The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-07


ing that l had done anything"
NJ. r. Holley affirmed that on the
night of the first primary, while sew
eral hundred people were crowded
around bulletin board receiving the
election returns, he met the deceas-
ed, who appeared to have been rath-
er the worse for drinking. Mr.. Hol-
ley continued that Gunter drew him
aside into a little park nearby, when
! Gunter said
Mr.. Holley, what in the HI did
you all give Hugh Long such an enor-
nous vote in Aiken for?" and then
began to curse everybody in Aiken
for voting for Long, witness claimed,
and continued that Gunter later said ::
Mr.. Holley, if youn go in that
crowd and bring Long out. I'll show
you how long TN take me to kill him
and Ill not only Kill him. but grino
him into the dust" Mr.. Holley con-
cluded with the observation that hs
expected he and Gunter would have
fallen out" if he had been as DRINK
as the deceased.
Drs. j. +. and II. Hastings Wyman
testified that they examined Long af.
tel he was lodged in the Aiken iail
anu lound q confusion on the left
side Of the skull; evidences of blood
having settled under the eyes, whil.,
the neck was blue, scratched and con-
fused as If Long has been struck q
severe blow and then choked. DR..
Frampton Wyman found the knees
OF Long scratched and the skin brok-
en-, the trousers split at the knees
and the mans drawers in the same
condition. DR.. Jennings, Of the State
Penitentiary, also testified to having
examined Long while he was being
held in the State Penitentiary for safe
keeping from mob violence, and found
essentially that which the local ply
sicians discovered.
One Of the defence's witnesses was
Butler Smith, who affirmed that, an
pearing on the scene just as Long
arose from his all-fours he caught
him BY the arm and hastened him
away from the crowd. Long was re-
luctant TO retreat, but finally agreed
to go with Smith, who denied that
annnllntarn1 A
1t will be recalled, testified yesterday
Tor the prosecution that he did pass
the two and that he heard Long NUT
ter. Il intended to kill the-anyway.n
The witness not only denied meeting
Lybrand, but swore that he heard no
such utterance from Long.
The witness continued that as they
got some distance away from the
scene OF the shooting. he looked back
ana saw crowd forming and coming
Iheir way. There must have been
more than fifty men in the COM
pany, he said, and they were all arm
ed, some had pistols, others rifles
while single and doubled barrel shot
guns We're very mucA i'm evidence
smith further swOre that some days
later he received threlts to the effect
that since he had saved Longs life,
he (Smith) would be killed if he
went back to Wagener.
Dr. Nathan Gunter, accompanied
by E. B. Jackson. the ca: hier OF the
deceased's bank, drove out to
Smiths home, the latter stated, some
days after. denounced the threats
and professed not to have heard
them.
After conversing for q time along
various topics. Smith was finally ask
ed for statement, but replied that
he had none to make then-that he
would tell what he knew when the
right time came"
Fifteen more witnesses were placed
on the stand this afternoon, and by
one after the other the defence en-.
deavored to establish that there was
an interval Of but a very few seconds
between the first and the second shot
that fatally wounded Gunter-that
interval ii was described, was that
which an individual would naturally
take To pull a trigger with any de-
/ gree of deliberations
/ w. V. Jones, who was acting NAV
or pro tenn during Longs political
canvass of Aiken County, testified this
afternoon that in view of the many
threats that Long could not live in
the event that he went back to Wage
ner' TWO extra rien were sworn in
and used as secret service men. The
prosecution objected to the introduce
ton of this evidence on the ground