The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-12-10
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Mr.. Peoples: The counter lies this
way illustrating. AS you walk in
the door Of the Eks bar the cash reg
lister is here Gllustrating). asked
Arthur to got me glass Of milk AS
walked up back of the counter,
Capt. jim Weaver asked me to let him
see the gun and it was discharged
Question by Foreman Hart: In
your hands or his
Mr.. Peoples: In my hands. OF my
| remarks l know nothing. I"
Inquest Postponed
The inquest was set for noon yes
tcrday The jury was sworn in at
that time and viewed the remains.
Coroner Scott announced that lie had
telegram which said that the gov
ernor and the assistant attorney gen
eral wanted to be present at the in
quest. Consequently, the coroner said
he would postpone it until 1 o'clock
to allow them time to raech Columbia
from Newberry, which place they left
at 10 o'clock in an automobile At
i:35 y. III. Coroner Scott told the Jury
that he would postpone the inquest
until Z o'clock last night The gov
ernor and the assistant attorney gen
cral had not arrived.
The inquest began last night at Z
o'clock. Wade Hampton Cobb. So
licitor for the Fifth judicial circuit,
questioned the witnesses for Coroner
Scott. The taking of the testimony
lasted for so minutes. The verdict Of
the jury was announced about half an
hour after the testimony was conclud-
ed. The room at the undertaking es-
tablished on Hampton street in
which the inquest was held was crowd
ed. Il. II. Peoples, attorney general,
was present at the inquest and made
statement to the jury. +. II. Dom
mick, assistant attorney general, brief
ly cross-examined some of the wit
nesses Many members Of the Co-lum-
bia lodge Of Elks were in attendance.
Members OF Jury.
On the jury at the inquest yester-
day were the following: W. E. Hart,
foreman; r. J. Miller, A. d. Palmer,
NJ. ID. Kirk, Edward Hammonds, j.
A. Brady, w. d. Startling, George An
derson, r.. " Stiller, ID. Fl. Shannon,
Jake Eberhardt and B. e. Gilmore.
Coroner Scott said last night that
Mr.. Peoples was released on his recog-
nizancc. pending any application for
bail he might care to make
The eye witnesses of the accident
who testified last night we're: S. f.
Wheeler, James f. Weaver, Edwin f.
Bookter, Arthur II. Martin and George
j. Howell, five members Of the CO.
lumbia lodge Of Elks who were in the
buffet at their club when the pistol
was discharged. Arthur Gayden, a
waiter at the Elks' club, also tcsti-
fed. DR.. NJ. NJ Rice. who examined
the body Of Robert Marshall Sunday
morning, described the wound which
caused the death Of the negro. j C.
Mccain, sheriff of Richland county,
told of what he found when he went
into the club room.
Summary OF Evidence.
The testimony Of the five eye wit
nesscs did not differ materially. Sum
married. it is as follows
Mr. Peoples came into the Elks
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night. He walked into the pool room
first and then into the buffet where
he told the attendant, Arthur Gay
den. to bring him a glass OF milk.
Then Mr.. Peoples walked behind the
counter in the buffet. He was in the
act OF laying his pistol on the side
board when James f. Weaver, a con-
ductor on the Southern arilway, asked
to see 1t.
Mr. Peoples was standing in the
act Of laying his gun on the side
board when asked him to let me look
at it," Mr.. Weaver testified last night.
He handed me the pistol deliberately.
! noticed that it was cooked, but be-
fore | could speak the gun went off.
Mr.. Peoples dropped the gun on the
counter, threw his hands to his head
and cried, My God, what have !
done!"
When the pistol was discharged the
bullet struck Robert Marshall, a ne
gro in charge Of the cafe at the club.