Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-16


When The Enquirer went to press
Tuesday, the court Of general sessions
was engaged in the a 8 Of T. K. Cum
ningham, a negro, charged with house.
breaking and larceny. Cunningham
was declared>not guilty Of the charge
whereof he had been indicted.
Jesse Wellman, a young white man,
was sentenced to serve n year upon
the public works Of the county, upon
his pleading guilty to the theft Of a
watch.
Dan Beckham, colored, plead guilty
to aggravated assault. Five months
on the public works was the sentence
imposed by the court.
The state mol pressed the cass
against James Watson and Son Wat.
son, charged with assault and battery
with intent to kill, upon the defend.
ants paying $25 costs.
Curry Burris, q negro, was tried up
on the charge Of assault and battery
with intent to kill. The jury decided
that he RAJ guilty Of assault and bat
terry Of high and aggravated nature.
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on the public works or pay a fine OF
$50. He paid the fine.
Frances Hoke plead not guilty to the
charge OF stealing q petttcoat, two
shirtwaists and four towels, belong
ing to Jane Addison. After the trial
was entered into, 1t developed that
Frances and Jane, who lived in the
same house often borrowed articles Of
wearing apparel from each other and
although Frances was wearing q gar
ment Of James when arrested, there
was no intent to steal the same. The
solicitor requested the jury to return
a verdict Of mot guilty"
Sam Harper was convicted Of house
breaking and larceny, the defendant
having been implicated with J. r.
Wyatt in robbing the stores Of Messrs.
j. M. Williams and ]. T. Crawford at
McConnellsvi1e. Goods valued at
from $25 to $40, the property Of
Messrs. Williams and Crawford. were
found in the home of Harper, who de-
clared that he had purchased the same
from Wyatt. Harper also admitted
going to the store Of MI. Williams
with Wyatt and helping to carry a
sack Of merchandise.
]. r. Wyatt, the principal in the
robbery Of the McConnellsvtlle stores.
II win be remembered, broke out OF
the county Jail about two months ago
and has not been captured. Harper,
who escaped with Wyatt, but volun-
tarily surrendered to Sheriff Brown q
few days afterward, was not p~rosecut-
ed on the charge Of Jail breaking.
Henry Nicely, q negro, was tried on
the charge Of rape and a verdict Of
mot guilty" was returned BY the
jury.
Walter Cherry, colored, was acquit-
ted Of the charge Of assault and bat
terry with intent to kill.
The greater part Of Wednesday was
devoted to the case Of the state against
Johnson Cameron, Jr, charged with
responsibility for the death Of Miss
Bessie Hawkins, near Tirzah on the
morning Of August z last. Miss Hawk
ms was on her way to g picnic In a
surrey with several Of her relatives,
when the defendant anne along on q
motorcycle. The team vas frightened
by the machine and the young lady
was thrown out Of the surrey, sustain
ing injuries from which b died q
short time later. The state ~prosecut-
ed the . very vigorously and the
jury remained out six hours before 1t
finally returned q verdict OF not gull
ty.
Solicitor Henry mol pressed the in
dictment against Fred Marion, the
charge being assault and battery with
intent to kill. The charge Of assault
and battery with intent to kill against
William Douglass was quashed for
charge against Thomas McClinton was
abandoned because Of an affidavit
showing that the incident was al ac-
cident.
The last case to be tried by jury
yesterday afternoon was that against
Robert McCrump, a negro Of Fort
Mill, for the carving Of Isaac Steele.
also colored, at a hot supper near Fort
Mill some time ago. The jury return
ed a verdict Of not guilty.
The case Of the state against w. c.
Biggers, a prominent farmer Of Rock
Hill, charged with the murder Of Peter
Nichols, colored, in Rock Hill several
days ago., occupied the attention Of the
court during the latter part Of We'd
nesday afternoons session and nearly
all Of yesterday morning. After Ade--
liberation Of only q few minutes the
jury returned a verdict that he de-
PENDANT was not guilty Of the murder
whereof he stood indicted, but was
guilty of carrying q concealed weapon.
He was sentenced to pay q n OF 800
or serve six months in prison, and al
so to forfeit the pistol he was con-
victed Of carrying. The fine was
promptly paid.
The case against Marion Foster. a
young white man, charged with aiding
and abetting ]. r. Wyatt n sam
Harper, Jail breakers, In eluding cap
ture, attracted considerable attention.
Foster admitted having seen Wyatt
and Harper after their escape from the
York county Jail; but stated that the
meeting was purely accidental and he
said further that he had gone into the
Turkey Creek community from Glover
for the purpose Of trying to catch the
Jail breakers for the sake Of the 500
reward which "a offered for their
capture. He admitted having received
a package from Mrs. Wyatt, with the
contents Of which he was not familiar,
and carrying the same to the home Of
Mr.. r. E. Stephenson, where he placed
the package On the porch Of Mr.. Steph-
enson's home. He denied having car
else to Wyatt and Harper and also de-
MED giving them any aid whatever In
making their getaway. r. E. Steph-
enson denied Fosters bringing any
package to his home. Sam Harper,
who with Wyatt was a fugitive from
Justice at the time Foster was arrest
ed, charged with accessory after the
fact, testified that Foster had seen
Wyatt and himself in a piece Of woods
near Wyatt's home on the Saturda.
following their escape from Jail. He
stated that Foster had held CONVERSE
ton with Wyatt; but denied that Fos-
ter had given them food or had In n
way assisted them IN escaping.
The prosecution sought to show that
Foster had taken the package already
mentioned, from Mrs. Wyatt, to her
husband and not to the home of Mr..
Stephenson. 1t was further alleged
that the answers given by Foster to
questions put to him at the time Of his
arrest, were not such as
should have been given the officers
by one who was apparently great
ly Interested in the capture OF the
hunted man. The IA was given to
the jury about AIS o'clock yesterday
afternoon, and at 10 o'clock last night,
after 1t became evident that the jurors
were hopelessly divided, a mistrial
was ordered.
The first case taken up this morning
was that against Harvey Watson, a
little t~en-year-old negro, charged
with the larceny Of a satchel of sur
gical instruments, the property of DR..
w. G. Stevens. There was much
doubt as to whether the child could