The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-05-27
Fiance of Young Man Killed is
Certain Negro Fired Fatal
Shot.
EVIDENCE ACCUMULATES
circumstances Weave Chain of
Guilt Around Ernest Hunter,
Negro, But Chain is Not
Complete.

FOLLOWING is from the charlotte
Observer today:
The outstanding development Of
yesterdays Investigations into the
Killing of Harry l.. Montgomery was
the addition of two links to the
chain of circumstantial evidence
which the police have obtained
against Ernest Hunter. the negro
who was arrested Friday night four.
hours after the killing.
Testifying before the coroner's
jury yesterday Miss Lorine Owen,
only known living witness to the
crime, declared that she was sure"
that Hunter was the man. The
slayer looked darker" Friday night
than Hunter did when the scene was
re-enacted Saturday night. but. she
explained. the night was darker Fri
ady. She described II the inrv n
man with wide cheeks. a low, slick
brow and mustache. Such also is
description of Hunter.
The second link added to the chain
OF circumstantial evidence ftgainst
Hunter was the statement made To
Police Chief Walter b. Orr, and
which Wednesday likely will he
made under oath to Coroner z. a.
liovis and his jury, by j. p. Gibson.
local street car conductor for is
years, to the effect that he carried
Hunter to Stop 10 1-2 Myers Park
on the car leaving Independence
SQUARE for that suburb at S:42
o'clock Friday night. Gibson said he
had carried Hunter to Myers nark
hundreds OF times" and contended
that he would know him IL he saw
him lin Europe" Mr. Gibson saw
Hunter leaning against post near
Stop 10 when the car made a second
trip TO the suburb about 9:55 o'clock
he told Chief Orr
Developments Of yesterday dis
closed that no person other than
those alre"dv mentioned in the an
nourcements of officials are suspect
ed N the least Of ho!ng involved in
any way in the killing OF Mr.. Mont
gomery. The evidence which the po-
lice have been able to obtain thus
far has been only against Hunter and
brings no one else into the affair.
Resume Inquest Wednesday.
The coroner's jury convened at 10
O'Clock yesterday morning in the
criminal courtroom OF the NeckIer-
burg county courthouse and eycert
ing an hour for luncheon was in ses-
sion until o'clock Yesterday after
noon, when Coroner Hovis ordered
an adjournment until tomorrow af-
ternoon at O'Clock Coroner Hoy:s
stated that the jury may spend a
week or more in Investigations be-
fore rendering verdict
Those testifying yesterday were
Miss Owen. Word II. Wood who was
the first to meet Miss Owen after the
killing. and Detectives G.. w. Rus
sell, d. B. Bradley and ]. u John
son, OF the city police department.
The inquest was held in secrecy. not
even newspaper representatives be-
ing allowed to attend.
Miss Owens testimony yesterday,
according To information obtained
from official sources was suNstan-
tally the same as told the police on |
the night of the killing and later.
Those permitted within The court 7
room while the inquest was in pro-
eress stated afterwards that Miss
Owen. while waiting 10 be called up-
on TO testify. walked about the room
rnading The Charlotte Observers
account of Sundays developments in
tho killing and looking at the first
picture OF herself i'm newspaper. /
She and Mr.. Montgomery were
d~'ving along the road leading from
Nv"rS park i"to the main belt road |
near East boulevard when the negro
called to them to stop. Miss Owen
testified. Mr. Montgomery had
stoDped the car. She said the negro
walked TO the machine and holding
the pistol just behind her. fred as
Montgomery glanced towards the
negro.
Walking around the rear OF the