The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-01
SEALED SENTENCE IS
FOUND IN NIX CASE
TO FACE TRIAL FOR HIS
LIFE
A FIENDIsH CRIME:
Man Charged With Almost Unbe.
ievable Act Now In Greenville
OSce Convicted Here

jefferson p. Nix. vino is shortly to
be given trial in Grecnvillc county
ol, charge OF having committed an
almost unbelievable crime and wl,o
.:"tns to admit part OF The charge; was
once convicted In the courts of Antier-
sun county but flod the county and
|s:ntc before sentence could he passed.
Il the office OF the Anderson county
CLERK CT court q sealed sentence now
awaits him for. having cor,initte.l as
Gauit and battery cf high and nscra-
waited nature.
The old charge came to lig'.- ,::::en
Greenf'lle county authorities inter-
viewed Il. F. Nun!ally, once a prosper
ous farmer OF this section, but now nm
inmate OF the Greenville county home.
Nunna].y gays that Nix was responsi-
bio for his downfall, caused him to
lose his wife and all his property and
upon one occasion, in company with
TWO otrcr men, came to Nunnally's
house and tried to kill him. This is
tho case In which Nix was convicted
here and the musty old court records
In the Anderson office for the court of
general sessions of October, 1892.
show that every word Nunnally now
tells about the case is true. The re-
cords show that Nix and Bub Brooks
were arrested in this county and Civ
en- trial on charge of having assault
cd Nunnally and beat him up and evil
dence OF other witnesses showed that
the charge was true one. However,
when tho jury returned n verdict OF
gailty both the defendants had fed
chs country and they had never been
heard OF from that day until Nix was
arrested In Greenville on the charge
for which he may pay his life.
4 PItiful Account.
The following story, taken from tho
GTsenvilie News OF yesterday. tells
what, Nunnally knows OF Nix.
"Once. a prosperous farmer, owner
ofG fine home and q big farm and the
head OF happy family. but now an
inmate of the Greenville county poor
house, w. f. Nunnally, who says he
Will be 80 years old Saturday Of this
week, tells n pitiful story OF his fin
ancial ruin and the estrangement of
his family, all of which he says ]. D..
Nix, the man arrested last Sunday for
incest and murder Is responsible.
Seated upon broken down chair
on the lawn facing the poor house,
pausing now and then to gaze wistful-
ly acroEs the hills, the aged man,
broken in health and spirits, laid bare
his past to Sheriff Rector and q news
paper reporter. The sheriff had gone
to the poor house to secure informa-
ton from Nunnally regarding the past
OF Nix. According to NunnalIyi q
scaled sentence now awaits Nix In An
derson county, where he was tried and
convicted In his absence. Nix, it Is
said, fed. from this section OF the
country to Alabama, later going to
Texas and finally to Oklahoma, where
he lived for twenty years or more.
Twenty Years Ago.
".'It was about % years ago when
trouble first arose, between Nix and
me- the, old man isaid. we lived In
the same nefghborhood about seven
miles from Greenville, and were al
that, time living but few hundred
yards apart. Nix began to pay attenee
tion to my wife. which naturally re.
sented. Well--you understandable
apshot Il Il was that my wife and i
became, estranged, resulting finally In
her leaving me and marrying another.
man. She took practically everything
! had except the land itself, and caus-
ed most of my children to turn against
me.s asl KS
sThe old mans voice .wavered as he.
reached this point In his story. Tears
wslled into his eyes. y Nj '.,,i
"'Along In the FALL about 1892, Il
think.it was. I had gone to Cely's gill
to see after the gInning;of some cotton
and there met y. d. Nix. He said he
was coming to nee me that night,
wanted to do a little trading with me,
he' said. II told him to come ahead. yIt
was late when he got there and he
brought another man with him. He
examined nv pistol which was lying
on the mantel nearby, and laid It
down after asking me what ISwoGId] I
take for II. He then picked up. tho
shot gun In the corner and looked :iit
pvsr carefully, setting Behind me and
1 's,s, near the light, Before I knew
Mi,atS he wns about he had raised me
Z slfly from my chair, Knocked my
feet from under me and called Tor hiB
Friend to help him. About this time a
third man; whose name have never
learned, dashed tarohgh the door frnm
the outdde and the three carried me
iEto the yard. There they. tied me
with asropS and proceeded to beat me.
They rsed the s6 s;stt "a ,a:sa sot m cowhide
y alp, and lett me upon ths ground
almost dead. :s.s
Ss Again the 0ld man Ri voice auayar-
ed. and he looked earneetiy into the
faces Sof his bearers. Almost q min