The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-06-24
the shot from the gun were almost

Fl. c. Hendley testified that Cannon
called sullivan a damn lie and struck
him with the stick. After the first
shot Mr.. Hendley stated that he did
not see any more of the difficulty as
lie moved off pretty pert"
Mr.. Carey T. Bolt testified that Can
non called Sullivan a damn lie, Sui
lican called him anothtr, when Can
non struck with the stick. Sullivan
staggered and then shot
Mr.. Claude l.. Owings testified to
finding the stick about Is feet from
the depot. Ele said that he noticed
angry looks In the face OF the defend
ant during the trial The defense
moved to strike this out of the tcsti-
mony and the motion was sustained.
). \. Leake testified to Sullvans
turning over his gun to him after the
shooting. Sullivan said to him he
thought he had only shot twice On
opening the gun found that he had
Shot five times.
Joel A. Smith, Of Waterloo, testified
that it had been his observation that
Mr.. Sullivan habituai!y carried his
arm resting underneath: his coat
ilumbcrt Sullivan and the defend
ant both testified to seeing Mr.. Can
non reach to his left hip pocket as #
to draw 4 gun after using the cane.
the state later on in reply placed
witnesses on the stand to testify that
Mr.. Cannon was unarmcd on The day
OF the shooting and that he did not
own Il pistol
Replying TO question from his
counsel Mr.. Sullivan said Il shot him
because | knew il didn't shoot him
he would have shot me-
Defendants Testimony Saturday.
Jos. G. Sullivan, the defendant, was
put on the stand early Saturday and
remained there for one hour. His tcs-
timony was as follows:
Il went to the trial at the request
OF my mother. Did not expect to so.
Reached there about II O'Clock When
Jury went out | was sitting near tick
ct Office with llumbcrt Sister RATHER
inc and Miss Jennie Stone. these be-
ing tho same seats we occupied dur
ing the trial. We're waiting on re-
suits Of trial. Whic waiting noticed
Mr.. Cannon and Miss Sharpe and 9TH
crS. Mr.. Cannon went toward the
door and returned with some gentle
man whom later learned was Rev +.
w. Munncrlyn and Introduced him 10
- ISS .FIlti ~ MISS =. ildi llt tSlLtI NH.
Cannon TO her and thcy held conver-
&ation in low tones. Cannon glanced
over toward lis with an accusing cX-
preston and Brother llumbcrt start
cd toward thcm and motioncd to
him 10 Sit down. This occurred SOY
era! times. | warned llumbcrt do
not DO that arose purposciy to
shut oil from lIumbcrt any view of
Miss Sharpe and cannon. | then sug-
gcStci that we 90 and set ice cream
MI started and spoke to several men
aS | went out. Whcn turned to 80
out OF door saw Alr Cannon ana Mir.
Jesse Wood in q heated conversation.
Was mover so surprised III my life
when | saw Mr.. Cannon. Don't know
how he got there 50 quick. Heard
Mr.. Mood say, you haven't trcHotd
mo and my son right and You haycn';
shown any respect to the Sullivan
family. Tou Will reap what you SOW,
rcu will get your reward either here
OF IN heaven" took two steps and
stopped in front OF Mir. Wood who
said Joe, lie hasn't treated us right"
I replicd no he has not treated us
riGht Ny Cannon replied well |
have nothing to take back and no
apologies 20 make said you haven't
lfcateO my Drolilcf llSnt ana tne Sui
liv&M FAMILY Cannon said You're a
lie ! replied You know very well
You have made false aCcnsations.'
Cannon replied You're Il c. d lie
Cannon here reached for his stick and
struck NE. | staggered back and was
da2cd, head got heavy, saw Mr.. Can
non as he about to draw his gun.
Pulled my gun and fred. DUNG fir
ing | was still! semi-cons scious. After
the shooting. turned over the pistol
to Mayor Leak. Thought had shot
only twice. Found that | had shot
five times.
On cross examination witness ad-
mittcd that lie habitually carried a
pistol and that he had carried one
since the shooting at Gray Court. Mr..
Sullivan's testimony varied slightly
from his sworn statement made at
the time he made application for bail.
He testified, however. that he had Civ
en- the facts to his attorney who had
written out the statement for him to
sign and that he rurricdly signed it
while his attorney was waiting to
catch the train.