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

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wrapped the gun up in some show ad-
vertising paper that Mr.. White had
bought from the depot to use as wrap
ping paper He said while he was
wrapping up the gun Sam Boozer ask
ed him if it was a good one. and wit
ness told him it was. ''He said he
wanted a good one" said witness,
"and after I wrapped the gun up there
was something said about nobody
wouldn't know what it was. I told
him not without unwrapping it. He
said it didn't make any difference
whether it was wrapped up or not.
He said Sam Boozer did not tell him
positively whose gun il was, but "he
said he needed a good gun" Witness
said both barrels of the gun were
choke barrels, and he told Boozer 1t
was a close-shooting gun, and was not
a good gun for birds, or anything like
that. The witness said piece Of pap
er which was presented to him looked
like some of the same kind Of paper in
which the gun was wrapped This
ment of show, was introducedETAl
piece Of paper, billboard advertise
ment of a show, was introduced in
evidence The defence on cross-ex-
animation directed its questions to-
wards showing that billboard adver-
tisements of shows could be found all
over the county at any lime.
]. W. White, Recalled.
Mr.. J. w. White, recalled, testified
that at the time the gun was bought
he had paper in his store Of the kind
which had been introduced in evil
dence, having bought it at sale at
the c., N. & L. depot to use for wrap
ping paper. On REORGANIZATION, he
said the paper was used for wrapping
up packages for anybody and every
body, and that such paper could be
foundposted up all along the streets
of the city, and all over the county.
Frank C. Slfgh.
Mr.. Frank C. Sigh, clerk in the
store of the NeWbe1ry Hardware
company, stated that on the third day
of March he sold Mr.. Hipp box Of
| Winchester shells loaded with Nu-
! black powder and No. shot: He said
Mr., Hipp "sked for large shot and he
sold him No. As in accordance with
this request He sid mis- recollection
was that Mr. Hipp told him he wanted
to. shoot hawks, or something like
| that He fixed the time. of this trans
action as "just before the 2.4S train
came up from Columbia" He said
Mr.. Hipp told him he was in a hurry,
| he had to go to his place of business,
and he wanted to catch that train. Wit
ness was presented with an empty
shell, which he testified was the same
make of shell as that which he had
sold Mr. Hipp. He ,uuld not tell the
number of the shot which had been in
the empty shell, the number being on
the wadding which was fired with the
load. On cross-examination, witness
testified the Winchester was a stand
ard shell, but he diu not know how
long Nublack powder had been on the
market or how generally it had been
sold. He said he had never seen Mr..
Hipp when he was not in hurry.
d. C. Spearman,
Mr. D. C. Spearman, who lives on
the Hagood place, in Saluda county,
testified that he came to Newberry on
the third of March and went back on
the 2.48 train. He said he saw Mr.
Hipp. Sam Boozer and Amos Boozer
get off the train at Old Town, and one
of the negroes had a bur die which
was wrapped up. On cross -examina-
ton he said he had two or three bun
dies himself, and one Of them he threw
out Of the train to a negro ut Helena
to be taken to his wife. He said the
train slowed up at Helena, but he was
positive it didn't stop ito a tlead-stand
still" He said he could not describe
the bundle which he saw the negro
get off with at Old Town.
Robert Gillian
Robert Gillian. the eldest child Of
the deceased, a lad of ten years OF
age, was next placed on the stand by
the State He told of the hands com
ing to Newberry in a wagon and bug
gy on the morning of the day,his faith
er was killed. He said that when Mr.