The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-04

| said TO Joe Glymp come on and give
me your gun. we don't want you to do
damn thing" when this had been
said Mr. Mcclure ran up on Gibson
and said, "Oh. yes. c. d you
We have got you;" Mcclure picked up
gun and hit Gibson; saw Mr.. Wood
row hit him too; Campbell said,
Come on up. boys. and see how nice
IL is done;" there were several people
who came up; Mr.. Mcclure and Mr..
Campbell were only ones 1 knew; Nc
Ciure gave my gun back; someone
took my gun hack and handed II TO
MIR. Mcclure saying, Here, keep this
gun until we find them other
negroes" the same man took some
chells out OF my pocket and gave them
to Mr.. Mcclure; Mr. Mcclure still has
my gun. suppose.
The State rested its case here.
Testimony Of Defense.
AT 4'o'clock the defenBe entered in
to Its testimony, the first witness put
up being II. r. Smith. who lives near
knox's Bridge. He testified that on
December 20 he went up to his sons
house; son was not at home 80 re-
turned by bridge: saw three negroes
go out end of bridge on Georgia side:
coon heard reports of shots; heard 3
shots right close together: .heee
sounded like shot gun Iots: these
three shots were followed by several
other shots that sounded like pistol
shots; this bridge is about $50 yards
long; he was driving down river on
South Carolina side: was ITS or 200
yards from where shooting occurred.
On cross examination the witness
testified that he was hard OF hearing,
but can hear well enough to have
heard these shots across river.
Bystander Shot.
Paul Marrett, who lives two and a
half miles Of Fair Play, testified that
| on December 20 ne started to Lavonia,
Ca: had negro boy In buggy with
him; knew nothing of Mcclure and
party having gone to bridge; on eros
sing Knox's Bridge came upon Nc.
Clure, Campbell, Kay boys and others
| congregated at old store near the
Georgia end of bridge; had not been
there but or minutes when 3
negroes (the Gibsons) came out of
bridge; Just as / stepped out of my
buggy tn? defendants said to me,
Look OUT" they had no sooner said
this than received q load OF shot in
the back; 60 or rs shot hit me; 30-odd
were afterwards picked out OF my
back: the Gibson negroes said nothing
before they opened fire on me, or the
+ sdsfe9dapts; recognizing Green Gibson
as: the one who shot me; Campbell
and Mcdonald were also shot; none
Of. defendants shot before the three
Gibson negroes shot; ] returned the
fre; think the defendants. fired also;
negroes then fed through the bridge;
after staying there three-quarters an
hour ! went back to my fathers
house; went to get physician to ge,
shot out of my back; physician was
not at home! went on to where
was told I would End doctor; on way
heard reports of guns; met several
people going and coming on road; saw
some. 80 or. 80 people down I'm field
where Green Gibson was killed; didn't
recognize any of defendants down
there; heard between 70 and 80 shots
fired; ! turned and went back TO Fair
Play, where found physician: while
In. doctors ONE Mr.. Mcclure came
in to office. to have shot picked out of
his face.
On cross examination said he got
within onE Sos:G.s or oae-hs2 nile Of
Green Gibson where he was killed:
recognized Mr. woodrow, Campbell
and Mr.. Mcclure in crowd; don't
know whether Green Gibson or his
boys, John and Will. shot him down
at Knox's Bridge; while at bridge /
saw two negroes there who had been
beaten: Mr.. Campbell told me these
negroes George Gibson and Tom
Spights) had gotten into trouble and
were willing to come across river and
take little thrashing: the negroes
were making melee HE they he'd been
suffering; ana. sec6nd or third
cousin OF Mr.. McClure'B wife.
Defendant on Stand. d
y William r. Mcclure, one OF the de-
PENDANTS. taking the stand. testified
that he had been living al Fair Play
3 years; was niagistrate; Nose VIII
iams had been living on my place
since I went there, also Carrie Nich-
oils; did not run them of my place.;
was at home on morning of December
20; didn't know other defendants
were coming to my house that day; I
was preparing to 80 to Layonia, Gar
defendants came TO my house about
noon; they had 3 negroes with them,
or they came up latcr; saw negro In
buggy whom I later learned was
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