Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-02-22
MRS. HAYS HELD FOR MURDER.
Her Husband and Brothcr-in.Law
Stand Charged us Accessories,
(The State.)

Hayes-Floyd affair from Tabor. \, c..
where Robt. NJ. Floyd, a young medi-
cal student, was killed on Saturday
night. February 4, by Mrs. Rosa d.
Hays, to Whitevillc, the county seat
Of Columbus county, where the pre-
liminary investigation was held to-
day, by no means showed decrease
IN the interest taken in the affair
since the night Of the killing. Every
train coming into this place last
night and to-day brought people to
the hearing, especially the train from
Horny county, which reached here
this morning literally packed with
witnesses and onlookers. Tabor. the
scene Of the first chapter in this mys-
terious tragedy, was here almost en-
maSSo.
Rcmandcd to Jail.
The hearing opened at 1890 this
morning in the county court house,
The State of North Carolina was rep
resented by ID. J. Lewis and Lvon G.
Greer, of tlis place, while the
Hayeses were defended by the local
firm Of Schulken, Toon & Schulkcn
and Don McRackcn, Of the local bar,
The court ruled early during thc
hearing that the three defendants,
Mrs. Rosa Hayes, as principal, and
her hubbard, n. NJ. Hayes, and Lloyd
Hayes, as accessories, would be tried
together. The case tiresomely and
slowly proceeded throughout the day,
and the court ruled that Mrs. HAYES
be remandcd to jail without bail and
that n. NJ. Hayes and Lloyd Hayes be
held as accessories before the fact.
Court fixed the bond for n. NJ. Hayes
ana his brother Lloyd Hayes, at
1000 each
None OF the defendants had a word
to say at the hearing, nor was Mrs.
Hayes testimony before the coroners
jury admitted. In fact, the position
OIL the defense was as stated early in
the hearing by the senior Mr.. Schul-
ken: eve are not agreeing to any
thing Nor did they, relying en-
lirely on the chance Of a failure Of
the State to make sufficient show
ing.
Dozen Witnesses.
The state put up upwards of a
dozen witnesses and announced that
they had still others, but thought
they had gone far enough to estab-
llsh a conspiracy to take the life Of
Robert NJ. Floyd.
The keynote of the showing made
by them was the statement testified
to by ID. NJ. Solcs, Of Tabor, that only
few minutes after he heard the
shots that killed Floyd he overheard
\. NJ. Hayes tell his wife, "lf they ge'
You up, you tell them that fellow h..> !.
hold Of YOU" This statement, said
Mr.. Soles, was made as Hayes and
his wife were walking from Hayes
shop, to which they had gone shortly
after the killing, to their home
If the statement OF witnesses be
true, there was an eyewitness to the
killing other than Mrs. Hayes Frank
Causce, grayhaired old veteran,
testified that Sunday afternoon, fol-
lowing the killing, he hailed young
Lloyd Hayes along the road and ask
ed him If he could tell him anything
about the killing of Floyd.
Lloyd's reply to this question, he
said, was: Yes, saw it. When he
fell he threw his hands up and fell
backwards"
According to the testimony Of Mrs.
Mary Prince, who claims to have seen
Lloyd Hayes Monday morning after
the shooting. he said: "If Rosa had
not killed Mr.. Floyd, Ncill would
have done it." This witness adding
that Lloyd remarked further: "Thcy
would hang man, but not wo-
man."
Coroner TcStifics.
According to Coroner l.. c. Mills,
who was the first witness sworn,
Robt. Floyd was found dead on the
front porch of n. NJ. Hayes house in
Tabor shortly after O'Clock Satur-
day night, February 4, with his over.
coat on and puncturcd by eight OF
nine bullets, all going through him
He found nearly $50 in his pockets
and deposit slip Of 500 made thai
day with the Bank of Loris. The cor
oncr did not examine carefully, but
did not see any powder burns on
Floyd'S clothing or body other than
slight one on the forehead.
Saw Shot Fired.
Young Vaughan Watts testified
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