Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-12-10

way and help him up, is charitable.
In conclusion the governor discuss.
ed tho institutions Of the order, and
invited all who wanted to learn the
principles of freedom, friendship and
charity to join the order Of Red Men
ERNEST EISENHOWER CASE
When the court Of general sessions
convened at $40 Wednesday morning
the state was ready to take up the un.
dertaking Of endeavoring to make out
a case of wilful murder against the
defendant, Ernest Isenhower and the
testimony Of witnesses was entered in
to without delay. There were a large
number Of people in the court room
More than 100 Of them were from
Fairfield county and there were also
many from other sections. The de-
puties on duty in the court room are
still searching each man who enters
the room ard on Wednesday morning
a pair Of brass knucks were taken
from the pocket Of Fairfield county
man. It was said Wednesday thai
quite a number Of people from Fair.
field came here Tuesday morning with
pistols, but when they learned thai
the sheriff proposed to search each
man who came into the court room
there was q run to the respective
stopping places Of each Of the visitors
for the purpose Of depositing theil
weapons.
A. L. Serusss.
A. Lee Scruggs, treasurer Of Fair
field county, who was the first witness
placed on the stand by the state, on
direct examination by Solicitor Henry
said he was sitting inside the gate to
the courthouse yard at Winnsboro or
the morning of June IA, when Sheriff
Hood and his deputies brought the
negro, Jules Smith, who was charged
with criminal assault upon a relative
Of the defendant, from the peniten'
tiary at Columbia. There was mucf
confusion, he said, as the sher1n's
posse crossed the street from the jail
to the courthouse. Some thirty OF
forty people were standing around
the court house steps and on the porch
there.
movement to enter the courthouse
Mr.. Scruggs said he attempted tc
follow, but stopped when he saw 9
hand containing pistol thrust through
the banisters Of the stair. A shot was
fred by some person unknown to tht
witness; there was a brief intermls'
sion and then fusillade Of shots.
After the first shot was fired, Mr.
scruggs testified that Mr.. Hood stop.
ped. Policeman w. L. Haynes was or
one side of the prisoner Jules Smith
and Sheriff Hood was on the other
After two or three shots had beer
fired, Sheriff Hood drew his pisto
and fired several shots. He then en-.
tered the court room In bent posi-.
ton and so did the negro, Smith.
Sheriff Hood, according to the witness
had his pistol in his hand as he en-
tered the court room. Policeman
Haynes did not go in the court room
Then I saw Mr.. Raleigh Boulware
come out Of the courthouse hurried
ly," continued the witness. Three
men were standing at the courthouse
steps as he came down. They fired
upward in the direction Of Mr.. Boul-
ware. Ernest Isenhower fired at Boul.
ware who did not move, neither die
he say a word. Mr.. Isenhower uttered
no word, and neither did the other
two gentlemen who were standing
near him.
Mr.. Ernest Isenhower walked
around the courthouse yard after the
shooting" said Mr.. Scruggs. He was
as quiet as could be. had talked to
him hafora the shooting
After he was shot Mr.. Boulware
turned around and walked up into
the courthouse. He was walking fast
was in 18 feet Of him. He said not q
word"
The witness was shown a number
of views Of the Fairfield county court
house, which he identified, and which
were offered in evidence. The wit
ness said there were Is or 20 people
on the courthouse steps at the time
Of the shooting and 35 or 40 In front
Of the courthouse.
Shooting intermittent.
On cross-examination by Mr.. Han
nahan, Of counsel for Ernest Isen-
hover, Mr.. Scruggs said there were
about twenty men in the crowd around
the prisoner, Jules Smith. He pre-
sumed they were deputies. There were
a large number Of people in Winns-
boro June IA because Of the trial OF
the negro for rape. An intermission
Of about seconds occurred between
the first shot which was fired and the
general fusillade. Another and final
shot was fired about seconds after
the fusillade. There were 35 or 40
shots in all-maybe more. The witness
counted % or 80 by the bullets lodged
in the courthouse walls and steps. He
did not see Rural Policeman Boul-
ware with a pistol.
In reply to a question, Mr.. Scruggs
said that he first saw Clyde 1sen-
hover, who was slain during the riot,
near the corner of the Jail gate. The
Jail Is a short distance from the court
house. That was before the shooting.
After that he did not see Clyde 1sen-
hover. He reiterated his declaration
that he had seen Ernest Isenhowel
during the early morning but denied
having seen Ernest and Clyde Isen-
hover together.
Mr.. Scruggs said that he saw two
men who were at the steps in front
of him shooting at Clyde Isenhower.
He was unable to identify the men.
He saw Clyde Isenhower after he was
shot and helped him on the train by
which he was conveyed to a hospital.
The witness had known Sheriff
Hood for 80 years. He identified a
letter purporting to have been written
by Sheriff Hood.
Mr.. Scruggs was asked by Judge
Rice If anything occurred to cause
Raleigh Boulware to stop on the
stairway. He said no.
J. z. Douglass, M. D.,
Who was the second witness for the
prosecution, testified that Raleigh
Boulware was shot about the centre
of the abdomen. He said he gave
Boulware medical attention in the
Fairfield county courthouse where he
lay after being shot and also in a
Columbia hospital. Mr.. Boulware's in
4on4i,an tho danfar atatad were ner-