The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-06-19

| lttle AnQre" jackson, In this city,
about two months ago, was entered
into shortly before the court of gen.
eral sessions adjourned yesterday af-
ternoon, and will be late in tonight
and probably tomorrow morning be-
fore the attorneys will get through
with their argumets, the judge his
charge and the jury go to their room.
After the jury in the Hill case came
into court yesterday, the defense NOV
ed for n continuance of the case on
the grounds that some of their wit
nesses were not present and not ac-
cessible; that they had not had access
to the testimony taken at the coroners
inquest; that there was not sufficient
time in which the court could hear the
case before adjournment would be nee
essary on account of the limitation of
some time to secure a jury, as it was
| likely that an extra venire would have
to be summoned. Judge Shipp over
ruled all these points and ordered the
case to trial.
The court then proceeded to secure
the jury and there were 81 of the SO
names of the panel drawn before the
full jury was gotten. The State OBJ
jected to only one of the jurors called
and the defense 13.
The jury as made up and sworn is
as follows: l.. T. Barnes, foreman;
Eli Hatchell, w. B. White. S. E. Han
ma. S. w. Floyd, George War;, b. NJ.
Truluck, A b. Mcleod NJ. S. Haynes
worth, j. j. Daniels, Tom Maree and
II. F.. Willis. The counsel for both the
defense and the State agreed that 1t
was not necessary to keep the jury to-
gether and they were permitted to re-
tire when the court adjourned last
night.
Court convened promptly at o'clock
this morning and the court cautioned
the large audience, for the court room
was literally packed to its utmost, that
silence must be maintained throughout
the trial. noticeable fact was the
presence of a very large number of
ladies of the city, who took deep inter
est in the proceedings. for some of
them had never before been in court
house while court was in session, and
the sheriff or the bailiffs did not have
to call them to order once during the
day
The prisoners. Harry Mcintosh and
| John Williams, were brought into
court and placed in the dock McIn-
tosh was permitted to sit with his
mother by the side of his counsel with
in the rail of the bar.
| Solicitor Wells is being ably assist
ed by j. Monroe Spears, the we'll
known solicitor Of the 5th circuit
For the defense are Messrs James p.
Mcneil, Henry Edward Davis, E. S.
| Oliver and Fred l.. Wilcox, the lat
ter not reaching here till late today
from Richmond
When the, prisoners were brought in
there was a general craning of necks
! to see them. They are both typical
| Africans, one Of the thin, ferret-like
! type and the other the rotund type,
with small bead-like and shifty eyes,
| looking startled and apprehensive as
they came in handcuffed together, but
| both sleek and we'll kept and evidently
| with small sense of moral responsible
| ity for the crime of which they stand
accused. They are about grown, and
are intelligent looking as that type of
African generally is. They became
more composed as the time passed on.
and watched the drawing of the Jury.
and the faces of their distinguished
council, for 1t does not often happen
that negro youths are so well repre-
sented as these two are.
A number Of witnesses were exam
ined, but perh the evidnce most
/ damaging to the defendants was the
following statement of Freddie McIn-
tosh while in jail:
l was standing on Evans street, near
Mr. Jorndan's, where John and Harry
passed by in the hack, driving the gray
mare, and saw little Andrew Jackson
jump up behind the hack | saw h.. ry
take him by the arm and get him in
the hack. Harry told John to drive
fast and they went on back to the
stable. went on back home and was
standing at the wood pile and saw
Harry hold Andrew and John hit him
two hard licks with a piece Of iron,