The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-09-25

When he got there he said to Beck
well, Come on, | am going to Union.
No one else was there. Both went UP
to the house and got their coats, they
then started up the road | called
them. | called Beckwell Nicholson,
asked him was there anyone at the
house. He said, mo, not SOUL
Beckwell Nicholson turned around
and came back, he walked up to the
edge of the porch where Mr.. McKis-
SICK was laying He asked me if he
was dead: l told him "Yes." AS he
was at the porch he told ne he had
Mr.; Mckisslck's pistol. That it had
fell out of the case. l then jumped on
my mule and went to Jonesviile.
did not leave soul there. Ii any
words hau been passed | could have
heard them. l did not know that any
OF the NlcholSonS was there until /
heard the gun fire. 1 saw Mr.. N. A.
Nicholson about o'clock, / saw him.
newspaper. This was about an hour
and half before the shooting. l did
not see any one of the Mr.. Nicholson's
until after the shooting.
AS Beckwell Nicholson ran up to
me at the lot he said: well the old
man has killed Jack, reckon you can
go ahead"
Cross EXamination-I was in the
wagon, Mr. Mckissick was driving
the horse. Mr.. Mckissick turned OFT
and went around the house. | could
not see everything on the porch;
could see the well.
Redirect saw him as he stepped
on the porch, and he stepped up
there and the gun fired. | was taking
out the horse, STOPPING over. | saw
Mr.. MckiSsick | could not see Mr..
Nicholson for the house. The porc,.
runs out several feet beyond the
house.
Mr.. Mckissick was sowing rye We
were blowing up on hill close TO the
house and could see the house. | did
not see gun. Mr.. Nicholson was no,
near the field where he was plowing.
Cross Examination was at the
lot when the shooting took place
about ID minutes before the shooting
took place. | did not see the shoot
ing. | was looking at the trace
was at the lot after heard the shoot.
ing about fifteen minutes before
came to the house. From where | lett
Mr.. MckiSSick at the corner of the
, house | went on to the barn. Stopped
, my wagon, got out, unlocked my
trace and as | unlocked my trace
: saw Mr.. MckiSSick step up on the
! well porch. And as he stepped up
there the gun fired. 1t was > or }
minutes after | left him at the corner
of the house. Saw Mrs. Nicholson
and the boy when Mr. Nicholson came
out about 3 o'clock, did not see Mrs
, Nicholson when she left. He did not
unhitch the horse from the plowstock
he let the reins down.
his
5 (SignedD Samuel (x) Littlejohn.
, mark
| Witness: E. f. Kelly.
, Statement of r. b. Nicholson
I claim the right not to testify in th;,
t case rs t might implcate me.
, Mr.. Robert Sanders being duly
D sworn, says: | was in my cotto.
4 patch about one mile from Mr.. Mich
J.. olson's house. Mr.. n. A. Nicholson
:. and Mr.. r. b. Nicholson came by m,
l. house. | had come to the house. Thi,
" was about ID minutes after ; O'Clock
h Mr.. Beckwell Nicholson stepped VI
:. to the porch and reached me the pis
tol and said to me, PA has sho
n Jack" He said for me to carry tn,
k pistol back over there and give it t,
g some one. He said he picked th
t pistol up on the porch and asked m,
s to hurry on over there. Mr.. n. A
, Nicholson says, 81 am going to tow,
h to give up" | then went over ther
!, and went by and got Mr.. j. T. Bishop
also Lawrence Brannon and we wen
:. over there together; when / got ther
&C found Mr.. J. p. McKissick lyin
a there dead on porch by well. | d
- not find anything only his hat layin
II In yard. He was laying little on hi
h right side. His face a little toward