Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-11-06

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singer and j. p. WATSON, all of whom
were either in Greenville, or could
easily nave been secured.
"When the Magistrate announced
that | was entitled to a hearing The
counsel for the prosecution asked to
have the warrants dismissed. TO this
my counsel objected most strongly,
taking the position that by making
this charge the prosecutor had made
the matter a public one and he had
no right to control it, and that | was
entitled to a full investigation Of the
charges; that the witnesses named
in the warrants ought to be eXamin-
ed and If they knew anything to my
disadvantage the public ought to
know it, but on the other hand if
they knew nothing to my disadvant-
age | was entitled to have this go
before the public. From the state
ment Of the attorney representing
the prosecutor, it appears that the
only basis for this outrageous charge
vas the statement of Vaughn, made
ullcl HlS COuN lClloH vi a. liOSl I'll
Gus crime and while on his way to
the penitentiary.
"Mr. Mauldin, in his statement,
declared that Vaughn was utterly I'M
worthy Of belief, and yet he practi-
cally announced that it was upon his
statement alone, that | was arrested.
How such a statement, absolutely
false, could have been secured from
the poor, unfortunate prisoner, un-
der condemnation Of death, those
men alone know, who have been
working up this matter. All that
can say is what | have already said,
the charge IS absolutely false and |
stand ready at any and all times to
meet any accuser who dares come
forward.
GAS a matter of fact, | was out of
the city at the time Of Vaughn's es-
cape, and knew nothing Of the mat
ter until 8 o'clock the next morning,
on my return.
A an evidence hat there was
personal animosity at the bottom of
this outrageous matter | need only
refer to the fact that Hendrix Rec
tor, the officer who arrested me and
put me In Jail, as he was unlocking
the doors said, You criminal, you,
be sure that our sins will find you
out He further stated You are
guilty. We have got all the evidence
we want. We have been working on
the case for two months
"Yet havinp said this. when the
; Jim, iOr the Investigation c1mc>. al
though ra.med IN the w5,,ront as q
material wttreag, he fans ~ ap0enr
at me tearing.
- 2uS to SAY u..t.cv ..4. anime
diately upon my being locked in the
cell, and before Jailor Rector left
the building, the other prisoners
came to me, and, speaking through
Cleve Harrison, announced that | had
to pay a quarter or take twenty-five
to fifty lashes. lust at this time
Sheriff Poole came into the building
and | called out to him and told him
how | had been treated and that |
wouldn't stand for such an indignity.
T~hereupon he Immediately unlocked
the door to take me out.
'Tho question as to whether |
have been fairly and h%onorably
treated, | leave to a right thinking
public. The people OF Greenville
know that | have always stood for
tho or fnrnnnn nf law in thn ,;ty
OF G~reenville, and that my treatment
is due to the enemies that | have
made by this course. (Signed)
a.. d.. Gilreath."
lnhuman Treatment, Says GoSncll.
Heretofore a statement from Con-
stable Reuben GOsnell as to how he
was treated on the occasion of his
arrest Sunday night had not BEEF
had. Yesterday afternoon, however,
following the withdrawal Of the war
rant against Messrs. Gilreath, Phil
lips and himself, he came forward
with the following statement in re-
Eard to the matter:
II heard Sunday night that a war
rant had been, or vas to be. issued
for my arrest in connection ~with
Naughns escape. t~clephoncd to
Sheriff Poole that my wife was criti-
cally i'll and that at that time we
had a trained nurse and the doctor
with her, and explained to him how
important 1T was for me to be at
home during the night. begged
him NOT to d;et,,h ~. I,r;no tb,