing at the front
4 Of the: :lshop has an nnobstructed
view Of the Hayes horle? -, :
The house Is a four room dwell
I ing, 4 hall running between the two
rooms on each side. The hall opens
BY door on the front porch, which
!. door Mrs. Hayes in. her testimony
stated was. locked.
The door to her bed room. which
She states thas Floyd entered, is sew
eral feet down the hall to the right.
Floyd's hat was hung on a rack on
the left wall OF the tall beyond the
bed room door. 80
si% The bed to which Mrs. Hayes
states Floyd forced her stands in the
extreme right hand corner Of the
room, but to the left Of the bed
room door.
" Mrs. Hayes retreat backwards fol-
lowed by Floyd, as she states in her
testimony, carried her the width of
q room through a door into the hall,
the length Of this hall, through the
front door and across about ten feet
of porch, Floyd having been found
at the extreme front of the porch
with one foot out. on the top step.
Those who saw Mr. Floyd before
he was moved state that his form
lay in such a position that anyone
returning to the hall would be
forced to go over his prostrate form.
Mrs, Hayes statement is that she
fel! out IF the door ahead of Mr..
Floyd and that she afterward re-
turned to the house and secured an
other pistol and shot him again in
the head.
A thorough search was made Of
the bed room of the Hayes home is
which the shooting is stated to have
occurred.
The carpet was removed from the
floor and two bullets were accounted
for. One, a lead bullet, was found
LOGGED in sill under the floor, the
course of the bullet being down
ward slant, indicating that it came
from the direction of the hall door
to the bed room. ~.
Another bullet had plowed through
the top of the floor at such slant
as to pass out through the window
sash several feet from the floor. This
bullet could not be found, but was
evidently fired from the same place
as the other.
Hayes bought g number of steel
bullets from a local hardware dealer