The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-11-30
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FROM JUDGE W " ATS
NAN GiVEN RE
LEASE IN LARGE SCM.
Mrs. Eugenia Sain Offers Affidavit
That Efer Dang htcr Had Mar
r;cd Accused Man.


r;cd Accused Man.
The State, 25th.
Bail in the sum Of 5000 was
granted to Z. n. M:ttle, GreeEvil!e
merchant who Shot and killed J. 4.
Patterson at Rowesv!lle Sunday
night, November Il, by Associate
Justice Watts of the supreme court
Yesterday. Mittle has been in the
penitentiary since Monday: Novcm-
Der Is, and his attempt at bail yes
terday was the first effort to get his
release.
Judge Watts sig: he'd the order
granting bail after he had heard evil
derce on both sides. Not more than
five sureties nor less than two are to
guarantee the bond.
At the hearing before Judge Watts
an affidavit was submitted by Solici-
tor Hydrick, purporting to be from
Mrs. Eugenia Sain, who said that one
of her daughters, Mrs. Ernest Jack
son, had been married to Mittle. 1t
will be remembered tina. Patterson
was killed in front of the Sain home,
and it is alleged that Mittle fired
the shots just as the former was
leaving the residence, where he had
been calling upon the daughter OF
Mrs. Sain.
In the affidavit Mrs. Sain says that
her, daughter, "Star,'' had been mar
ried to Ernest Jackson and that Jack
son died some time ago. She further
says that Patterson had been paying
attention to her daughter. Several
weeks ago she learned that Mlttle
ard her daughter had been married,
she says, and she also learned later
that there was some question as to-
Mittle's divorce:.~She began search
and was unable to find where mar
rage license had been issued for her
daughter and Mittle, she says in the
affidavit, and could pot ascertain
whether or ret Mittle had been d.
vorced from hi; first wife. She then
went to Grsenv!lle, where Mi-.le had
carried her daughter, a.:!d accused
him of having secured no license nor
Of having divorce from his wife.
sire SAYS, ard z#Iittle admitted, accord
ing to The affidavit. that he had nei-
ther a divorce nor license to wed ner
daughter. Mrs. Sain then brought her
daughter back home, this being Oc-
tober I, and she saw no more Of Nit
tie until October y Or II, when he
appeared at the Sain home.
! MittIe asked to see her daughter
on this date. but he was refused the
request, Mrs. Sain says, and was Or
dered away from the home. The next
time she heard of Mittie, she says,
was Sunday night, November IA,
when Patterson, who was leaving the
home, rushed back in the house and
exclaimed that he had been shot.
! Divorce Papers Filed.
Solicitor Hydrick also introduced a
certified court letter from the clerk
! of court of Richmond county, Ga, in
which it was said that Mittle had
F., filed divorce papers with the court
on October 20. Solicitor Hydrick in
formed the court that this was after
the marriage with Mrs. Jackson. An
other affidavit was introduced show
ing that Mittle and Mrs. Jackson had
been married by a notary public IN
the presence of the required number
of witnesses.
Attorneys for the defense submit
ted their case entirely on the evl-
dence at the coroner's inquest, and
an affidavit showing that Mittle vas
man of business and Of good finan-
cial reputation. The evidence taken
at the inquest was admitted by Judge
! Watts.
Judge Watts would not admit an
alleged dying declaration of Patter-
son. and ended the case by granting
bail and making the papers return
able to the next court of general ses-
sions at Orangeburg.